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Ellen DeGeneres Responds to George Bush Photo Criticism

posted 5 years ago by Satan2016 (25891)
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The outrage mob is treating her as if she had dinner with Hitler and Stalin.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ellen-responds-george-bush-photo-criticism-1246067

DeGeneres addressed her attendance of the game as well as the social media backlash on a taping of Ellen, which airs Tuesday. She said she was invited to the game by Charlotte Jones, daughter of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, joking that she and de Rossi attended as they "wanted to keep up with the Joneses." The comedienne then got more serious saying that "when we were invited I knew that we would be surrounded by people of very different views and beliefs."

Speaking about the backlash, DeGeneres said that "people were upset: 'Why is a gay Hollywood liberal sitting next to a conservative president?' A lot of people were mad." But she pivoted by putting up one positive tweet which said, "Ellen and George Bush together makes me have faith in America again." Building on the theme of that tweet, DeGeneres added: "Here's the thing: I'm friends with George Bush, in fact I'm friends with a lot of people who don't share the same beliefs that I have. We are all different and I think we've forgotten that that's OK that we're all different."

Trying to illustrate her point, she said that even though she thought people should not wear fur, she was still friends with people who wore fur.

She concluded the segment but saying, "Just because I don't agree with someone on everything does not mean I'm not going to be friends with them. When I say be kind to one another, I don't mean only the people that think the same as you do, I mean be kind to everyone."

[–] AdamS (336) 5 years ago

Nice thing to say.

[–] TMC-4 (20304) 5 years ago

Ellen's defense of sitting with George W. Bush was all about her: "She succumbed to the allure of self-benefit" because kindness is her brand

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/11/ellen-degeneress-defense-her-friendship-with-george-w-bush-was-all-about-her/

Sitting with Bush wasn't "the gross part" of this week's controversy. "The defense was," says Molly Roberts of Ellen DeGeneres' kindness monologue in response to the backlash of her hanging with Bush at an NFL game. "DeGeneres cries 'kindness' to explain herself because kindness is her brand," says Roberts. "It’s also an awfully clever brand to have. It has the heft of virtue without any of the heaviness that comes with actually being virtuous. What is right, according to this particular code, will almost always align with what is convenient. DeGeneres is 'kind to everyone' because she wants everyone on her show...So-called kindness is an excellent lodestar more generally when your goal is to be popular. The most powerful people have the most capacity to do very bad things on a very big scale — so you’re bound to encounter some real horror shows the moment you start moving in privileged circles. Start insulting them for it, and there goes your invitation. Cancel no one, lest someone cancel you...DeGeneres did something that makes her the same as the rest of us. She succumbed to the allure of self-benefit, when succumbing meant a higher chance of being liked. It might be harder to blame her, if only she hadn’t responded by saying that she’s better than us."

[–] Satan2016 (25891) 5 years ago

WaPo is the outrage mob!