8.3.20 Bee-otches of the Day: mean celebrities

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Name: various
Age: various
Occupation: celebrities
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: being assholes

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Over the years, cancel culture has played a role in the world of everything.

In the 1990s, CBS pulled Pee-Wee's Playhouse from its schedule because Pee-Wee Herman was caught jerking off in an adult theater. In 1969, the TV show Turn-On was pulled after only one episode on ABC because many affiliates were offended by its sexual content. In 1967, Chicago radio station WLS banned the song "Gloria" by Them (featuring a young Van Morrison) because of the line "She comes around here just about midnight/Ha, she make me feel so good, Lord, I want to say she make me feel alright". So, they hired a local band, The Shadows of Knight to re-record a more-radio-friendly version of the tune. The Shadows of Knight version was a top 10 smash.

Now, the world of cancel culture might be hitting TV sets again. This time, Ellen DeGeneres might be losing her highly-rated daytime show.

There's an investigation going on regarding how the 62-year-old comedianne is treating her staff. Word had it that Ellen has fired employees for everything from bereavement to medical leave. There's also allegations of racism and aggression coming from DeGeneres herself. As a result, she has apologized to her staff in a letter. The investigation is from WarnerMedia, the company that produces Ellen's show. 

On her show, Ellen is known for being a lezbo Santa Claus, handing out shit to needy people to people who do good things. I'll admit that I'm no fan of the show, period. She's not funny and I get douche chills when I do watch it. Fuck, Jerry Springer is far more entertaining than her borefest. Not only that, I'm still fuming over the fact that she's buddies with George W. Bush, especially after the shit he threw America into.

It's sad when people like Ellen tell people to "be kind", but yet, she's a filthy cunt. Same goes with everybody who gets a free pass because they're charitable.

Look at Jerry Lewis. For decades, he was the champion for Muscular Dystrophy. He raised hundreds of millions for MDA, which helped countless people. However, it's no secret that he was an asshole. He was often saying racist and homophobic shit (even using the word "faggot" on one of his last MDA specials), which led to him being outed as its spokesperson. When he died, he gave his will to his wife and young daughter, but not to his sons. 

Sadly, charity is one way asshole celebs and companies keep afloat. Did something wrong? Here, just give a bunch of money to a charity and all's well. It worked for people like Bill Cosby, Jimmy Savile and so many others.

You see, there's a big reason I'm writing this. I have a dear friend who works in retail. She's in her 60s and is on the verge of retirement. Recently at work, she got an extremely angry phone call from a regular customer who was calling on vacation in northern Michigan. She bitched at her about a service that she needed that was out of my friend's control. Needless to say, my friend was very pissed about all of what happened. 

Now, my friend is trying to get her life together. She and her husband divorced after their business failed. The business was mostly funded by the inheritance from her parents. After her ex-husband's mother died and he got a huge inheritance from her, he and his new wife went on a cruise. My friend? She's 64 and lives in a cheap apartment complex.

And this customer who badmouthed her over the phone, shaming her? Why, it's a well-known news anchor here in west Michigan.

Turns out that nobody at my friend's shop likes the people who work at this particular TV station, many of whom are regular customers. Virtually all the women there all act like Karens, pretending that their shit don't stink. I know myself. I used to be Facebook friends with a former weather girl at the station years ago. However, she unfriended me over an April Fools' joke. Another weather girl is a notorious Rethug and so on.

You see, when you treat people like shit, word will spread like wildfire. It might not just be on the internet, but also behind your back. As a native northern Michigander, I knew people who worked in retail and their customers were radio and TV personalities. I knew who was gay, cheating on their spouse and treated people like excrement. It's nothing new. Sadly, nothing's changed a lot. Maybe that's why right now up north, there's a plethora of stations sitting in silence and the FCC doesn't know about it.

Folks, I had a distant cousin who was a mayor of a small town not far from Grand Rapids. He retired as mayor a few years ago. Every year at the family luncheon, I always asked him if he missed being the mayor, and he always replied with a no. When you're a celebrity, whether it's the mayor, an actor or whatever, you might live in a house made of wood and stone. But, the reality is that when you become a celeb, that house is now made out of glass. People know EVERYTHING about you: when you sleep, when you wake up, when you eat, when you shower, when you poop and so on. Don't like it? Start living in seclusion. 

In the great words of one A.J. Benza (whatever happened to him?), "Fame, ain't it a bitch".

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