Fran Drescher thinks 5G causes coronavirus too. [OMG Blog]
The FBI executed search warrants on Sen. Richard Burr for all of his shady stock sales just before the pandemic. [Jezebel]
Princess Maria Galitzine died suddenly from cardiac arrest. [JustJared]
Lainey’s Show Your Work podcast is all about Michelle Obama & Adele. [LaineyGossip]
How are Jodie Comer’s costumes on Killing Eve? [Tom & Lorenzo]
A handy explainer for Melaniagate, the real scandal. [Pajiba]
Chrissy Teigen accused of ripping off someone’s recipe. [Dlisted]
I didn’t even know John Lennon went to Cannes! [GFY]
I’m sorry, but a lot of people need to learn how to be alone. [Starcasm]
What are Lupita Nyong’o’s best red carpet looks of all time? [RCFA]
I can’t believe all the commercials for 5G . Gr8 4cancer, harming birds, bees &mor viruses like Corona. Dial it bac. Keep it simple. B a mindFUL consumer the @cancerschmancer way. Make what you buy ur vote &what u don’t buy ur PROTEST. We can do this God is speaking. Let’s LISTEN pic.twitter.com/EfsjNyGG8B
— Fran Drescher (@frandrescher) May 13, 2020
oh no, not today, Satan.
Lol
For God’s sake. Tape these people’s mouths up and dislocate their texting thumb. There should NOT be such a vast platform for Stupid.
You know the great big lie told to children is that adults are smart. Once you actually become an adult you realize it was all a hoax. Christ almighty. We are doomed. #shutupfran
If there’s one thing I learned in the business world, when I was promoted to a position beyond my experience and fearful I couldn’t hang with the “grownups,” is that EVERYONE is just making it up as they go along.
And the right loves to vilify “kids,” like Greta Thunberg and the Parkland students, who could run circles around them in terms of intellect, intuition and compassion.
Yeah, but I’m so glad I didn’t know that as a kid. I remember being a bar mitvah in middle school (the only kind of party where kids of all popularity levels were invited) and the popular kids were being real dbags about having to socialize with all of us. I went over to them and announced that they were being really immature and that “adults don’t act this way.”
I truly believed that at age 13, and it helped me survive adolescence. Don’t take that myth from kids.
Ha, my kids already know that some adults are complete idiots. It’s hard for them not to, what with the trainwreck in the White House and the armed idiots protesting personal responsibility for society’s well-being.
LOL! I was pretty sure my parents were idiots (they’re not, but just saying) – yet I assumed they were freaks and all other adults were mature and reasonable.
Sadly, AMA1977, that’s the case for my kids, too. They are just floored by how dumb and horrible he is. Sigh
That should say “being *at* a bar mitvah,” not being one.
Anddddd just like that I will never watch /read/ or support another thing from Fran Drescher. Meanwhile cancer and coronaviruses have existed long before any technology. But I guess that doesn’t matter. Who needs evidence when you’re high on your own delusions.
Just because she said something you think is stupid? Don’t you think that’s… a little excessive?
Something stupid yes totally excessive. A dangerous conspiracy theory that is causing people to act out against scientifically backed guidelines for protecting each others health where the best case scenario is only 2% of people infected die though is worth ditching a person over.
So you’re lumping her in with the “Free [whatever state]!” people… She never said not to practice social distancing or anything like that, did she? She’s not questioning the existence of the disease itself, or the validity of the measures put in place to contain the pandemic… She just believes in a weird theory about the disease’s appearance! “People who believe in weird theories” is not always equal to “people who are endangering the rest of us”… Once again, I wish most people would get a little perspective on this… :/
@Belig: Spreading misinformation and evidence-free conspiracy theories absolutely DOES endanger people. I would (genuinely) like to learn more about your perspective though, and I am open to the possibility of changing my views in the face of new-to-me information. Do you believe that spreading misinformation and propagating conspiracy theories isn’t harmful? More importantly, why or why not? Respectfully and openly, OBR
It’s just one more conspiracy type lie, and I too have had enough. I agree – shun these liars.
@OBR: I just thought the OP was really harsh… But I really like Fran, and always will. I don’t have to share her beliefs to like her. And I certainly do not think her comments came from a bad place.
Regarding 5G, I have no beliefs either way, haven’t looked into it at all yet. The thought it could be harmful doesn’t sound outrageous to me, though. Some studies have proved even old-school cell phones had a negative impact on male fertility, haven’t they? And the fact that one of the key points manufacturers emphasize is the “specific absorption rate” of their devices indicates that that stuff is not innocuous.
