"Andrew is fully committed to working with the appropriate professionals to better understand himself and ways he can grow and improve as a human being, especially with his growing platform and the vulnerabilities it brings."
boy did this line really get under my skin. It's this pmc vapid wellness lingo. So goddamn phony. I'll bet a dollar this was ran through chatgpt. It's pure muzak.
Andrew is fully committed to working with the appropriate professionals to better understand himself
What motherfucker needs to understand is "No."
"but how can I understand what other people mean when I don't even understand myself"
Says guy who interviews people and reads rooms for a living
Brocialists taking a right wing turn has never happened before! I expect to see him on tucker in a few months
People need to realise that incel ideology/worldview crosses political lines. Right wing incels become Elliot Rodgers, left wing incels become sex pests like this.
At least, that's the general observable pattern.
This doesn't look good for Andrew. He also hasn't denied the allegations but is now framing the story that the victims are only in it for money. He keeps saying that there are 2 sides to every story but hasn't said his side of the story. It seems to me that he's trying to destroy the credibility of the victims. That's really sad.
Also today, Tim Heidecker announced that Tim & Eric will never work with Andrew again.
Shout out to The Dollop boys for refunding all their shows when the pandemic hit, refusing to perform live, and actively calling out other comedians who didn't care about their audience.
i tend to trust tim's judgement, been a fan for a long time and he seems like a pretty decent human. that said, never meet your heroes.
If we go by the vague but highly implied comments Eric has said in interviews it was a bit because and I quote “Hannibal is genuinely insane in terrifying ways”
He keeps saying that there are 2 sides to every story but hasn’t said his side of the story.
Her side: I was SA by a r!pist who thinks he's entitled to my and every other women's body.
His side: I SA that chick because I'm a r!pist who's entitled to every women's body.
As far as I understand, of the two detailed accusations against Callaghan, one of the accusers did attempt "extortion" by saying that it was extremely upsetting and hurtful to see him become famous and praised with regards to his work, and wanted some money from his "fat HBO cheque" to offset her therapy bills, according to leaked direct messages. This is where the lawyer statement about "requests for money" comes from.
However I have zero sympathy for Callaghan, he engaged in wildly inappropriate behaviour, and I really don't give a shit that one of his victims tried to "extort" him for money. In fact, I even support her in trying to obtain some justice in this fucked up world. There are no threats or courses of action present in the message, it's just asking for monetary compensation. This also does not address the second detailed accusation in any way or form, nor does it adress the multiple other accusations that aren't as detailed.
Yeah, she shouldn't have to pay for therapy for an issue he caused her to have. I see that as entirely reasonable to ask for and he should want to do something to start the healing process for her. The lawyer's statement is gross.
Yeah the lawyers statement just shows that he's just trying to escape punishment or consequences. Gross indeed
I don't hero-worship, but this is fucking upsetting. I genuinely respected the guy. Is there a switch that flips in people's minds when they hit a certain level of money/fame that turns them into monsters? I know some people were always monstrous, but many of us never get the chance
He was doing this since he was in college, nothing to do with fame.
I imagine that there's a level of narcissism that helps be a celebrity but also makes one into an abuser. I do not think I'm cool or funny enough to be in entertainment, and I wouldn't even try.
I'm glad Tim Heidecker has the principled stance. Andrew can print this non-apology apology out and choke on it.
Which is especially profound given that he himself was wrongly accused of murdering 20 teenagers. He should have a grudge against the justice system and he's better than that, unlike Gregg.
For celebs, Terry Crews seems decent. He talked about being sexually harrassed/assaulted himself, and about his past porn addiction, which are issues most men would refuse to talk about or address.
Now you're going to tell me he did some messed up stuff or something...
Not on the same level, but that propaganda video he did trying to show people how exciting working in an Amazon warehouse is really put a cloud over my impression of him.
I was never really into him or his content, I mean some of it was entertaining in like a funny dog videos kind of way. The dudes career as a content creator is over which seems is the only justice that comes out of these things and mainly what the victims hoped to achieve, along with a warning for others.
Is it bad that I just want to kind of ignore whatever else comes from this after this point, or is there more to it that I'm not seeing?
I somehow doubt that this is going to end his career, same with justin roiland
Yeah, maybe. I feel like what Roiland did is much worse, but since his audience is pretty shit and his actual face isn't attached to his media, he has a better chance at his career rebounding. Then take Ryan Adams, whose worst allegation was cleared by the FBI but he still hasn't managed to revamp his career.
I think the combination of the type of media Callaghan produced, plus who his main audience was makes him unlikely to do anything public again, but I could be wrong.
