I LOVE when Hollywood keeps some semblance of their glamorous past!

Anger management, dear.

Lmao.

But who are you to determine that one sexual assault is “worse” than another, right? I’m not trying to be confrontational, but people don’t get to decide which sexual assault is worse than another. By the books, this is sexual assault (if no consent was given). A butt slap is a sexual assault. A swipe of the boob is a…

I think you should write for Jezebel, because I would have MUCH rather heard about all of that in the article! Thanks for sharing. I hope you get a lot of stars so it gets visible in the thread!

That is the most spot-on description of this dress. Ghost of Christmas Present. I died. Very beautiful, but leave it to her to pull it off!

I die at that mustard yellow against Rihanna’s skin. She is so amazingly beautiful. I know there’s a lot of makeup and stuff going into the look, but girl brings it and always does something different/risky.

Thanks for clarifying! I wish the article had said that. It sort of sounded like she was dared and just ran up and did it. I’m glad she asked.

Well, that’s not necessarily true. We can’t pretend to know what’s going on in his brain or how he felt afterwards by a picture that sorta/kinda looks like he’s fine with it. Sometimes we pretend we are fine with things, but really we aren’t.

Totally! Any excuse to underline the importance of personal boundaries is a good one.

Hey, sometimes it works out where both parties love it and it becomes iconic due to happenstance. That’s totally cool. Usually not, though.

Haha. I’m hoping this kind of situation never happens to me, but if it does, I might steal your line.

Well, it’s certainly one way. Lol.

As a staunch feminist, I appreciate where you’re coming from, but this isn’t “reverse sexism,” this is sexual assault (going on the assumption that she didn’t have permission to kiss). That is a law. Men can be assaulted.

I wish that was mentioned in the Jezebel article. Sort of made it seem like Mom was dared and then just ran up and picked a guy without asking. Permission? Fine. Doing it on a dare and slapping one on a stranger? Not fine. Thanks for clarifying.

NO, thank YOU. I’m glad that other readers here are a little miffed. It appears as though she got his permission after all, but that wasn’t mentioned here and it sort of made it seem as though she was just dared and ran up and made out with the guy.

Ah, thank you! This is something I wish was mentioned in the Jez article. I’m weary of clicking out of Jezebel to other websites because sometimes they don’t have content that agrees with my work computer policy. Haha. Thanks very much.

What if he was gay, though? What if he didn’t find her attractive? What if he’s married and one of those guys that just wants to kiss his wife? Not cool, you know? Ugh. I don’t think it’s okay to just hop on the train of “guys don’t generally care.” To me, it’s more complicated than that and even if generally men…

Exactly. I don’t think “fear” is the only factor (heh. that was not a Fear Factor joke). There’s so much more to it. Dude was obviously married, was probably wearing a ring, likely wasn’t looking for a kiss, was participating in a marathon and maybe doesn’t like that kind of thing. Ick.

No mention of how kissing strangers is wholly inappropriate, regardless of the gender of the perpetrator? That is sexual assault, and we would be enraged if the tables were turned.