I'm sorry Jim. But if you are soooo beyond upset over this movie... Then turn your whole check over to a foundation against gun violence.

What kills me most about this week's outcry about the generalizing/prejudice against white Southerners is the manner in which they (and I'm including some of our commentariat) have managed to completely side-step the learning moment of empathy. I would love if once, just once, instead of seeing "It's so unfair!" or…

(x) Indeed.

It was a shit show all around (I'm not going to lie, I found it highly entertaining). I have a feeling that his low cut dress comment was retaliatory (not that I'm excusing it). I got the distinct impression that he'd been asked to button up his shirt before they went on air because it was "distracting." All the talk…

What's really sad is that the other white people in the party looked to you to validate his words (or not), rather than take any weight on themselves and object because they might've found it offensive to their own principles. The end result is that silence ends up meaning gutless consent.

This has happened to me several times; I'm mixed but don't immediately read "black" to most white people, so they'll say things in front of me they wouldn't say in front of other black folks. So some ignorant asshole will drop an N-bomb, the air will go out of the room, and one of my friends will oh-so-helpfully blurt…

I like that you shared this, but I agree w Seize - the white people should have stepped up and spoken up.

Ugh, I'm sorry that happened. Hindsight is always good for seeing the shit we should have said at the time, isn't it?

Okay, but can we also point out that Russell Brand is a recovering sex addict and one part of sex addiction therapy involves being open with people about triggers? I read the initial comment that way - rather than just leering at her, he warned her that he could see down her dress. It might have been an uncomfortable…

He was *so* well behaved when it started (which is not always his M.O.). He seemed genuinely interested in discussing some of the more serious ideas behind his current show, world tour, etc. Remember how genuinely concerned/confused he looked when Mika started rambling about all the mental illness she brought to the…

but you noticed that they drew attention to what he was wearing first, right, in the very beginning? and suggested (the kind of microagression you see women put on other women who are deemed to be dressed too revealingly?) that he should feel free to show more chest? when he pointed out their objectification later on,…

A lot of people here on this thread are calling for Brand to apologize for his crass sexist responses. That's hogwash! And let me tell you why... these journalists are paid to set the tone and manage the interview. And they sure did. They made it incredibly clear they were wasting Brand's time and their viewers' time…

Russell ("Willy") Brand's shenanigans in that interview... that is some next level stuff right there.

she was looking at him like a starving cartoon fox looks at his friend when he sees him as a walking roasted chicken. COME ON. I'm surprised her tongue didn't roll out onto the table.

and what he supposed to do? just sit there and swallow all bias and mocking? Gee, he just responded in a way he could in that moment. They're discussing him like he wasn't there with Mika making 1001 confused face and Russell made his comedic (offense) move. It's his comedic persona, they should know better. Many…

Right, but did you really read what I've said?

Oh lordy, did Russell Brand make fools of them. Oh wait , no! They were just their usual know nothing, babble babble selves. They (Mika, and a botoxed to the hilt Katty Kaye, who called Brand by the name of another guest at the table) are too in their own bubble to even know how embarrassed they should be.

Thanks for writing what I would have said. Spot on. I'm not in love with Russell Brand but I think he did a great job of taking them down - which they much deserved.

The interview was awesome because it displayed, unequivocally, what a professional Russell Brand is. And what complete boobs the Morning Joe folks are.

I took it more as her being incredibly turned on by him than her being condescending. Anybody else get that vibe?