We’re tracking the conservative culture clash with woke Hollywood hypocrites to keep you up to date on who’s winning and who we hate.
Here’s what happened today:
Murderer
Nike’s Jordan Brand Chairman Larry Miller admitted that he murdered 18-year-old Edward White when he was a teenage gang member in 1965.
“This was a really difficult decision for me,” he remarked, “because for 40 years, I ran from this. I tried to hide this and hope that people didn’t find out about it.”
“That’s what makes it even more difficult for me, because it was for no reason at all,” Miller continued. “I mean, there was no valid reason for this to happen. And that’s the thing that I really struggle with and that’s—you know, it’s the thing that I think about every day. It’s like, I did this, and to someone who—it was no reason to do it. And that’s the part that really bothers me.”
Miller said he has remained silent about spending the majority of his life from 13 to 30 in lock up because divulging his criminal history had cost him a job opportunity.
“If I could go back and undo it, I would absolutely do that,” Miller concluded. “I can’t. So all I can do is try to do what I can to help other people and try to maybe prevent this from happening to someone else.”
Injured
Mötley Crüe rocker Vince Neil, 60, broke his ribs after falling off stage during a performance with his band at a Tennessee music festival on Friday night.
Neil reportedly didn’t notice a gap between the stage and a speaker, and fell through the hole. The band’s bassist told the crowd that Neil was unable to breathe after the fall and had to be “dealt with medically,” instead of continuing the set.
“Sons Of Anarchy” actress Katy Sagal, 67, was hit by a Tesla as she was crossing a street in Los Angeles on Thursday morning. She was taken to the hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries before being released.
Crushed
“America’s Got Talent: Extreme” escape artist, Jonathan Goodwin, 41, was crushed between two cars suspended 70 feet in the air, after attempting to perform a stunt where he was supposed to avoid the swinging cars, free himself from a straight jacket, and drop to an air mattress below.
Instead, the cars smashed together, pinning Goodwin inbetween, and exploded into a giant fireball. The stuntman plummeted to the ground and smashed his head. He was airlifted to a hospital and rushed into emergency surgery.
Fired
Netflix fired an employee that leaked confidential financial information about the reported $24.1 million Dave Chappelle was paid for his comedy special “The Closer.”
“We understand this employee may have been motivated by disappointment and hurt with Netflix, but maintaining a culture of trust and transparency is core to our company,” the company said in a statement.
Chappelle’s jokes about transgender people during the show has caused LGBTQ+ advocates to call for the steamer to remove the special front their platform.
Denied
A judge denied Jussie Smollett’s attorney’s attempt to get the criminal case dropped under the guise that the “Empire” actor’s rights were being violated, as he had already fulfilled the deal he struck with Cook County prosecutors to perform community service and forfeit his $10,000 bond.
Smollett has been charged with filing a false police report in 2019, when he claimed that two men attacked him for being black and gay, but investigator’s later determined that the actor paid them to stage his beating because he wanted to gain public sympathy to elevate his career.
The Cook County prosecutor’s office worked out a sweetheart deal for the actor, after State’s Attorney Kim Foxx recused herself from the case, but a special prosecutor re-filed charges against the actor, following a special investigation.
No Hate
Brooklyn Nets’ star Kevin Durant supported teammate Kyrie Irving’s decision to skip the vaccine despite being recruited by him to join the team in the first place.
“I can’t be too mad at somebody making a decision for themselves,” Durant said Thursday. “Who am I to get upset at that? Just focus on what we got in this locker room.”
“When [Irving] is ready, I am sure he will talk to [Owner] Joe [Tsai] and [GM] Sean [Marks] and they’ll figure it out and they’ll tell us,” Durant continued. “Until then we are going to keep grinding.”
Feud
Mick Jagger, 78, snapped at Beatles legend Paul McCartney, 79, after he referred to the Rolling Stones as a “blues cover band” in a recent interview.
The band played a show in LA on Thursday, with plenty of celebrities in attendance. “Paul McCartney is here,” Jagger said at one point during the concert. “He’s gonna join us in the blues cover band.”
“Star Trek” star WIlliam Shatner clapped back at co-star George Takei’s snarky comments the former Captain Kirk portrayer was a “specimen that’s unfit” to be studied, after becoming the oldest person to travel into space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin ship last week.
“Don’t hate George,” Shatner advised his fans. “The only time he gets press is when he talks bad about me. He claims 50+ years ago I took away a camera angle that denied him 30 more seconds of prime time TV.”
“I’m giving it back to him now by letting him spew his hatred for the world to see,” he continued. “Bill the [pig emoji].”
The original “Star Trek” actors have been in a feud since Takei accused Shatner of changing the script of “Star Trek V” so that his character Hikaru Sulu would not get command of the Enterprise.
Don’t hate George. The only time he gets press is when he talks bad about me. He claims 50+ years ago I took away a camera angle that denied him 30 more seconds of prime time TV. 🤷🏼♂️ I’m giving it back to him now by letting him spew his hatred for the world to see!🤣 Bill the 🐷
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) October 16, 2021
Divorce
Sean Penn’s wife of a year, Leila George, 29, filed for a dissolution of marriage, after getting hitched during the pandemic on Zoom. The couple dated for four four years before saying “I do.”
This will be Penn’s fourth divorce, after splitting from Robin Wright in 2010 after fourteen years of marriage, and calling it quits with Madonna in 1989 four years after their clifftop ceremony.
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