Posted on 09/15/2024 9:11:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Have you ever noticed that celebrity scandals tend to all follow a similar timeline? At first, there’s the moment you hear about what happened — “Oh no! He did what with the fish?!” That’s a super-memorable moment. If you’re a big fan of the celebrity, you’ll never forget where you were when you heard the news. (You broke our heart, Troy McClure.)
Then there’s the moment of acknowledgement, when the celeb must face the consequences of his action(s) for the very first time. This might be a mugshot, a court appearance, or — trending today — a mea culpa on his social media platform of choice. This will become our new go-to image of the celebrity… at least over the short term.
Shortly thereafter comes the explanation. It’s almost never in-depth; usually, it comes in the form of a blanket denial (or an admission, plus sad-faced apology for “any pain I may have caused” and lickety-split trip to rehab).
The wording of this explanation can get tricky: You never want your PR strategy to undermine a still-unresolved legal strategy. Winning today’s headline at the cost of tomorrow’s verdict is a foolish tradeoff. So tread very carefully.
Next comes the punishment. Sometimes it’s legal — i.e. a prison sentence — but other times it’s entirely commercial, i.e. prying away a beloved franchise, or being shunned from upcoming roles. The punishment can even be emotional, such as public shaming or mockery, but it always involves the loss of something.
After the legal situation is resolved, the celeb has a freer hand to speak about what happened and rebuild public trust. And thus, we get to our favorite part of the celebrity scandal timeline: The comeback.
But not all comebacks are successful.
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She sucks.
It’s not that people don’t like her, it’s that they just don’t like her that much.....................
WHY ISN’T SHE 50 POINTS AHEAD!?
That's why she flopped as a presidential candidate. The same thing doomed Hillary.
And swallows.....
ABC, maybe rational people saw theough your rigged game.
The liberal media seems to be the only ones thought she was not a disaster.
She is also the kind of person who would suck off a married man to get career advancement.
While people in DC and Hollywood are ok with this kind of behavior it tend to put off normal people.
Their “narratives,” that is, their false factual scenarios, have fooled the people so often that they don’t know what to make of it when their deception fails
Because she is a poorly educated do nothing dingbat who actively seeks the destruction of the US? Just a guess...
> And swallows...
Is that a Jamaican Swallow or an Indian Swallow?
And what is its airspeed velocity?
I saw what you did there.
H/t to Monty Python.
That’s what I was gonna say!
What did Horizontal do with the fish?
As the late great George Calin said:
“That’s not a bad man...
...That’s a good woman!
😎
“is that an UNladen swallow?”
More men voted for Biden than either Hillary (or Kamala in November).
So far Kamala is doing poorly with men. She reminds you of your divorced wife or your mother in law.
Her ads requesting donations are everywhere on YouTube. She sounds whiny and looks phony. The more people see and hear her, the less they like her. Think of a cross between Mitt and H*llary.
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