Presumably there were other people there who could have backed up his version of events. Possibly even people as recognizable as Cera. Why specifically bring up the ex-boyfriend and not somebody else?

Hey! Helpful hint! The “I asked her ex-boyfriend and he TOTALLY agrees with me!” defense is kinda lame.

So is the classic example of a beautiful young female celebrity with an older, unattractive male significant other Amber Tamblyn and this guy, or Paulina Porizkova and Ric Ocasek?

Gonna be honest—if you find yourself constantly having to explain to people that despite what they just heard you say, you’re not a racist, the problem is you. Maybe that problem isn’t racism (hint: it’s totally racism) but if everyone hears what you say and says, “WOW that’s racist,” then you have fucked up somewhere…

You might not be a racist (I don’t know David Cross so I can’t say), but you did do a racist thing at least that one time.

Huh? That analogy is weak. Here’s the point she was making with Stephen Colbert. He played a character that poked fun at a specific type of person. If he went to work at a network whose audience is precisely that type of person, it would no longer be satire, he’d just being playing to his audience. This is paralleled…

His boss harasses Laura, he says “no comment” and you think she’s being petty?

Other Deadspin writers have been defending PFT Commenter for forever, I actually think she’s really brave to go after him!

I’ve loved his schtick since the KSK days, but Laura’s correct with that Colbert/Fox analogy. We have to draw the line somewhere, and it’s probably long past time we stopped trying to separate him from Barstool.

Laura, good article, you bring up really solid points and I 100% agree with you.