Believe it or not, I have been biting my tongue the past week or so about the twitter fiasco. But with raging hormones due to PMS, I'm read to give my two cents.
I already reported on what happened. Nelson bashed Kristian Alfonso on twitter. Crystal Chappell IN MY OPINION, encouraged her fans to "send him love" during his vicious attack on Kristian. I do not buy Crystal's excuse that she didn't know what was going on. Again, that is my opinion as a thinking human being with a huge bullshit meter.
Anyway, my gripe now is with the soap journalists and bloggers who basically ignored this story until Crystal and Nelson did interviews. Why? It obviously was a newsworthy event since Crystal has done at least two interviews about it. I have a rather low opinion of journalists to begin with from personal experience, but I believe without being a mind reader, that these journalists were covering the ass of a gay icon and a gay journalist. I understand why Soap Opera Digest and Soap Opera Weekly wouldn't really go into detail about what happened, because they print whatever Ken Corday wants them to print. But for the self employed journalists and bloggers who make little money, I honestly don't understand their reasoning.
If it wasn't Crystal and Nelson, but two other individuals would they have gotten the same kid gloves treatment? I don't know. Would Crystal have gotten the same treatment if Otalia and Venice didn't exist? Again, I don't know. I am still scratching my head over why Nelson hasn't been bashed to bits for what he did since he is overwhelming disliked by every fan base covering every soap. Actors totally distrust him, and yes I know this as a fact.
So why do these two get a pass on bad behavior? Is it because they are gay friendly or is it a case of lazy journalism? I don't know. This whole incident has made me dislike journalists all the more. They are supposed to report facts, not spin. We've seen nothing but spin on this issue for the past five days. I would have more respect for Crystal and Nelson if they admitted that they screwed up and asked for forgiveness. That didn't happen because no journalist asked them to admit to anything.
By the way, I am not gloating over Nelson being fired or "quitting". Economy sucks, and we all have to pay the bills. Hopefully he'll learn a lesson from this, but from the tone of his interview he obviously hasn't.
Good riddance.
Soaps in general are expensive to produce , costly to pay actors. Advertising revenue is falling. Soaps are getting cancelled, ratings down. Nelson should have been smarter and not angered fans of KA. He was a jerk. CC not much better. In this economy, I don't know what Nelson was thinking. Hope he has a back up plan. Then again, he needs to learn a lesson. Going to be hard to find another job Nelson.
ReplyDeleteAre you not gay friendly?
ReplyDeleteWell...I would like to believe that that he was let go because there are only 4 soaps left...but I have a feeling that is not the truth as there has already been enough shit going around. I don't think he's learned from his this fiasco either darter all he just had to throw in a name or two in this article. People like him seem attention and he will be back and possibly with a vengeance buy for his sake, hopefully he will will be toned down.
ReplyDeleteAs for the other party involved in this negatively...
As the little kids say: lalalalala I can't hear you.
I'm people friendly. I don't care who is sleeping with whom. I don't give someone a pass due to sexual orientation.
ReplyDeleteTo make it clear, the point of my blog to express my opinion on Days of our Lives and occasionally Lost. lol This isn't a political blog. We're friendly to all DOOL fans.
ReplyDelete"So why do these two get a pass on bad behavior? Is it because they are gay friendly or is it a case of lazy journalism?"
ReplyDeleteGee, when you put it that way, what else could it be but the gay mafia (as you like to call the soap press) promoting their insidious gay agenda?
P.S.
ReplyDeleteNelson is still a douchebag right?
ITA with you Diva! On the sudsreport FB page, they are all defending him and CC due to their support of LGBT community. It offends me that supporting a great cause doesn't give you a pass for being a douche! NB and CC are great people cause they support LGBT! So in that case, a child abuser who donates to AIDS research or Cancer awareness gives him a free pass? WTH, This is a ridiculous explanation. I can support any cause I see fit, however, that doesn't make me a better person or okay for me to verbally attack someone!
ReplyDeleteIt was a theory, I honestly have no clue why Michael Fairman covered their asses. If you have a theory, anonymous, let us know. It wasn't just Fairman, We Love Soaps gave CC a pass and bashed everyone who didn't like her behavior on twitter, and passingly hinted at what Nelson did without mentioning his name. The whole thing smells of a cover up.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, Nelson is still a douchebag.
It's well known you're a racist non Diva but now it appears you are a homophobe too. Shame on you for even suggesting he kept his job because he's gay. And don't think your sick love obsession with Thaao will shield you from scrutiny of your homophobic comments. I'm sure you'll tell anyone who will listen that some of your best friends happen to be black and gay too.
ReplyDeleteomg, learn to read. He lost his job, he didn't keep it.
ReplyDeleteAt least I have friends.
I never heard anything about the KA comments, but I've known for years that Nelson Branco is a douchebag.
ReplyDeleteAnd, sadly, the fact that he's gay does not mean that he himself is gay-friendly.