Snarky Thoughts

We learned last week that Madge broke up with her 23-year-old model boyfriend Andrew Darnel and was said to be suffering from the breakup. Luckily, Madge eased her pain by starting to date 29-year-old boxing coach Josh Popper a few days later.

My Thought: She’s resilient, that Madge.

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Rolling Stone‘s 200 Greatest Singers list was a hot mess, first because folks—not me—were horrified that the magazine snubbed Celine Dion. And now we’re learning that Chaka Khan is also annoyed at the list, not just because of her spot there—she came in at #29. During a recent stop at The Originals podcast Chaka wasted no time reading others on the list, and the idea of a list itself:

“I didn’t even know what the hell you were talking about, so obviously this don’t mean a great deal to me. These people don’t quantify or validate me in any way.”

She threw shade all over Mimi, suggesting Carey’s spot at #5 was bought and paid for … “That must be payola or some shit like that.” And when asked about Adele, who also came in ahead of Chaka at 22, Khan just threw up her hands and said: “OK, I quit.”

But she was furious about Mary J. Blige, coming in … again, ahead of Chaka … at #25, saying that when Blige “fucked up” her song Sweet Thing when Mary covered it on her debut album What’s the 411? And then she claimed the judges at Rolling Stone were:

“Blind as a motherfucking bat! They need hearing aids…These must be the children of Helen Keller!”

My Thought: I don’t quite get the idea of the judges being blind, but then I don’t get much of Chaka Khan. I know she sang about being every woman, but she certainly doesn’t care much for every woman.

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Apparently an audience member at former RHONY “star” Luann de Lesseps’ cabaret show was so overcome with emotion by the sheer talent of a reality star that she vomited all over the former Countess.

My Thought: I would think that would be  anormal thing. I mean if you’d heard Luann sing you’d probably blow chunks, too.

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Speaking of former RHONY “stars” Bethenny Frankel, who apparently has nothing going on in her life, so she’s talking, again, about the time she was a contestant on Martha Stewart’s version of The Apprentice an lost, and how, to this day Martha doesn’t like her. Bethenny was a contestant on the show and placed second and says Martha was a big old meanie to her when giving her the ax … though I might have used an actual ax:

“What she said to me when she fired me was insane. She said, “Bethenny, you’re pushy, you’re a show-off and you feel the need to make a physical impression which is not entirely necessary at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.” …Oh yeah, she hated me. She hated me.”

My Thought: Since I have never heard Marth mention Bethenny once since kicking her off the show, it sure looks like Bethenny’s the butt-hurt one.

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Finally, someone worth talking about … Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl spent over 24 hours volunteering at Hope the Mission’s Trebek Center in Northridge, California preparing brisket, pork butt, ribs and more for hundreds of homeless people.

Grohl and his fellow barbecuers took turns smoking the meat overnight even as a major winter storm moved through Southern California, dumping hail and rain and a little snow on the shelter that night. And when dinner was being served, Grohl stayed front and center serving the unhoused community, and posing for pictures with anyone who asked. .

My Thought: He could have sent a check, he could have catered the evening dinner, but he showed up and worked and served to make the lives of many homeless people a little smoother, a little easier, if even for one day.  We should all be like Dave.

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