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Celebrities Are Coming Unhinged During Quarantine, and I've Never Felt More Seen


People keep asking me how I’m doing during this period of self-isolation and quarantine because of the coronavirus, and I’m unsure what to say. Am I surviving? Yes. Am I staging full-on productions of “All that Jazz” wearing nothing but a red Christmas blanket? Also yes. Is that why I’m surviving, perhaps? A thousand percent.

Quarantine has gotten weird, guys. Now that I’ve ripped through everything I wanted to on Netflix, organized my closet (i.e.: moved all the crap to a place I can’t see it), and caught up with everyone I’ve ever encountered since birth, I’m bored. So bored. And that boredom is manifesting in behaviors that would typically seem bizarre but now make total sense. Like having a dance party for one in the pitch black. In my living room. After drinking a bottle of wine. To the same song on a loop. I think Jessica Lange did something similar on a season of American Horror Story, and her character was literally going insane. For me, though, it was just Saturday night.

And Monday night, and Tuesday night, and Wednesday. No, I’m not staging full-on discos every day, but I am doing at least one thing that borders on unhinged—and not intentionally, either. When I say unhinged, I don’t mean physically or emotionally harmful, just kooky. I think finding humor in the absurdity of what I’m doing indoors is helping me cope with the true absurdity on the outside. Translation: Doing the “Bad Romance” choreography while staring straight into the eyes of the Gaga photo I have blown up and framed in my kitchen is my coronavirus coping mechanism.

A few celebrities out there get this, too. They’re not performing pop shows for inanimate objects, per se, but they are exhibiting some, erm, off-kilter behavior and posting it for the world to see. I feel completely seen in their wackiness. And if you’ve also been flirting with your lampshade on and off for the past week, I think you will too.

Behold: The most delightfully deranged things celebs have done while in quarantine:

Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s makeup look here.

Kristin Chenoweth belting out a random opera note while putting cheese on pasta, dressed in a Winnie the Pooh onesie.

Ina Garten making a cocktail the size of a 9-year-old child.

January Jones dumping an entire box of baking soda into her “detox bath,” wearing an opulent rainbow caftan in the middle of the day. Also: her neon mask and beer dance party.

Leslie Jordan making enough chicken salad “for an army” while waxing poetic about the time he took an “illicit substance” at a New York City nightclub.

Cardi B screaming bloody murder at her computer screen and yelling expletives in full glam.

Madonna replacing some of the lyrics to “Vogue” with the phrase “fried fish.” Sure!

Judi Dench wandering around her house in a dog hat.

Jessica Chastain “spying” on people and seeing things that only make sense in a Willy Wonka movie.

Arnold Schwarzenegger having a formal meal in his house alongside a live pony and donkey.

And last but not least, Julianne Moore vacuuming her lawn for…reasons?

I am all of these people.

Christopher Rosa is the staff entertainment writer at Glamour. Follow him on Twitter @chrisrosa92.





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‘Love Is Blind,’ Netflix’s New Reality Show, Is Delightfully Unhinged


Netflix is expanding its reality-TV catalog with Love Is Blind, a delightfully unhinged dating show that’s pretty self-explanatory. It centers on a group of singles who go on a series of (literal) blind dates. As in, they’re placed in pods where they can’t see the person they’re chatting with. They can only hear them. From voice and connection alone, they whittle down their choices until they’ve found the One. Then they get engaged—yes, engaged—without ever laying eyes on the person.

Of course, eventually they do get to see what their fiancé looks like, and that’s where the real stories begin. How will these quote-unquote deep connections built in the pods translate to the physical world? Will they be attracted to their betrothed? Will their friends and family members approve? This is explored as the couples leave the pods, go on romantic getaways, and then head back to their real lives.

Hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey—who hilariously recite the same monologue about how “love is blind” in every episode—Love Is Blind is unlike any show I’ve seen before. I finished the first five episodes feeling exhilarated, bewildered, and exhausted. I also had one zillion questions. Below, a nonexhaustive list:

1. Does the “blind date” concept work if all the contestants are conventionally hot? I’m not talking about individual attraction here—I’m referring to the narrow standards our culture has for “beauty.” Every single person on this show meets that criterion. While the show is racially diverse (to an extent), the men are muscular; the women are thin. Something tells me that was intentional. Think about it: If unconventionally attractive people went on this show and had their hearts broken after they saw their fiancé face-to-face, that would just be…awful. It would confirm the shallowness of mankind. Featuring only “hot” people guarantees that won’t happen. I’m not the only person who’s thinking this, either:

2. Jessica! What are you doing?! You will find yourself screaming at the TV many times during Love Is Blind—and Jessica, often, is the reason. The 34-year-old regional manager throws away a solid relationship with sweet, mature 24-year-old trainer Mark in favor of Barnett, a 27-year-old overgrown frat bro to whom all the women are inexplicably drawn. But when things go south with Barnett, Jessica goes back to Mark and proceeds to treat him like crap. Justice for Mark!



