Bette Midler wishes she would have sued Lindsay Lohan in 2000
David Duchovny now has a podcast out on Lemonada, called Fail Better. The premise is
Bette Midler tried to justify her transphobic, TERFy tweets & she made it worse
In this day and age, I feel like it’s actually pretty easy to avoid being
Ariana Grande responds to Bette Midler on Twitter (of course)
Remember how Bette Midler told Ariana Grande to stop acting like a whore in an attempt to get ahead? Ariana heard about it, obviously, and considering what a diva she is, you’d think she’d throw a tantrum, right? WRONG! Ariana has some common sense, however, as she knows to stay in her place and never challenge the Divine Miss M, and instead she tweeted the following: all love here ???? pic.twitter.com/BocrzJEgUj — Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) November 25, 2014 I love that this chick still has the nerve to call Bette Midler – several decades her elder – “my love”. How condescending and up your own ass can you be? I get the whole feminism means no slut shaming and all of that, which is fair enough, but Bette telling it like it is doesn’t mean she’s no longer a feminist or that she’s a shadow of her former self because she’s not stripping off as a 68-year-old woman. Get a grip. Bette is still standing by her original comments, though, and tweeted the following: About my screed on @ArianaGrande , all I can say is, "Spoken like a reformed old whore! She does have a beautiful voice, on a couch or off." — Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) November 26, 2014 Get it, Bette. Follow us on Twitter | Facebook
Ariana Grande responds to Bette Midler: ‘Always a fan no matter what my love’
Yesterday, I talked about how Bette Midler singled out Ariana Grande as an example of
Bette Midler to Ariana Grande: ‘You don’t have to be a whore’
Ariana Grande is a great singer whose star is on the rise. She’s even been compared to Mariah Carey – a great honour which you must never, ever bring up in an interview (or she’ll walk out). However, a rise to the top doesn’t come easy, and for Ariana, it has meant that she’s had to play up the whole sex kitten image that clearly doesn’t suit her and that no one in their right mind believes, especially considering she looks about 12 years old (but that’s one of about 5,000 reasons). Anyhoo, one star who’s been there and done that and has some words of advice for Ariana is Bette Midler. You see, she wants Ariana know that she doesn’t need to be a whore to be famous. Via TMZ: Midler did an interview with The Telegraph, grousing about the state of the music biz. She’s particularly disgusted with Grande, saying, “It’s always surprising to see someone like Ariana Grande with that silly high voice, a very wholesome voice, slithering around on a couch.” Midler goes on, “… Looking so ridiculous. I mean it’s silly beyond belief and I don’t know who’s telling her to do it.” And then the punch. In giving advice to aspiring singers, Midler says, “Trust your talent. You don’t have to make a whore out of yourself to get ahead.” Huh. Well, look – I see where Bette’s coming from. The oversexualization of female popstars is absolutely fucking ridiculous and exhausting and it literally has zero effect anymore because it’s so overdone. However, Bette was into some pretty raunchy shit in the ’70s herself – maybe done a bit more tongue-in-cheek, but still… Also, we don’t need any more slut-shaming, regardless of how much older and wiser Bette might be now. So yeah, I can see both sides of the coin here. I wish women didn’t feel pressured to strip off and be this coquettish, cartoonish version of a seductress all the time. That being said, if that’s what someone legit WANTS to do, more power to ‘em. It’s complicated! Follow us on Twitter | Facebook