My friend who reads CB & Loved it, just told me that an few months back she got banned on an RBF post.
She was first put in moderation for the first time after agreeing with someone standing up for Kate, then she was put on moderation again and her comment was deleted in an JenAnniston post.
Finally, she was banned outright. She said she wrote CB an email 2 days in a row and got no response. Then the next RBF post she said that Kaiser made references to her email in the actual article.Mocking her.
No surpise that my friend was an black regular on CB. They seem to have no issue just disgarding us.
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Oh, that is the worst when Kaiser uses insider information to mock people over very real issues they bring up. This is hitting below the belt. When people send private messages they expect their privacy to be respected.
I remember her doing it last year during Taylor Swift vs. Kanye West drama. She made references to some people sending emails and dismissed anyone who was defending Swift as her fangirls, while she was making excuses for Kanye. But the thing people took issue with was Kanye’s misogyny. and it had nothing to do with being a fan of Taylor.
300 comments discussing Meghan Markle’s coat - too long, too short, not tailored enough or whatever. Who cares? Even for a gossip site this is too much. Is that all there is to Meghan? Her coat and her hair? She is going to be just another person to take apart - her clothes, her hair, her looks.
How does this compute in people’s heads? First, they are excited about a bi-racial American entering the Royal family and then they basically reduce her to a cloth hanger. She is starting to get the same treatment as Kate. I think it is not Kate who is the issue here,or Meghan or any other woman with whom CB posters take an issue, it is the posters. They are unable to see a person as a person. Everyone is dehumanized and dissected.
Personally, I think it is such a dull, fake life - forever smiling, shaking hands, being judged, being an ornament or a token at endless ribbon-cutting ceremonies. I would never want that life for myself. I’d run away screaming after 15 min of that. And I feel a bit sorry for both Kate and Meghan.
QQ commented on the Jay Z post and it was up for an few hours before it was deleted.
I have a couple things on my mind today in light of the Lauer’s debacle.
First, his co-hosts were crying about it and then I saw an article in the Guardian about how we have to reconcile horrible actions by a well loved man. And I thought - give me a f*ing break! I don’t need to reconcile anything. The guy is a dirtbag and that is that. The fact that he worked for an organization you approve of doesn’t make him more palatable. In fact, the said organization (NBC) clearly enabled him, because there were enough warning signs.
In connection to this I came across the Lauer’s interview with Anne Hathway from 2012 where he pestered her about inappropriate photos of her taken by paps and he was clearly set to humiliate and diminish her. How was that ever considered to be an acceptable behavior by an interviewer?
Anne handled it like a professional that she is, and kudos to Anne. Yes, kudos to Anne, who Kaiser also tried to diminish so many times. And you know what, Anne comes out of this looking like a queen. And all her critics look petty and immature.
If anyone is interested in gossiping about the site or just gossip in general about the topics on CB, without it getting modded out, I think it’d be really cool if all the ex readers could come to GossipBucket and comment under the stories where they can’t be deleted or modded out.
here’s an link for an example, http://gossipbucket.com/celebitchy/1247644/duchess-kate-stepped-out-for-a-keen-visit-to-a-london-school-this-morning/
I didn’t read that post exactly for this reason - none of my business.
Notasugar is Kate’s hater and by some bizzare logic she now likes Harry because he is with Meghan Markle and Meghan is not Kate.
So I’ve been banned from Celebitchy several times over the years, sometimes I know why. This time I’m pissed at the hypocrisy. On a post the other day about the Marvel covers for Vanity fair, by Kaiser. She goes off on how Marvel has disregarded black women and are sexist for not giving Black Widow her own movie. Then at the end she figuratively throws the whole MCU at bottom dwelling basement livers by saying ‘the fanboys will be happy with the covers’.
