COMICSANDS
percolately
georgetakei
secondnexus
george's picks
Most Read
Comic Sands © 2019
Politics
Hugh Grant Drags Boris Johnson's Cringey Parody Of 'Love Actually' Notecard Scene For Its Glaring Omission
11 December 2019
The United Kingdom is holding a general election on Thursday, December 12, during which both Jeremy Corbin's Labour Party and Boris Johnson's Coservatives hope to win a majority and control the future of Brexit.
The two parties are going to great lengths to make their cases to U.K. voters.
<p>Boris Johnson (whose political brand often includes outlandish stunts and/or xenophobic rhetoric) even went so far as to produce a parody of a famous scene from the movie <em>Love Actually</em>.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ecdef004a4f8d41334e9df0e7bf75c2f"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nj-YK3JJCIU?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span>
<small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Boris Johnson's funny Love Actually parody | Our final election broadcast</small>
<small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit...">
<a href="https://youtu.be/nj-YK3JJCIU" target="_blank">youtu.be</a>
</small>
</p><p>No one could deny the parody was well produced, but Hugh Grant, one of the actual stars of <em>Love Actually</em>, didn't care for Johnson's interpretation.</p><p><div id="action_button_container"></div></p><p><strong>He pointed out there was one card Johnson had failed to recreate...</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="36b7f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="GR7G3F1576127130"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204321608694976514" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">"One of the cards... Boris Johnson didn't hold up was the one saying "Because at Christmas you tell the truth"
Act… https://t.co/yiF24MMXRI</div> — BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBC Radio 4 Today)<a href="https://twitter.com/BBCr4today/statuses/1204321608694976514">1575967621.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>It seemed appropriate that Johnson, who began his political career writing <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/15/brexit-boris-johnson-euromyths-telegraph-brussels" target="_blank">often misleading or false stories about the European Union</a>, couldn't hold up the card that said "at Christmas you tell the truth."</p><p><strong>Twitter users offered up a little truth in the missing card's place. </strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="cf8e4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="MLZ1V21576127130"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204342652709289984" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">If you want to see the NHS sold off and school funding to drop even lower #VoteConservativeActually</div> — LlamaPajamas (@LlamaPajamas)<a href="https://twitter.com/LlamaPajamas90/statuses/1204342652709289984">1575972638.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="09858" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="FSNWRX1576127130"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204271500343177216" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">That awful ‘Love Actually’ rip off that BJ did? Here are what he should have put on those signs.
I’ve added a bla… https://t.co/NmH5CEZ6lc</div> — 🌑Scowlin Munkeh (@🌑Scowlin Munkeh)<a href="https://twitter.com/scowlingmonkey/statuses/1204271500343177216">1575955674.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Many felt they knew what would happen in Boris tried to hold a card of truth.</strong></p><p><div id="c7da91bc-8e44-492f-b7fd-c382c0e55bda"></div></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="42e6d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5GSKNO1576127130"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204361766530142208" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@IrisSutterG A card like that would spontaneously self combust in Johnson's hands!!</div> — RebElle (@RebElle)<a href="https://twitter.com/ElleInTheUK/statuses/1204361766530142208">1575977195.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>One thing's clear: Hugh Grant REALLY doesn't like Boris Johnson and the Tories.</strong></p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="61ab4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8XFIEI1576127130"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204498366819905537" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@IrisSutterG @alrightPET The Love Acually star is not a fan of the PM. @BorisJohnson does not know what truth is, w… https://t.co/uztnK39zej</div> — MamaJ (@MamaJ)<a href="https://twitter.com/jazzaoxon/statuses/1204498366819905537">1576009763.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="a4688" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="YHUI8U1576127130"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204446746488819712" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@IrisSutterG “maybe that’s where all the roubles went.” 😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏼 https://t.co/hWGOHnf2hE</div> — SandraK 🐕🐈🕷🌳🇪🇺 #FBPE (@SandraK 🐕🐈🕷🌳🇪🇺 #FBPE)<a href="https://twitter.com/SandraKovac333/statuses/1204446746488819712">1575997456.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>While Boris's video encourages people to hold their nose and just "get it done," he conveniently fails to mention the many horrible things his Brexit would entail.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="b6ece" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="PEZIRM1576127130"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204513563219578880" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@IrisSutterG https://t.co/2dHJQlqace</div> — Doug Segal 🧔🏻❄️ (@Doug Segal 🧔🏻❄️)<a href="https://twitter.com/doug_segal/statuses/1204513563219578880">1576013386.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="e3dec" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="QEKOGV1576127131"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204157325549940739" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Boris Johnson seems to think by acting out a scene from Love Actually to Christmas carols he will make the country… https://t.co/hBUdneXe76</div> — Peter Stefanovic (@Peter Stefanovic)<a href="https://twitter.com/PeterStefanovi2/statuses/1204157325549940739">1575928453.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="d69a1" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5K203J1576127131"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204417088430804996" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">So Boris is playing the deceitful guy from ‘Love, Actually’ who attempts to cheat with his best friends new wife.… https://t.co/d1062VMUxZ</div> — Ross Hornby (@Ross Hornby)<a href="https://twitter.com/djh3max/statuses/1204417088430804996">1575990385.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>It was also quickly revealed that Johnson's Love Actually parody was created just after another was premiered by a Labour campaigner. </strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="03709" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="VV26OV1576127131"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204314708519608320" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">A Labour campaigner made a video based off a scene from Love Actually to support her message and try to get locally… https://t.co/AG6aVYM8U0</div> — Darren Allez l'OM ⚪ 💙 (@Darren Allez l'OM ⚪ 💙)<a href="https://twitter.com/Rotmm/statuses/1204314708519608320">1575965976.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="9ba79" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="IE6GOU1576127131"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1204385124814663680" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Is anyone surprised that an old white man has stolen a younger woman of colour's idea and passed it off as his own… https://t.co/rWfWitMmDG</div> — 🚀MΛG!D (@🚀MΛG!D)<a href="https://twitter.com/MagicMagid/statuses/1204385124814663680">1575982764.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>This isn't the only time Hugh Grant has put himself out there to defeat the Conservative Party. He recently went on a door-knocking spree, speaking with strangers about why they should vote Labour or Liberal Democrat.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="5f635" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9BEM861576127131"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1202387861867118592" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Hugh Grant is pulling a 'Love Actually' move and going door to door asking British citizens to vote against Boris J… https://t.co/nq4RadcLns</div> — NowThis (@NowThis)<a href="https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/statuses/1202387861867118592">1575506580.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="33852" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="SB8JAF1576127131"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1202414696948740096" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@nowthisnews Grant is a good, decent man. He genuinely cares about people.</div> — Jushi Putin, he/his/him, voter advocate (@Jushi Putin, he/his/him, voter advocate)<a href="https://twitter.com/JushiPutin/statuses/1202414696948740096">1575512978.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="1e56e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="540KJC1576127131"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1202564740830105604" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@nowthisnews @jper1 And I love Hugh actually lol 😂</div> — Kelly Ablethorpe (@Kelly Ablethorpe)<a href="https://twitter.com/KellyAblethorpe/statuses/1202564740830105604">1575548751.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>We won't know whether Boris's video was successful until Thursday, December 12, when the U.K.'s general elections will either create a unified government or leave the nations with yet another hung parliament. </p><p>The film <em><strong><a href="https://amzn.to/35ez71E" target="_blank">Love Actually</a></strong></em> is available <strong><em><a href="https://amzn.to/35ez71E" target="_blank">here</a></em></strong>.</p>
Keep reading...
Show less