They're eating the dogs!, Elton John thanks Trump for support & evil otters
Your weekly Cringe edit
Hi friend,
Hope you’re fuelled by the rage of this year’s VMA snubs, here’s a short break if you need it:
Group chat fodder
Annie’s favourite headlines
Huge fan of the mic’ed up Australian Open – would probably be a tennis fan if it was like this all the time (or Challengers)
This incredible excerpt from a profile on Chappell Roan in the Rolling Stone:
Elton [John] has been a fan since early 2023, having played “Pink Pony Club” on his Rocket Hour radio show. He had Roan and Nigro over for pizza this summer and has been checking on her, calling often from a random iCloud number that Roan did not, at first, realize was his. He attempted to reach her 11 times in five days. “I thought a fucking fan found my iCloud,” she says, laughing. “I was so mad and was about to hand my phone to my friend like, ‘Yo, let’s prank them.’ I finally answered it one day, and it was Elton Fucking John.
ICYMI: This clip of Donald Trump saying people in Springfield are eating cats and dogs.
Georjia’s favourite headlines
Not exactly on our 2024 Bingo cards but here we go: Elton John thanks Donald Trump for his support over the years in a new interview
Shannon Sharpe claims his IG was hacked after going live and playing sex noises
Lady Gaga addresses the infamous Facebook page made by her classmates named “Stefani Germanotta, you will never be famous.”
Breaking News: Kyle Maclachlan is Babygirl according to Highsnobiety (and every Kyle Machlachlan fan)
WYR be taken on a surprise date to Karl Marx’ tomb to save your relationship or have your IG “hacked”and go live streaming sex noises?
Context: The first half of this week’s Would You Rather was inspired by an anecdote from Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn’s relationship – or rather the end thereof – cited in the Guardian. After expressing that she’d like to get out more, Corbyn told her to get dressed and took her to… the tomb of Karl Marx. The second half of the WYR refers to a viral story about Shannon Sharpe who said he was hacked after his Instagram account went live, playing sex sounds.
Georjia: Do I get the hype about visiting a well-known person’s grave? No. Is this because I once went to J R R Tolkein’s grave with friends and there were people there CRYING, yes. It is a desperate move to keep your relationship going, but I don’t know if I would like it as a date - let alone a surprise date. I’d take it as a hint of the relationship: dead. Consider me gone. However, I would prefer it to have my IG ‘hacked’ and it to randomly go live so the viewers can hear sex noises. I don’t think I could live it down. It’s so painful and no one would believe you! Take me to Marx’s grave please!
Annie: It’s not that I wouldn’t like visiting Karl Marx’ grave, as morbid as that sounds, I just don’t know if I could deal with the disappointment of getting all dressed up for a date that might save my relationship, only to be taken to a graveyard. Am I the weirdo for my boyfriend assuming I would like it, or is he the one for taking me there? If my IG was hacked and played sex noises but no one believed me then so what! I was recently banned from my own WhatsApp for no given reason, so lord knows what these companies/Meta are doing to us and our accounts. Filing this one under ‘one for the plot’.
Weekly palate cleansers
Annie: Tara Davis-Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall making their gold medals kiss
Georjia: If the cruise doesn’t include this I’m not coming:
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Meme of the week
Lots of great commentary on the Trump vs Harris debate:
That’s it for this week, see you next Friday!