Dissenting opinion: I think he was kidding. When Joy touched him he did a mock-serious face and said "don't," but then as he turned back to the audience he had a little grin on his face. And he kept his arm on the back of her chair, and put the other arm on Sherri's chair, which probably someone with space issues wouldn't do. (And if they did, they would have pulled those arms back to themselves if being touched really bothered them -- to pull away form the toucher, I mean.) Then when Sherri was poking and poking and poking, he didn't draw away reflexively or pull his arms down, he just -- seemed to me -- jokingly complained ("who's in charge here?").
@SaraRueful: Yeah. Ha! I think he was kidding too but I don't know his sense of humor very well. Is he dry? That's pretty much the joke I'd make in that situation if I were him... though I see it can be a grey area.
@MyNameIsChris: Yeah, he has a very dry sense of humor, from the interviews I've seen and read with him. And I just watched the whole segment, and after the poking he was still smiling, still joking, still sprawled out in a very open and accommodating way. Granted, I'm no expert on body language, but I don't think it bothered him.
wow, Whoopi should have said something. I see her as the voice of reason and logic on that show. I normally like Joy but she shouldnt just poke someone and, my god, how i loathe Sherri Shepard..i'm usually amazed when she says something that doesnt sound like a total retard.
Wow. I never considered this before, but what if the situation were reversed, and it was an all-dude talkshow and they had a lady guest and the hosts kept, like, touching on her? Well, that would never happen. See, that would be inappropriate. BUT so is this. He was sort of uncomfortable, and they had this reaction of, oh, we're just a group of ladies, we are allowed to grope male guests if we feel like it. No, actually, unwanted touching is not appropriate. If he'd said, oh yeah, feel my four-pack, then sure, grope away. But he didn't and some people just don't like being handled that way. I sure as hell don't.
Hey, ladies, you better quit it. If you do that on the bus returning from a middle school speech and debate tournament, you will get kicked out of the program and suspended for 3 days.
@frankie22: I did that, in junior high, on a dimly lit bus to a male friend of mine. Then the following Monday two girls came forward and said I'd sexually harassed him. The school administration basically forced him to agree with them, saying if he didn't his "permanent record" was in peril. They interrogated me for 3 hours, threatened me, and brought in local PD, who scoffed at the situation and basically told me my school administration was being ridiculous). They suspended me for 3 days and I had 2 more days of in school suspension, in addition to being kicked out of the program (two other girls were similarly punished, for the same thing). Also, my deep hatred/anxiety regarding Authority in All Forms began.
I feel his pain as I HATE being touched by strangers! People always think I'm joking but I'm not.
FYI public: My tattoos are not for you to touch, neither is my hair, nor are you allowed to lean against me (especially not with your crotch) on the tube/bus, or squeeze my shoulders when you come up behind my desk. In fact just DON'T TOUCH ME I MEAN IT.
@Raspberry Swirl: Now with more yruppls!: I hope she's OK. It has to be scary to seeing something so close to you on the news, but not to see how your aunt is doing.
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I speak from experience.
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My mom says it's because I called the teacher an effing fascist but that is not how I remember it.
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FYI public: My tattoos are not for you to touch, neither is my hair, nor are you allowed to lean against me (especially not with your crotch) on the tube/bus, or squeeze my shoulders when you come up behind my desk. In fact just DON'T TOUCH ME I MEAN IT.
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DON'T
Tickle
Poke my belly fat
Pat my back
- Thanks, The Management
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So Octo-Grandma, is that 65lb per lip?
(Then again, Jennifer Lopez' face really changed when she was with the twins, so what do I know.)
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