It was considered a job perk of rock stardom at the time.
And, whether anyone likes it or not, these girls were actively pursuing this kind of action.  They weren’t trafficked kids on Epstein Island.

Zendaya made history as the first Black Woman ever to win an Emmy for best actress twice, and then get throttled by a nutter because security was too afraid of internet backlash to get involved!

Right?!?...Moms didn’t seem too pressed about it either, I’m sure she realized that security was just doing their job as well. 

“But this is the woman who brought forth Zendaya—Zendaya!”

Why is this a story? How was he supposed to know she was her mother? I did a short stint working security for events like this a long time ago and it’s not like they provide the guards with a list of names + photos of people associated with whatever celebrities are there. The goal is to keep the wrong people out and…

Yeah, not condoning it, but it’s always been part of rock culture. I’m guessing most groupies were underage. And a lot of their parents looked the other way.

Security did what they were paid to do? What a scoop! I hope you guys can get this in for the evening edition.

Its a consensual adult fingering.

There’s literally a whole generation of 70s musicians who could be accused of statutory rape. Eagles, Led Zeppelin, etc. Not condoning it, but it’s weird to point the finger at just David Bowie.

Oh, thank you for this JUICY CELEBRITY GOSSIP! I grow breathless with anticipation as to what CELEBRITY BEEF the AV Club is going to bring us next!

This site just gets more and more depressing, lazy, and awkward. These days I think the only thing that brings me back to the AV Club is muscle memory.

“In a new interview with Harold Stern”.. Come on, even if you don’t like him you know his name Howard Stern. The laziness here is astounding.

I think if I lost one of my kids let alone both I would lose my mind and cease functioning entirely, so good for him whatever he does.

The police themselves, other than Van Buren or Kragen (early years) are depicted as hapless fools screwing up the cases.

Trying to imagine the outrage at AV Club if, instead of always blaming rich white guys, Law & Order accurately represented the racial makeup of the city’s worst criminals.

“more likely to believe that police are successful at lowering crime [...] which would be great if it were true, but if you’re watching this show you probably know it is not”
Well I don’t watch any late night TV, but I know that police do indeed reduce crime.
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/01/more…

One of the things is they inevitably set up defense attorneys as bad and unethical, and talk about how unfair it is when bad guys get off on technicalities like “you illegally searched their house”. 

You do know that Dick Wolf is working closely WITH the corrupt police in producing the show, right? This isn’t just some weird coincidence. Nobody is suggesting Wolf should “fix societal issues through media,” Oliver is arguing that’s he’s actively making this issue worse by generating huge amounts of pro-police…

Criticizing pop culture vs. blaming it for society’s woes are two different things. For instance, blaming a cop TV show for enabling bad cop behavior is not a far argument from blaming violent video games for violence in society.

Sept 2022: John Oliver has run out of things to skewer, or whatever.