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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,546 posts)
Wed Feb 12, 2020, 11:25 AM Feb 2020

Butt Head calls Oscar Winner "smug elitist"!

Brad Pitt's politically charged acceptance speech at the Academy Awards didn't score him any brownie points with the Trumps. 

Eric Trump, the third-eldest child of President Donald Trump, took to Instagram Monday with some choice words for Pitt, who took home the best-supporting actor Oscar Sunday for "Once Upon a Time In Hollywood."

Trump suggested the Oscars' record low ratings were the result of "smug elitists" like Pitt, who used his time to the limelight to call out Trump's impeachment trial.

"Probably because Americans don’t liked (sic) to be preached to by smug elitists," Trump captioned a Fox News graphic on all-time low viewership. (The Oscars notched just 23.6 million viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen estimates. That's down 20% or 6 million from last year.)


https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/02/11/eric-trump-calls-brad-pitt-smug-elitist-after-oscars-speech/4728669002/

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Butt Head calls Oscar Winner "smug elitist"! (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2020 OP
Too funny. Pitt is from the crowd DT wanted acceptance from pandr32 Feb 2020 #1
Lmao..."smug elitists". Docreed2003 Feb 2020 #2
I feel Butthead has been grievously insulted by a comparison to the second Trump son rurallib Feb 2020 #3
Darryl. Lindsay Feb 2020 #4
Beavis (nt) mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #5
Smug elitist? IrishEyes Feb 2020 #6
I just shake my head and smile when someone born to wealth and privilege calls people who weren't Aristus Feb 2020 #7
I just don't see Bev54 Feb 2020 #8
No self-awareness. Iggo Feb 2020 #9

pandr32

(11,579 posts)
1. Too funny. Pitt is from the crowd DT wanted acceptance from
Wed Feb 12, 2020, 11:32 AM
Feb 2020

Oh well. I guess DT is mad it never happened.

Docreed2003

(16,858 posts)
2. Lmao..."smug elitists".
Wed Feb 12, 2020, 11:38 AM
Feb 2020

What the fuck are you Eric?? Literally everything you have in your life is because you're a fucking elitist. What have you ever contributed of merit to society?

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
6. Smug elitist?
Wed Feb 12, 2020, 12:29 PM
Feb 2020

Brad Pitt's father worked for a trucking company and his mother was a school counselor. He was born in Oklahoma and he grew up in Missouri. He is active in humanitarian work and has raised tons of money for different causes. I like him. He seems like a decent person.

Aristus

(66,317 posts)
7. I just shake my head and smile when someone born to wealth and privilege calls people who weren't
Wed Feb 12, 2020, 01:00 PM
Feb 2020

'elitist'.

I tend to distrust people who think being elite is a bad thing. These are people who will insist that mediocrity is as good as excellence; that ignorance is as good as enlightenment; that incompetence is as good as accomplishment.

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