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(32,265 posts) Fri Nov 16, 2018, 04:38 PM Nov 2018

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Bette Midler calls Melania Trump 'FLOTITS' and Twitter won't stand for it: [View all]

'Women deserve better than this'

Bette Midler is known to speak freely when it comes to talking politics on Twitter. She has carved out a place for herself on the president’s go-to social media platform as a fierce political heckler, and her latest tweet targeting Melania Trump might be her harshest dig yet.

The actress and singer posted a photo on Wednesday of the now first lady from an infamous British GQ shoot. In this particular image from 2000, Melania Trump is posing over the pilot seats in the cockpit of her husband’s private jet, wearing a futuristic outfit consisting of a barely there transparent chain-link dress and metal headpiece.

Midler’s condescending caption included the hashtag #FLOTITS, commenting on Trump’s mostly exposed breasts, quipping “the dry cleaning bill for upholstery on Air Force One must be insane.”

Commenters are not happy with Midler’s joke, calling her “crass,” “jealous” and “desperate.”

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/bette-midler-calls-melania-trump-flotits-twitter-pissed-women-deserve-better-220628860.html

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The divine Miss M. I love that woman.

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Bette Midler calls Melania Trump 'FLOTITS' and Twitter won't stand for it: [View all] Arkansas Granny Nov 2018 OP

From Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, I would have agreed this is inappropriate, but hlthe2b Nov 2018 #1

Hear, hear. sandensea Nov 2018 #11

the first naked spread-eagle firstlady Larrybanal Nov 2018 #37

Splayed on the wing of a now defunct trump shuttle airplane. George II Nov 2018 #52

Those are fake tits. ChiTownDenny Nov 2018 #92

Rock on, Miss M!!! Raster Nov 2018 #2

I'm sorry - but when you pose for pictures with your girls splayed for the world, you lose any claim EffieBlack Nov 2018 #3

Agree. yonder Nov 2018 #9

By no means am I defending trump angrychair Nov 2018 #23

The photos of Melania, I've seen, were taken for publication - not for her private use Siwsan Nov 2018 #33

I understand your point angrychair Nov 2018 #61

With her, I consider it to be more sleaze shaming than slut shaming but I get your point, too Siwsan Nov 2018 #62

Hahahahaha angrychair Nov 2018 #65

You and I are most definitely on the same page, here! Siwsan Nov 2018 #67

she wants her past to be ignored Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #63

Bette didn't ask her to have sex. She commented on her bare coochie being all over the seats EffieBlack Nov 2018 #72

Maybe she is offended Scarsdale Nov 2018 #86

Exactly. Plus, the photos were published, not private. n/t Blaukraut Nov 2018 #31

Ah, the old "But look what she was wearing!!" How did I get routed to Freeperville??!! MadDAsHell Nov 2018 #53

Oh, brother ... nobody's implying there's now an excuse to rape her because of the pics ... mr_lebowski Nov 2018 #55

Oh, bullshit EffieBlack Nov 2018 #82

Not really surprising you'd inaccurately infer as much... LanternWaste Nov 2018 #93

They are so jealous. saidsimplesimon Nov 2018 #4

Lol. Go Bette. Tipperary Nov 2018 #5

Well, that answers the question... MicaelS Nov 2018 #6

Bette is getting in the way of the Republican coronation of Saint Donny & Saint Melania. TheBlackAdder Nov 2018 #7

And twattler just won't stand for it, I tell you... Raster Nov 2018 #8

Trump trolls can dish it out, but they sure can't take it! Initech Nov 2018 #10

Yea... Shame Bette... LakeArenal Nov 2018 #12

Where were they when RWingers were calling Michelle Obama a man? TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #13

they still call her a dude and call her Michael..... IcyPeas Nov 2018 #29

that's funny. Cerulean Southpaw Nov 2018 #71

Limbaugh's "MOOchelle" was pretty low. (Not as low as his going after Chelsea when she was a child). maddiemom Nov 2018 #91

Yes, that is what I would like to know. smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #54

Good point. calimary Nov 2018 #76

Where were they, you ask? GWC58 Nov 2018 #96

Such nonsense RhodeIslandOne Nov 2018 #14

I stand with Bette. F Melania who is a cretin just like Don the Con. iluvtennis Nov 2018 #15

I know Rachel Maddow probably would not Ilsa Nov 2018 #16

Now, now... remember PeeJ52 Nov 2018 #17

Midler is "crass," "jealous" and "desperate"? That's 45's exclusive territory! VOX Nov 2018 #18

