Anna Delvey learned "nothing" from being on DWTS, London Standard's AI cover of Starmer & Naomi Campbell barred from doing charity work
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Annie’s favourite headlines
According to Pop Bitch, the newly relaunched Evening Standard magazine was hoping to get Charli XCX on the cover, but had to go with an AI image of Keir Starmer instead:
Mildly (🌶️) obsessed with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson asking the guy from Hot Ones if they can do salmon strips instead of wings if he appeared on the show.
Mikey Madison hosted a screening for sex workers and strippers for her new movie Anora.
The Washington Post explains why the internet loves baby hippo Moo Deng… and delivers this contrasting paragraph:
“Her stubby nose, large eyes, very inconspicuous ears, and her body being sort of relatively contained are appealing,” Barash said. “And it actually might be why hippos are so popular and seem adorable even when they’re adults — despite the fact that hippos in Africa kill more human beings than any other vertebrate.”
Georjia’s favourite headlines
Anna Delvey was voted off Dancing with the Stars this week after the first dance. When was asked what she had learnt from this experience: “Nothing.”
Jubilee posted a video this week where it was 1 liberal vs 20 Trump supporters in a debate about policies. It felt like an awkward family dinner.
Brazilian actress Renata Sorrah, possibly best known from the meme of a woman looking confused by mathematic equations, has come out as bisexual.
WYR your husband ate the meals you prepared for yourself before undergoing surgery or get scammed by a Brad Pitt impostor?
Context: This week’s Would You Rather refers to the shocking, albeit not surprising, story about a husband eating his wife’s meals she prepared for herself before undergoing surgery (he blamed their kid first). The second half is inspired by the five Brad Pitt impostors who have recently been arrested for scamming two women out of $350,000 online.
Georjia: I find something about getting scammed humiliating and painful. There are so many horror stories out there that we must know some of the signs by now. Getting scammed by someone you believe is famous is just added humiliation – this gives off the same vibe as that episode of Catfish where a guy believed he was in a relationship with Katy Perry for like 5 years and even after meeting his catfish, he still thought that Katy Perry was pranking him. Believing you’re dating is one delusion, but to give a multi-millionaire MY MONEY?? Hell no! If Brad Pitt was in the DMs and said he couldn’t afford to buy a smoothie from Erehwon surely you must have a hunch it’s a scam?? At least if my husband ate the meals I prepared before surgery, I could get him to make more or buy me more. If I’m with ‘Brad’ I’ve lost so much more. I’ll have my husband eat my prepped meals, at least he can buy me food after that and once I’m healed I’ll get a divorce.
Annie: Would I rather be successfully scammed or find out I need to divorce my husband after I’ve undergone surgery? Honestly, getting scammed can happen to anyone – I keep reminding myself that as much as we think we’d spot the warning signs, we never know how we’d truly be impacted by someone manipulating us. My husband though? I made a conscious and sober choice to be married to that man. Feels somewhat more embarrassing? He better have a good reason as to why he ate my meals or at least prove himself again by how he looks after me post-surgery. Sure, there could have been a good and innocent reason he ate the food, but if we refer to the story this is based on, the “blaming the kid” part is what makes me feel like this is a symptom of something much larger. I’d rather get scammed to be honest and let that humble me.
Weekly palate cleansers
Annie: Coldplay’s Chris Martin makes a surprise performance at a Las Vegas bar while in disguise.
Meme of the week
Almost thought the P Diddy memes were over:
That’s it for this week, see you next Friday!