Anonymous
Post 07/12/2023 10:19     Subject: Re:Controversy : Actor Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed..

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh my, the amount of wealth, ego, excess under the guys of minimalism, and extreme privilege at the table, is astounding.


Huh? I'm MC and I don't see anything astounding in that photo. The lack of diversity is a faux pas for sure but come on, I don't see extreme peivilege or excess.


GMAF break. No it isn't.

--AA woman
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2023 10:06     Subject: Re:Controversy : Actor Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed..

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think the most controversial thing is that Jimmy Fallon was invited to Jimmy Kimmel's ranch. You'd never see Leno inviting Letterman (or vice versa) or Carson inviting . . . anyone. Times have changed in late night!


Jimmy Fallon is aggressively unfunny and untalented, so even a slightly above average talent like Kimmel is unlikely to be threatened by him.

Fallon is in the position he's in primarily because of his skill at kissing corporate and celebrity a$$es. I bet this was a very productive dinner for him!


So true lol
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2023 10:00     Subject: Re:Controversy : Actor Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed..

Anonymous wrote:One reason people may be reacting so strongly to her in particular (instead of if someone else posted it) is because apparently she wrote a book called “purple,” in which she describes the necessity of making a point in surrounding one’s self with diversity. She apparently claims that she makes a point to do this for her children, too.

Not sure if the above is true or not.


They were invited guests. Is she supposed to ask for guest lists in advance and determine whether it meets her minimum melanin requirement (MMR, the most important DEI metric, apparently)?

I don't even like KB and Dax Shepherd. I think she's a charming actress but their public personas are annoying to me, and I can't stand his podcast. But criticizing them for this photo is INSANE to me. We've just driven off a cliff in the name of diversity here and now we can manufacture outrage about anything.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2023 09:54     Subject: Re:Controversy : Actor Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed..

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh my, the amount of wealth, ego, excess under the guys of minimalism, and extreme privilege at the table, is astounding.


Lol


Guys! guys! guise took three tries to get it to spell correctly when using dictation!


I am going to need one of you dictation posters to do an AMA at some point. Like you’re just saying responses out loud to your phone where people can hear you? DCUM is not your secret shame?


Lol I am working in a public space right now and when I opened my laptop it was on this page and I literally snapped it shut and looked around before reopening it because I do not want coworkers to know I do this. Even the stupid celebrity gossip threads! I prefer to pretend I only vaguely know what DCUM is. "Oh yeah, is that the site where people bicker about schools? I think I used it to find our daycare years ago..."
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2023 09:52     Subject: Re:Controversy : Actor Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed..

Anonymous wrote:I think the most controversial thing is that Jimmy Fallon was invited to Jimmy Kimmel's ranch. You'd never see Leno inviting Letterman (or vice versa) or Carson inviting . . . anyone. Times have changed in late night!


Jimmy Fallon is aggressively unfunny and untalented, so even a slightly above average talent like Kimmel is unlikely to be threatened by him.

Fallon is in the position he's in primarily because of his skill at kissing corporate and celebrity a$$es. I bet this was a very productive dinner for him!
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2023 09:47     Subject: Re:Controversy : Actor Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed..

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh my, the amount of wealth, ego, excess under the guys of minimalism, and extreme privilege at the table, is astounding.


Lol


Guys! guys! guise took three tries to get it to spell correctly when using dictation!


I am going to need one of you dictation posters to do an AMA at some point. Like you’re just saying responses out loud to your phone where people can hear you? DCUM is not your secret shame?


Anyone who feels so compelled to respond to DCUM posts that they have to dictate responses is . . . well, something.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2023 09:46     Subject: Re:Controversy : Actor Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed..

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh my, the amount of wealth, ego, excess under the guys of minimalism, and extreme privilege at the table, is astounding.


Lol


Guys! guys! guise took three tries to get it to spell correctly when using dictation!


I am going to need one of you dictation posters to do an AMA at some point. Like you’re just saying responses out loud to your phone where people can hear you? DCUM is not your secret shame?
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2023 09:42     Subject: Re:Controversy : Actor Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed..

It could only be worse had there been a POC in the background of the photo serving them the food.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2023 09:41     Subject: Controversy : Actor Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed..

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Jake Tapper looks old AF. I didn't even recognize him!

He wears a ton of makeup on CNN so no surprise you wouldn't recognize him in his natural state.

Wow. Unrecognizable.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2023 09:40     Subject: Controversy : Actor Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed..

Anonymous wrote:Jake Tapper looks old AF. I didn't even recognize him!

He wears a ton of makeup on CNN so no surprise you wouldn't recognize him in his natural state.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2023 09:40     Subject: Re:Controversy : Actor Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed..

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh my, the amount of wealth, ego, excess under the guys of minimalism, and extreme privilege at the table, is astounding.


Lol


The guys of minimalism? Is that three dudes who refuse to have any knickknacks in their houses?
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2023 09:33     Subject: Controversy : Actor Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed..

Creepy that nearly all are warring some shade of blue. I’m outraged!
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2023 09:32     Subject: Controversy : Actor Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed..

Jake Tapper looks old AF. I didn't even recognize him!
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2023 09:32     Subject: Re:Controversy : Actor Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed..

Anonymous wrote:One reason people may be reacting so strongly to her in particular (instead of if someone else posted it) is because apparently she wrote a book called “purple,” in which she describes the necessity of making a point in surrounding one’s self with diversity. She apparently claims that she makes a point to do this for her children, too.

Not sure if the above is true or not.


Funny how nobody is calling out Jimmy Kimmel. Even though it's been pointed out several times it's his party and she was a guest. Why is that?
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2023 09:31     Subject: Re:Controversy : Actor Kristen Bell Shares Photo Of Star-Studded Dinner Party — And Not Everyone's Impressed..

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh my, the amount of wealth, ego, excess under the guys of minimalism, and extreme privilege at the table, is astounding.


Huh? I'm MC and I don't see anything astounding in that photo. The lack of diversity is a faux pas for sure but come on, I don't see extreme peivilege or excess.


Also "under the guys" is hilarious. Not seeing a set a guys I'd like to be under, in there.