Cry Me a River

 

Are you okay?   Can I get you anything?  Do you want to cry on my shoulder?

This is what I want to ask my friends who are absolutely devastated by the firing of Jimmy Kimmel from his late night perch.   Here is apparently one more move fostered by Donald Trump in his ongoing threat to create the Fourth Reich.  I'm guessing some of my sad friends didn't even watch Kimmel.  But his right to free speech is being challenged and it gives my Trump-hating brethren another reason to seethe as they get out of bed each morning.

Oh, fucking please.   

Okay, let's get the obvious out of the way.   The "joke" that Jimmy said which led to his dismissal was stupid, inappropriate, and, most of all, not funny.  Does he have a right to say it?   Of course.  But so did Roseanne Barr have a right to speak the stupid comment she uttered that got her bounced from "The Conners" sitcom.  By the way, she lost her gig mainly because the magical couple called the Obamas complained.

Uh huh.  You see how this works.   Freedom of speech is really a one-way street.

So, while Jimmy Kimmel is now being revered like Jesus Christ complete with the wound on the side from the centurion's spear, I can add another perspective.  You see, I've always known a lot about what goes on at his joke.  My ex-trainer used to work there.   Her brother-in-law was the musical director.  Her good friend was on the writing staff.   These connections gave me a perspective like no other.  And, from it all, I have one conclusion.

Jimmy Kimmel is a shithead.

So you want to know about this bastion of free speech?

He fired anybody on staff who wouldn't get a COVID vaccine.

He queried his musicians as to how they recently voted.   If you went Republican, you lost your job.

The Writers Guild made a very public statement regarding Kimmel's right to free speech.  This was amusing to me since several writers filed grievances with the union for wrongful termination.

Wait.  There's more.  

A cute girl got hired to be the writers' room assistant.   Jimmy very quickly was fucking her.  And that led to her elevation to Head Writer.   Oh, and he ultimately married her.   This is ironic to the staff since they were all waiting for Jimmy to get snared by the #MeToo movement.   Yes, they were all waiting for harassment charges that apparently got bought out.

Oh, and after he would go through some of his reigns of terror with the staff, he would blame it on his narcoleptic condition.  

Uh huh.

Free speech.   Jimmy has a right.   So do I.  

PS, ABC is allegedly giving him another chance.  Too bad.   Roseanne Barr, please note.

Dinner last night:  Coconut chicken tenders.