Exactly. nt SunSeeker Nov 2018 #34

Dear FLOTUS: I don't really care, do you? workinclasszero Nov 2018 #19

#chandeliertits ProudLib72 Nov 2018 #20

Go Bette malaise Nov 2018 #21

Exactly! Owl Nov 2018 #39

I was finished with that illegal after she called for Obama's birth certificate malaise Nov 2018 #46

+1000 workinclasszero Nov 2018 #66

Melanoma deserves every bit of The Divine Miss M's derision. n/t Different Drummer Nov 2018 #22

I seriously doubt The Devine Ms. M is jealous of melanie sdfernando Nov 2018 #24

From the looks of that Yahoo article, the author trolled Twitter comments. DRoseDARs Nov 2018 #25

Bette Midler fashioned a steller career on the strength of her John Fante Nov 2018 #26

What a bunch of snowflakes. SunSeeker Nov 2018 #27

Okay, a few prefaces so that you can decide to read or not... Caliman73 Nov 2018 #28

Midler was not body shaming Melania, but the replies to her tweet are certainly body shaming Bette SunSeeker Nov 2018 #38

I completely agree. Caliman73 Nov 2018 #45

I mean, talk about double standard . . . . pdsimdars Nov 2018 #30

45 only dates porn stars and beauty queens. lindysalsagal Nov 2018 #59

Proof that while the Repugnants love to dish it out they cannot take it when cstanleytech Nov 2018 #32

Wait the article said the photos were taken on Trump's plane?? She was still doing that lunasun Nov 2018 #35

Yup. She did a LOT of shots on Trump's plane. Very weird. SunSeeker Nov 2018 #57

I never put together it was Trump's plane . I assumed those pics were from her working days lunasun Nov 2018 #69

It's ART! SunSeeker Nov 2018 #70

She worked for justgamma Nov 2018 #90

She's wearing sunglasses because she can't smize. betsuni Nov 2018 #73

She can't do anything with her eyes, she's had them stretched so tight. SunSeeker Nov 2018 #87

Those boots look a little weird, but i dig the sunglasses. Calista241 Nov 2018 #78

People forget she is an actress, singer, AND comedienne. Pacifist Patriot Nov 2018 #36

She's A Birther Me. Nov 2018 #40

Bette Midler is divine!! NurseJackie Nov 2018 #41

Here's a question I've never asked about any 1st lady Marthe48 Nov 2018 #42

I have no problem with it dflprincess Nov 2018 #43

Sure its crass. But its also very funny. If you don't want to hear this kind of stuff ... marble falls Nov 2018 #44

Aren't right-wingers the ones at war with "political correctness"? kskiska Nov 2018 #47

I personally have no problem with Mrs. trump's former "model" life. The Liberal Lion Nov 2018 #48

Love you Bette. Let them... zentrum Nov 2018 #49

The people complaining are the snowflakes with an (R) next to their names. debsy Nov 2018 #50

I'm Trying To Imagine Either Laura Bush or Betty Ford Posing Like That Vogon_Glory Nov 2018 #51

Grin and bear it... 3catwoman3 Nov 2018 #84

Witless Flotits. nt UniteFightBack Nov 2018 #56

Because this pic of her is "Class" or should I say Crass MiniMe Nov 2018 #58

See, #chandeliertits ProudLib72 Nov 2018 #88

Bette Midler is merely exercising her LibDemAlways Nov 2018 #89

Get back to me when she calls her a gorilla or a man MaryMagdaline Nov 2018 #60

Bette's joke is spot on. mnhtnbb Nov 2018 #64

BETTE MIDLER & CHER - Trashy Ladies Medley (1975) Sunlei Nov 2018 #68

Was she wearing her "Jet Dress"? peekaloo Nov 2018 #74

She is really the Third lady. pwb Nov 2018 #75

Twitter is a mass of spring-loaded outrage. Loki Liesmith Nov 2018 #77

Remember when Repubs were outraged that Michelle showed bare arms. Funtatlaguy Nov 2018 #79

Fake tits ? CentralMass Nov 2018 #95

#BeBreast samnsara Nov 2018 #80

Lolol. Perfect reply. Arkansas Granny Nov 2018 #81

Lmao! Beat me to it In It to Win It Nov 2018 #83

Bette has always been trashy. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2018 #85

This was the work she did to get the EB-1 "Einstein" visa. mn9driver Nov 2018 #94