Yeah that little tiny end qualifier is supposed to make up for the entire smear? “Oh but see our small explanation for complete misrepresentation towards someone who has experienced a tragic personal event is totally legit!”

Right-- so out of respect for her grieving, can you take this post down or add a serious apology?

So you had to get the hot take out before you had a clue about what was happening? Typical.

How about “Sometimes we are guilty of doing the very things we tell everyone else not to do. Like calling a gang rape a ‘forced threesome’ or saying that a woman should not let her face disappoint us. We are sorry. We will do better.” Then take the shitty story down.

So, your entire post is effectively “this woman should smile more in public,” then when it’s pointed out she just lost her father you add a line at the end - but don’t change the headline or anything else in the post?

Cool.

This was such a sad attempt to stir shit among female entertainers.

Hey yeah, maybe you should update your classless/clickbaity/trollish headline?

I think we all would like to see an apology at some point, Kate. Hunt hint, nudge nudge.

That added sentence doesn’t make up for the shit pile that is the rest of this article.

Plus, the weird insinuation that she’s being catty because McKinnon won over Chlumsky? All women are pitted against and rooting against one another until proven innocent or something?

Also, since a lot of people don’t bother reading a full article, it means that people who just watch the gif and read the first two paragraphs will walk away with no idea of the context. Which makes JLD look like a dick and is pretty unfair.

Agreed. The article should be amended to start with a paragraph about JLD’s loss, and an apology for the snark to follow.

Even if she hadn’t just lost her father, it would still be a dick move to say she should look happier.

Why not just remove it? The story doesn’t provide any new information and runs counter to what Jez is supposed to be about. It’s literally the asshole following you down the street yelling at you to cheer up three days after your dad died.

Yeah, clearly amending doesn’t include admitting their article is a fuck up and that they should apologize for its nonsense.

Yes, any woman with a frowny face must be MADE to smile, or else.

But not you, Larry David in the background chewing gum. Keep on Sandersing, it’s cute when you boys look grouchy or like humans with inner lives!

Pisses me off to no end. As other commenters have pointed out, literally no one else in that shot is smiling. Even if her dad hadn’t just died, this is a disappointing article to say the least.

This, maybe?

I’m sorry, Stassa, but this article basically amounts to, “Smile, it can’t be that bad.”