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Milo's Simon & Schuster Editor Ripped Him to Shreds and We're So Here for It
Now he's claiming the editor flirted with him.
The best belated holiday gift you could ask for is here, and it's Simon & Schuster editor Mitchell Ivers berating the hell out of Milo Yiannopoulos in the margins of the latter's manuscript.
To recap, Yiannopoulos had a book deal for the cringeworthy title Dangerous with S&S to the tune of $255,000 before a fun little interview of his surfaced in which he appeared to condone pedophilia, which apparently pushed the publisher to the brink. Roxane Gay had pulled her book from the publisher in late January in response to its decision to move forward with the deal despite negative feedback from readers and authors alike.
Literal Santa (Sarah Mei) delivered the goodies early this morning on Twitter, detailing how deeply displeased Yiannpopoulos's editor appeared with Milo's bit.
\u201cI went to the New York county clerk\u2019s website and found this filing. It includes the entire manuscript with allllllll the editor\u2019s comments as exhibit B. https://t.co/fb9yptldbO\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514461715
And the rest just sort of speaks for itself.
\u201cI didn\u2019t read the manuscript. Just the comments. They\u2019re...amazing. Even better than the excerpts in the filing.\n\nAnd a pretty good summary of the book I imagine.\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514461715
\u201cThe editor is a conservative man who has published books for 45 & other folks with similar opinions. You can see that in the occasional \u201cgood point\u201d comments. But mostly he was very politely having NONE of Milo\u2019s bullshit.\n\nIt\u2019s glorious.\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514461715
\u201cAlso I now know I can write a book, because ffs he wrote A WHOLE CHAPTER about how ugly people hate him\n\nLiterally anyone could do better than this\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514461715
\u201cYou can feel the faint air of \u201coh god, what have we gotten ourselves into\u201d getting stronger\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514461715
\u201cThen the frustration starts creeping in\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514461715
\u201cMore from the category of \u201cthings a professional editor never imagined they\u2019d need to tell someone\u201d\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514461715
\u201cWill immediately start using \u201cif you want to make a case for [fucking ridiculous thing], you\u2019re going to have to employ a lot more intellectual rigor than you use here.\u201d \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514461715
\u201c\u201cassertions that don\u2019t have the weight of fact\u201d yes yes that\u2019s another good one *takes notes* \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514461715
\u201cMr. Ivers is getting pretty sick of your bullshit, young man.\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514461715
\u201cAnd about that ego -\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514461715
\u201cAnd the humor -\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514462204
\u201cAnd the...wait what?\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514462392
"Out of all the editor’s comments, this one most tempted me to read the manuscript," Mei wrote. "BUT I STAYED STRONG."
\u201cThese were literally just the highlights of the comments. \nThere\u2019s \nso \nmuch \nmore.\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514463690
\u201cThe positive comments were instructive too. Interesting window into how they reframe things to make them sound reasonable.\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514463956
\u201cI can\u2019t seem to link directly to the PDF, but I think you can go here and search for Simon & Schuster as defendant. It\u2019s one of the exhibits filed on Dec 21. https://t.co/f6Mo5FYMgK\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514464638
\u201cHonestly, when I write a book, I hope my editor will be as straightforward with my work.\n\nBut I also hope I earn fewer \u201cI\u2019m very disappointed in you\u201c notes, and maybe a little less exasperated yelling. [fin]\u201d— Sarah Mei (@Sarah Mei) 1514464964
Milo, of course, had a response.
"Ivers said one thing in manuscript edits, but quite another when he was giggling and flirting with me," he told Page Six. "I look forward to prevailing in court." He also provided alleged screenshots of conversations with his editor, who says things like "you done good" and "DON'T QUOTE ME."
Milo is seeking $10 million in his breach-of-contract suit against S&S. Read the full filing here.
