Goodnight from the #Olympics pic.twitter.com/8Esx22dmCX
— Jerry Saltz (@jerrysaltz) August 4, 2024
A French pole-vaulter named Anthony Ammirati missed out on an Olympic medal because of his absolutely huge bulge. [Socialite Life]
What’s going on with Zac Efron? [Seriously OMG]
What has Michael B. Jordan been up to this year? [LaineyGossip]
I do not believe Kamala Harris will choose Josh Shapiro. [Pajiba]
I remember Talk Magazine. I loved Talk Mag. [Go Fug Yourself]
China’s spring-board medalists are amazing. [OMG Blog]
Ben Affleck’s new look is kind of awful. [Just Jared]
Rachel Bilson is doing Barbie pink, one year later. [RCFA]
Is a reality star being evicted from her octagon house? [Starcasm]
Kamala Harris secured the votes to be the Democratic nominee. [Hollywood Life]
Hugh Jackman reveals his training schedule. [Buzzfeed]
Couldn't resist adding a cartoon boing to Anthony Ammirati's pole vault. What a way to clip the bar 😵 fair play to the guy. pic.twitter.com/wGPtco2fy6
— Matthew Highton (@MattHighton) August 3, 2024
He might have lost the pole vault, but he likely won other, far more lasting, things.
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It looks incredibly painful though.
I think the media should stop embarrassing this poor gentleman.
@Dee, I completely agree.
@Dee I agree. I wonder if this guy is taking the jokes and attention in stride (Like Steve or Yusef), or if he is bothered by it.
That may have been one of the best “losses” in Olympic history. If he’d won, a few people would have heard about it. Here, the whole world tuned in. If he’s not lining up sponsorships for underwear and condoms then he needs a better agent.
His pole cost him the pole vault 😂
Although, now the world’s women *know*, so did he really lose?? 😄
All I know is that after a *second* french athlete unleashed bulge hysteria, I started eyeing air fares. 😉
@MightyMolly 😂😂😂
As per French pronunciation does: He is an absolute wiener to us!
LOL @Jan90067&mightymolly, well said. I’m just going to add that in my attempt to be funny, I tried googling ‘where did the Battle of the Bulge take place?’. Uhmm, only typed ‘where did, that’s it…and the results were, where did the Battle of the Bulge take place.
The UK is undergoing travel advisories due to racism. I’m waiting to hear French government advise against travel to France due to bulges. Anthony is cute too.
Well SM was ALL over this – he’s certainly won over the internet. Lol.
Ben Affleck hair drama. It’s like when he divorced jen garner and he got that crazy full phx back tatt. The man loves his moments. Atleast his hair will grow back lol!
He looks so dumb. Like he’s right in the middle of a midlife crisis. He’s such a child.
Why is he in a midlife crisis because he changes his hair? It’s summer after all and I bet it’s cooler when wearing a helmet. It’s frigging HOT in SoCal right now.
Could also be for a movie role.
I love referencing the full phoenix back tatt at every opportunity… for example “On a scale of 1 to Ben Affleck’s phoenix full back tattoo how much regret do you have?” We must never forget when we see Ben that he’s literally forever a business in the front, party in the back type of guy.
The pole vaulter’s knees are what actually started the trouble but then his erm “pole” got in the way and finished things off, lol.
DH was a cross country runner in high school. Very physically strong person. (he’s not as lean as he was back then) His coach wanted him to do pole vaulting due to physical abilities. He wouldn’t do it. He admitted to not wanting to flip himself that far into the air.
Showed him the video. OOF. He’s like, that’s another possible reason. Ouch.
He was disqualified the second his knees/legs hit the pole but the bulge story is hilarious and likely to get him free drinks for a while. 🍆
Kind of funny to me that this has never been a problem before in pole-vaulting ahah.
It happened to another pole vaulter in 2016.
Maybe it’s because social media makes everything into a meme nowadays.
Maybe it wasn’t quite as obvious in previous years? Yes, his knees touching the bar is a disqualification. Not as fun to talk about as his southern pole vaulting.
Shouldn’t he have been wearing a jock strap or something like that?!
What I was trying to say earlier is totally agree! He looks very…unsecured(?). It seems like they would have figured this out logistically by now at the Olympic level.
I agree…For a sport where millimeters of space may make the difference between a win or a loss, I’m taking all precautions and strapping everything down. Another French pole vaulter (women’s) was wearing a cap, and I was thinking…Girl, if you don’t take that hat off, you are not clearing the pole as you might think you are. (Her hat was off the next go.)
If only Michael K and Dlisted . . .
God I miss Michael K
oh my god, I do, too. This is a year that definitely needed Michael K!
Seriously he should revive the site, post about this, then shutter it again.
Word!
Medals: zero. DMs: 10,000+
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