I have Kanye West’s “Runaway” stuck in my head right now, and it’s like the line “Let’s have a toast to the douchebags” is skipping and repeating over and over. So, let’s have a toast to the douchebags, Olivia Munn and Brett Ratner, because I really can’t tell which one is the “victim” here. Neither, really. They both pretty much suck. The basic story is that in Olivia Munn’s memoir, Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek (horrible title), Munn described an sexual encounter she had with an unnamed Hollywood director. Brett Ratner, director of Tower Heist (and the Rush Hour movies, amongst others) was asked about it, and he identified himself as “the director” – but he went on to clarify the salient details. It’s all pretty gross.
Brett Ratner appeared on G4′s Attack of the Show for just a little over six minutes, but that was plenty of time to cover a wide range of topics. The director took the time to delve into his new film, Tower Heist, the upcoming Oscars (which Ratner is producing), Occupy Wall Street (a “viral marketing” campaign for Tower Heist, according to Show co-host Kevin Pereira), and sex with Olivia Munn. Wait, what?
For those unaware of the gossip, Munn wrote in her memoir, Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek, that she once saw a Hollywood director she had dated holding his “undersized manhood” while eating shrimp. It’s long been rumored that she was referring to Rush Hour director Ratner, and while he did admit on Show Thursday that he was the subject of the passage, he’s claiming that none of it’s true. And making sure to heighten the drama while he’s at it. “I used to date Olivia Munn … when she was Lisa,” said Ratner of Munn, née Lisa Munn. “That was the problem. She wasn’t Asian back then.”
But Ratner didn’t stop there: “She was hanging out on my set of After the Sunset, I banged her a few times … but I forgot her,” he said. “Because she changed her name … I didn’t know it was the same person. So when she came and auditioned for me for a TV show, I forgot her, she got pissed off and she made up all these stories about me eating shrimp and masturbating in my trailer. And my shortcomings. She talked about my shortcomings. I get it. She’s bitter.”
(Munn’s rep has yet to respond to EW’s request for comment regarding Ratner’s words.)
Serious props to Pereira, who changed the mood of the gossip-y conversation by responding, “To be fair, you did ask for a shrimp cocktail in the green room today.” Ratner did, however, have one nice thing to say about Munn… sort of. “I think she’s a lovely nice girl. It’s not the same girl that I met, actually. Olivia and Lisa are two completely different girls.”
[From Entertainment Weekly]
I don’t understand the whole “She wasn’t Asian back then” thing. Meaning that Olivia put herself out there as half-Chinese just to…? What? Have a “thing” for people to talk about? Yeah, Brett sounds like King of Douches here, but that doesn’t really make me Team Olivia. She’s the one who slept with Brett Ratner, likely to jumpstart her career. And she totally seems like the kind of person who would retaliate against an ex (who she only slept with to further her career) by making up a rumor about shrimp grease. Yuck. I dislike both of them so much. I can’t believe Tina Fey is trying to make Olivia Munn happen. I’m so disappointed in the world right now.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Brett Ratner – just the kind of class and decorum you want to bring to an Oscar’s telecast.
What kind of grown man still uses the phrase “banged her”???!!!! Idiot
EEH he sounds like a douchebag but maybe he means back then she was trying to
‘anglo-phly’ her features and try to look like just your average blonde hollywood type. I don’t know if I believe her story but he should have just kept his mouth shut.
I believe him. Sure he’s a gross douche but she’s willing to f.uck her way to the top and even divulge details about it to the press for publicity eg Justin Timberlake, Chris Pine.
I banged her a few times…
Such an elegant man…
I agree with Mln76’s comment. Munn probably wanted to be seen as a typical white woman (not necessarily blonde, I’d like to add) and now, that seems kind of sexy to have Asian background, she’s decided to own it — which is something I think she should have done in the first place, for herself, not to look appealing to those who have an Asian fetish.
EDIT: UKHels (# 6), I was about to say the same thing.
Wasn’t Ratner one of Joe Frances BFF’s?
And wasn’t Ratner “banging” Paris Hilton at one point.
