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What do you do when you were a semi-celebrity known for being an anti-vaxxer, and now you’re no longer relevant? Why, you drag your former boss through the mud. Amirite, Jenny McCarthy? Jenny is dishing the dirt from her time on The View, which if I recall correctly, was about ten excruciating minutes six or seven years ago.

McCarthy, out promoting a book called Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story Of ‘The View’ compares Barbara Walters to Mommie Dearest and claims there was a power struggle between Whoopi Goldberg and Barbara, with Whoopi basically telling Barbara when and where she could speak.

But Jenny’s first Babs spat was when she guested on the show to promote her book, Louder Than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism, and Babs let her have it:

“I walked into her dressing room and she blew up at me. She was screaming, ‘How dare you say this! That autism can be cured?’ My knees were shaking. I remember my whole body was shaking.”

When Jenny said she never used the word cured to describe Evan’s condition, Babs shrieked:

“You’re such a liar!”

Yeah, that totally sounds like Barbara Walters. I mean, because a few years later we’re to believe that Barbara Walters actually hired the liar? Uh huh. Jenny also claims that when rumors swirled that Barbara was ‘retiring” Whoopi was actually pushing her out to pasture … from the show Babs created.

Lastly, Jenny plays the Doddering Barbara card again about the day she mentioned Katy Perry in Hot Topics:

“I saw Barbara’s face with her big saucer eyes look at me, then we went to a commercial. She said, ‘Who is it that you’re talking about and why are you bringing her up?’ And I’m, like, ‘That’s Katy Perry. You interviewed her last week!’”

Jenny admits it was the wrong thing to say and then declares that the other hosts were kicking her under the table because that’s what they did as a signal of how to deal with Barbara. Funny, though, Jenny, that you can totally see under the table and I don’t recall anyone ever kicking you … though I bet they wanted to. But then your memory is probably fuzzy because you only had that job for a hair’s breadth and haven’t really done much since… except “write” a book to make a few coins.

PS Jenny also relays a fabulous story about the time Barbara Walters demanded that she flush a tampon down the toilet.

Tampon is a euphemism for Jenny’s career.

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Oh, those Kardastrophes. They love posting pictures of themselves on social media, but just can’t get the hang of PhotoShop.

This time is lesser known Kardastrophe sister, Kourtney, who has been promoting some mysterious brand of hers called Poosh, and used that picture as her latest promo shot.

Sad thing is that the face seems pasted onto the body, and part of her left leg is missing, and there’s some kind of growth on her hand.

Seriously, can’t That Woman get them an update on PhotoShop?

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Speaking of PhotoShop, Miss Jackson, if your ego is bruised, needs a lesson or two herself.

It appears that Janet Jackson tried to “edit” a poster for this summer’s Glastonbury Festival to give herself top billing ... the original is on the left, the Jackson version is on the right.

Days after the British festival officially announced that the singer had been added to the lineup for the five-day music event—headlined by The Killers and The Cure—Miss Jackson tweeted out an image of the poster that gave herself top billing.

Yes, she did.

Nasty.

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And perhaps Janet or Kourtney could give Michael Feinstein a lesson in Facebooking, after a misleading post by Feinstein left some fans thinking he’d stolen an Oscar from Hollywood royalty, Gay Icon, and Judy’s daughter, Liza Minnelli.

Feinstein and his husband, Terrence Flannery, have been all up in Liza’s business since she moved from New York to Los Angeles four years ago, and on the night of the Oscars this year, Feinstein posted a photo of a gold Oscar statuette and identified it as Vincente Minnelli’s 1959 Best Director Oscar for “Gigi” saying:

“Vincente gifted me this beautiful statue many, many year [sic] ago. It remains on the mantel in my bedroom, so I may appreciate it and Mr. Minnelli’s immense talent, daily.”

Liza fans, or fan, were immediately suspicious since nothing is more sacred to Miss Minelli than her daddy, and his Oscar. Even Liza friends, like pianist Billy Stritch commented:

“Wow I didn’t realize that was your Oscar! So nice of you to let Liza display it in her apartment for all those years. Bet you’re glad to have it back in your bedroom!”

Stritch later deleted the comment; perhaps after Feinstein cleared up the confusion by editing his post to blame an “assistant in my employ” for the “misinformation”:

“The photo was taken a few years ago during construction at Liza’s home. I kept it for safekeeping while workers and strangers had full run of her home during a remodel. Upon construction completion, the Oscar was safely returned to Liza’s possession.”

Wait, so your friend’s house is being remodeled and you ask to hold her Daddy’s Oscar but not Liza FREAKING Minelli?

What kind of old school, gay are you, you monster?

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Roseanne Barr, who lost her career and her TV show for being a racist asshat and has since gone on a world tour blaming anyone and everything for her stupidity, now has a new target: it’s Darlene’s fault.

