lol that apology was so unnecessary, if she had literally just waited a week no one would have cared anymore about the first video or even remembered it. I don’t even think the original was THAT bad, half the problem is that it isn’t funny... like if she had made a legitimately funny video ragging on the dance, it…

I think the wording is awkward but the sentiment echoed what I was kinda feeling watching it... it turned into them forcing her to make a decision about each guy after hearing a bunch of negative shit about him, rather than trusting her to suss out who was legit and who was just saying pretty things in her own time.…

haha it’s funny that everyone in the comments picked up on that because these are MY numbers and I don’t feel like it’s that weird even for a woman.

yep. It also sucks that they pretty much always use sex/sex discussion as a way to make the contestants uncomfortable, especially in group date stuff. I feel like there’s so much more they could have done with her season in this regard.

the whacking off thing was so weird - the entire production team seems to have no idea how to portray “sex positivity” to America and decided to just land on “mentioning sexy stuff” regardless of how little sense this makes... like how is not masturbating sex positivity ?

I’ve been trying to figure out the answer to that, too... based on the judge’s reaction, it seems less likely that it was a slap on the wrist for reasons of fame?

Ah, I see what you mean in this context. I guess from my perspective that audio clip has been re-used so many times, in so many contexts that it just seems like it’s been applied to every type of space and it would be weird to deliberately exclude black voices from audio to avoid this... but I didn’t realize there was…

You may have to shoot me with shells for asking this, but isn’t this a big component of how the app is used by everyone? I see people re-purposing audio all the time? This feels very different from ... “physical” blackface

But the problem is she won’t get to do those of roles because of the BS perception of her.

hm this could be me not understanding the way restaurants are structured but above it says “his staff” and referred to him as having control over this employee, which to me implies he’s a boss? And normally I’d say that’s a pretty big no-no, to sleep with your staff?

A source close to the production told Jezebel that the network and the show’s producers were unaware of any allegations against Erales before casting him on the show.

I don’t want to say it’s “funny” to me that they didn’t expect any pushback but we’ve gotten to an interesting point in LGBT+ support that people don’t think it can result in anything but positive exposure for them. Like posting this 10 years ago, you wouldn’t do it without it being a conscious decision to show your…

I didn’t even realize I hadn’t written out that it was the Hulk Hogan video in the first comment haha.

Ohhhhhh yeah. If that’s the thing I’m thinking of, unless there was more than one, I remember seeing that (when it was posted - didn’t see anything afterward about the victim/her father) and thinking this site has lost its goddamn mind. That was when I unfollowed Jezebel on FB. I am definitely here 1/10 as much as I…

I’m sorry to be this person, but just a reminder that Gawker (of which Jezebel was a part) pretty much fell apart after getting massively sued for publishing a sex tape without the person’s permission, and Gawker’s entire reasoning was “he’s a public person.”

for awards shows and such, as cited. Background dancers do normally speak to other people, you know... just not so much while they’re dancing.

yeah I’m surprised this wasn’t mention because this was a BIG part of why she pulled out. The fines weren’t a surprise and she was prepared to pay them. It was the escalation of “well uh maybe we’ll kick you out too!!!” that followed, that seemed to cause her to back out.

I can’t help but wonder if any of the women received compensation for their stage names being used as Stefani’s album title

trust a man named after a dorito and you’re bound to get burned

Yes, every situation is different - I’m not calling for a blanket approach to all parents. I’m just saying, it seems like if your kid is damaged by crack, and it was your crack, it’s like leaving a loaded gun in the nursery. I don’t care if you’re addicted to guns either, you’re a problem.