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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Megyn Kelly Gets Roasted by NBC Colleagues for Racist Comments

Megyn Kelly just reminded the world that she doesn"t know how to google the answers to simple questions. Instead, she asks them on live television.


After a massive backlash, Megyn is super sorry about defending blackface and seems to actually understand the topic.


But despite her apology, it looks like she"s still not off the hook — even with her own colleagues at NBC.


Today panel discusses megyn kelly


News anchors are supposed to report and discuss the news. In general, they really should not be making the news.


But that"s what Megyn did, in the worst way, when she defended blackface Halloween costumes in a discussion with an all-white panel.


She has apologized and explained how the backlash opened her eyes, and NBC"s Today had a group of her own collegues discuss the controersy.


Morgan Radford participated in the discussion along with Al Roker, Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, and Craig Melvin.


Al Roker says that her internal email is not a sufficient way of saying that she"s sorry.


"The fact is," Roker says. "While she apologized to the staff, she owes a bigger apology to folks of color around the country."


Al roker discusses megyn kelly blackface remarks


Roker explains how, as a black man, this is very personal to him.


"This is history going back to the 1830s minstrel shows to demean and to denigrate a race," Roker says. "It was not right."


"I am old enough to have lived through Amos ‘n’ Andy, where you had people in blackface playing two black characters, magnifying the worst stereotypes about black men."


He refers to nightmarish caricatures of black men, performed by white men, that were used as weapons to ridicule real black people.


"And that," he explains. "Is what the problem is. That is what the issue is."


Craig melvin discusses megyn kelly apology


Craig Melvin doesn"t mince words when he talks about Megyn"s segment.


He calls her defense of blackface both "stupid" and "indenfensible."


There are people in this world who might understandably not realize the historical implications of blackface.


A millionaire television anchor who can and should read up on any controversial topics that she plans to address on television has no such excuse.


Melvin also points out the fact that Jim Crow laws are named for a blackface minstrel character, a fact we mentioned recently when discussing whiteface.


Megyn kelly pro blackface


Despite reports of an alleged feud, Savannah Guthrie clearly felt uneasy about throwing a colleague under the bus.


"It is uncomfortable, obviously," Guthrie says. "Because Megyn is a colleague at NBC News."


But it is that working relationship that made it so vital for NBC to have a panel discuss Megyn"s controversial remarks.


For the public, it"s about education and illumination of an important topic.


For NBC, and we don"t mean to sound cynical, it"s about making it clear that the organization as a whole does not defend blackface.


Morgan radford speaks on megyn kelly


Roker and Melvin both made excellent points, which you can see and hear in the video that we"ve attached.


But it was Morgan Radford who arguably put the best spin on this situation.


She acknowledged the historical weight of blackface while also presenting Megyn"s words as a "learning moment."


Megyn, Radford says, "really gifted us the opportunity to have this conversation and a public discourse."


"We now have the courage and we have the platform to have conversations like this," Radford notes.


She says that these talks are important "even when they’re uncomfortable because we can see they’re still necessary."


Megyn kelly comments about santa revisited


It probably does not help that Megyn Kelly has a history of making wildly controversial remarks about race.


She made these comments primarily while working at Fox News, where white nationalists like Tucker Carlson thrive.


Megyn may be best known for having claimed that Santa Claus, a fictional character based upon a Turkish man, is white. As if she had met him.


She also claimed that Jesus, a Middle Eastern Jewish man, was a white man.


Her suggestion that blackface was acceptable when she was growing up — in the 1970s — dredged all of that back up.


Megyn kelly as today anchor


But, as we said, Megyn did apologize, first in an email to colleagues and then to her viewers.


"The history of blackface in our culture is abhorrent; the wounds too deep," Megyn acknowledges.


"I’ve never been a ‘pc’ kind of person," she says. "But I understand that we do need to be more sensitive in this day and age."


In general, labels like politically correct are useless, and hurled around by people who want to dismiss any struggles that are not their own.


It appears that Megyn is learning a little more about the world.


We wish that she, as the highest paid television anchor on the planet despite her ratings, would actively educate herself before getting backlash.