“Spreading misinformation and evidence-free conspiracy theories absolutely DOES endanger people”: I would qualify that: “/sometimes/ endanger people”, “/can/ endanger people”. I did say “is not *always* equal to”. Some are harmful for sure. I’m no fan of the “post-facts” world, of all the disinformation on Faux News, etc.
I think what we call “conspiracy theories”, mostly found online, is different from that disinformation in the media, though. I think they are interesting. Some are insane, many are wrong, and some are correct, is my personal belief. Think about it: do you believe that every conspiracy theory is wrong, ever? Most of them come from stuff people have observed, or /think/ they have observed. But they can’t all be wrong! People observed furtive planes, and the US Air Force confirmed their existence decades later. People talked about UFO sightings, and now the Pentagon and co are disclosing years of observations, research programs, etc. Look up “Project MKUltra”, which took place in the 60s, on Wiki: “In December 2018, declassified documents included a letter to an unidentified doctor discussing work on six dogs made to run, turn and stop via remote control and brain implants”. Remote-controlled dogs!!! That seriously blew my mind when I read about it… And that was sixty years ago! Do you think in the last sixty years, there have been no new crazy research programs?…
So, yeah. Flat earthers and the like are crazy… and yet, sometimes, where there is smoke, there is fire. So I don’t think it’s so ridiculous to wonder about it. And I wish people who do weren’t always so ridiculed, or worse, demonized…
“The thought it could be harmful doesn’t sound outrageous to me, though.”
Hey Belig,
Maybe if you haven’t looked into something don’t just make assumptions? Also – it’s reeeeaaaalllly rich to see you saying that there could be dangers involved (just to find a reason to give Fran a break, let’s be honest) WHILE POSTING ON THE INTERNET.
How did you post this? Did you send it through mind waves? Because if you’re using a computer or cell phone, it just seems pretty hilarious that you’re worried about 5G.
Beyond that – of course conspiracy theorists are right SOMETIMES. But it was a hell of a lot easier to hide things pre-internet. It’s also easy to be right once in a while when you literally say EVERYTHING is a conspiracy. Broken clocks, twice a day, and all that.
@Belig
“Where there is smoke there is fire”
Yes and also, where there is bullshit, there is bullshit. Not every opinion is valid or even worth consideration. Flat-earthers are not even worth a second of anyone’s time.
If someone’s dumb mental fart of a tweet influences even 1 person to do something careless or dangerous during a pandemic, that is too much. The effect of 1 person is exponential. There’s no need to go through a whole lot of mental gymnastics to excuse what she said. She’s funny, she’s nice, she’s gone through bad shit, okay, but none of this excuses spreading stupidity.
It’s reckless when celebrities open up the faucet of their dumbass thoughts into twitter without thinking of the effect it will have on the (even stupider) masses.
This is exactly why I stopped liking M.I.A. When she made anti-vax conspiracy comments I was so turned off, I could not listen to or derive enjoyment from her work anymore. It was upsetting cause she was a favorite of mine for over a decade. But the anti-vax shit just killed it. It was SO disappointing, especially coming from someone whom I thought was a cool person. Celebrities have the public’s ear, for better or worse. When they use that to broadcast recklessly bone-headed opinions on *public health* of all things, I just can’t. Ugh.
I have nothing to do with Scientologists, anti vaxxors, conspiracy theorists. I can’t watch or listen to them because I can’t not think about thier stupidity. It ruins any enjoyment I would get from watching or listening.
My tolerance level for stupid is incredibly low, I can’t watch that moron orange president yammer in his press rally’s because it makes me sick.
I don’t think we should denounce every person that says something stupid or that makes a mistake. there is no person in this world that doesn’t say something stupid and that doesn’t make mistakes. she has good qualities too. she’s not only somebody who believes in a conspiracy theory. she’s also somebody who has been creating heartfelt, humorous content for years, making people’s lives easier and happier, she’s a survivor, she’s survived rape and cancer and kept going, kept being radiant, optimistic.
Meh. When she’s using a large platform to spread those false narratives that she could so easily research, cut em loose. You don’t need that kind of bullshit in your life. If this was a regular person saying something at work or in front of their friends that’s one thing. When you have a global fucking platform, I think everyone should be able to recognize how different of a scenario that is, and how damaging it is.
I mean it’s great that she survived those things. But that doesn’t somehow make her a better person. It makes her a victim and a survivor. But it doesn’t somehow make her suddenly more valuable as a human. It’s like… Lance Armstrong survived cancer. Should we have given him a pass for all of his steroid use? No. Just like we don’t have to give Fran a pass just because she can be a nice person to some people or because something sad happened to her.
She needs to get a hold on grammar and spell actual words out. Her post sounds like it’s from a kid.
I couldn’t actually understand what she wrote!
