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Ellen Defends Friendship With George W. Bush But People Are Not Happy
There's a difference between kindness and tacit approval of monstrous acts.
Ellen DeGeneres is facing some serious backlash after being spotted hanging out with President George W. Bush at an NFL game over the weekend.
The broadcast of the game caught Ellen and her wife Portia de Rossi sitting next to President Bush and his wife Laura in a stadium suite. A still showing Ellen and Bush appearing to laugh at something together soon circulated online, forcing Ellen to address the issue on her show yesterday.
“Here’s the thing: I’m friends with George Bush,” she said. “In fact, I’m friends with a lot of people who don’t share the same beliefs that I have. We’re all different, and I think we’ve forgotten that’s okay that we’re different.”
She continued” “When I say, ‘Be kind to one another,’ I don’t mean only the people that think the same way that you do. I mean be kind to everyone. Doesn’t matter.”
While conservatives were quick to jump on the bandwagon and praise Ellen for defending her friendship with a man who fought against marriage equality and launched a war based on lies, many considered her take on the situation irresponsible.
\u201c@TheEllenShow You know there's a difference between a difference of opinion vs being a mass murdering war criminal, right?\u201d— Ellen DeGeneres (@Ellen DeGeneres) 1570501531
\u201c@TheEllenShow \u201cLook, I\u2019m too rich for his decisions to really affect me.\u201d Is what this boils down to.\u201d— Ellen DeGeneres (@Ellen DeGeneres) 1570501531
\u201c@TheEllenShow I guess you\u2019ll be kind to Trump too if you ever sit next to him. Normalizing these people is making them acceptable.\u201d— Ellen DeGeneres (@Ellen DeGeneres) 1570501531
\u201clisten up wokesters: say what you will about ellen, but i\u2019ve had ENOUGH of this cancel culture that goes after decent men like george w. bush just because they launched an illegal war, drowned a city, and brought the world to the brink of a second great depression.\u201d— b-boy bouiebaisse (@b-boy bouiebaisse) 1570539060
You can watch the entirety of Ellen's comments on the incident below:
\u201cYes, that was me at the Cowboys game with George W. Bush over the weekend. Here\u2019s the whole story.\u201d— Ellen DeGeneres (@Ellen DeGeneres) 1570501531
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Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.
Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.