So I agree with a poster who is an adult woman and likes those movies that I don’t understand why fans of a huge franchise get reduced to fanboys when you know we are not, moreover how can you care if black women are disregarded and if Black widow gets her own movie if it’s a sexist vehicle for more racism and sexism? Banned. Open discussion is all I would like, I don’t mind being on the wrong side but let each side have their piece. Thanks for the space to rant, just found you:)
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Marvel just spent gazillion dollars to make The Black Panther, which was a huge risk. And Scott Derrickson was one of the first Hollywood people who came out against Harvey Weinstein. In the world of the Hollywood Marvel is not a problem, they are at least trying. But Marvel is a huge business and they have to make sure their projects are profitable. If The Black Panther does well then they will invest more money into movies with POC leads. So go out and spend the dough. It is all in your hands. -))
Jenny is a bit extra, but she is very likeable. If the girl is in love, why not wish her the best? Why make fun of her? I don’t get it.
I am rooting for her -)).
You are not allowed to disagree on CB. It might go unnoticed a couple of times, but if you do that on topics close to the Kaiser’s heart like Taylor Swift, Kanye, Angelina or racial issues, you will be banned at the first “offense”. And, of course, you are never allowed to criticize Kaiser or the site.
I take it Kaiser truly believes that her opinion of Taylor Swift is unbiased -)). And all those millions of people buying her music are doing it because of reasons …, not because they like her music.
I think so too, yes. It is like a feeding frenzy.
They won’t un-ban you just because you changed your mind about them. I think it takes about 6 month for the ban list to refresh. You’ll probably be able to post again after a few months.
The coverage of Weinstein and Spacey is good, but it doesn’t mean Celebitchy changed. it is still the same toxic place outside of those topics.
Lainey is definitely better at gossip. But I don’t read her site because it doesn’t allow comments.I am not interested in one-way conversations.
I visited CB today and I read the post about Maureen O’Hara. I was reading the glowing comments about her and I was nodding along. What a beautiful woman, inside and out.
Then I went to Joe Alwyn’s post and saw the same people going on about how they don’t think he is good looking. Really, it is like being with the high school kids. Everybody tries to show their disdain for the cool girl’s boyfriend. And failing badly. Just how many times do you have to say that some guy you know nothing about doesn’t look appealing to you? And why?
This dichotomy is just weird. How can you be a normal person one minute and then completely irrational and immature just minutes later?
There was one sane person who said this was similar to bullying. And , of course, the regulars immediately jumped in with their “this is a gossip site” schtick.
I am not a fan of Harry, to be honest. He is just as privileged and out of touch as William. I really don’t get why they give Harry a pass.
I can’t stand either one as well. Both are obnoxious hypocrites. LilacFlowers got banned because she went against the party line on CB and criticized Kanye for his unathorized video with naked Taylor and other women. The rest of CB, with Kaiser in the lead, were all busy attacking “snake” Taylor and defending “poor” Kanye West from her. Some feminists they are …
Anyway, so instead of standing her ground LilacFlowers changed her name and came back as if nothing happened.
Sixer was making all kinds of excuses for Georgina when Weinstein scandal broke but she doesn’t have a problem ripping into Kate Middleton, who is absolutely harmless.
I didn’t realize that.
It is a toxic place. I don’t really care for it. But I keep this blog open so that the people can tell their stories and don’t feel powerless when they get banned for having a different opinion.
I noticed myself that Kaiser and the general readership are not at all receptive to non-US-centric views. That tells me that Kaiser is not that well read or well traveled. regardless of what she claims. Her views are very narrow.
I remember prior to Depp and Heard breaking up, Kaiser portrayed her as a fame whore who loved pap walks and Deep was painted as this guy who put up with it. Not to mention Matt Damon was constantly painted as a good guy because of how he gave interviews? Please he has to be one of the worst in Hollywood, Kaiser is naive and readers should not accept all the view points presented. Kaiser knows little to nothing about the celebrities being talked about, the only accuracy is perhaps Trump’s coverage I’ll give them that much.
No, I didn’t. I usually don’t read Kate Middleton or Angelina articles, they are just too much for me. I took a peak at one a few weeks back and Kaiser made it sound like Kate got pregnant just so that she can upstage Meghan Markle or something like that.
I read one about Taylor Swift yesterday and it was fun watching the usual haters trying to reconcile their feelings for her and the fact that they liked the song.
The one comment claiming that Alwyn is not that good looking made me snort. I get it that tastes are different , but Alwyn is very handsome. He and Taylor also look very similar, which makes me think that he is one for her. People often fall for those who look like them.
