Rose McGowan SLAMS X-Men Billboard for Promoting Violence Against Women

A billboard for X-Men: Apocalypse is causing a major stir among critics, the most vocal of which is Rose McGowan.

The controversial billboard depicts Oscar Isaac as Apocalypse choking Jennifer Lawrence’s character Mystique in the movie.

While the X-Men films all contain plenty of destruction, citizens say this image, seen out of context, promotes violence against women.

In a Facebook post to The Hollywood Reporter, McGowan speaks out against the ad and the subtle yet powerful message it implies.

“There is a major problem when the men and women at 20th Century Fox think casual violence against women is the way to market a film,” she wrote. 

“There is no context in the ad, just a woman getting strangled,” the actress continued. “The fact that no one flagged this is offensive and frankly, stupid.” 

“The geniuses behind this, and I use that term lightly, need to to take a long hard look at the mirror and see how they are contributing to society.” 

McGowan then compares the sexist poster to other forms of bigotry, like racism and homophobia – and she has a point.

“Imagine if it were a black man being strangled by a white man, or a gay male being strangled by a hetero?” she ask. “The outcry would be enormous.” 

Although the premise of the comic book franchise is all about bad guys fighting good guys – and, ahem, gals – the isolated image of a man strangling a woman can be viewed as disturbing, especially if seen by children.

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The actress shared a conversation a friend had with his 9-year-old daughter about the billboard.

“I’ll close with a text my friend sent, a conversation with his daughter. It follows: ‘My daughter and I were just having a deep discussion on the brutality of that hideous X-Men poster yesterday,"” she shared. 

“‘Her words: ‘Dad, why is that monster man committing violence against a woman?’ This from a 9-year-old. If she can see it, why can’t Fox?” 

Not an encouraging image for a little girl to see.

McGowan asked the studio to get rid of the billboard to avoid any potential further damage.

“So let’s right this wrong. 20th Century Fox, since you can’t manage to put any women directors on your slate for the next two years, how about you at least replace your ad?”

McGowan has not been shy about coming out against Hollywood sexism and misogyny.

Last year, she blasted Adam Sandler for including sexist requests on a casting call notice she received for one of his movies.

Rose McGowan SLAMS X-Men Billboard for Promoting Violence Against Women

A billboard for X-Men: Apocalypse is causing a major stir among critics, the most vocal of which is Rose McGowan.

The controversial billboard depicts Oscar Isaac as Apocalypse choking Jennifer Lawrence’s character Mystique in the movie.

While the X-Men films all contain plenty of destruction, citizens say this image, seen out of context, promotes violence against women.

In a Facebook post to The Hollywood Reporter, McGowan speaks out against the ad and the subtle yet powerful message it implies.

“There is a major problem when the men and women at 20th Century Fox think casual violence against women is the way to market a film,” she wrote. 

“There is no context in the ad, just a woman getting strangled,” the actress continued. “The fact that no one flagged this is offensive and frankly, stupid.” 

“The geniuses behind this, and I use that term lightly, need to to take a long hard look at the mirror and see how they are contributing to society.” 

McGowan then compares the sexist poster to other forms of bigotry, like racism and homophobia – and she has a point.

“Imagine if it were a black man being strangled by a white man, or a gay male being strangled by a hetero?” she ask. “The outcry would be enormous.” 

Although the premise of the comic book franchise is all about bad guys fighting good guys – and, ahem, gals – the isolated image of a man strangling a woman can be viewed as disturbing, especially if seen by children.

View Slideshow: 15 Celebs Who Have Been Accused Of Domestic Violence

The actress shared a conversation a friend had with his 9-year-old daughter about the billboard.

“I’ll close with a text my friend sent, a conversation with his daughter. It follows: ‘My daughter and I were just having a deep discussion on the brutality of that hideous X-Men poster yesterday,"” she shared. 

“‘Her words: ‘Dad, why is that monster man committing violence against a woman?’ This from a 9-year-old. If she can see it, why can’t Fox?” 

Not an encouraging image for a little girl to see.

