Dana White says he wishes nothing but the best for Demetrious Johnson now that he’s leaving UFC for another MMA promotion — and tells TMZ Sports he hopes DJ finally gets the respect he deserves from fans. The UFC worked out a trade with ONE…
Showing posts with label Deserved. Show all posts
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Monday, October 29, 2018
Thursday, October 18, 2018
The Conners Cast: Roseanne Deserved to Be Killed Off!
If you watched the series premiere of The Conners Tuesday night (for now, we’ll table the debate about whether this really qualifies as a new series), then you know the show wasted no time in addressing the absence of its former title character.
As many predicted, Roseanne Conner died of an opioid overdose, a decision the sitcom’s writers and producers made in response to the real-world actions of the woman who created and portrayed her.
Back in May, Roseanne Barr’s offensive tweet about former Obama staffer Valerie Jarrett prompted the swift cancellation of her eponymous show.
Just weeks later, however, ABC announced a Roseanne spinoff, which would focus on John Goodman and Laurie Metcalfe’s characters, as well as the Conners’ three adult children.
(The absence of a long-forgotten fourth Conner kid — born at the tail-end of the original series’ run — was explained away in Roseanne’s revival season.)
The question of how to dispatch with one of the most iconic sitcom characters of the past 30 years was no doubt a difficult one for the show’s writers to grapple with.
Fortunately, the final episodes that featured Barr offered the opportunity for a poignant resolution.
In keeping with Roseanne’s tradition of addressing the taboo topics faced by working-class Americans, Barr’s character struggled with an opioid addiction last season.
So when the time came to kill her off, an overdose seemed like the most obvious solution, both for the sake of continuity and for the chance to grapple with the kind of tragedy that’s affecting more and more Americans each year.
While the debut episode of The Conners saw a dip in ratings, it was well received by critics.
Predictably, however, the real Roseanne took to Twitter to denounce the decision to kill her character as “disrespectful,” at one point railing:
“I ain’t dead yet, bitches!”
On Wednesday, two of the actors who portray Roseanne’s children — Lecy Goranson and Michael Fishman — appeared on Good Morning America to discuss the obvious anger of their TV mom:
“We really miss Roseanne and love her very much, you know and her spirit is still very much with us, so we understand that she’s hurting right now and she’s in pain and she’s always with us,” said Goranson.
“Hopefully, we can see her and kind of remedy some of this at some point in time, I hope.”
“The tone of the way she passed away was related to last season, and I think you listen to our producers, they really wanted to take a real crisis that’s happening in our country and find a way to give voice to that,” added Fishman.
“I know that the reaction to that is going to be different to different people, but what we’ve always tried to do is tackle big topics and try to be honest about them.”
It remains to be seen if audiences will warm up to The Conners the same way they embraced the revival of Roseanne.
But whatever the case, you can bet Lanford, Illinois’ most famous mom will not be tuning in.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
UFC"s Derrick Lewis Pumped for Title Shot "But Stipe Miocic Deserved It"
Derrick Lewis is REALLY excited for the opportunity to fight Daniel Cormier at UFC 230 next month … but tells TMZ Sports he’s shocked Stipe Miocic didn’t get first crack at the heavyweight champ. The Black Beast was rockin’ his The Money…
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Chris Paul Says James Harden Deserved MVP Over LeBron
Chris Paul is going to bat for his teammate — saying James Harden deserved to win MVP over LeBron James … but now, he needs to add an NBA title to his resume. “He’s gonna get that too,” CP3 told TMZ Sports on the way out of Catch … “but…
Saturday, March 17, 2018
Barry Switzer Says He Deserved More Money, "I Was A Great Coach"
Hall of Fame coach Barry Switzer is letting the world know he’s been CHEATED by father time, saying the HUGE money that the football coaches are making now should’ve been his … and he’s got PROOF. Switzer was on Capitol Hill wheelin’ and dealin’…
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Matt Damon Says Gronk Deserved Suspension For Late Hit
Consider this case closed … ‘cause one of the biggest Boston sports superfans on the planet says Rob Gronkowski deserved to be suspended for his late hit on a Bills player on Sunday. TMZ Sports got Matt Damon’s reaction to Gronk getting benched…
Matt Damon Says Gronk Deserved Suspension For Late Hit
Consider this case closed … ‘cause one of the biggest Boston sports superfans on the planet says Rob Gronkowski deserved to be suspended for his late hit on a Bills player on Sunday. TMZ Sports got Matt Damon’s reaction to Gronk getting benched…
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Clayton Kershaw Deserved to Win Cy Young Award, Says Larry King
Larry King is straight-up PISSED his guy, Clayton Kershaw, didn’t win the Cy Young Award this season … saying the Dodgers ace had way better numbers than Max Scherzer. The Dodgers superfan was leaving Craig’s in L.A. when he sounded off about the…
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Jemele Hill "I Deserved My Suspension" ... Not Mad At ESPN
Jemele Hill is breaking her silence — telling TMZ Sports she doesn’t blame ESPN for hitting her with a two week suspension over anti-Jerry Jones tweets saying .. “I put ESPN in a bad spot.” Hill was put in the penalty box for encouraging people…
Jemele Hill "I Deserved My Suspension" ... Not Mad At ESPN
Jemele Hill is breaking her silence — telling TMZ Sports she doesn’t blame ESPN for hitting her with a two week suspension over anti-Jerry Jones tweets saying .. “I put ESPN in a bad spot.” Hill was put in the penalty box for encouraging people…
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
NBA"s Ryan Hollins Says Andre Iguodala Deserved Fine For N-Word (VIDEO)
The NBA got it right slapping Andre Iguodala with a $ 10k fine for racial remarks … so says ex-NBA player Ryan Hollins, who tells TMZ Sports that type of talk has no place in the league. Those remarks included Iggy referring to his…
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Jared Fogle Prison Attacker: The Pedophile Deserved It!
