I'm So Disappointed In You: Celebrity Missteps

[GHScorpiosRule]

9 hours ago, BetterButter said:

Pierce Brosnan pleads guilty to hiking off-trail in Yellowstone park

And I found another article where Pierce apologized and owned his mistake.

Pierce Brosnan apologizes for Yellowstone Trespass

[Browncoat]

2 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

And I found another article where Pierce apologized and owned his mistake.

Pierce Brosnan apologizes for Yellowstone Trespass

I'm glad he apologized and owned it, but it's another one of those things that should never have happened in the first place.  There are signs and warnings and even guard rails everywhere to prevent that sort of idiocy.  It wasn't a mistake.  You don't accidentally climb over a barrier.  But as I said, I am sad that he didn't have the respect in the first place not to leave the boardwalk.

[Trini]

Not a misdeed, but since it had been discussed here before; Oprah addressed her resignation from WeightWatchers on Jimmy Kimmel:

'Oprah Winfrey Reveals Why She Quit WeightWatchers Board of Directors'

[Blergh]

On 3/15/2024 at 2:12 PM, Trini said:

Not a misdeed, but since it had been discussed here before; Oprah addressed her resignation from WeightWatchers on Jimmy Kimmel:

'Oprah Winfrey Reveals Why She Quit WeightWatchers Board of Directors'

Sure, Jan.

ETA- It's each individual poster's call whether to implicitly believe Miss Winfrey's explanation/spin. Speaking strictly for myself, I don't.

Edited March 16 by Blergh

[Crashcourse]

Just let it go, Oprah. 😏

[EtheltoTillie]

12 hours ago, Crashcourse said:

Just let it go, Oprah. 😏

Well, she’s doing a big ABC special on weight loss on Monday night!  So not letting go, then. 

[Vermicious Knid]

Bruno Mars Apparently Owes $50 Million in Gambling Debt

 

[Jaded]

40 minutes ago, Vermicious Knid said:

Bruno Mars Apparently Owes $50 Million in Gambling Debt

 

I heard one of his popular songs from more years than I thought not long ago. That made me wonder what happened to him because it felt like he disappeared. Hopefully he seeks help with his apparent gambling addiction.

[Blergh]

2 hours ago, EtheltoTillie said:

Well, she’s doing a big ABC special on weight loss on Monday night!  So not letting go, then. 

Talk about beating a dead horse except that that equine's remains have been beaten so much no animal cemetery have them.

Edited March 17 by Blergh

[andromeda331]

On 3/15/2024 at 10:39 AM, Browncoat said:

I'm glad he apologized and owned it, but it's another one of those things that should never have happened in the first place.  There are signs and warnings and even guard rails everywhere to prevent that sort of idiocy.  It wasn't a mistake.  You don't accidentally climb over a barrier.  But as I said, I am sad that he didn't have the respect in the first place not to leave the boardwalk.

So am I. They have signs all over the place and people are always ignoring them. They are there for a reason.

[MissAlmond]

On 3/17/2024 at 1:27 AM, Vermicious Knid said:

Bruno Mars Apparently Owes $50 Million in Gambling Debt

 

 MGM Resorts has now denied the claim.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/mgm-resorts-mars-has-no-debt-with-the-company-3019170/

https://www.complex.com/music/a/alex-ocho/bruno-mars-allegedly-has-50-million-gambling-debt-with-mgm

Edited March 19 by MissAlmond

[Jaded]

Teaming up with Elon Musk doesn't make her look any better....

Gina Carano calls The Mandalorian firing one of the most ‘unnecessary cancellations in Hollywood history'


Here's the Hollywood Reporter article mentioned in the EW one. I posted the EW one too because it's shorter.

Gina Carano on Getting Sacked From Star Wars and Her Grudge Match With Disney

[Wiendish Fitch]

9 hours ago, Jaded said:

Teaming up with Elon Musk doesn't make her look any better....