Ridiculous.
Dammit Fran. BAC on out of here be4 you say anything even stupider.
Not Fran! Ugh, this is a bummer. However, I can’t help but think this slew of insane 5G conspiracy theories were intentionally “leaked” by the wireless networks themselves. Last summer there were a number of extremely reputable reports— an article in the Washington Post and an article in Nature— that brought up the conflict that 5G networks pose to weather reporting. This is not a conspiracy theory, it’s actual science. Basically these 5G networks run on frequencies that are very close to those of water vapor in the atmosphere, which impacts weather forecasting software’s ability to track storms. The head of NOAA warned that we’d lose about 2-3 days’ worth of accuracy in hurricane path forecasting, which could be devastating, and the trump administration sold off those frequency bands anyway. That was the real issue. Then, enter a zillion absolutely bonkers conspiracy theories about cancer and Covid and what have you. To me, it seems like another tactic that trump and the gop uses all the time; if I accuse YOU of what I did, then when you accuse ME of it you sound pathetic (“No you are!”). Same thing applies here – when rational people even try to say well, no those theories are wrong but actually 5G is bad for this other, non-conspiratorial reason, you end up sounding crazy and it just obfuscates the actual reality of the issue. Beyond frustrating and just another demoralizing reminder that facts don’t seem to matter anymore.
ugh Sunday, as a journalist in magazines, i cant tell you how often we are in lengthy discussions with our sources and editors about whats true/verifiable b/c so many companies are using the “stunt” and “incite first, apologize second” as a marketing tactic to get their name/product into the press, esp if we don’t cover the launches at the outset. The amount of psychological manipulation going on both sides of our aisles is leading to this recursive, infinite feedback loop of obfuscation and lies, prompting otherwise well-meaning people into dangerous idiocy.
Yes, exactly! This is at the root of so much of the chaos in our cultural discourse and there doesn’t seem to be any end in sight. When people who see what’s happening try to stand up and argue for truth and facts, they’re forced to use the same warped platforms as the lies they’re disputing and it all just adds to the confusion and the liars win. As you point out, this has manifested in many industries and countless ways, such as fashion brands deliberately parading around incredibly racist “looks” to intentionally stoke the cycle you’ve mentioned, and it goes all the way to the politicians and issues at the core of our democracy. Our standards in reasoning have eroded so drastically and it has allowed people to treat real facts as mere opinions, and in that reality truth doesn’t stand a chance.
Not surprised, she’s been on this trip since she had cancer. She’s of the “toxic/big pharma/refuses to say caccines work” brigade. I love her but refuse to follow her on IG for that reason.
Oh brother.
That tweet is complete nonsense, but I have a hard time hating on Fran after reading about the horrifying home invasion she survived. She’s been so honest about what she went through, and I admire her for that.
Wow – I had no idea about the home invasion but read this article after your comment. That’s horrific.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11876848
Truly horrifying.
I think I missed something… is the Melaniagate article referencing “Obamagate” or something else?
It is a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the idea of “Obamagate”
I adore Fran, but she has been going in on believing those types of conspiracies for a while. I think it started after she had cancer, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it stems from outright fear of it returning.
She’s married that quack Dr Shiva Ayyadurai who also thinks high dose vitamin C is the corona cure. None of this nonsense surprises me from these right wing nuts.
According to the internet they broke up a few years ago, but it does say a lot about her.
I know she’s been through a lot in her life and sometimes that makes people search REALLY hard and in the wrong direction for answers, but when they’re saying stuff that is harmful and contributing to problems, they need to stop.
Re: the Richard Burr story – No worries, Trump is already working to delegitimize the FBI.
MISS FIIIIINE. i’d been getting truther vibes from some of her posts before this, but they seemed to be centered around cancer, and that’s a whole different kettle of fish. And I wasn’t sure if she meant for them to be worded the way that she did, but… She did.
I know /know of a couple of other people who had cancer and became really scared of many things that they hadn’t been scared of before. My friend’s mom paid $6000 for this device called a beamer (and they said she does not have the $$ to be spending that) and seeing a dietitian who put her on a very limited diet. She also got upset if anyone brought any food that wasn’t organic, even when they had brought her food during a natural disaster /time of complete panic. I think because it comforts people to think there is something to blame for their cancer, and also gives them a feeling of control if they can avoid it?
it’s definitely about control, and I’m sympathetic to that. I think panic and trauma rewire your brain in such a way that you don’t always realize you’re being illogical. You’re just focused on survival and safety in a way that looks right to your new way of thinking. It’s unfortunate. I wonder what Charles Shaugnessey thinks, tbh, because from what I can tell, he’s anti-conspiracy.