Yes, Roseanne’s pretend TV daughter, Sara Gilbert, ruined her career and destroyed her life. It wasn’t the Ambien and your talent for talking when you should shut up? What?

Although Roseanne was warned by ABC bigwigs many times about her Twitter usage, even before the reboot aired, she repeatedly ignored requests to shut her effing mouth, and so Sara Gilbert stepped up to end it all for her.

Roseanne says it’s because, on May 29, 2018, about 30 minutes before ABC announced the death of Roseanne, Sara Gilbert tweeted that Barr’s comments were “abhorrent and do not reflect the beliefs of our cast and crew or anyone associated with our show” and that’s what ended it:

“She destroyed the show and my life with that tweet. She will never get enough until she consumes my liver with a fine Chianti.”

Um, Roseanne, do you even know Gilbert? She’s a vegetarian, fer chrissakes!

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Random Musings

Gosh, I wished I used regular mail more because next month the U.S. commemorative "Forever Stamp" honoring San Francisco political figure and LGBT activist Harvey Milk will be issued on Harvey Milk Day, May 22.

I may have to buy a sheet just to have it.

Dave Elliott, an anchor on Mississippi’s WLOX, thinks there are just too many LGBT folks and their stories on the news these days and he thinks we should all just take a vacation:

WLOX responded on its Facebook page by saying:

"We are not happy at all with the post or any imagined 'free publicity.' Dave made this post initially on his personal Facebook page, and you should look for him to address it on that same page."

I guess Dave Elliott might have wished the Black Community had taken a break from all that Civil Rights mess in the 60s? I mean, how dare we continue to fight for equality day in and day out when people like Dave Elliott are probably more interested in CNN's round-the-clock missing airplane coverage.

Elliott later apologized for what he called his "insensitive and unprofessional Facebook post.”

I think Elliott should take a Facebookation.

So, RuPaul’s Drag Race …

This week's mini-challenge was "The Read." Ru opened up the “liberry” and asked each dragtestant to throw a little shade on her competitors. Darienne took the Top Spot, and got to choose her team for the main challenge where the girls would be split into two groups, with each one delivering a short rap for a '90s-style rap song, "Oh No She Better Don't."

Sidenote: Oh no, she betta don’t has been my catchphrase for the week and my co-workers are ready to kill me; to which I say, Oh no, they betta don’t!

Back to the DR: the runway challenge this week was to show off some Crazy, Sexy, Cool fashion, so let’s break dance it down:

#1 Adore Delano. I don't adore Delano whatsoever, but she nailed the read, especially when telling Laganja that she should reverse her ‘death drop’ and just ‘drop dead.’ She also owned the rap part of the show, and she once again strapped herself into the corset for the runway but then she failed in the Floor-length Dress Challenge, by wearing some cheap looking sheer drapes that stopped at her ankles. Note to Adore: I don’t.

#2 Bianca Del Rio. I’m loving her and thought she would have nailed The Read — she said to Adore, “I know what you got on your SATs … ketchup! — because she’s as snarkastic as I but she failed that. And I was worried about her rap, which she kinda nailed, and then she brought it to the runway.

#3 I have to give props to Joslyn Fox for her read to Darienne:  "This is the girl who probably sits reverse cowgirl on the toilet just so she has a flat surface to eat off of." Her rap was good, but her runway was just a big old strappy mess, too much of a bad thing.

#4 My darling Ben De La Crème took a wee tumble. Her rap was not the best, the outfit even worse, and she totally missed the mark on Crazy, Sexy, Cool on the runway. I love her style, but I’d like to see her mix it up a bit.

Now for the Bottoms:

Courtney Act is relying on the pretty and I’m not the only one saying that. I don’t get drag queen. I get pretty girl from her, and that whole coming out in a blanket and ripping it off to show the bikini bod on the runway thing was all kinds of wrong.

Darienne seemed kinda mean this week and her rap was awful — dressed in shiny black trash bags — and her runway look was the furthest thing from Crazy Sexy Cool. It looked like a version of the same thing she’s done all season.

And Miss Trinity K. Bonet? She seemed so ready for the rap, but she sucked it like no one else; then she complained that she doesn’t sing, she lip syncs. Well, hunty, this is the DR, so step it mother**king up. I did like her Cher-Naomi Campbell runway look, and her lip sync was in sync, so no wonder she Sashayed to stay.

Which means ….

Good bye Milk. You weren’t the worst this week in the challenges, but when asked by the judges to bring some glam, you brought out a bed sheet? I loved your individuality, and find it odd that when you tried to conform, you got the Sashay. Plus, as a dude, you’re kinda cute.

What did YOU think?

Next week: Two! Two! Two eps in one night!

Over there to Missouri, state Representative Mike Colona has introduced a House Joint Resolution to repeal Missouri's existing ban on same-sex marriage:

"We passed the same-sex marriage ban 10 years ago, and I think so much has changed between then and now. I think more people understand that marriage is a basic right that the State guarantees."