Gina Carano calls The Mandalorian firing one of the most ‘unnecessary cancellations in Hollywood history'
 

No, Gina, Ingrid Bergman getting shunned by Hollywood after her affair with Roberto Rossellini was an "unnecessary cancellation"*.  People getting blacklisted by McCarthyism counts as an "unnecessary cancellation". You were a crappy employee who screwed up, so you got fired. And surely you of all people would agree that "no one is owed a job"?

 

*Yeah, they took her back 7 years later, but I think my point stands.

[bluegirl147]

8 minutes ago, Wiendish Fitch said:

And surely you of all people would agree that "no one is owed a job"?

She had become toxic.  And employers and future employers are allowed to consider that in deciding if they want to work with someone.

She wasn't cancelled. She was made to deal with the consequences of her actions. 

[Spartan Girl]

49 minutes ago, bluegirl147 said:

She had become toxic.  And employers and future employers are allowed to consider that in deciding if they want to work with someone.

She wasn't cancelled. She was made to deal with the consequences of her actions. 

And she STILL doesn’t get it!

[mariah23]

2 hours ago, Wiendish Fitch said:

No, Gina, Ingrid Bergman getting shunned by Hollywood after her affair with Roberto Rossellini was an "unnecessary cancellation"*.  People getting blacklisted by McCarthyism counts as an "unnecessary cancellation". You were a crappy employee who screwed up, so you got fired. And surely you of all people would agree that "no one is owed a job"?

 

*Yeah, they took her back 7 years later, but I think my point stands.

And don’t forget she was denounced on the floor of the SENATE.

[Blergh]

As per NPR and other sources, country star Morgan Wallen was arrested  and charged with three felony counts of reckless endangerment and one misdemeanor early Monday morning (April 8,2024) after having allegedly thrown a chair off the roof of Eric Church's new bar called Chief to the street below just a few feet from two   Metropolitan Nashville  Police officers and other pedestrians. Oh, it should be mentioned that this particular rooftop is six stories above street  level!

 For those who were oblivious to him having been caught using an  ethnic slur, it might not hurt to keep in mind that 'sticks and stones will break your bones/ while chairs thrown from six floors above could REALLY hurt you!'

 

Edited April 8 by Blergh

[SunnyBeBe]

11 hours ago, Blergh said:

As per NPR and other sources, country star Morgan Wallen was arrested  and charged with three felony counts of reckless endangerment and one misdemeanor early Monday morning (April 8,2024) after having allegedly thrown a chair off the roof of Eric Church's new bar called Chief to the street below just a few feet from two   Metropolitan Nashville  Police officers and other pedestrians. Oh, it should be mentioned that this particular rooftop is six stories above street  level!

 For those who were oblivious to him having been caught using an  ethnic slur, it might not hurt to keep in mind that 'sticks and stones will break your bones/ while chairs thrown from six floors above could REALLY hurt you!'

 

I had decided to keep an open mind on Wallen, after he was given a time-out from Nashville after the racial slur episode. He apologized and seemed genuine. He had also had a thing with SNL, before that in which he engaged in activities prior to his performance on their show, he had agreed to refrain from. (Long story….was during covid) Anyway, it was apparent that drinking too much caused him to lose good judgment.  He admitted this.  
 

So, after he wss let back into Nashville, I listened to his music and realized the guy is very talented.  Great song writer and performer.  He quickly became very successful in the country music industry. I thought he had overcome his demons.  So, now…..with the chair throwing….I think I’m done with him.  He is a hot head with rage issues.  It reminds me of bullies who throw objects off of overpass bridges onto cars that maim or kill the occupants.  So callous.  I predict he’ll be coddled by those around him.  Ugh…..

[bluegirl147]

With regards to Morgan Wallen when someone shows you who they are, believe them. 

[BetterButter]

Johnny Knoxville Hit With $3 Million Lawsuit for Tasing Eric André’s Writing Partner on ‘The Prank Panel’

Quote

Daniel Curry also accuses the “Jackass” performer of sending threatening text messages to keep him silent

 

[Blergh]

5 hours ago, BetterButter said:

Johnny Knoxville Hit With $3 Million Lawsuit for Tasing Eric André’s Writing Partner on ‘The Prank Panel’

 

I guess I'm more shocked that this sort of alleged boorish and dangerous behavior seems to be tolerated instead of Mr. Knoxville's churlishness being ostracized by their peers, network,etc.