Team Olivia/Lisa! 🙂
frankly they sound perfect for each other
The Asian comment is weird. For all of Munn’s glaring faults, she’s never come off as someone who uses her mixed ethnicity when it suits her. Didn’t she live in Japan a few years? I know she’s half Chinese, but I remember reading she spent time over in Tokyo as a kid or something, and she’s always identified as part Asian. I dunno, either way, the comment seems off base, like Ratnet’s as bitter as he alleges she is. A little projection there, Brett?
Pereira is a fabulous host of G4, I’m surprised he’s not more popular and getting bigger jobs. Maybe he’s different from Olivia and won’t ditch the show though.
He’s a real catch.*eyeroll*
Yeah, there are no winners here!
But, his jab about how she identifies is funny! It’s clear that in the past Munn has had issues with her ethnicity. Some of the things she’s said about her mom and being hapa have made me shake my head. He was spot on with that!
What a pig! I mean, I hate Olivia Munn with a passion, but this seems unnecessary. She was insulting too, but she didn’t name names. Men wonder why women are often reluctant to get sexy/kinky/freaky. Well this is why! They get talked about.
My take? They’re both gross! Also, really great…both taking potshots @ one another via the media…a good ol’ Hollywood bitchfest. Gotta love it!
It’s gossipy, it’s juicy, it’s salacious…all the requirements for a Celebitchy posting!
@Eve I only say blonde because I vaguely remember old pics of her blonde surfacing.(could just be my imagination though)
Who cares… she’s annoying.. good for him. haha
Always knew Brett was gross but didn’t know Olivia was. Is. Although I’ve always wondered why she suddenly became a thing. Now I know.
@ Mln76:
It’s ok, I got it. I can barely register anything when I see or read about Munn anyway…so I can’t say if I saw pictures of her as a blonde (if so, then that speaks volumes about her alleged ethnicity issues) or didn’t see them at all.
I have no idea who this Olivia is- live in EU..but I see her in the media and am still not sure I get what’s interesting about her: looks meh, and from the sound of it she’s not some talent. So, what am I missing?
I feel as if ever since John Mayer shut up a lot of guys in Hollywood have been battling to see who could replace him as King Douche. For a time it looked like Franco was the clear winner, but between Shia, Ashton, and this guy there looks to be stiff competition for the title.
He disgusts me, 42 years old and speaking of women he date or slept with like a childish, immature prick !
Isn’t he one of Serena Williams’s former boyfriend ?
I don’t like this woman. At all. She seems to be putting out there, here, there and everywhere to every Tom, ‘Dick’ and Harry without presenting any sort of any sort of challenge whatsoever.
I think the ‘asian’ thing was to refer to the fact that after she changed her name to ‘Olivia’ she also wanted to make herself stand out and appear ‘different’ to other actresses going for parts, so played decided to play on her fairly unique heritage as a bargaining tool.
He’s a pig. She’s obnoxious. Agree with UKHels, they’re perfect together!
Can someone explain to me why the F@&#! this idiot has a “memoir”? She was on cable show, a failed sitcom, and pops up occasionally to ruin an episode of the Daily Show. How is any of that memoir worthy????
IMO he was stupid for outing himself. I have read the comments about this since on blogs and stuff and Ratner is getting killed.
1. i have no idea who she is.
2. is this the dude that is supposedly bringing Brad and Jen together for the oscars?
3. if #2 is true, Jen has GREAT taste in friends – AGAIN
Wow. This guy outed himself whacking off while eating shrimp?
There are way too many Olivia Munn stories on this site. She is so insignificant. All I know is she’s not too funny on the Daily Show and that she “banged” this dude and Timberlake.
Oh, forgot to add: he kinda looks like skinny Jonah Hill in the first picture.
like attracts like, so this story doesnt surprise me. and like another poster said-they deserve each other tbh.
Why do p[eople think this Munn chick is hot, because she is definitely not!
Team Ratner – he may be a jerk, but he’s not the one opening his legs to further his career now, is he?!! Plus he dated Serena Williams, so he has no problem with strong, terrifying women.
Oh, and I despise my gender when we play the “undersized manhood” card – when was the last time you heard a man publicly criticise the state of an ex-girlfriend’s genitalia? It’s genetics, people!!
i don’t know who either of these people are…should i care?
LOL story in my opinion but ONE question :i know who he is but her who is she?
