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Alec Baldwin Just Effortlessly Shut Down Elon Musk's Criticism Of Christopher Nolan Casting Lupito Nyong'o In 'The Odyssey'
Add actor Alec Baldwin to the list of people who've had it. Baldwin, who's never been known to shy away from being outspoken, had a perfect response to Musk's and others' bellyaching.
Musk, along with Christofascists like Matt Walsh and their devotees, complained that not only was Helen of Troy white but Nyong'o simply isn't hot enough to play the most beautiful woman in the world.
Suffice to say Baldwin doesn't agree, along with pretty much every other normal person with eyes whose definition of beautiful doesn't reflexively include "white."
On Instagram, Baldwin posted a photo of the empirically gorgeous Nyong'o with the caption:
"Dear Elon… but she IS the most beautiful woman in the world…Alec."
Helen of Troy, of course is the woman from Greek mythology whose face "sailed a thousand ships," and Nolan's casting of Nyong'o as both Helen and her sister Clytemnestra has conservatives furious.
Helen of Troy is, of course, entirely made up, and while Homer gives some description of her in his writing, there's not much to go on.
But Musk, Walsh, and others have insisted that Nyong'o's casting is yet another example of "woke" Hollywood rewriting history to score "DEI" points by casting a Black woman in a depiction of a white society. And they simply. Won't. Shut up about it.
Which is nonsense: Ancient Greece had so many Black people they are frequently found depicted not only in stories but on ancient Greek pottery and other art forms.
Anyway, Musk is still tweeting about this uproar days later, and he's now focusing his energy on arguing with Alec Baldwin himself.
In response to a New York Post article about Baldwin's tweet, Musk replied:
"I agree that she is beautiful, but casting a Black woman to play a White woman in a foundational work of European literature is no more right than casting a White man to play Shaka Zulu!"
The problem being, aside from literally everything, that Shaka Zulu was an actual historical figure and Helen of Troy is MADE. UP.
People on social media were definitely here for Baldwin's response and absolutely not having Musk's nonsense.
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Anyway, there's no such thing as bad publicity, and slack-jawed MAGA weirdos are not the target audience for Greek mythology prestige films so Nyong'o and Nolan are probably gonna be just fine. Keep tweeting anyway though, Elon!
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Kimberly Guilfoyle Gets Dragged Hard Over Her Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony In Greece For New McDonald's
"An exciting day for Greece! It was my honor to participate in the ribbon cutting for a brand new McDonald’s at The Mall in Athens, the most technologically advanced McDonald’s in all of Europe! American businesses investing here create jobs and bring American culture – and delicious food – to the Greek people."
You can see her post and the photos below.
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People were not impressed by the stunt—it was pretty embarrassing, in fact—and Guilfoyle was quickly dragged for it.
Guilfoyle's gushing praise for the new McDonald's location is rather fitting, considering how much President Donald Trump loves the fast food chain.
Trump has a well-documented love for McDonald's that has continued to spark conversations about the true state of his physical health. As recently as February, he served McDonald's to the U.S. men's hockey team during their visit to the White House after he delivered his State of the Union address.
Last year, Joe Gruters, the chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), spoke during an appearance on the Chambers, Changes & Conversations podcast about witnessing the amount of McDonald's Trump eats on a daily basis and the odd way he combines his food.
Recalling his time on the campaign trail with Trump, Gruters said Trump "had hot fries waiting for him from McDonald’s. ... Then he had a Filet-O-Fish, a Quarter Pounder, and a Big Mac, and I think he combined two of them and he was drinking orange soda."
Gruters said, "McDonald's should pay the president with what he eats."
Pete Buttigieg Perfectly Shames Sean Duffy Over His 'Road Trip' Reality Show With A Reminder Of His Own 'Taxpayer-Funded Road Trip'
The pair first hooked up on Road Rules: All Stars. After getting married, the duo returned to take another bite of the reality TV apple by competing on Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons.
Apparently the Duffys can't resist a road trip someone else pays for, as the Trump administration's Transportation Secretary announced he, Campos-Duffy, and their nine kids were starring in The Great American Road Trip, produced by the same studio behind The Real World.
Duffy's announcement also revealed he spent seven months filming the family road trip while aviation accidents were spiking.
The show is a cross-country journey featuring the Duffys visiting United States landmarks.
Duffy's announcement quickly drew backlash, including from Chasten Glezman Buttigieg, husband of Duffy's predecessor, who echoed the same criticism many expressed.
Glezman Buttigieg reposted the Fox & Friends announcement with the caption:
"The same Duffys who threw endless fits on national television when Pete was working from our son's ICU bedside are now bragging about their multi-month, taxpayer-funded family road trip while gas and grocery prices soar for American families because of Trump's war of choice."
"How much more unfocused, unserious, and out of touch can you be?"
A war of words ensued online in the following days.
In an appearance on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday, May 17, host Dana Bash asked Democratic President Joe Biden's Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg, about the Duffy's foray back into reality television on the taxpayer's dime.
Bash asked:
"[Duffy is] making videos about you. He said that the, quote, 'radical, miserable left hates his road trip because they don’t want people to celebrate America.' Your response?"
Buttigieg replied:
"I love road trips. I love America. I actually took a taxpayer-funded road trip lasting about seven months."
"It was in Afghanistan."
"This is something very different. This is not about patriotism."
Buttigieg added:
"And it is an embarrassment to have him going around saying that a road trip, quote, 'fits any budget,’ at a time when more and more Americans cannot afford a road trip because of the explosion in diesel prices and gas prices caused directly by the Iran war and by the Trump administration."
You can see a clip of the segment here:
People agreed with Buttigieg.
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When pitching the project, Duffy suggested donations from $100,000 up to $1 million would be accepted in order to make The Great American Road Trip—financed by the nonprofit Great American Road Trip Inc.
That's a far cry from the budget most Americans will ever have for a road trip.