[SunnyBeBe]

Has anyone seen the Combs video? Omg!  Brutal.  It may be featured on another thread. …….Yes, it’s in the Predator Prey thread.  
 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/17/entertainment/sean-combs-cassie-ventura/index.html

Edited May 18 by SunnyBeBe

[RealHousewife]

58 minutes ago, SunnyBeBe said:

Has anyone seen the Combs video? Omg!  Brutal.  It may be featured on another thread. …….Yes, it’s in the Predator Prey thread.  
 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/17/entertainment/sean-combs-cassie-ventura/index.html

I did, and it was indeed brutal. It’s sad how many famous men are monsters. 

[mariah23]

1 hour ago, SunnyBeBe said:

Has anyone seen the Combs video? Omg!  Brutal.  It may be featured on another thread. …….Yes, it’s in the Predator Prey thread.  
 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/17/entertainment/sean-combs-cassie-ventura/index.html

That sick minuscule of a man bastard.

[Bastet]

5 hours ago, SunnyBeBe said:

It may be featured on another thread. …….Yes, it’s in the Predator Prey thread.  

Yeah, the harassment, assault, etc. spectrum of celebrity misdeeds has its own thread (because there are sadly so very many, I suppose).  Discussion of the Combs video starts here.

[Spartan Girl]

Richard Dreyfus ruins Jaws anniversary screening

Leaving aside all the sexist, homophobic, and transphobic bullshit he spewed, he also had the audacity to trash Spielberg. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you!

I don’t blame the audience for walking off. I wouldn’t have blamed them if they threw stuff at him!

Edited May 28 by Spartan Girl

[Blergh]

17 minutes ago, Spartan Girl said:

Richard Dreyfus ruins Jaws anniversary screening

Leaving aside all the sexist, homophobic, and transphobic bullshit he spewed, he also had the audacity to trash Spielberg. Talk about biting the hands that feeds you!

I don’t blame the audience for walking off. I wouldn’t have blamed them if they threw stuff at him!

Ms. Streisand was nowhere near Jaws so why did he drag her into that?

[Anela]

19 minutes ago, Spartan Girl said:

Richard Dreyfus ruins Jaws anniversary screening

Leaving aside all the sexist, homophobic, and transphobic bullshit he spewed, he also had the audacity to trash Spielberg. Talk about biting the hands that feeds you!

I don’t blame the audience for walking off. I wouldn’t have blamed them if they threw stuff at him!

Oh, he was one of my favourites. Not anymore!

[Milburn Stone]

15 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

Richard Dreyfus ruins Jaws anniversary screening

Leaving aside all the sexist, homophobic, and transphobic bullshit he spewed, he also had the audacity to trash Spielberg. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you!

The article is oddly uninformative about what he actually said (other than to include an image that shows part of somebody's tweet, which may or may not be reliable). 

His protracted entrance does make him look like a major league asshole with delusions of grandeur, and the interviewer does not look amused--nor would I be!--but without more information, I'm flummoxed. @Spartan Girl, what are the specifics in regard his verbal spewings? If they're in the article I'm not seeing it.

[Spartan Girl]

16 minutes ago, Milburn Stone said:

The article is oddly uninformative about what he actually said (other than to include an image that shows part of somebody's tweet, which may or may not be reliable). 

His protracted entrance does make him look like a major league asshole with delusions of grandeur, and the interviewer does not look amused--nor would I be!--but without more information, I'm flummoxed. @Spartan Girl, what are the specifics in regard his verbal spewings? If they're in the article I'm not seeing it.

This article is a little more specific.

[Annber03]

3 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

This article is a little more specific.

This part of the article...