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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Tristan Thompson Tries Too Hard to Be Sweet to Khloe, Gets ROASTED by Her Fans!

Khloe Kardashian’s fans may know that Tristan Thompson is just too dumb to be faithful, but that doesn’t mean that they’re willing to accept it.


Tristan took to Instagram to ask his baby mama what nice romantic spot the two should visit.


Commenters could not resist roasting him and the results are … hilarious.



On Instagram, Khloe shared a photo of a pink beach and wrote: “Take me please” in her captions.


Tristan decided to leave a publicly visible comment.


Perhaps he wasn’t thinking, perhaps he was feeling romantic, or perhaps Tristan’s still trying to rebuild his image with Khloe’s fans.


Whatever his reason, Tristan wrote: “Where do you wanna go my love?”


Almost immediately, his words racked up hundreds upon hundreds of replies from Khloe’s fans who had some suggestions for him.



According to TooFab, Tristan’s comment has over 1,800 replies, and some of these are pure gold.


“Somewhere where she can be loved and respected by a real man,” one suggested.


Possibly the best comment of the bunch was: “Which love are you talking about, you gotta be more specific.”


Another fan suggested that Tristan should take Khloe “to before 2016 before Tristan was her bae.”


“To a marriage counselor,” one commenter suggested, though of course Khloe and Tristan are not married.


Another chimed in with “Couple’s therapy.”



Tristan was advised to take Khloe “somewhere where you don’t take her granted.”


“You need to go to church,” another wrote.


(In general, we don’t recommend pushing people to change their personal religious habits, even as a joke)


Another commenter suggested that Tristan could dazzle Khloe with the tourist attractions on “Faithful island.”


Yet another said that Khloe would be happier “probably away from him.”


Ouch.



“You better take her ANYWHERE she wanna go bro,” another commenter.


That one seemed almost on Tristan’s side, suggesting that he owes Khloe and needs to act like it if he wants to keep this relationship going.


Another, poking fun at the names of many Caribbean island, suggested a trip to “St. Loyalty.”


Fun fact: Catholicism has a number of saints who are considered to be patron saints of “difficult marriages.” If Tristan and Khloe were married, that would be fodder for some obscure burns.


A comment suggested that Tristan should take Khloe “far far away from you.”


That would be sending, not taking.


“Where the faithful men at,” another wrote.



Interestingly, Khloe’s own sister, Kourtney, had a reply to Tristan’s comment.


Kourtney simply wrote: “good one.”


Unless Kourt was suggesting that Tristan himself is a good one, which would be kind of funny, it sounds like she was being a little shady.


Kourtney may have been chiming in about another comment — applauding the roasting that Tristan was receiving.


Or Kourtney may have been simply laughing at the notion that Tristan would take Khloe on vacation, treating his comment itself as a joke.


Khloe seems to be Tristan’s only fan these days.



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Monday, July 30, 2018

Rudy Giuliani Tweets the Word, "You" Gets Roasted By All of Twitter

Rudy Giuliani has a lot on his mind these days.


After all, he’s working for a guy whose employees keep getting fired and/or going to jail.



At this point, America’s Mayor is probably feeling like he has about the same job security as a defense against the dark arts teacher.


Paul Manafort is in jail; Michael Cohen has officially jumped ship; and at this very moment, Don Jr. is probably considering starting over in Moscow and dropping Kimberly Guilfoyle from some young Ruskie state propaganda mouthpiece.


That leaves old Rudy to swoop in and save the day, not unlike that time he came off the bench sacked the QB in his final game at Notre Dame.


We should probably fact-check that one, but who has the time?


Anyway, it looks like the pressure is starting to get to Rude Boy, who got mercilessly dragged over the weekend after experiencing his own “covfefe” moment on Twitter.






As you can see, Rudy tweeted simply the word “you.”


Now, as far as we can tell this isn’t some sort of profound statement about the importance of the ego in 21st century America.


In all likelihood, Rudy simply hit “send” when he didn’t mean to.


We like to think he was about to launch into a Seinfeld-ian “you ever notice”-type rant about the plastic things on the end of shoelaces. 


But that might just be an association we’re making because like the show, Giuliani should have stayed in 1990s New York.