Approximately one year after he beat Jared Fogle nearly to death, the man responsible for bludgeoning this disgraced former Subway spokesman has finally spoken out.
In the following letter, he explains why Fogle deserved what happened to him.
First, however, a refresher:
In November of 2015, Fogle was sentenced to 15 years behind bars after an investigation determined that he often partook in some truly reprehensible behavior.
According to authorities, Fogle texted over a dozen victims (all of them minors), offering to pay them money for various sex acts, often receiving illicit photos from several of the young girls.
A raid of his home turned up child pornography on Fogle’s computer, while court documents stated he had traveled between Indiana and New York City several times between 2010 and 2013 to pay for sex with teenage girls.
Like we said: truly reprehensible behavior.
With such strong evidence against him, Fogle didn’t even go to trial.
He pleaded guilty in late 2015, hoping to reach a deal with prosecutors that would result in only five years in jail.
But a judge saw things differently. Hence the 15-year punishment.
Fast forward to January of last year and reports that Fogle was savagely beaten in the prison yard.
According to a TMZ report in March, James Nigg – a 60-year-old serving numerous year on a weapons charge – reportedly pushed Fogle while outside with him and then repeatedly punched him in the face.
Shortly after news of this assault went viral, family members of Nigg’s said they were not surprised by the confrontation.
Nigg had reportedly been complaining about the presence of child molesters in the minimum security prison for awhile… and he simply could not handle such a famous one being in his presence.
Now, in a letter obtained by TMZ, Nigg has basically confirmed this assertion.
In the message, Nigg says “Jared is [a] hero” to other pedophiles in prison, writing in disgust:
“You would not believe how arrogant Jared was. He hired bodyguards and the other child molesters looked at him as if he was a god.”
This perception was altered, briefly at least, when Nigg left Fogle with a bloody nose, swollen face and scratches on his neck early last year.
Following his pummeling of Fogle, Nigg was moved to an Oklahoma prison.
He says he’s since “lost good times [that is, time off his sentence] and spent many months in the hole, plus the loss of commissary and email” due to the actions he took against Fogle.
Still, “I have no regrets,” Nigg concludes.
We don’t want to ever encourage violence and we never want to take the side of someone in jail on a weapons charge.
So we’ll just stop writing words now in that case.
Monday, February 13, 2017
The Game Says Sorry Beyonce, Adele Deserved To Win (VIDEO)
Watching Beyonce and Adele go head-to-head at the Grammys is like watching Roger Federer play Novak Djokovic, Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier … at least that’s the way The Game sees it. The Game skipped the Grammys — he wasn’t nominated — but…
Friday, December 23, 2016
George Lopez Says Ivanka Trump Deserved Respect On JetBlue Flight (VIDEO)
George Lopez is no Trump supporter, but he thinks it’s BS that Ivanka was harassed on JetBlue. We got the comedian Thursday at LAX, where he threw shade at the passenger who went ham on the First Daughter at JFK Thursday and got kicked off the…
Monday, December 5, 2016
Doc Rivers -- I Deserved Ejection ... Shouldn"t Have Acted Like That (VIDEO)
Doc Rivers knows he crossed a line when he LOST HIS MIND on an NBA ref Tuesday night — saying plain and simple … he shouldn’t have acted that way. The outburst went viral — Clippers players had to restrain Doc from going after ref Ken…
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