Quote

In footage shared online, Dreyfuss walks onstage wearing a housedress over his clothes, dances to “Love Story,” by Taylor Swift, then has a duo come rip the dress off, apparently pretending to do a burlesque routine complete with hip shaking. Attendee Diane Wolfe told the Boston Globe Dreyfuss went on, saying, “The parents of trans youth, allowing them to transition, was bad parenting and that someday those kids might change their minds.” According to another attendee, he also complained about the Me Too movement and Barbra Streisand caught a stray for being “a woman.”

...what...the...?

Whole lot to unpack there. Wow. 

[bluegirl147]

How long before we hear Dreyfus is taking some time off to deal with "some personal issues"?   He is one of those men who isn't dealing well with the fact they aren't on top anymore. Instead of being appreciative of the career he has had he is trashing it and making himself look like a fool.

[MadyGirl1987]

That's a lot... Has he ever done anything like this before because, not that it would excuse it, an older man acting erratically and out of character makes me think mental problems, like dementia or Alzheimer's. Again, not that it would excuse it, but it would explain him hijacking an event out of the blue like that.

[Ohiopirate02]

17 minutes ago, MadyGirl1987 said:

That's a lot... Has he ever done anything like this before because, not that it would excuse it, an older man acting erratically and out of character makes me think mental problems, like dementia or Alzheimer's. Again, not that it would excuse it, but it would explain him hijacking an event out of the blue like that.

His views line up with the shit his son Ben spews on Twitter, so I'm not that surprised that he believes the same.  Ben had to learn it from somewhere.

[Bastet]

16 minutes ago, MadyGirl1987 said:

Has he ever done anything like this before

He complained last year about the Academy's updated inclusivity guidelines -- they "make [him] vomit" (for, I don't know, stifling him as an artist or some such shit) -- but I don't know if there is anything farther back in his history. 

[Vermicious Knid]

Dennis Quaid, for reasons I can't link here but can be found with a quick search. 

[Ohiopirate02]

8 minutes ago, Vermicious Knid said:

Dennis Quaid, for reasons I can't link here but can be found with a quick search. 

He's been on my list ever since his he got married the last time.  His current wife is the same age as his son Jack (who does not have the same views as his father).

[Vermicious Knid]

Urgh, yeah. 39 years difference and wife number 3.

And on that note, I'm disappointed Meg Ryan felt the need to destroy her face with plastic surgery. I know Hollywood treats women like shit once they're over 30 and she felt the pressure to do it for her career, but it's turned her into a punchline. 

[Blergh]

1 hour ago, Vermicious Knid said:

Dennis Quaid, for reasons I can't link here but can be found with a quick search. 

If nothing else, said 'reasons' may get many to get folks to quit blaming Meg Ryan for splitting from him way back when.

And no one can say he's got a surfeit of class. ..

[Wiendish Fitch]

Am I the only one sick and tired of this epidemic of Hollywood old men yelling at clouds? These assholes are blessed with lives others can only dream of, and all they can do is bitch about stuff that doesn't affect them in any way, shape, or form. 

[bluegirl147]

23 hours ago, bluegirl147 said:

 He is one of those men who isn't dealing well with the fact they aren't on top anymore. Instead of being appreciative of the career he has had he is trashing it and making himself look like a fool.

Quoting myself because we have another one.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jerry-seinfeld-dominant-masculinity_n_66584518e4b0db5a29bbf84a

He really needs to stop talking. 

11 hours ago, Wiendish Fitch said:

Am I the only one sick and tired of this epidemic of Hollywood old men yelling at clouds? These assholes are blessed with lives others can only dream of, and all they can do is bitch about stuff that doesn't affect them in any way, shape, or form. 

The list is growing longer by the day.

[Ohiopirate02]

21 minutes ago, bluegirl147 said:

Quoting myself because we have another one.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jerry-seinfeld-dominant-masculinity_n_66584518e4b0db5a29bbf84a

He really needs to stop talking. 

 

He does.  I also do not get his argument here.  Jerry's claim to fame is a TV show where none of the male characters are "dominant" men.  In fact, the few characters like Puddy or J. Peterman who embodied what I think Jerry means as dominant or real men were often the butt of the joke.  He does not make any sense here.  

