The Met Gala hasn’t even hit the red carpet — and it’s already soaked in controversy. Staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art discovered hundreds of bottles filled with what appeared to be urine hidden inside the venue ahead of fashion’s biggest night, in a grotesque protest aimed at this year’s high-profile co-chair, Amazon founder … Read more
Louis C.K. made his return to television after eight years away. The standup, 58, had seen his career derailed in 2017 after admitting to sexual misconduct allegations. Yet, C.K. appeared on Friday night’s episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” to promote his upcoming book, “Ingram: A Novel.” C.K. was introduced to a standing ovation. “I … Read more
Jimmy Kimmel’s tenure as a late-night host on ABC is hanging by a thread after a 22-year run at the Disney-owned network, but the involuntary hiatus isn’t the first time the House of Mouse unceremoniously gave the hook to a star after outrage. This time the outrage over that sparked Kimmel’s removal is coming from … Read more
Alexander Wang’s return to the NYC runway has the fashion world abuzz. The designer will premiere his spring 2026 collection on Friday — Wang’s first official New York Fashion Week appearance since 2018 and, notably, his biggest local splash since being accused of groping and drugging male and transgender models in late 2020. Those claims, … Read more
Greg Fitzsimmons is setting the record straight on his former boss. The comedian, 59, worked on the first two years of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” which debuted in 2003. “She was rough,” Fitzsimmons admitted about the show’s host, Ellen DeGeneres, while on the “We Might Be Drunk” podcast Tuesday. “She was the C-word.” Greg Fitzsimmons … Read more
Denzel Washington is making it clear – he wants nothing to do with cancel culture. In a heated conversation on the topic with Complex, the actor ripped into the concept of being canceled, saying he doesn’t care that much about public support or followers. When asked if he considers the idea of being “canceled,” Washington was quick … Read more
It was a case of discrimin-age-in. A UK company has been shamed online for including a “preferred age” on a job listing with critics calling it tone deaf and “discriminatory.” A screenshot of the controversial requirement is going viral on Linkedin. “Welcome to hiring in 2025,” social media consultant and job influencer Lauren Spearman captioned … Read more
Roseanne Barr is getting candid on the tweet that got her canceled from Hollywood. The actress, 72, starred in the hit sitcom “Roseanne” for 10 seasons from 1988 to 1997 before the show was rebooted in 2018. The revival, however, was short-lived due to a racist tweet Barr sent out that year. Now, the “Get Bruce” … Read more
Here’s the story of a lovely lady … Susan Olsen, 63, who played the youngest Brady child, Cindy, in “The Brady Bunch,” claimed that the show was planning to do a revival that got axed because of “cancel culture” and “woke Hollywood.” During a recent podcast interview on the “WalkAway Campaign,” she said that her … Read more
Next spring’s Met Gala could be canceled. Coiffed brows furrowed and tongues were wagging throughout fashiondom after Vogue revealed the selection of what some found to be a potentially problematic theme for 2025’s event. “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”, the magazine stated in an Instagram post, “will take the Black dandy as its subject, examining the … Read more
MrBeast, YouTube’s biggest star and a philanthropic force with nearly unrivaled influence among young audiences, acknowledged Wednesday that he used “inappropriate language” in his early online days, as numerous controversies bubbled up around him and a former collaborator. MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, and his reported $700 million empire have come under new … Read more
After languishing in cancellation purgatory for more than three years, actor Armie Hammer has started making his return to polite society. And we seriously need to consider letting him back in — even though, yes, he has been accused of being an abusive, kinky “cannibal.” “You know what you have to do to be a cannibal? … Read more
As anyone who’s ever listened to his podcasts or radio shows will know, Anthony Cumia isn’t exactly backward in coming forward, and in his second book, “Spare Me” (Post Hill Press), he continues with his scathing attacks on the people and issues currently vexing him. From the flat-earth fanaticism of Owen Benjamin (“In my opinion, Owen … Read more
Off with their virtual heads! Being cancelled is so last year. Prominent figures deemed “out of touch” are now being sentenced by online activists to a punishment even more severe, known as the “digitine.” An extreme class of cancellation, the so-called “digitine,” short for “digital guillotine,” involves blocking or otherwise going after influential figures, from … Read more
Is it ale Qaeda? A UK brewery found itself embroiled in controversy when an Osama Bin Laden-themed beer sold out after going viral online. “We’ve woken up the last couple of mornings with thousands and thousands and thousands of notifications,” Luke Mitchell, owner of the Mitchell Brewing Co in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, told the BBC of … Read more
As I re-watched “Sex and the City” this week, I couldn’t help but wonder … will Gen Z have a total meltdown and cancel Carrie Bradshaw? The classic New York sitcom just started streaming on Netflix, exposing the racy, sexed-up exploits of Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda to a new generation — many of whom weren’t … Read more
Look who came crawling back. Five years after comedian Shane Gillis was infamously hired and promptly fired from “Saturday Night Live” before ever making an appearance, he’s been tapped to host the struggling comedy show on February 24. Oh, what a difference half a decade of being told how to think by ultra-sensitive cultural arbiters … Read more
You may know Jimmy Failla as the flamboyant, fast-talking conservative comic who’s gained a grand following with his hilarious anti-woke commentaries as kickers for shows on Fox News. Now the ex-New York cabbie has packed his brash bon mots into a new book, “Cancel Culture Dictionary: An A-to-Z Guide to Winning the War on Fun” … Read more
Melissa Rivers misses her mom, Joan Rivers, every day. The 55-year-old opened up about why the late comedienne, who died in 2014, would despise the cancel culture of today, yet loved weight loss drugs. “She would have been very excited by body acceptance. That would have actually made her really happy,” Melissa told People in … Read more
This year, many celebs have risen and fallen in the court of public opinion. Their wrongdoings are not all equal. Their alleged crimes range from legitimate actions that somebody could go to jail for, to simply, “They seemed like a jerk.” Not all of these people are canceled, either – for instance, despite becoming infamous … Read more