This being 2018, Rudy was roasted within an inch of his life for his Twitter ineptitude.






Now, many of Ru-Giu’s defenders have pointed out that this is the sort of mistake that could happen to anyone.


And they’re absolutely right.


It’s easy to mess up on social media.


People tweet out the wrong thing all the time … just ask Anthony Weiner.


Which is a very good argument for politicians staying off of social media or at least being much more careful about the content that they post.


Sure, it’s not like Rudy threatened the president of Iran or anything, but it’s only a matter of time before someone in the Trump administration sparks an international incident, and it’s gonna be so embarrassing when future generations find out World War III started over an emoji.


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Thursday, July 19, 2018

Jessa Duggar Posts Photos of Kids, Gets Roasted For Bad Parenting

Another day, another Duggar parenting controversy.


This time, it’s Jessa’s turn once again, as the mother of two is being harshly criticized for some innocent photos that appeared on her Instagram page this week.




“I’ve never known another little boy who’s more in love with mowers, tractors and skid steers,” Jessa captioned this pic of her unfortunately-named 2-year-old, Spurgeon.


“It makes his day if he gets to sit in the seat and ‘drive’ it.”


Not surprisingly, dozens feigned concern so that they could tear Jessa apart for allowing her eldest to play on farm equipment.


Obviously, the machine isn’t turned on, and the boy was being supervised, but that’s the sort of Duggar criticism that doesn’t even surprise us anymore.


What does surprise us is the fact that fans took issue with this photo of baby Henry enjoying a snooze:



“When this kid is deep in with his chubsy toddler hands behind his head,” Jessa captioned the pic.


“It’s literally just about the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.”


Surely, Jessa can’t be criticized for a photo of a sleeping toddler, right?


Wrong! 


Jessa got positively roasted for this pic, and shockingly, it wasn’t for her use of the word “chubsy.”


No, her followers had beef due to the fact that little Henry appears to be wearing a diaper.



When one follower remarked that the 1-year-old “should be out of diapers by now,” Jessa violated the Duggar rules by actually replying to an online critic.


Even more surprising is the fact that she was totally polite and good-natured in her response:


“My philosophy is that if they aren’t able to do the whole thing from pulling their pants down and getting themselves on the toilet, to pulling their pants back up, and washing their hands, then they aren’t ready,” Jessa replied.


“Otherwise it feels like it’s actually the parent who’s potty training and doing all the work. Lol!


“I’ve been around kids, and I’m aware of the signs of readiness. My two-year-old is getting close, but not quite there, so we’re not rushing it.”



Yes, Jessa says not only is Henry not potty-trained, his big brother isn’t either.


And she doesn’t care what you think about it!


And of course, legions of Jessa’s fans rushed in to help her slay the troll, even the original commenter probably got the point after the first few hundred clapbacks or so:


“My 3 1/2 yr old is just now starting. Each child is different,” wrote one fan.


“You are the mom and you will know when he’ready. Hope you and Ben are doing well. You have beautiful happy boys!”


Obviously, Jessa gets slammed pretty much every time she posts a pic of her kids, so she’s probably used to it by now, but seriously folks — it’s getting out of hand.


There are so many valid reasons to criticize the Duggars that we really shouldn’t get bogged down nit-picking their parenting choices.



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Monday, July 2, 2018

Jenelle Evans Ditches Her Son on His Birthday, Gets Roasted on Instagram

Anyone who watched Teen Mom 2 knows that Jenelle Evans is a bad mom.


After all, this is a woman who talks about receiving 20 visits from CPS in the space of a single year like it’s an irritating inconvenience every parent can relate to.




But in a way, Jenelle’s shoddy parenting has become a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy.


Sure, there are times when she really messes up, such as when the many occasions on which she left prescription pill bottles within reach of toddlers, but there are also times when Jenelle is criticized simply because of who she is.


Take, for example, the latest Evans-related mini-scandal.


Somebody I love was born today. 


On Friday, Jenelle’s youngest son, Kaiser, celebrated his fourth birthday.


Jenelle posted the photo below on Instagram along with a caption reading:



#HappyBirthday Kaiser! Big Number 4! Hope you had an amazing day. I had so much fun with you!”


