Comedians Ricky Gervais, Nish Kumar and David Baddiel are among the celebrities to lead reactions to Liz Truss’s resignation after just six weeks as prime minister.
In a speech outside Downing Street on Thursday 20 October, Truss announced that her replacement would be found within the next week, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in UK history.
The politician’s resignation came after 15 Tory MPs publicly called for her to step down, following a chaotic six weeks that included a disastrous mini-budget, the firing of former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and the resignation of former home secretary Suella Braverman.
Reacting to the news, Gervais shared a picture of himself making a speech outside No 10, with the caption: “And it wouldn’t even be in the top 10 weirdest news stories of the year.”
Piers Morgan tweeted: “What an absolute shambles.”
Comedian Baddiel posted: “That speech contained the words ‘to take advantage of...
In a speech outside Downing Street on Thursday 20 October, Truss announced that her replacement would be found within the next week, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in UK history.
The politician’s resignation came after 15 Tory MPs publicly called for her to step down, following a chaotic six weeks that included a disastrous mini-budget, the firing of former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and the resignation of former home secretary Suella Braverman.
Reacting to the news, Gervais shared a picture of himself making a speech outside No 10, with the caption: “And it wouldn’t even be in the top 10 weirdest news stories of the year.”
Piers Morgan tweeted: “What an absolute shambles.”
Comedian Baddiel posted: “That speech contained the words ‘to take advantage of...
- 10/20/2022
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
Eddie Izzard has earned praise for her appearance on the Sky Arts reality competition “Portrait Artist of the Year,” where she discussed her use of female pronouns with one of the show’s contestants.
Izzard was a recent guest on the show, which regularly brings in celebrities to serve as subjects for the competitors to draw portraits of. While speaking to one of the competing artists, Curtis Holder, the genderfluid actor and comedian mentioned that “Portrait Artist of the Year” was the first show where she asked its staff and crew to use the pronouns she/her.
“It feels great because people just assume that…well, they just know me from before. I’m genderfluid. I just want to be based in girl mode from now on,” Izzard said.
The 58-year-old Izzard has been a major face of Britain’s LGBTQ community since coming out back in 1985, openly discussing her genderfluid identity in multiple interviews.
Izzard was a recent guest on the show, which regularly brings in celebrities to serve as subjects for the competitors to draw portraits of. While speaking to one of the competing artists, Curtis Holder, the genderfluid actor and comedian mentioned that “Portrait Artist of the Year” was the first show where she asked its staff and crew to use the pronouns she/her.
“It feels great because people just assume that…well, they just know me from before. I’m genderfluid. I just want to be based in girl mode from now on,” Izzard said.
The 58-year-old Izzard has been a major face of Britain’s LGBTQ community since coming out back in 1985, openly discussing her genderfluid identity in multiple interviews.
- 12/20/2020
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Updated with video: Bill Maher looked at the week’s controversy at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner where “Michelle Wolf I thought did a great job talking truth to power.”
“These people have Groundhog Day Syndrome. Every year it’s ‘Let’s hire a comedian to tell jokes! And the day after it’s ‘Why did we hire a comedian to tell jokes?!'”
The Real Time host reminded viewers he had been the comedian at the dinner in 1996. “They were doing the same thing: getting mad at the comedian for telling jokes. They should get a juggler – something non controversial.”
Noting there’ also talk of getting rid of the dinner altogether, Maher cast his vote to instead get rid of that other event White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders attends: the daily press briefing. “I heard from people in the press this week they’re just fed up with [her] at this point,...
“These people have Groundhog Day Syndrome. Every year it’s ‘Let’s hire a comedian to tell jokes! And the day after it’s ‘Why did we hire a comedian to tell jokes?!'”
The Real Time host reminded viewers he had been the comedian at the dinner in 1996. “They were doing the same thing: getting mad at the comedian for telling jokes. They should get a juggler – something non controversial.”
Noting there’ also talk of getting rid of the dinner altogether, Maher cast his vote to instead get rid of that other event White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders attends: the daily press briefing. “I heard from people in the press this week they’re just fed up with [her] at this point,...
- 5/5/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Amy Schumer has responded to critics who say her upcoming movie “I Feel Pretty” fails to relay a body-positive image.
“There’s been a lot of projection,” Schumer said in a recent interview with Vulture, arguing against those who have slammed the film’s trailer for portraying her character as an “ugly” woman who, after injuring herself, regards herself as pretty.
“I heard a lot of, ‘She doesn’t have a right to feel bad about herself because she looks however she looks,'” Schumer said. “I heard the comment, ‘Why does she have to think of herself as skinny?’ a lot.”
Some of the jeers stemmed from a Twitter thread by comedian Sofie Hagen: “How about instead of her ‘hitting her head and damaging her brain’ in order to become so deluded that she’d think she was Actually pretty, she read about capitalism and [realized] that women’s low self-esteem is a patriarchal ploy and that she is worthy of self-love?”
