Saw this Tweet just now: https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/1261121624083968001?s=21
About 90% of my follows on Twitter are journalists, scientists and politicians. One of the few celebrities I follow, on Twitter and Instagram, is Chrissy Teigen, who is the absolute boss of the internet. I had never to my memory heard of Alison Roman until last week, when CT tweeted that she was bummed about what some woman chef said about her in some off brand internet interview. That led me down the rabbit hole, reading the article, Roman’s initial aggressive restatement and defense, the overwhelming negative Twitter response (why do people keep thinking they can come for Chrissy Teigen?) and the inevitable apology, first half-assed, then faux-sincere. The apology phase was particularly inevitable because, as Chrissy pointed out in her response, but apparently Roman was not initially aware of, Teigen had signed on to be one of the producers of a TV show Roman wanted to do. I will be asleep before this show airs here in CA tonight, but will check it out in the morning. Particularly interested in if Colbert interviews her, and if so if they address this (and how could they not?). I assume that for most people, like me, if they have heard of her at all it is because of this episode, or if it is just a happy talk cooking segment. Would also like to know if they booked her before the incident, or because of it. The comments to the tweet announcing her visit give a flavor of how popular Roman is right now. Not a great look for Colbert to look like he is trying to rehab her. Would be interesting though if he manages to have a real conversation, without either defending her (or trying to make her look like a victim of internet bullying) or piling on, but exploring what her original point was (which I still don’t understand, it seems to be something like: “everyone who tries to monetize their cookery is a sell out late capitalist whore, except me”). Also, whatever her point was, why did she choose to make it by picking out of nowhere two Asian women? There aren’t enough white men in the celebrity cooking world to go after? And is Kondo even in the same Space? If you don’t know, but still want to know, about the bru ha ha, see Roman‘s: https://twitter.com/fromedome/status/1258513965937614848?s=21 and following) and Teigen’s: https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1258904780090425344?s=21 Twitter posts. To her credit CT was pretty much one and done with it. -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BJXRz1ccJe8GcDiG0tWs9ajQ2Crs-3hhschyjfxjsmwA%40mail.gmail.com.