Seems harmless enough, right?


Unfortunately for Jenelle, she also posted a second photo of Kaiser’s big day, and this one sparked outrage among some of her Instagram followers.


As you can see in the pic below, Jenelle accompanied Kaiser to daycare on his birthday.


As In Touch Weekly points out, several fans took issue with the fact that Jenelle didn’t keep her son at home.


“He’s in daycare, so her husband David [Eason] doesn’t have to deal with him and that’s the kind of mom she is,” wrote one such follower.



Now, this is the extremely, extremely rare case where we actually side with Jenelle, so we were pleased to see that while a few haters continued to hate, most of the comments were in support of her decision to take Kaiser into daycare:


“I don’t agree with half the things Jenelle does, but come on,” one wrote defender. 


“Every kid LOVES going to school on their birthday.” 


“Give her a break,” remarked another fan.


“The same reason why my daughter went to daycare for her second birthday, so she could celebrate with her friends!”


“It’s good for a child to be at school,” a third parent chimed in.



“My four-year-old went to Pre-K on her birthday, and I brought in cupcakes and party supplies, then had a family birthday on the weekend. They love school at that age.”


Folks, this is a very promising situation.


Maybe Jenelle will realize that it feels good to actually have people defending her actions.


Perhaps she’ll realize that it’s pretty nice not being considered the worst mom on reality TV, and maybe the realization will lead her to turn over a new leaf.


Just kidding, the woman loves playing the villain.


She’ll be posting videos of Kaiser firing an AR-15 before lunch.


Watch Teen Mom 2 online to remind yourself of what a truly atrocious mother Jenelle really is.



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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Jenelle Evans Blasts "Porn Star" Farrah Abraham, Gets Roasted By Entire Teen Mom Cast


Last week, the 2018 MTV Movie and TV Awards took place in Los Angeles.


The star-studded event was attended by some of the biggest celebs in Hollywood … and for some reason, Farrah Abraham was there, too.


Now, we can understand why the former Teen Mom OG star was on hand.


Farrah may have gotten fired by MTV, but she was one of the network"s biggest stars for over a decade.


But apparently, Jenelle Evans doesn"t see the logic in the decision.


In fact, as The Ashley"s Reality Roundup reports, Jenelle was so enraged by the sight of Farrah on the red carpet that she took to Twitter to express her displeasure — a move she probably regrets right about now. 




1. Farrah on the Red Carpet


Farrah abraham dressed like a magician

The Movie Awards and the red carpet are apparently considered two separate events. Jenelle was pissed to learn that Farrah had been invited to both.



2. Plus One


Farrah and sophia mtv movie awards red carpet

Not only that, she was permitted to bring her 9-year-old daughter Sophia along.



3. Haters at Home


Farrah and sophia mtv movie awards red carpet

The sight of Farrah and Sophia enjoying the event apparently sent Jenelle into a rage. Then again, pretty much everything sends Jenelle into a rage.



4. Tweets of Rage


Tweets of rage

As The Ashley’s Reality Roundup reports, Jenelle made her displeasure with the situation very clear in a series of now-deleted tweets.



5. The P-Word


Jenelle evans hot photo

“Porn star going to the MTV Awards with a plus one but I was invited but could [not] bring David?! [Farrah] was fired not me…lmao wowwww. @MTV,” Jenelle wrote, along with a link to an article about Farrah attending the awards.



6. The Clapback


Farrah abraham in a bowtie

Not surprisingly, it wasn’t long before Farrah responded to the Jenelle’s remarks. And in doing so, she ignited a conflict that engulfed stars from all over the Teen Mom galaxy …


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Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Katie Hopkins: ROASTED on Twitter After Dissing Meghan Markle!


Fans all over the world watched Prince Harry and Meghan Markle exchange vows.


But after the Royal Wedding came the Royal Wedding dress debate — with fans wondering who wore it better.


Political hack Katie Hopkins weighed in, saying that it was no contest … because Duchess Kate had, in her opinion, a degree of "class" that Duchess Meghan does not possess.


That"s not a suprising comment from Katie, given that MegMar is biracial and Katie seems to spend a great deal of her waking hours focused on an apparent hatred for brown people.


