Oprah is not necessarily quititng TV altogether. The rumour is actually that she is quitting her SYNDICATED show in 2011, but that she will be doing another show on her Oprah cable network (or whatever it is) when her syndication show stops.
So, really, doesn't strike me as such huge news. Not like she is leaving tv for good.
The Rihanna line makes me want to cry. I can't imagine what it's like to have to battle through the roller-coaster of emotions that follow an abusive relationship while in the public eye.
BMI, which enforces music royalties, claims an Idaho bar has been playing songs by artists including John Fogerty and Taylor Swift without permission. [TMZ]
Did anyone else read this and think, "Dammit, what will the Body Mass Index control next! Ohhhh..."
So this is how lame I am. When I read the Lost premiere date, I literally put down my Hot Pocket (Hurley would be proud) and started to write a countdown in my agenda. I realized after a minute that I was accidentally counting up instead of down, but then I figured that probably made sense in the context of the show.
So I have about a year and some change to develop a rare body-deforming disease/marry a rich famous person ala Mrs. Seinfeld and ex-Mrs. Rock/become famous myself but not in a Hilton-y way/become a home-decorator-chef-professional organizer-landscaper from Australia/create my own weird self-affirmation religion to get on Oprah.
Wish me luck, guys. I got some plannin' to do!
She got nervous and put her foot in her mouth. I'm not condoning rape jokes, but it doesn't seem like it comes from a misogynistic place in this scenario.
I have often made jokes in public that have made me immediately cringe afterwards. It usually happens when I am nervous or out of my element.
I know this might not be a popular opinion, but I still found her interview less annoying than January Jones' recent appearances.
The shocking part of that interview is discovering that what I thought was a horrible, fakey minstrel show of a South American accent is actually her real accent.
If she was 13 it was rape. No such thing as consent for a 13 year-old - legally depending on what country she was living in - morally in the whole damn universe.
I saw this - I felt bad for her, because I'm pretty sure that was a major case of nerves and wanting to be funny and talking too quickly and foot-in-mouth. When she said she was 13, I think her thought process went like this:'oh-shit-that-sounds-too-young-to-be-having-sex': "I was raped", 'oh-shit-that-is-possibly-the-worse-thing-I-could-say-in-the-world-ever-maybe-if-I-laugh-really-hard-people-won't-notice', "HA HA HA".
@Diziet_Sma: Agreed. I don't like rape jokes any more than the next person, but I do have an off-color sense of humor, and especially when I am nervous it can come off wrong.
I'm hoping she just got nervous and started making horrible jokes. I have a friend like this and she once made a joke about her brother being autistic in front of the mother of an autistic child (I think it was like "Oh, well it's great to see that he's doing so well. You know, we used to think my brother was autistic." cue nervous laughter). She began to immediately apologize while the mother gave her a bad look (as did I) but she said that it was alright. I could tell that it was a genuine mistake because my friend was born without the ability to filter her speech. I have a feeling she too was born without a speech filter.
@JessickerFletcher: Yeah, but...??? Chalk it up to nerves I guess, but would a RAPE JOKE ever pop in to your head because you were nervous? I don't care how nervous or foot-in-the-mouth I am (which, btw, is like all the time)-- I'm never nervous enough to spew out a rape joke.
@MsAnthrope: Sometimes people just get nervous and say stupid/horrible things. Normally, I would agree with you but I imagine that being on live TV with millions of viewers and having to be smart, charming, and funny would certainly rack the nerves. Plus, her laugh towards the end was pretty uncomfortable.
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So, really, doesn't strike me as such huge news. Not like she is leaving tv for good.
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Please stop twittering(?)/saying things that make me kind of like you.
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Wish me luck, guys. I got some plannin' to do!
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I have often made jokes in public that have made me immediately cringe afterwards. It usually happens when I am nervous or out of my element.
I know this might not be a popular opinion, but I still found her interview less annoying than January Jones' recent appearances.
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If she was 13 it was rape. No such thing as consent for a 13 year-old - legally depending on what country she was living in - morally in the whole damn universe.
But seriously - WTF!? Laughter?
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