It seems to be a bigger version of CB - an echo-chamber for “woke”people. I don’t have a problem with the content as such but the commenters seem to have a kind of herd mentality- you are with us or against us. I checked it out a few times, but was never tempted to join.
It is an old blog thread where a lot of people who were banned over the years posted.
I bet the answer is money. CB gets money for the links. In the end, despite all the claims of being progressive and what is not, CB is a business. It is there to make its owners money. This is the reason they post about Trump 5 times a day - clicks, which turn into money, and this is the reason for advertising and links.
Anyone thinks “notasugarhere” is Kaiser? I am not one for conspiracy theories but the writing style is very similar.
Anyway, regardless, on the controversy of a librarian rejecting Dr. Seuss books that Melani Trump gave, notasugarhere seems to be the only person working hard to justify it.
My view is that you don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. If something is given with good intentions, you accept it and move on. You can decide how to handle the gift later, if you don’t actually need it. Anything else is very rude and hurtful.
Ha-ha. Kaiser is tying herself into a pretzel to prove the point that the Wonder Woman is a feminist icon and James Cameron is wrong. I know nothing about James Cameron, the person, but his point is valid and whatever his personal failing are, his point still stands on its own.
The Wonder Woman is not a feminist icon. It is disgrace to consider her as such because the character relies too much on the looks and the sexy outfits. Let’s not pretend the tiny outfit that WW wears is an accident.
Pippi Longstocking is more of a feminsit icon than WW will ever be. I feel sad for young American women who are taught that WW is something to aspire and who don’t have enough exposure to strong female characters to know any better.
Thank you.
I wasn’t familiar with Popoholic. I just checked it out. It is not my cup of tea either, for the same reasons you stated. Objectification is wrong.
I don’t think so. But it is safe to say that it was whatever your posted the last day. I know some people even emailed the Celebitchy owner asking to be unblocked because they felt they didn’t do anything wrong. They never got any response back, of course.
Some of them got eventually unblocked after a year or so, once their IP addresses disappeared from the blocked list. It looks like whatever blocking software CB uses, it clears up IP addresses after 6 months or a year.
No, I don’t. If anyone knows, feel free to shoot me a note. I’ll post it. I remember her as well. She had very thoughtful posts.
I also remember Nutballs. She was funny, she was a Hiddleston fan. Once she ventured outside of Hiddles posts into something more controversial and got banned.
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I just checked Lianna’s site, I thought I saw Viriginia’s posts there. Here is her last one from this July. Maybe she did start her own site.
Yeah–I haven’t been commenting on CB as often. Part of it is because I don’t want to write a comment and then have it modded–especially if I worked looong and haaard on that comment too. I’m also annoyed that you apparently can’t write about hot dreams about Tom Hardy, but they’ll let people GO TO TOWN on the Jennifer/Justin/Brad/Angelina threads. I mean, I honestly start dreading reading the threads because of a few people who just go after people for disagreeing. Why aren’t any of their comments deleted?
But yeah, I was telling my friend this, and she told me to start my own site—she convinced me…..:)
I don’t even click on Angelina’s articles. They are too much for my sanity.
For the love of peace, why are they still going on about Hillary Clinton? She is irrelevant.
On the day Bernie makes his “Medicare for all” proposal, there is no word of it on the supposedly progressive CB site, but a post again about Hillary and why it is not her fault.
There are only two people who dared to say - why are we still talking about Hillary, and both were attacked by all the hardcore Hilalry supporters repeatedly. They were accused of lying, being trolls, having ulterior motives and were told that they didn’t need to comment at all, if they didn’t care for Hillary.
It has been in the back of my mind the whole day, what does this behavior remind me of. And it finally clicked - a cult. That is exactly how cult members behave. The viciousness of the pro-Hillary posters on CB just goes a bit too far outside the accepted norms. The constant accusations of lying and having dishonest motives are hallmarks of people being in a complete and total denial about reality. They don’t see things objectively.
Ah, so today’s Cumberbatch article is called “Benedict Cumberbatch did his TIFF premiere without his loyal&faithful wife”.
That is some very low class trolling from Kaiser, and not at all feminist minded.