Naturally, Twitter enjoyed ridiculing Katie Hopkins for her comments, and made something of a meme out of pointing out that Katie looks terrible for her age.


Now, there"s a big of moral complication any time that you insult someone"s appearance.


Ridicule Trump for his appearance instead of his words and deeds, and an innocent Jersey Shore denizen might feel self-conscious for being orange.


But we think that some of these epic burns are worth reading.


And Katie Hopkins, of all people, truly deserves to be roasted. Check out the tweets below and you"ll see that for yourself.




1. Katie Hopkins cannot resist stirring the pot


Katie hopkins twitter shaming 01

She’s awful every day of the week, but we wonder if she wishes that she’d taken the Royal Wedding off



1. Meghan Markle looked gorgeous


Meghan markle wedding close up

We know that beauty is “subjective” or whatever, but she is stunningly beautiful, and she looked absolutely stunning for the Royal Wedding. Except, apparently, to Katie Hopkins …



2. The tweet replies began …


Katie hopkins twitter shaming 02 43 going on

As you’re about to be made very well aware, Katie Hopkins does not look like your average 43-year-old.



3. It really WAS a fairytale wedding


Katie hopkins twitter shaming 03 apple

Honestly, this comparison is very unfair to the Evil Queen.



4. Here’s one possible explanation


Katie hopkins twitter shaming 04 roald

Like we said, shaming a person’s appearance is complicated, even when they’re a despicable human being. But some really do believe that being bigoted and hateful ages a person.



5. She’s compared to Gabrielle Union


Katie hopkins twitter shaming 05 gabrielle union

Gabrielle really is 45 years old. Katie Hopkins is 43.


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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Matt Roloff Roasted by Fans: You Took Credit for Amy"s Idea!

Little People, Big World star Matt Roloff has found himself in a bit of a pickle. Over pumpkin salsa.


See, he recently celebrated the Roloff Farm Pumpkin Salsa being more prominently displayed in select grocery stores.


But fans say that there’s a problem: it’s Amy’s salsa, and he’s claiming credit for it now that it’s a success.



Amidst worry that he will leave Roloff Farms, Matt took to social media for a happy announcement:


“Tori and Jackson pointed out last week at @toriroloff … our Roloff Farm Pumpkin salsa has been promoted to right smack dab in the middle of the store in the All Natural area… (at markets in our area).”


This, he says, is great news for fans who are looking to taste it.


“No more spending hours trying to find it.”


For other stores that aren’t putting it on prominent display, he suggests that people can request it.


“If it’s not already at your local store be sure to ask for at any @krogerco brand store.”


Kroger is America’s largest grocery store chain.


“It’s delicious and healthy!”



All of that sounds great!


(Especially the pumpkin salsa itself, honestly)


But fans noticed one particular detail about that post.


“I remember the show during pumpkin season where Amy had to dress up like a honeybee because you told her that HER salsa wasn’t selling and she had to do something to promote it.”


Every fandom’s memory is long. That is certainly true for reality fans.


“Funny to see that you refer to it as OUR salsa now”


Another fan wrote:


“The salsa was prepared by Amy, and Matt wanted to take over … then all of a sudden he started calling it our salsa.”


That person continues:


“As usual, he wanted all the credit for himself, and when it was a success, he changed his mind.”



That fan is not wrong.


Even as they were in the process of divorcing — remember when Matt was living in a double-wide trailer? — Matt and Amy disagreed over salsa.


Matt, as fans have seen over the years and as Amy reminded fans on the Little People, Big World season premiere, likes to dive headfirst into each project.


He doesn’t pace himself, and can sometimes go overboard. That probably worked out well for him when he worked in Silicon Valley. That isn’t always good for relationships, however.


In turn, he becomes frustrated when he sees someone else’s project moving along at a slower pace.


Even aside from the chicken incident to which the commenter refers, Matt expressed a number of doubts about Amy’s salsa project.


And, for a long time, it really did seem that he was just leaving it to Amy.



Matt’s enthusiastic fans weren’t going to take that criticism without a fight.


“Without Matt there wouldn’t be a Roloff Farms of any kind! Like it or not Matt made Roloff Farms practically on his own.”