Schumer told Vulture the movie is “not about an ugly troll becoming beautiful, it’s about a woman who has low self-esteem finding some… Everyone’s got a right to feel that feeling, regardless of their appearance.”
Also Read: Justin Bieber to Amy Schumer: Stars Throw Their Support Behind #MarchForOurLives
She also said the audience never knows how her character, Renee, sees herself.
“You never see how I see myself! That’s a guess, that Renee thinks of herself as skinny,” Schumer said. “In the scene after the head injury, the assumption is that the woman I see when I look in the mirror is skinny, but I’m just seeing my same self and perceiving my body as beautiful. She doesn’t say, ‘I’m so thin!’ She just says that she’s amazed by her jawline, and her boobs, and her ass. If anything, that sounds like a more voluptuous woman to me.”
“We all struggle with self-esteem. I certainly have,” she continued. “Your friends who you think are so beautiful, they could be struggling too. You want them to see themselves the way you see them, but it’s not our place to say who should be allowed to have low self-esteem.”
Also Read: Amy Schumer's 'I Feel Pretty' Gets New Spring Release Date
The actress urged would-be critics to see the movie before making judgements about its message.
“There was a backlash to the trailer, and that was kind of disappointing,” she said. “Even then, though, I understood it, and knew that the film wasn’t about what they thought it was about. I just wished they could see it.”
Read Schumer’s full interview over here.
“I Feel Pretty” opens in theaters Friday.
Read original story Amy Schumer Claps Back at ‘I Feel Pretty’ Critics: ‘We All Struggle With Self-Esteem’ At TheWrap...
“There’s been a lot of projection,” Schumer said in a recent interview with Vulture, arguing against those who have slammed the film’s trailer for portraying her character as an “ugly” woman who, after injuring herself, regards herself as pretty.
“I heard a lot of, ‘She doesn’t have a right to feel bad about herself because she looks however she looks,'” Schumer said. “I heard the comment, ‘Why does she have to think of herself as skinny?’ a lot.”
Some of the jeers stemmed from a Twitter thread by comedian Sofie Hagen: “How about instead of her ‘hitting her head and damaging her brain’ in order to become so deluded that she’d think she was Actually pretty, she read about capitalism and [realized] that women’s low self-esteem is a patriarchal ploy and that she is worthy of self-love?”
Schumer told Vulture the movie is “not about an ugly troll becoming beautiful, it’s about a woman who has low self-esteem finding some… Everyone’s got a right to feel that feeling, regardless of their appearance.”
Also Read: Justin Bieber to Amy Schumer: Stars Throw Their Support Behind #MarchForOurLives
She also said the audience never knows how her character, Renee, sees herself.
“You never see how I see myself! That’s a guess, that Renee thinks of herself as skinny,” Schumer said. “In the scene after the head injury, the assumption is that the woman I see when I look in the mirror is skinny, but I’m just seeing my same self and perceiving my body as beautiful. She doesn’t say, ‘I’m so thin!’ She just says that she’s amazed by her jawline, and her boobs, and her ass. If anything, that sounds like a more voluptuous woman to me.”
“We all struggle with self-esteem. I certainly have,” she continued. “Your friends who you think are so beautiful, they could be struggling too. You want them to see themselves the way you see them, but it’s not our place to say who should be allowed to have low self-esteem.”
Also Read: Amy Schumer's 'I Feel Pretty' Gets New Spring Release Date
The actress urged would-be critics to see the movie before making judgements about its message.
“There was a backlash to the trailer, and that was kind of disappointing,” she said. “Even then, though, I understood it, and knew that the film wasn’t about what they thought it was about. I just wished they could see it.”
Read Schumer’s full interview over here.
“I Feel Pretty” opens in theaters Friday.
Read original story Amy Schumer Claps Back at ‘I Feel Pretty’ Critics: ‘We All Struggle With Self-Esteem’ At TheWrap...
- 4/17/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
Another day, another controversy. But, this time the debate combines two unlikely topics: Planned Parenthood and Disney princesses. A local Planned Parenthood located in suburban Pennsylvania posted a since-deleted tweet calling for more representation in the storylines of the fairytale characters. The branch shared the following post: "We need a disney princess who's had an abortion. We need a disney princess who's pro-choice. We need a disney princess who's an undocumented immigrant. We need a disney princess who's actually a union worker. We need a disney princess who's trans." (Photo Credit: Twitter) The tweet was a nod to a meme which suggests new traits for Disney heroines. The trend began on Twitter in September 2017 after comedian Sofie Hagen voiced the need for more fat Disney princesses. Since it made so many little men sad, we'll repeat:We need a fat Disney princess.We need a fat Disney princess.We need a...
- 3/28/2018
- by Paulina Jayne Isaac
- In Touch Weekly
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