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Jeff Bezos Called Out For Hypocritical Post Praising Dolly Parton's 'Generosity'—And We're Shaking Our Heads
Included among those paying tribute to the 9 to 5 star was Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who honored Parton on Instagram:
Sharing a picture of himself at Parton from 2022, where he awarded the "Jolene" singer with the Bezos Courage and Civility Award, Bezos sang Parton's praises as both an artist and a person, expressing how he and his wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, felt so lucky to know her:
"Dolly spent her whole life showing us what it means to lead with love."
"Lauren and I are so grateful to have known her. She lifted everyone with her music, her generosity, and her joy. Sending our sincere condolences to her family and everyone she touched.
Sweet as his sentiment was, however, and even though the award included a $100 million donation toward Parton's philanthropic work, not everyone was particularly touched by Bezos's tribute.
Dolly Parton passed away with a net worth of roughly $450 million.
The only reason her fortune didn't extend into the billions was her determined philanthropic efforts, giving upwards of $500 million to charitable causes in her lifetime.
These included Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, providing free books to children in an effort to encourage reading and improve literacy, as well as building an office complex in Nashville, Tennessee, from the fortunes she amassed from the late Whitney Houston's cover of her song "I Will Always Love You."
Bezos, meanwhile, currently has an estimated net worth of $269 billion, but where he has allocated his money has been met with a much chillier reception.
In addition to reportedly spending $75 million on the recent, controversial documentary of First Lady Melania Trump, not to mention investing $30 billion into his space tourism company, Blue Origin, Bezos caused significant controversy when he bought The Washington Post this past February, only to lay off approximately a third of its staff.
Indeed, Instagram users wasted no time calling Bezos out for what they viewed as blatant hypocrisy, wondering why Bezos wasn't as generous with his money as the late Dollywood founder was with hers:
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Indeed, with this side-by-side comparison, Bezos might consider practicing what he preaches and following the lead of the eternally beloved Parton:
"I always count my blessings before I count my money."
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WNBA Star Bluntly Rips Anti-Trans Former NBA Player Over His Bigoted Antics in Viral Video—And She's Totally Right
Perhaps hoping to hop on the MAGA gravy train grift that propelled a 5th place college athlete like Riley Gaines to fame and fortune, Kanter Freedom joined other transphobic NBA players claiming to be protecting women by disrupting WNBA games and provoking confrontations with WNBA players.
WNBA star forward Cameron Brink of the Los Angeles Sparks was asked for her opinion of men using her league and livelihood for their transphobic stunts.
Brink pulled no punches in her reply, stating:
"I think it’s a non-issue and I think it’s people trying to just come for the trans community and I just don’t stand for that."
"I think what—I don’t even know what the f*ck his name is—Enes Kanter, he’s a stupid piece of sh*t, and I think a lot of people think that, and I think he’s just trying to stay relevant."
You can watch Brink's reaction here:
The 24-year-old WNBA star added of the 34-year-old former player's antics:
"Taking something that’s a non-issue right now and just trying to use it for clickbait, for views, for likes, and then targeting a vulnerable community is just really low."
Most people agreed with Brink's assessment of the situation.
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Several comments brought up the contrast between WNBA star Cameron Brink's views and those of perpetual benchwarmer Sophie Cunningham, who may also need the Riley Gaines path to fame and financial gain.
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Of course plenty of men just like Kanter Freedom showed up to comment, but were quickly shut down.
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While the GOP and the administration of MAGA Republican President Donald Trump have made the participation of transgender women and girls in sports a central issue for over a decade, the reality is it's a non-issue, just as Brink stated.
Sports bans (and bathroom bans) are distracting solutions, searching for a problem, that ignore the existence of intersex people, transgender men, nonbinary people, and statistical reality.
The total number of transgender school children in sports is so small that most states only have a handful and most athletic programs have none. As athletic participation becomes more dependent on advanced skill, the number of trans athletes drops further.
Despite transphobes' dire warnings of men taking over women's sports, in the 31 years that the Olympics were open to transgender women, only one trans woman weightlifter qualified to compete and she failed to medal in a sport that, according to transphobes, she should have dominated.
And trans girls aren't taking over amateur school or college sports either.
When Republicans in Utah proposed a statewide trans athlete ban to "protect girls," only four transgender student-athletes were identified out of roughly 75,000 to 85,000 high school athletes. Of those four, only one was a transgender girl.
When the NCAA was forced in 2024 by GOP members of Congress to report on and reverse their transgender athlete policy, the athletic organization identified only 10 trans student athletes out of 510,000—which included those who identified as nonbinary and as men—participating in college sports.
Still, Republicans at all levels of government nationwide have spent countless hours and hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on hearings, debates, legislation, and propaganda to ban trans women from playing sports or going to the bathroom.
Pete Davidson Was Spotted Wearing Blue Contacts And A Wig While Filming A New Movie—And He Looks Low-Key Terrifying
Take a look for yourself:
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In the photo, Davidson’s shaggy dark wig seals the deal, taking the SNL alum straight into “definitely knows a guy” territory. But the unsettling makeover makes a lot more sense once you know who Pitera actually was.
Need a closer and creepier look? Check it out:
Born in 1954, Pitera became a made man and enforcer for the Bonanno crime family in the 1980s. Law enforcement suspected him of as many as 60 murders, earning him a reputation as a sadistic psychopath and mob serial killer.
So, not exactly a cuddly character.
And “Tommy Karate” was surprisingly literal. Pitera trained in martial arts in Japan as a young man and later used those skills in fights. Sometimes a nickname just writes itself.
Pitera was arrested in 1990 for murder, drug trafficking and other racketeering crimes. He is currently serving a life sentence at United States Penitentiary Allenwood in Pennsylvania. Based on Philip Carlo’s book The Butcher: Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath, the film is a passion project Davidson co-wrote and is currently filming in New York and Atlanta.
So, yeah, the casting department was probably not going for “warm and approachable” with this one.
And judging by the reactions online, mission accomplished:
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No word yet on whether the real-life Pitera approves of Davidson’s new look. Davidson, meanwhile, is all in on Tommy Karate, serving as a producer and co-writer. Back in March, he described the project as a "dream job."
Calling it “the greatest mob story never told,” Davidson told Deadline:
"I’ve been working on this for over three years, and I’m beyond thrilled that it’s finally in motion... We have a great team behind this one, and I can’t wait for people to see what we’ve come up with."
This is clearly a darker lane for Davidson, but since he helped write the screenplay, there’s always a chance some of his trademark humor made it in too. If you had “Pete Davidson transforms into a martial-arts-trained mob killer” on your 2026 bingo card, congratulations.
So, verdict time: Is Davidson giving convincing mob enforcer, or are you still stuck on the wig?