McGowan asked the studio to get rid of the billboard to avoid any potential further damage.

“So let’s right this wrong. 20th Century Fox, since you can’t manage to put any women directors on your slate for the next two years, how about you at least replace your ad?”

McGowan has not been shy about coming out against Hollywood sexism and misogyny.

Last year, she blasted Adam Sandler for including sexist requests on a casting call notice she received for one of his movies.

12 Celebs Who Have Been Kicked Off Planes

Let this be a lesson to those of us who hit the bar (a little too hard) prior to boarding a plane, and to those of us who believe we are above the law when it comes to cell phones.

In-flight crew members WILL kick you off the plane and/or instruct the pilot to turn it around and bring it back to the gate, where officers will be waiting to either cuff you or embarrass you in front of everyone.

Whether they were drunk, unruly or both, these celebs definitely deserved to be escorted off a plane.

1. James Kennedy

The Vanderpump Rules star was too bombed to board a Southwest flight from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, where he-costed a Memorial Day 2016 party with co-star Lala Kent. Kennedy was able to board a later flight.

2. Alec Baldwin

In December 2011, Baldwin ignored a flight attendant’s instruction to turn off his cell phone because he was playing “Words with friends.” When he became belligerent and called the flight crew every horrible name under the sun, the pilot turned the plane around and taxi’d back to the gate. “Last flight w American,” he tweeted after the ordeal. “Where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950’s find jobs as flight attendants.”

3. Courtney Love

Love was “verbally abusive towards our cabin crew and disruptive” on a Virgin Atlantic flight from LA to London. Police were waiting for the rocker once she touched down at Heathrow Airport.

4. Christian Slater

In 1994, Slater boarded a commercial flight at JFK with a gun packed in his luggage. He was then arrested, and had to serve three days of community service.

5. Blac Chyna

Back in January, Chyna was arrested at Austin’s Bergstrom International Airport trying to make her connection to London. Chyna appeared drunk and belligerent as she stormed towards her gate, and called one flight attendant a “nasty ass bitch.” She was also arrested for drug possession.

6. Conrad Hilton

This little sh** was arrested after behaving like a complete jerk on a flight from London to LA. Hilton, who admitted to taking a sleeping pill during the flight, had a meltdown which included a threat to crew members. “If you wanna square up to me bro, then bring it and I will f**king fight you,” he screamed, along with “I will f**king own anyone on this flight; they are f**king peasants.” He apparently smoked weed in the bathroom, and was restrained by while he was passed out so he wouldn’t do it again.

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Ariel Winter Shows Off Curves in Racy Selfie, Internet Loses Its Mind

Ariel Winter has been an actress on Modern Family for seven seasons, but it’s her social media presence that’s made her a known entity in certain corners of the Internet:

Normally, this would be the part where we’d make a joke about how she owes her popularity to two things:

Her fashion sense and her witty captions!

Instead, we’ll just cut right to the chase and point out that Ariel has giant boobs.

The good news is that her curvaceous form has made Ariel an Instagram sensation.

The bad news is that we’re guessing an unsettling percentage of her followers are sweaty middle-aged guys in basement apartments.

Anyway, it’s best not to think about those heavy-breathing comb-over aficionados when admiring Ariel’s latest selfie.

Let us instead focus on what really matters: boobs.

Actually, let’s change things up a bit.

Sure, she has huge boobs, but as this pic highlights, Ariel also has a tiny waist that gives her the approximate proportions of a Barbie doll come to life.

This pic has racked up over 65,000 likes in the 24 hours since she posted it, but we’re guessing more than a few hundred people have read Ariel’s brief caption:

“Schoolin’ your ass like the 101 #movie #fitting” she wrote.

She tagged the pic in Knoxville, Tennessee.

We can assume that’s an outfit she’ll be wearing in a movie in which she probably play some sexy Southern belle.

Will the role help her make the jump from small screen to big?

Will go from being a favorite of pasty Internet pervs to a household name?

Tune in next time for more Ramblings and Rhetorical Questions About Ariel Winter’s Huge Boobs.

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