The entire purpose of her telling her story is to convince people it happened. It is absurd to demand that people suspend disbelief when an allegation as serious as child abuse is made. That said, I agree that none of this is our business, and therefore wish it hadn't been foisted on us in the first place.

Yes, that would have been another way to go, and I agree, it might have seemed a bit less weasley. But, to be fair, none of the Farrows has made an in-person statement (i.e. on tv) that I am aware of — they have let Maureen Orth and Kristol be their print mouthpieces.

Maybe so, but I guess I wonder whether he is required to completely change his private nature simply because it's better PR. I suspect that, like all of the debates about whether he is or is not to be deemed a molester, there is no real way to convince people who hold one view on the matter of a different view. So,…

You know, it is entirely consistent with everything else in his life. This is just not a person who speaks publicly about himself, ever. He never shows up at award shows and as far as I can tell never participates in magazine pieces about himself. So, while I do get your point, I don't know that it is entirely fair…

Seriously? This is the only post you can be bothered to respond to? Jesus, I give up on this place.

I think the message here is that Jezebel no longer really stands for anything.

It's interesting. The only good thing that has come out of this mess is the heartening chorus of the commentariat calling them to task for the original post and for their endless, pointless effort to justify the mistake.

Jezebel, what are you doing?

I wasn't disgusted by anything at the Grammys apart from the appalling decision to cut off QotSA at the end. That said, I was wildly uncomfortable with using people getting married as a prop for a musical performance. I have no doubt the performers were well-intentioned, but I still found it distasteful.

And she just kept churning out the babies. I do actually feel a little sorry for her because this has to be humiliating, but still, what an idiot.

People just like to feel superior and stuff. Virtual hug back!

There's no allegedly — he and Tori were indeed having an affair. I wonder why women think men who leave their wives for them won't turn around and cheat on them?

Yes. Talk about lock jaw. Unless, of course, these men are very young with very small dicks. I suspect only the latter is true.

I don't know why people are acting like this isn't one of the very weird aspects of the post that deserves comment. You just keep on keepin' on — the addition of the racial aspect is indeed the cherry on the ice cream sundae of this fuckwitted ad.

I don't see an actual fraud here. You don't have to have a degree to invent a golf club.

If a driver for, say, a local liquor store had caused this accident while delivering kegs to the tailgate, his employer would be liable under the theory of respondeat superior because the accident occurred in the course of his work. The same basic concept should apply here — that the kid driving the van was doing so…

Alyssa Milano is just great.

God, what a towering asshole that guy is.

Uhm. You know, you could just edit out the reference to Mr. Avery. Like, out of respect?

"I have no idea who that is (DOES THAT MAKE ME UNAMERICAN?" No, it makes you lazy or dishonest. There's this thing called Google, and if you're going to post about a person, presumably you can take 5 seconds to figure out who she is.