That seems a little beside the point to some.


“He’s had almost every vision that is there today.”


Hmmm.


“Matt might not have made the salsa, but he knows how to market it.”


Either way, he and Amy did work on it together. So calling it our salsa is probably fair.


Perhaps some fans wish that he’d put more faith in Amy in the past, but he can’t change that now.



Honestly, pumpkin makes for a fantastic ingredient in salsa.


For anyone interested (I have to say, i was pretty curious), you can get their pumpkin salsa from Fred Meyer, QFC, and Roth’s Fresh Markets.


And, of course, at some Kroger locations — Kroger owns Fred Meyer.


If you’re looking to order it online because it’s 2018 and that’s how most of us do most of our shopping anyway, Roth’s gives you the option to order some online.


That’s not an endorsement — we have no idea how it tastes. But we figured that some folks probably got a little curious as they were reading the #salsagate discourse.



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Monday, April 16, 2018

Tristan Thompson Gets ROASTED for Cheating on Khloe Kardashian!

It’s been nearly a week since Tristan Thompson was caught cheating on Khloe Kardashian.


Since then, Khloe and her family haven’t yet weighed in on the scandal, in which Tristan has been romantically linked to several other women during Khloe’s pregnancy.


But Khloe’s fans have a lot to say, and they’ve been flooding Tristan’s Instagram with hundreds of thousands of comments.



While Tristan Thompson suffers humiliating defeats in the world of sports, he is also getting brutally owned in the comments of his own Instagram posts.


It’s bad for a number of reasons to post outright threats on social media (please do not do that, folks), so his detractors have gotten creative and expressed their hopes and dreams for his future.


“I hope you step on many Legos.”


If you’ve never stepped on a Lego, you’re lucky. It is a notoriously painful experience.


“I hope you get taken and Liam Neeson doesn’t find you!”


That one is, of course, a movie reference.


“I hope you stub your pinky toe!!”


And another shared their fondest hope that “Blac Chyna hits you with a stroller!


That conjures up quite an image.



“I hope Kris Jenner has a plan for you.”


That one is vague yet the tone is spine-tingling ominous.


“I hope you don’t use ‘we were on a break."”


It’s 2018, but people are still making Friends references.


“I hope you get hiccups for the rest of your life.”


That would be horrible, and there are probably a couple of medical mystery cases of people who’ve suffered just such a fate.


“I hope you get stuck in an elevator with Solange.”


Ooooh. That one’s intense.



“I hope every time you eat a skittle you never taste the rainbow.”


A lot of these sound like petty curses that someone would cast. Like we said, they get pretty creative.


“I hope you get shampoo in your eyes when washing your hair.”


Some are more painful than others.


“I hope you always bite the inside of your cheek when you chew your food.”


A lot of people seem to suspect that Tristan has more to fear from Khloe’s mother than from anyone else.


“I hope Kris [Jenner] ruins you.”


They might be right.



These mild curses continue.


“I hope every time you’re about to fall asleep you realize you have a full bladder.”


Even Khloe’s Australian fans pitched in, with one writing:


“I hope when you go to order a ice cream from maccas the machine breaks.”


Maccas is Australian nonsense for McDonald’s. A lot of Australian words are nonsense. They refer to sweatpants as “trackydacks.” Their poor, sun-baked brains.


A few comments got really harsh and really serious.


“I hope one day your daughter looks at you and says but you’re not my dad….”



Interestingly, Tristan Thompson still has his defenders. Though even they don’t seem to be denying the cheating allegations.


“Could everyone stop being horribly rube to Tristan. Let him play basketball and stop sending mean comments he made a mistake just let the guy be.”


He’s a grown man who appears to have hooked up with multiple women during Khloe’s pregnancy. That’s a little hard to sell as “a mistake,” right?


Another wrote, thinking that Khloe deserves this.


“What about his 1st baby mom dies she count? Khloe knew this so she is getting what she deserve.”


Even if she does somehow deserve this — which we are not suggesting — that wouldn’t make Tristan’s behavior any more excusable, right?


This whole thing is such a mess, but it’s good that some folks are having fun with it on social media.



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