Yeah. I've just seen a lot of "It is NEVER ok to comment on someone's appearance!" and I'm like... I know what I'm going to find if I ctrl-f "orange". Just admit you don't like it when you like the person it's aimed at.

I guess we're going to have to go back and censor a lot of comments about Trump being orange! 

Can you read?

Oh yeah, I think the slap was not what people are making it. I think some of that is undoubtedly race, and some is that it happened live on-stage during a huge televised event.

I mean, I've said it's a bad joke that I'm sure she'll get to make lots of Red Table by Facebook money off of. It's the trade-off for purposefully maintaining a very public life.

I think if you're at an awards show, you're already beyond "just living". That was my only point. Celebs being like "Money and adoration only. Thank you."

I think it was a bad joke, but I'm also curious how some people are getting such an insulting read on it. Demi Moore was considered one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood when it came out? 

I’m saying making a comment about someone's appearance at the grocery store, mall, talk show, etc is one thing. Red carpet events involve talking about your clothes, stylists, etc, so if you're sensitive about your appearance, probably skip those.

I think that if the slap didn’t happen, it would have been Rock telling a tacky joke that bombed, a bunch of memes of Jada rolling her eyes, and that’s it.

It’s the same criticism I had of St Vincent in her last publicity tour, but I don’t understand celebrities who mine their personal shit for publicity, but then also get offended that people talk about it. Don’t want people to ask about your dad? Don’t promote an album about your dad that you’re selling for profit.…

If the slap hadn’t happened and everything had ended after Jada’s eyeroll, it would have just been Chris Rock telling a dud joke, the end. Thanks to the slap, her hair loss is all over the news and her husband is going to do an apology tour.

I was using the broadest "something that interferes with the normal function of an organism" definition of disease, but I think we're mostly in agreement. I was mainly saying that something can technically be a "disease" and also be nbd.

And to think Jezebel was worried about *white people* weighing in...

I think that’s sort of the way with stuff that takes off on the internet. It’s like how “gaslight” just means “disagree” now.

See, the only reference I’d heard to her alopecia before this was her joking about putting rhinestones on a bald spot, but then after this I was like “Did I mishear that?”

I guess I let some temporary international conflict distract me from the really important stuff. 

If she wants me to keep track of her medical history, I'll let her know where to send the checks.

Sure, the public apology is for the public. We probably won't know what happens personally between them.

While I agree with you, I think the public would also keep freaking out until *they see* the apology. If it's not on the socials, it doesn't exist. (And I can see the value in a public act getting a public apology.)

“Karen” used to be the woman who slapped me in front of my manager for not letting her return a clearance dress without a receipt. Now it's just... any woman.