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Roseanne Barr Addresses Valerie Jarrett Tweet in Unhinged Video: 'I Thought the Bitch Was White'


Two months ago ABC canceled its reboot of the nineties sitcom Roseanne, following a racist Twitter rant from the show’s star, Roseanne Barr, that compared former Obama administration aide Valerie Jarrett to an ape.

Barr eventually apologized for her comments on the podcast Stand Up NY, but in a new video making its internet rounds, the comedian appears unhinged as she spews an expletive-heavy commentary on Jarrett yet again. The video surfaced late Thursday when Barr posted it to her YouTube account.

“I thought the bitch was white!,” she screams, referencing her racist tweet about Jarrett. “Goddamnit! I thought the bitch was white! Fuck!”

In the video Barr is seen smoking a cigarette and appears agitated as someone off-camera tells her to imagine a presidential address after a sex scandal. It’s unclear who shot the footage. But Barr isn’t interested in the commentary, shouting into the camera about Jarrett and Iran.

“I’m trying to talk about Iran, I’m trying to talk about Valerie Jarrett wrote the Iran deal! That’s what my tweet was about!”

The clip offers no other context, other than a caption that reads, “Roseanne, like always, cuts through the bullshit and gets the heart of the matter.”

Barr has offered a series of baffling explanations to justify her jabs at Jarrett, which have ranged from claims that she was commenting on anti-Semitism to an assertion that she was “Ambien tweeting.” However, the tweets weren’t the first time her feed has been mired in controversy; she has a history of peddling conspiracy theories and racist ideas on Twitter.

Jarrett addressed Barr’s comments publicly in May. “First of all, I think we have to turn it into a teaching moment,” Jarrett said. “I’m fine. I’m worried about all the people out there who don’t have a circle of friends and followers coming to their defense.”

When ABC first announcing it was firing Barr and killing the reboot, president Channing Dungey wrote in a statement, “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant, and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.”

Since then, ABC has ordered a spin-off of the reboot called The Conners, which would continue with 10 episodes starring Roseanne original cast members John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, and Michael Fishman. Barr will not be a part of the program.



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Donald Trump Just Had an Unhinged Press Conference. Here Are 16 of the Most Offensive Moments


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On Saturday afternoon, a 20-year-old man with a history of domestic violence plowed a car through a group of people who had assembled in Charlottesville to protest a flood of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and other far-right groups that had descended on the Virginia city (The reason these alt-righters were there: to protest the dismantling of statue of Robert E. Lee). The incident left 32-year-old woman Heather Heyer dead and over a dozen others injured. While the rest of the country—and much of the world—watched in horror as these events unfolded, President Donald Trump offered a tepid statement condemning “in the strongest possible terms” an “egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence, on many sides. On many sides.”

Trump’s failure to specifically denounce white supremacy did not go unnoticed, and on Monday, the President finally acquiesced to mounting pressure to be more forceful in his criticism. “Racism is evil,” he said, “and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans.” But in a press conference held at Trump Tower in New York City on Tuesday meant to honor the administration’s “Infrastructure Week”, Trump launched into a tirade of off-the-cuff comments about the events Charlottesville. Based on his remarks, not only did it seem apparent that Trump had been forced to make his more declarative statement on Monday, but he also appeared to resent those who believe that a president should denounce such abhorrent beliefs.

From the members of the press who were in attendance, just how volatile Trump was on Tuesday afternoon became readily apparent.

He began answering questions by bragging about the house he owns in Charlottesville—and how it’s also the home one of the “largest wineries” in the U.S. (The winery includes a disclaimer on its website that it is “not owned, managed or affiliated with Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization or any of their affiliates,” despite the fact that Eric Trump is the company’s president.)

He then indicated that it took him two days to condemn white supremacy because he wanted to know all the facts (Something he’s been perfectly comfortable doing in the past).

Trump also that Heather Heyer’s mother has had nothing but good things to say about him—hardly the most important thing to note when talking about the family of a victim of terrorism.

He then argued that the anti-fascist counter-protesters did not have proper permits and reverted back to his “many sides” defense.

He then suggested that the white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and far-right groups were teeming with Confederate War buffs who simply didn’t want to see a statue of Robert E. Lee taken down.

And finally, Trump defaulted to his fail-safe defense: Blaming Barack Obama.

Of course, Trump’s comments quickly inspired new waves of scorn, criticizing the President for being callous and unhinged in the face of such a tragic event—and the growing white nationalist movement that’s been energized by his presidency.

And his comments drew ire from members of Congress…

…as well as Harry Potter author (and noted anti-Trumper) J.K. Rowling

In fact, even members of the Fox News team were outraged by his remarks.



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