“She tried to use his fame for clout”

Oh come on.  She was talking about a thing while filming the show on a podcast about the show.

He is well known for being a jerk and this site made it all about race.

Didn’t Bronson Pinchot say that Denzel was abusive and one of the most unpleasant human beings he’s ever met in his life and that he spent his income from Courage Under Fire on therapy bills? I’m no huge fan of Pompeo but I somehow trust Balki on this.

That’s exactly how I read it. He has a reputation for being a dick to women on set and elsewhere. I think the author of this piece can’t see past her dislike of Ellen Pompeo to realize Denzel’s statement isn’t the burn she thinks she is.

Does this mean that Denzel is such an asshole that he can’t possibly recall one incident of him being an asshole?

Right. There’s ZERO chance leftist women would be defending this if the target was a female politician they liked. It’s complete bullshit.

You are free to give yourself permission to set aside your principles if they prevent you from attacking the object of your scorn as completely as you might like. Once you have set those principles aside though, you don’t really get to expect that anyone will pretend you still have them.

Seems to me Jezebel is actually the party trying to pit women against each other: Feldstein never said she doesn’t know who Michele is, yet somehow that’s the headline Jezebel decided to go with.

I’m really getting sick of Andy Cohen pinning women (regardless of how you may feel about them) against each other for drama and fun. Its not cute in high school and its downright disturbing as an adult.

She didn’t say she doesn’t know who “she is”. She said she doesn’t know her whatsoever, which is less Mariah and more just honest.

I call bullshit on that part. Ms Pompeo may be taking artistic liberties with her version of the story. 

That’s not the point. However ridiculous WAP was, it obviously had a treatment, was storyboarded, was the result of someone’s vision.

The video is as boring as the song. High concept, but nothing interesting happens and the dancing is meh. Would have expected something more along the lines of W.A.P.  

Even a focused gymnast can end up crippled. Like, say, Elena Mukhina.

This. A lot of people seem to be forgetting how damned dangerous gymnastics is. It’s not like swimming, where you might lose a bit of time and mess up your turn if you can’t focus. An unfocused gymnast can end up crippled.

Fun fact: remember Kerri Strug injuring herself and limping off the mat and into Larry Nassar’s perverted arms and she was a national hero?

I square it by thinking about the kind of life threatening skills she has to perform. MJ or Serena won’t be catastrophically injured if they aren’t in the right headspace at all times. Simone is in that exact position - if she’s off by a fraction of an inch or a sec b/c hesitation, she’s either dead or paralyzed for…

she hadn’t been that impressive in the qualifications, at least from what I saw.

Has there ever been a person named Harmony who isn’t the actual worst? 

With actual horrible people out there having full-throated access to the “public bullhorn” it seems kind of, I dunno, “petty” to dump on Teigen.