 The state ban on same-sex marriage passed in 2004 with 71% of voters supporting and 29% opposing, but Colona thinks maybe the tide has changed enough to step forward.

Here’s hoping he’s right, though, but, yeah … Missouri.

I loves me some Fashion police, but last week's episode brought out some man candy in the form of one Victor Cruz, a wide receiver for the New York Giants. he was all kinds of sexy and cute and funny. Plus, the man has style!

Okay, so howsabout those Brooklyn Nets? 

Yeah, I know, you had no idea that I followed the volleyball! Well, I don’t but I heard that the Nets have been on a wild winning streak and have just made the playoffs. And, not to say this had anything to do with it, but the change for the better has come ever since the Nets signed openly gay player Jason Collins.

Just sayin’.

So, there’s actually a video game based on the Old Testament and, well, a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for it has failed miserably, so the makers of the game are looking for a scapegoat and think they’ve found it … in Satan. Really.

Richard Gaeta, a co-founder of Phoenix Interactive, argues that since the launch of the Kickstarter campaign to raise money for Bible Chronicles: The Call of Abraham, trouble has come into the lives of all the people in his company:

"I believe that, 100 percent. It's very tangible. From projects falling through and people that were lined up to help us make this a success falling through. Lots of factors raining down on us like fire and brimstone … If Satan is rallying some of his resources to forestall, delay, or kill this project, I think, this must be a perceived threat to his kingdom."

At least, this one time, they aren’t blaming The Gays.

And for some cool news ….

The producers of Broadway’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch have announced a charitable partnership with LGBT youth organization Hetrick-Martin Institute as part of the Broadway show’s run.

The musical will donate a portion of each ticket sale to Hetrick-Martin Institute, home of the Harvey Milk High School, where at-risk youth can learn without fear of physical or emotional attacks. According to a press release, the partnership "will also utilize the resources of the production, including representatives from the show meeting with young people in an educational and mentoring capacity, and additional fundraising support."

Since we may be in NYC this summer, I’d like to see this show and give back just a little. Plus, it’s NPH people!

Now that The Gays can legally wed in England and Wales, Elton John and David Furnish — who have been in a civil partnership since 2005 — are planning to get married in the UK this year.

Furnish explains the significance of marriage to his family:

"When it was announced that gay couples were able to obtain a civil partnership, Elton and I did so on the day it came into law. As something of a showman, [Elton] is aware that whatever he says and does, people will sit up and take notice -so what better way to celebrate that historic moment in time. Our big day made the news, it was all over the internet within minutes of happening and front page news the next day. [But] Elton and I both think there is a massive difference between calling someone your 'partner' and calling them your 'husband'. 'Partner' is such an impersonal word and doesn't adequately describe the love we have for each other. When Zachary and Elijah [the couple's sons] are grown up and having children of their own, they will – hopefully – be living in a world where everyone can be equal, when being married isn't about whether you're straight or gay, but simply about being human."

Happy news, and I cannot wait to see the pictures of that wedding, though David suggested that he and Elton will simply go to a registry office in England in May with their sons and a couple of witnesses.”

Damn, because I bet Elton would have made a spectacular groom!

And while we’re talking same-sex marriage, let’s congratulate Sara Gilbert, who married her fiancée Linda Perry over the weekend in California.

It's happening everywhere, y'all!

Congratulations to the happy couple!

Is CBS Afraid Of The Gay?

There's a new View coming up.

I know! Do we really need another View?

Well, apparently CBS, and Sara Gilbert, think so.

This fall CBS will begin airing a Sara Gilbert [Darlene from TVs Roseanne] produced, View-like talk show featuring a bunch of women sharing their, well, views.

But, while Gilbert is the Executive Producer of the show, and it seems to have been her idea, her life as an openly gay woman is too much for CBS to deal with, though they have no issues with detailing the personal lives of the other women--Julie Chen, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete, Leah Remini, and Marissa Jaret Winokur--on the show.

From a CBS press release touting the new show:

Julie Chen . . . lives in New York and Los Angeles with her husband, Leslie Moonves, with whom she has a son and 3 stepchildren.
Holly Robinson Peete . . . and her husband of 15 years are the proud parents of four children. They currently reside in Los Angeles.
Sharon Osbourne . . . lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Ozzy Osbourne. They have three children.
Leah Remini . . . lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Angelo Pagan, and daughter and three stepsons.
Marissa Jaret Winokur . . . and her husband, comedy writer Judah Miller, reside in Los Angles [sic] with their son Zev.
Sara Gilbert . . . lives in Los Angeles with her family.

Now, to be fair, in another press release, this one from CBS News, Sara Gilbert does get the full treatment: "Gilbert is a lesbian mom, raising two children with partner Allison Adler."

But still, the network seems kind of intent on playing down the lesbian partnership and parenting aspect of one of their co-hosts while playing up those same things in the others.

I'm not sure I like that view.