Attack of the D-listers…
I hope he f*cks better than he directs…
and I hope she f*cks better than… whatever it is she does
Why is he proud of his “shortcomings”?
It’s pretty telling how forgettable both Munn and Ratner are when the best part of the story is the shrimp cocktail fetish.
I think the thing that upsets me the most about Tina Fey’s support of Olivia Munn is that Munn isn’t “for” women. She acts just like a typical Hollywood type, territorial, snotty, and condescending; she’ll reinforce all the nasty stereotypes when she’s backed into a corner by opening her vicious, bitter mouth. I’m not a fan of Ratner, but his story of her identity change does not surprise me in the least. She’s an opportunist.
Ha! I agree with podzol. Neither one is that interesting …
this just makes me hate Olivia Munn (or Lisa I guess I should say) even more than I already did. Yuck. She sounds like such a piece of trash. And yeah Ratner comes off looking like a dbag too, but what do you expect? Guys get pretty sensitive when you talk about their penis being small, especially in a book released to the world. She is unfunny and just foul.
He’s such a tool. I covered NYC Fashion Week Sept. before last for a freelance gig, and he crashed a show and tried to hide by Russell Simmons. He was all sweaty and crazy looking.
What was he supposed to say. I screwed her a few times, I f___d her a few times. Oh i guess he should have said we had intercourse a few times. Lol She dissed him in the book and tried to humiliate him. So politically correct these days. He described it for what it was as a comeback.
Brett Ratner is such a gross tool and a total modelizer. Cannot believe he is doing the OScars, he sucks as a director.
Both are gross. The most off-putting thing is that Tina Fey defends this no talent twit. She’s just one of many trying to sleep her way into a career without any discernible talent. Tina has talent and influence by the bucket load, she could use it to support women who are far more worthy. Whitney Cummins comes to mind. Please get her out of that terrible sit com and into something worthy of her talent. And Jenny Mollen, Kelly Oxford…
Oh well, does anyone really watch the oscars anymore? I watch the red carpet and tune in for the highlights the next day
the highlights being the least boring parts of a show that gives me eye-cancer
I don’t get the hate for this man. I have never heard of him, but I love it when somebody fires back and tells it like it is. There is something to be said for taking the highroad but that is not fun for gossip and now we know what kind of girl she is, if we didn’t already. And the language he is using is demonstrating his lack or respect for this chick which she deserves.
it’s been said, but i’ll say again, these two are (were) perfect for each other.
both huge JERKS.
Wow.
She wrote a memoir? Based on what, being geeky and not wearing glasses?
Brett Ratner is astonishingly crass here. Not to mention unaware of his hypocrisy.
Sounds like “Banged” is an exaggeration on his part. Ha!
Munn’s funny, at least in her own videos on youtube. I heard she sucked on Daily Show which I never saw. But I could believe it cos I wasnt crazy about her on Attack of the Show (but that show is just boring to me anyway). But now she seems like maybe she’s becoming the typical, sad pretty girl, who is ruining her personality by getting insecure by climbing the Hollywood ladder (or trying). If I were Munn I would’ve never brought anything up about Ratner, I’d die of shame if anyone knew Id even been around the nast-o. To me Ratner demeaning her by inferring she is a “fake” and essentially a self -hating Asian, “back when she was Asian” is even grosser than him saying he “banged” her. Supposedly he barely even remembers her so how can he make this judgment. He is just being a jerk cos he can. It’s not like she had that eye surgery some Asian people get. And I’ve only ever seen her with black hair. And Lisa and Oliva are both “white” names. Some people will see she has Asian ancestry and others might not, or it won’t register enough for them to think about it. It’s not appropriate to always go around talking about your racial background. Nobody dogs Jay leno for saying “I’m Irish” or ‘Im Italian”, when in fact, he’s half of each. He says he’s one or the other based on what he is talking about. Seems like if mixed people don’t disclose disclose their entire genetic code at every turn they will eventually face this bs. I have a sister who like Munn looks sorta ??? racially, depending on who’s looking. (We’ve got a black dad, white mom.) I’m glad I look too black to have anyone ever judge me how they judge my sister. (Or Munn.) I have heard Mun refer to her Asian ancestry many times. The only time I ever heard her refer to herself as white is at a black church (in a youtube video I found hilarious). it also bothers me how much people hate on Olivia Munn when she seems friendly enough toward women AND she is practically the only American Asian/part Asian actress out there.