Clearly she hasn’t “forgiven” Cumberbatch’s wife for stealing yet another internet boyfriend from her.
Somebody comes across as very vindictive and completely lacking self-awareness.
I didn’t visit CB that day but according to other people this is what happened
“Oh my toads! So, earlier I said I wonder if “Kaiser will cover the BET awards’, well guess what? She decided to cover a agrument that a bunch of rappers had and Kaiser basically said, “nothing noteworthy happened on the show, so I’m not going to cover it, I’ll just talk about what was happening on twitter” (Aka the princess of wokeness didn’t watch the BET Awards and just saw that was trending on twitter) and so a lot of people were complaining about how dismissive the post was and complaining about Kaiser.Everyones stance was, why cover anything from the BET Awards? Why not just ignore the whole thing and be hypocrtical as always, because you always race bait and all that, but on your own website, you basically dismissed a amazing show that was full of diversity and amazing moments, Also you cover LITERALLY EVERY AWARD SHOW.
Kaiser loves to call people out on not being inclusive yet you aknowlegdeged the BET Awards and chose to report on something negative and after the show.
So tell me why, kaiser not only deleted a bunch of comments, but she LOCKED THE POST.
Instead of owning up to it, or apologizing, she LOCKED THE POST.
Seriousy?“
QQ and AlmondJoy were the people who apparently called Kaiser out on that BET awards show post and after that they disappeared. Either they got blocked or they left in protest. I think they were blocked.
But then Kaiser realized that she made a big mistake because ever since then the other people have been asking what happened to QQ and AlmondJoy and keep dropping hints like “ I wish some posters were still here”.
That is because Nicole, who criticized Kaiser, is black. And after what happened with AlmondJoy and QQ Kaiser is forced to tread lightly, otherwise she’ll lose all her POC readers.
If Meghan was a great humanitarian she wouldn’t be marrying into the royal family. I think she just wants a comfortable life. I don’t hate Kate, to me she is a stay at home mom, one of many. It is her choice. And Meghan is no different.
If Meghan was a great humanitarian she wouldn’t be signing up for a highly regimented life of a royal.
Just like Kaiser. -))
Whenver their is a postive Kate story Nosugarhere (one of the biggest and nasiest Kate haters of them all) either doesn’t comment, or they comment really late at night when the thread is dead.
Today’s BRF post was about George’s first day and was very postive. I find that whenever the posts are postive, then the haters don’t bother to comment. It’s really sad that their so hateful of these ppl that they can’t even comment nicely.
Also, I love how whenever LAK, Nosugarhere or Nic say something (and it usually sounds like made up tabloid nonsense to further incrimante Kate) everyone belives it. They seem to know exactly what Kate thinks.
what a bunch of looneys.
Today’s Munroe Bergdorf post is such a mess. I’ll try to step lightly here because I didn’t grow up in the US, and I didn’t grow up with the American race struggles. I had my own experiences as a mixed ethnicity person and I think that helps me to see both sides of the argument.
I only want to say that outside of the US there is no such term as “reverse racism”. At least I never heard it. There is only “racism”. No person is exempt from being seen as a racist if their actions are racist. And ”racism” means personal racism, institutional racism is called “institutional racism” and not simply “racism”.
Btw, I just read on the Guardian what happened to Michael Bennet and it is absolutely crazy. American police is out of control. Guns and racism are an awful combination. I am not black and American police terrifies me. I can’t imagine being black and having to face them, without knowing what to expect.
I am happy to see that common sense prevails in the comments under the Amal’s post. Here is what Kaiser said about Amal. It is her usual passive-aggressive style. And she thinks Taylor is a mean girl?
“I like that she’s not a “kept woman,” even though I’ve believed for a long time that George is financing her shopping habit. That being said, it wouldn’t surprise me if she did find a way to quietly quit her job, right?
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And kudos to Nicole for calling her out on that and sticking to her guns.
Nicole says:
You’re incredible rude about Amal and it’s confusing. People were right to tell you you didn’t know she could work from home, but you continue to be dismissive and imply that she doesn’t work that much. Plus, finance her shopping trips? They’re married, she likes to buy clothes, he’s not financing anything, it’s a shared pot of money. I don’t know…your attitude towards Amal seems odd.