Check in if you don't give a hoot about the Chris Rock - Will Smith story

[harumph]

[DURHAM D]

1. Also check in if you are tired

of hearing about Biden's comment about Putin.

[mahina]

3. Oh yes.

[lagomorph777]

5. No, I love that. Putin does not enjoy hearing his fate debated worldwide.

[SergeStorms]

64. Precisely.

A big 👍 on that.

[agingdem]

18. Biden just said

he's not walking back anything...yes!!!!...

[stopdiggin]

29. Ahem. He already did, by way of his subordinates

The fact that there were 'clarifications' being issued, practically within minutes ... Pretty much speaks for itself.

There are a lot of people who would like to spin this (retroactively) into something else. But the reaction on the day he issued that speech tells the story.

Edit: and apologies for participating in a hijacked thread (the OP is about Smith and Rock)

[agingdem]

48. watch his press conference today..

he's unapologetic...Blinken did exactly was he was supposed to do..walked it back with a wink and a nod...it was perfect...btw Biden has no use for Peter Doocy except as a foil..and you didn't hijack anything..the Smith/Rock thing is ridiculous...

[SergeStorms]

66. It's all part of the dance.

It's been that way forever. The Cuban Missile Crisis is a good example of that. It has to be done so no one is certain what the other is thinking.

[COL Mustard]

80. Ted Cruz wishes he'd slapped someone for dissing his wife....

I just can't remember who did it. Anyone?

[GoCubsGo]

50. I'm only sick of the pathetic way our media is handling the comment.

Especially given how they virtually ignored Lindsey Graham's outright call for assassination.

[Magoo48]

79. Joe's comments align him with most regular folks and seem perfectly reasonable to me.

That it is still dangerous to insult someone’s spouse is not news.

[mahina]

2. Yo

I actually wrote a whole post about ducks and duck crap because I would rather talk about that than this.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216534153

[doc03]

4. I couldn't care less about Chris Rock and

Will Smith.

[paulkienitz]

54. to me Will Smith goes on that list of people who've succeeded through likeability that I never liked

right alongside Ryan Reynolds. But years earlier than him. I guess this means I could go around saying "Ryan Reynolds is the white Will Smith", but most people would probably just be confused.

[Ocelot II]

6. I barely care enough to check in to say I don't care.

[USALiberal]

32. But you did care enough!

[Ocelot II]

37. But only that much.

[William Seger]

77. I like to say, "I could care less... but not much."

[Chainfire]

7. I don't even care that I don't care.

I slept through the program and I do not feel that I missed anything of any importance.

The world is in melt-down and there is not room for many shits to give over one entertainer backhanding another on stage.

[msongs]

8. seems like celebrity misbehavior belongs in the lounger or entertainment forums nt

[panader0]

17. THIS

[multigraincracker]

24. Is it too late to move it?

If not, too bad.

[intheflow]

51. You'd think!

But the MSM is treating it as more important than 1/6/2021 so here it is, in GD. sigh

[Sogo]

9. It was Chris Rock, for Pete's sake....Everyone (should) expect he's gonna talk sh!t!!

End of story.

Please preserve the rest of the earth's oxygen for something worthwhile.

[GoneOffShore]

10. Much too tired of the BS and the reboot of Fresh Prince of Belair.

[chillfactor]

11. could care less n/t

[Blue Owl]

12. Check

[IjustDontlikeRepugs]

13. No fucks to give here!

[niyad]

65. Welcome to our DU family.

[calimary]

69. Welcome to DU, IjustDontlikeRepugs!

I just don’t like ‘em, either!

[Jspur]

14. I care only because I grew up watching Chris and Will during the 90's as

a kid and then a teenager. I'm not too old yet at 38 but it is a mind fuck for me seeing two iconic figures I grew up watching in the entertainment field go at it that I would never suspect having a beef.

[hollygolively]

15. Couldn't Care Less

Seems like Hollywood drama to drive headlines to me.

[Budi]

26. Yup. No one would have noticed had the 2 acted out anywhere but a major event like the Awards .

They knew where & how to grab the most free & broad headline attention.
They're actors. They know that drama medium better than anyone.

Celebrities stagers use events like major Awards ceremonies or The Met to advertize & elevate their own celebrity brand also.
$$$$

[KS Toronado]

82. Yep, could have been pre-planned by the 2 friends.

[Bev54]

40. Exactly total attention seeking, I don't give a sh*t and tired of hearing about it.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

16. Thought I had some little pieces of fucks

In my F-bag, but I’m out of those too.

[canetoad]

19. Meh

It looked staged to me.

[AntiFascist]

20. I care because it makes the Academy look bad...

and the Academy Awards ceremony seems so desperate for attention. Did you see Liza Minnelli, or the dancers during the In Memoriam? Can't wait to see what SNL does with all this!