[Spartan Girl]

12 hours ago, Wiendish Fitch said:

Am I the only one sick and tired of this epidemic of Hollywood old men yelling at clouds? These assholes are blessed with lives others can only dream of, and all they can do is bitch about stuff that doesn't affect them in any way, shape, or form. 

You know what? Call me old-fashioned, but maybe a true "alpha" doesn't need to dominate or belittle anyone else to feel more important because he knows it's bullshit. Anyone that feels differently is just a beta loser.

And that applies to any gender, binary or no! So stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Seinfeld!

Edited May 30 by Spartan Girl

[bluegirl147]

34 minutes ago, Spartan Girl said:

You know what? Call me old-fashioned, but maybe a true "alpha" doesn't need to dominate or belittle anyone else to feel more important because he knows it's bullshit. Anyone that feels differently is just a beta loser.

And that applies to any gender, binary or no! So stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Seinfeld!

On another thread we were talking about Daniel Stern being punished for speaking out against two men who some people would consider to be dominant (Brett Ratner and Jeremy Piven) when they were accused of inappropriate behavior towards women on a TV pilot back in the late 90s.  I can see Seinfeld shrugging his shoulders at that type of behavior.  You don't have to have a psychology degree to see Seinfeld wanted/wants to be a dominate man.  Let's not forget Seinfeld met a 17 yr old girl when he was 38 and gave her his number.  They dated for three years. He began a relationship with his wife shortly after she married someone else.  He isn't a good guy.

[Bastet]

2 hours ago, bluegirl147 said:

Let's not forget Seinfeld met a 17 yr old girl when he was 38 and gave her his number.  They dated for three years.

I could not believe how casually that was regarded.  Dude is almost 40 and dating a high school student, and people just shrug?!

[praeceptrix]

Hollywood Makeup Artist Allie Shehorn Allegedly Stabbed By Actor Ex Nick Pasqual

She had a restraining order, but it didn't help. I don't know how long it takes severed tendons to heal, or if there will be permanent physical damage, but I hope she will recover fully. And that the bastard who did it gets life without parole. 

[Dimity]

1 hour ago, Bastet said:

I could not believe how casually that was regarded.  Dude is almost 40 and dating a high school student, and people just shrug?!

I wonder how well known this was?  At least among fans of the show anyway.  Most of the people I know who liked it were not into celebrity gossip and unless this was making mainstream news sources I doubt they'd ever have been aware of it.  I know I certainly had no idea!  But then I was never a fan so he was flying well below my celebrity radar.

[bluegirl147]

1 hour ago, Dimity said:

I wonder how well known this was?  At least among fans of the show anyway.  Most of the people I know who liked it were not into celebrity gossip and unless this was making mainstream news sources I doubt they'd ever have been aware of it.  I know I certainly had no idea!  But then I was never a fan so he was flying well below my celebrity radar.

It was widely known.   The media reported it but they reported it as Jerry Seinfeld is out with his girlfriend Shoshanna.  They should have said Seinfeld is with a young woman barely old enough to vote.

[Vermicious Knid]

Remember this was also before the internet so there wasn't a 24/7 avalanche of celebrity news and commentary, following and criticizing everything. 

[Wiendish Fitch]

7 hours ago, Dimity said:

I wonder how well known this was?  At least among fans of the show anyway.  Most of the people I know who liked it were not into celebrity gossip and unless this was making mainstream news sources I doubt they'd ever have been aware of it.  I know I certainly had no idea!  But then I was never a fan so he was flying well below my celebrity radar.

Behold:

 

"Cancel culture", my ass.

12 hours ago, bluegirl147 said:

 Let's not forget Seinfeld met a 17 yr old girl when he was 38 and gave her his number.  They dated for three years. He began a relationship with his wife shortly after she married someone else.  He isn't a good guy.

Boy, I didn't know about that aspect of Jerry and Jessica's relationship. I'll bet Jerry was just thrilled that he cucked somebody.

Edited May 31 by Wiendish Fitch