Whitney Cummings? You have got to be kidding. Her hustle is what got her two shows this fall, and not any discernible talent on her part, writing or acting. That horrible sitcoms she stars in is purely a vehicle for her, and she writes it, so if you think it’s bad, it’s 100% on her. I agree Tina Fey should find some other horse to back other than Munn, but WC ain’t it.
I find his honesty refreshing.
Ratner is saying that she “repackaged” herself to further her career. There isn’t a huge Asian star in Hollywood right now, and I’m sure that she was hoping that she could fill that void.
I don’t think he’s being any more crass than she is. As women we’d be outraged if a woman’s vagina was criticized by a man, but a woman can get away with that sh*t. Not fair. Not equal. She deserved to be taken down a notch for that dig.
Let’s recall the Tarrantino junk criticism from the summer and how women thought the chicka who said the mean stuff was out of line. Munn was out of line here and shouldn’t say disparaging things about a sex partner’s penis.
I cannot stand Brett Ratner. Anyone who would sleep with him is even worse.
Brett Ratner (allegedly)has coke head parties at his mansion. Amongst alleged guests is Linnocent.
They both need to grow up and get some class and not kiss and tell. So immature! Im embarrassed for both of them.
CONFIRMED! that’s the only way she keeps getting casted. lisa was a whore who would have slept with anyone to be famous. this guy is gross yet she still screwed him just to get a part. it didn’t work that time!!!
This guy is such a piece of shit. Let’s not forget he was responsible for the cinematic masterpieces Rush Hour and Red Dragon.
Douchebag.
Wow.. so this is the “class act” the Oscars are bringing in.
It makes me made.. because I actually think this was going to FINALLY be a STAR studded Oscar year.
Dang. wonder how the Oscars are going to do damage control.
You don’t see A listers doing this kind of sh*t..Just the wannabes..
“shrimp grease”…
…Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa?
I’m going to be laughing at that for days!
Is he trying to say that “Lisa” sounds more anglo than “Olivia”? Because “Olivia” sure doesn’t sound very Chinese to me. His comment is idiotic.
Act like a piece of sh1t and you’ll be treated as such…that goes for both of these a$$holes.
The whole time I was reading this article, I was picturing Olivia Wilde. Besides the first name, those two really are in the same career-hustling B- list class, aren’t they?
Sort of like Jessica Biel-Jessica Alba.
Two sets of thwarted-career twins.
Hahaha! What did Olivia expect? You lay down with a dog, don’t be surprised if you get fleas. They both nasty.
I’m half asian and dont see it in Olivia Munn.
She looks more like a white chick to me.
Girlfriend needs to stop wearing smokey bronze shadow. It looks dirty.
@TurtleD: “There isn’t a huge Asian star in Hollywood right now”.
There has NEVER been a huge Asian star in Hollywood except maybe Bruce Lee. I agree we need more asian actors, but please not her.
“I banged her a few times” .. classy! She didn’t name names and he did. Only guys with really small dicks talk like that about women they slept with.
He is not a douche bag. She scratched him and he clawed back. He is even classy not mentioning her you know what.
she asked for it. Never abuse a man’s little buddy.
First of all, she can write?
I’m not a huge fan of his, but thought he came off as pretty straight forward and telling it like it is. Frankly, she looks like the kind of chick who would use somebody and then tell lies about them to get even.
To be honest, I think everyone is just misunderstanding Olivia, so now people are at the point of no return with her, no matter what she say’s or do it’s going to be scrutinize. I can take Olivia or leave her.
Also, if she wanted to reinvent herself as asian why did she change her name to Olivia??? Lisa is way more happa.
normandes – I think Lucy Liu was big for awhile. Her star has faded quite a bit though.
I agree with mln76
Bitch has been famous for five seconds and she’s got a memoir out already?? She looks like a brunette version of Dharma.
I love all of you Olivia Munn haters – your comments are hilarious and so true. She is the most annoying, talentless, fake, opportunist in Hollywood. She acts and thinks like she’s much hotter than she really is. I wish she would just do everyone a favor and just go away already. Such a disappointment that Tina Fey is supporting her… makes me less of a fan of Tina’s