[Budi]

30. One feeds off the other. That's Hollywood!

[Bev54]

43. To me what looks worse is the medias and peoples obsession about it

when the world is absolutely falling apart and they are looking at the US wondering WTF?

[Tom Kitten]

21. Thread theme song

[GoodRaisin]

22. Check.

[Disaffected]

23. I don't even give a hoot about

not giving a hoot about it.

[Demovictory9]

25. I started thread about maury povich show cancelled after 30 years..it was shut down

As belonging in entertainment

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216503255

[lamp_shade]

27. PRESENT!!

[PortTack]

28. Thank you!! Couldn't give a rats!

[icymist]

31. It most likely was staged.

There's a team of writers that come up with most of the jokes and Will Smith does his best Kayne imitation. The best moment on television remark pretty much says it was staged.

[DeeNice]

33. I do care but enough already. Way to knock Ginnie Thomas off

of the front page. No short attention span!

[msfiddlestix]

34. I don't give a royal hoot.

[Celerity]

35. check

[calimary]

72. LOL!!

Good one!!!

[Raine]

36. I don't give a 💩 nt

[DavidDvorkin]

38. That, and the Oscars, too.

[Gruenemann]

39. Checking in. NT

[Elessar Zappa]

41. Me!

I can’t believe the amount of threads on the subject.

[Hekate]

42. I don't give a flying fickle finger of fate

[Fiendish Thingy]

44. Fuck Chris Rock, Fuck Will Smith and Fuck the MSM for making the story bigger than it should be

They are all being assholes.

[smirkymonkey]

45. So don't care.

[hamsterjill]

46. I just think it would have been so much better

If Jada had walked up there and slapped Chris Rock.

Seriously, of course it would have been best if this had not occurred at all. But that cat’s out of the bag.

[Duncan Grant]

47. One could always use the hide thread feature instead of attention seeking over it.

The user experience here is very self-directed.

[PatSeg]

49. I cared for about 60 seconds when I first heard it

It certainly does not warrant this much attention, especially at a time when so much is going on in the world.

[Brainfodder]

52. Staged gag between two good friends, taken a bit too far?

Could not care less about publicity stunts for self promoting award shows?



In other words, I don't watch award shows.

[Rebl2]

53. ✅✅✅

[usonian]

55. YO! NT

[CaptainTruth]

56. Who? What?

[bluescribbler]

57. Don't care about the lives of celebs.

Also don't care about the Oscars.

[paulkienitz]

58. Smith has to know he'll be roasted for like six minutes on the next Chris Rock tour...

For a pro comic, having people do weird shit to or around you is money in the bank. Some comedians deliberately get themselves into dicey situations just because they know they'll get material out of it.

[AZLD4Candidate]

59. Don't give one crap about Rock/Smith. Biden's comment was spot on.

Media loves broadcasting nothing-burgers as news

[El Supremo]

60. I might have cared before the Oscars became a shit show.

When was that? Marlon Brando refusing to show up for his Oscar?

[SergeStorms]

61. Sorry.

I don't read or comment on Smith/Rock posts.

[Thtwudbeme]

62. Hand raised

Nt

[Brother Buzz]

63. I care that Questlove's Oscar winning moment became a footnote to a nonsense event

[calimary]

67. Guilty - of giving a hoot.

VERY interested in react and other second-day leads.

I can’t help it. It’s driven into me, having spent most of my career covering Hollywood in one way or another. If you live in LA it kinda goes with the territory in the news biz anyway. But then I spent years at the AP specifically on the Hollywood beat. So it’s still kind of a “thing” for me.

[Joinfortmill]

68. Very unfortunate situation. Bad joke. Emotional response from a protective spouse.

[Aussie105]

70. Biden's attitude is welcome.

The 'slap' looked fake.

Need some close up slow motion analysis to see if he even made contact.

[twodogsbarking]

71. Hollywood.

[treestar]

73. It is interesting - human nature story

And interesting how the internet gloms onto stories like these - will be forgotten eventually.

Then this type of post is interesting because it is supposedly not caring, but then wanting the rest of us to know that you don't care.

[bluecollar2]

74. 👋

[ripcord]

75. Its a good thing Chris Rock didn't make a joke about Alex Baldwin's wife. nt

[betsuni]

76. But it gives people something to talk about.

Like the movie star in "Singing in the Rain" says: "If we put a little joy into your humdrum lives, it makes us feel as though our hard work ain't been in vain for nothing."

[John1956PA]

78. hoot:off

[/hoot]

[BlueJac]

81. Who?

[48656c6c6f20]

83. What did Chris Rock find on his face this morning?

Fresh prints.

[Enoki33]

84. MSM"s addiction to sensationalism.

[CrackityJones75]

85. Over it before it happened.

[kacekwl]

86. Not a BFD to me.

[XanaDUer2]

87. Here. It's nonsense nt