The calls for a boycott, the direct appeal to gamer rage populism, and throwing Hale under the bus were huge alarm bells this was less about shitty industry practices and more a personal vendetta. Schreier is the man.

jason schreiers update is interesting and makes a lot of sense. as union minimum rates are based around $/hour of recording, the offer of 4k from the very beginning assumed only a small amount of material recorded, which Jason Schreirer confirms was a cameo offered as condolence after re-casting her when negotiations…

If ever there was a time for AMD to shine, it would be now.

This article convinced me that the only qualification for being a “professional poker player” is having enough money to enter the tournament.  Actual skill is optional.

She’s implied that her physical safety was in jeopardy if she didn’t give him back the money.

She refunded him because the power dynamics are very different when you’re alone in a hallway than they are in a room with other people and cameras.

She said they are working partners in a much bigger business project and this game did not matter that much. She wanted to just let it go and asked him what she can do to fix his mood. He said he wants the money back.

You find it suspicious that she offered to give back the money after he threatened her?

I mean, to me, it just looks like a dumb move that came out lucky for her. It wasn’t a smart play at all, but then again, Adelstein going all in wasn’t particularly smart either. Both went in with nothing and one person won because someone has to.

If she were cheating, she’d have to have been getting some serious help from probably several other people, and it would have had to come down to manipulating the deck, which is practically impossible in professional poker.

Lew called Adelstein’s all-in on the turn, for a quarter of a million dollars, despite not even having a pair.

Hate to be that guy... but “screaming match”? Could we be any more gender stereotyped? If this is George Clooney and a male director, it gets called “shouting match”, which is not going to be viewed nearly as badly.

Almost tried to write about understanding the context that could lead to saying yes, but I've deleted that comment. Not going down that road.

A tale as old as time in the entertainment industry, and yet this adult woman STILL believed it. If what she said is even true, I blame her more for being stupid, than him pulling a cliched scumbag trick.

That’s why I will never, ever date a man who is still legally married, regardless of what kind of “we’re not really together anymore/the marriage is dead” crap he tries on me. Nope. Call me when the divorce is actually finalized. Actually, don’t call me, because I now know you’re a scummy cheater.

From what I understand in her followup videos, she claims that he told her that their marriage was over and lied to her that they just werent “officially” over yet due to their status in the industry. Literally a tale as old as time in the entertainment industry. Not that I am on her side, but men do this literally…

sometimes my teen daughters will mention some Instagram “personality” like I should know her and when I say I don’t they roll their eyes at how old and out of touch I am but internally I am patting myself on the back for that LOL.

“Instagram model”

She’s framing this as “getting ahead of the tabloids” but girl, no one knows who the fuck you are. She’s obviously media savvy enough to understand the implications here. And while I don’t deny the power dynamics of the relationship, she’s doing quite a bit of exploitation here herself. The only victim I see is Behati…

Feels like a lot of dumb choices now are “exploitation” and “manipulation” instead of “well I made some real bad decisions there”