He suggested that Gaiman would blame autism* for his actions, in the same way that Mel Gibson blamed alcoholism for his racist tirades/domestic abuse.  He didn’t imply that autistic people are all rapists.

While I’ve never been in a position to hire a nanny, I’d probably walk out of a job if I showed up on day one and the boss suggested that I take a bath with him.

Tortoise Media, which as I write this is the only source for this story, is a far right podcast strongly tied to Boris Johnson, and best known for screaming about trans people. Neil Gaiman has been hugely critical of Johnson ever since he came onto the public scene, and is currently doing multiple projects with strong…

Yikes if true. I listened to the podcasts, they seem to be highly padded and most facts seem to be “corroborated” by third parties who were not present at the time of the accused actions. This outlet seems to specialize in very broad, thinly researched SA accusation serials. Believe victims but also, something smells…

A country artist knows that the MAGA crowd will lap up his work because he said the n-word. They probably won’t even listen to his music but they’ll still support him because he’s ‘sticking it to the woke crowd’.

Scarlett alleges that Gaiman assaulted her within hours of their meeting in his New Zealand residence in February 2022, when she was hired as a nanny for his child. The two apparently shared a bath where, according to Gaiman, they only “cuddled” and “made out” with consent.”

I think the biggest thing was blaming others. I don’t think she’s a great actress, she has a reputation (deserved or not) as “difficult”, and, obviously, the shadow of sexism in Hollywood. But all of that is stuff she could have owned. As soon as she said her performance sucked because she got substandard material,…

Yeah I don’t blame the Grey’s writers one bit for feeling insulted by her statement. That was a shitty thing to say. She show is pulp (look at the description of the plot points in the season she won for) and sometimes that’s going to land, and sometimes it’s not. The year before they wrote well enough to help win her…

I support the notion that branding women as “difficult” is a sexist and damaging notion to women, but Heigl is also a notorious asshole who burned all her bridges her damn self without any studios needing to brand her as such (not that they didn’t).

“I just wasn’t proud of my work”

I think it’s premature to say that Dakota Johnson gets a boost from her willingness to distance herself from the bad projects she’s in. Johnson had big roles in three prominent-ish movies in 2018 (Fifty Shades Freed, Suspiria, and Bad Times at the El Royale). She did not then have anything nearly so prominent until…

Its amazing, we’re still locking these people up and the guy who incited it is in line to retake the White House.

Nice! I wish I would have gone when it was in D.C.

I almost went to that show in Boston (I live in Chicago).  It featured some of the dresses, if I remember?  I assume we’re talking about the same show.  That would have been such a treat!  I’m glad you got to go.

I’m glad you liked it!  It’s very lush.  Was it at the Hammer?

Username-comment synergy.

Yeah, rehabilitation is bad! Once people admit to doing bad things, they should never do anything again! They should just become online accountants, and never leave their homes, ever!

The Hammer Museum in L.A. is pretty terrific. And they own one of my favorite John Singer Sargent paintings.

before all of that stuff happened to me, I didn’t feel good

Confusing to see “it never made it to the main stage, much less to air” in this post, when the whole point of SNL dress rehearsal is that it is on the main stage, then they cut the 2-3 sketches that tank the most (or succeed the least) before the live show goes to air. It’s also the clearly articulated premise of this…