“Birds of a feather go to rehab together,” reports The Advocate.
Kevin Spacey, the disgraced House of Cards actor who faces multiple accusations of sexual assault, has checked into The Meadows, an elite rehabilitation facility in the Arizona desert, reports the Daily Mail.
The rehab center, which can cost $36,000 per month, has treated celebrities like Tiger Woods and Selena Gomez. Harvey Weinstein, the producer whose string of alleged sexual assaults sparked a #MeToo movement in Hollywood, arrived at the treatment facility last week.
The rehab center, which can cost $36,000 per month, has treated celebrities like Tiger Woods and Selena Gomez. Harvey Weinstein, the producer whose string of alleged sexual assaults sparked a #MeToo movement in Hollywood, arrived at the treatment facility last week.
Spacey, at least, has a defender, if an inaptly named one, 85-year-old author Gay Talese:
"I would like to ask (Spacey) how it feels to lose a lifetime of success and hard work all because of 10 minutes of indiscretion 10 years or more ago," Talese said, adding, "I feel so sad, and I hate that actor that ruined this guy's career. So, OK, it happened 10 years ago. ... Jesus, suck it up once in a while!"
Then Talese compared the two-time Oscar-winning actor with the Dalai Lama.
"You know something, all of us in this room at one time or another did something we're ashamed of. The Dalai Lama has done something he's ashamed of," he told Vanity Fair. "The Dalai Lama should confess ... put that in your magazine!"
The Dalai Lama did not respond. But many Twitter users expressed a mixture of outrage and confusion at Talese's comments. No one else has loudly defended Spacey.
"Petition To Force Gay Talese To Change His Name To Straightoldguy Talese," tweeted NPR book and movie reviewer Glen Weldon.
"I could steal Talese's car in less than 10 minutes. I don't think he'd shrug it off," tweeted one user.
"Oh dear, twitter's gonna make Gay Talese wish he was trending because he died," wrote one user.
Talese's public image has had a pretty rough run as of late. Last April, he spoke at on a panel at a Boston University journalism conference, and an audience member asked what nonfiction writers inspired him. He responded, "I didn't know any women writers that I loved."
Later, at the same conference, he approached New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones.
"I was talking with another woman journalist," Hannah-Jones recalled to Rewire. "We were trying to figure out what session we were going to go to next, and that's when he asked me if I was going to get my nails done."
Then, two months later, Talese disavowed his latest nonfiction book "The Voyeur's Motel" after The Washington Post questioned its factual accuracy. The book followed the story of Gerald Foos, who supposedly spied on guests at his Colorado motel from the 1960s to the 1990s, keeping journals of their sexual behavior.
Then Talese compared the two-time Oscar-winning actor with the Dalai Lama.
"You know something, all of us in this room at one time or another did something we're ashamed of. The Dalai Lama has done something he's ashamed of," he told Vanity Fair. "The Dalai Lama should confess ... put that in your magazine!"
The Dalai Lama did not respond. But many Twitter users expressed a mixture of outrage and confusion at Talese's comments. No one else has loudly defended Spacey.
"Petition To Force Gay Talese To Change His Name To Straightoldguy Talese," tweeted NPR book and movie reviewer Glen Weldon.
"I could steal Talese's car in less than 10 minutes. I don't think he'd shrug it off," tweeted one user.
"Oh dear, twitter's gonna make Gay Talese wish he was trending because he died," wrote one user.
Talese's public image has had a pretty rough run as of late. Last April, he spoke at on a panel at a Boston University journalism conference, and an audience member asked what nonfiction writers inspired him. He responded, "I didn't know any women writers that I loved."
Later, at the same conference, he approached New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones.
"I was talking with another woman journalist," Hannah-Jones recalled to Rewire. "We were trying to figure out what session we were going to go to next, and that's when he asked me if I was going to get my nails done."
Then, two months later, Talese disavowed his latest nonfiction book "The Voyeur's Motel" after The Washington Post questioned its factual accuracy. The book followed the story of Gerald Foos, who supposedly spied on guests at his Colorado motel from the 1960s to the 1990s, keeping journals of their sexual behavior.
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Kentucky’s Republican House speaker resigned his leadership position Sunday after acknowledging he settled sexual harassment claims from one of his staffers last month.
Jeff Hoover denied sexually harassing the staff member, but said he sent inappropriate text messages that were consensual. Hoover’s wife and two of his three daughters were in the room as he spoke.
“I engaged in banter that was consensual but make no mistake it was wrong on my part to do that. And for that, I am truly sorry,” Hoover said. “I want to reiterate that at no time, at no time did I engage in unwelcome or unwanted conduct of any kind.”
Jeff Hoover denied sexually harassing the staff member, but said he sent inappropriate text messages that were consensual. Hoover’s wife and two of his three daughters were in the room as he spoke.
“I engaged in banter that was consensual but make no mistake it was wrong on my part to do that. And for that, I am truly sorry,” Hoover said. “I want to reiterate that at no time, at no time did I engage in unwelcome or unwanted conduct of any kind.”
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And for all his claims of obliviousness and good intentions, the fickhead attahed to Harvey Weinstein’s penis kept a police force on retainer for when it escaped his pants.
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A public official who preferred harassing gays non-sexually is in the news. Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who stuck state taxpayers with her $200,000+ legal fees for refusing to obey the law, will run for re-election next year.
Davis has little choice. She inherited the job from her mother and the only other things she knows how to do are marry and divorce.
A gay man to whom she refused to issue a marriage license said he’s seriously considering running against her.
“I think I could win,” said David Ermold, an English professor at Pikeville University who was among the many who sued Davis in 2015. “I don’t think that she has learned anything from the experience at all. I really, truly think that she feels like she is right. I really don’t think she cares at all about what civil rights are.”
“I think I could win,” said David Ermold, an English professor at Pikeville University who was among the many who sued Davis in 2015. “I don’t think that she has learned anything from the experience at all. I really, truly think that she feels like she is right. I really don’t think she cares at all about what civil rights are.”
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It is now safe to laugh at Granny Clampett again.
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A Wisconsin legislator says abortion strangles economic growth in America:
“Labor force shortages are tied to population declines. Labor force shortages are a limiting factor in economic growth,” Allen said. “And limited economic growth poses a problem when government tries to pay for public services and infrastructure. In spite of this Mr. Speaker, ironically, the democrats continue their effort to support the abortion industry.”
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The *resident isn’t the only elderly DC sex magnet to exaggerate his wealth to offset other shortcomings.
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Some called MOTUS the American Berlusconi. Now Italians are calling Berlusconi the Italian Trump. In a scenario to make even Robert Mueller chuckle, none of the heads of the major political parties in Italy can hold office because of their criminal records.
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What is the difference in making a pass at someone and sexual assault? A few weeks ago I would have thought I understood the difference but I'm not so sure now.
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