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Scar-Jo Blames Her Ladyparts For Spurring Obama Email Frenzy
Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 2:20 AM on August 7, 2008
Now that Scarlett Johansson is finally hitting the road to stump for the upcoming Vicky Cristina Barcelona, reporters have seized on the opportunity to ask her about the important man in her life. No, not her fiancé Ryan Reynolds — we're talking about presidential candidate/father figure Barack Obama. You may recall how the actress made headlines back in June for discussing her email relationship with Obama, a sexy media fantasy that titillated reporters before the Obama campaign itself debunked it. Now, Johansson is claiming that the whole affair got too much attention because of the media's "extreme sexism":
"I kept thinking to myself, 'God, if this was just, like, Kal Penn or George Clooney, or any of the other [Obama] surrogates or supporters ... there wouldn't be [any] question about it," the actress, 23, tells the Associated Press. "Nobody would even talk about it."
..."I was merely trying to express my delight at Obama's commitment in his campaign in every aspect, and his interest and his support [in] his surrogates, and his staff and his fellows, and how wonderful and refreshing that is," she says. "And it was manipulated into such an unfortunate media frenzy of kind of a non-story."
Au contraire, Scar-Jo! We here at Defamer can promise you that if Kal Penn or George Clooney would simply follow your lead and pose provocatively in an open cardigan (see above), we'd mock up a Photoshop before you could even say, "si se puede." Or was that your clone?
[Photo Credit: Getty Images]
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WGARefugee
Posted 3:01 AM 7/8/08
Why is it that I'm always stuck behind my desk when you run that photograph?
WGARefugee
TillieHarper
Posted 2:45 AM 7/8/08
No, not SEXism, RAC(E)ism. He's not even President yet, and he's trying to steal all our white women. I believe that is the unstated statement, I being a black woman.
TillieHarper
Shumina
Posted 2:45 AM 7/8/08
@hummingpenguin: Dang. You said it maturely. NOW what am I supposed to say?
Shumina
hummingpenguin
Posted 2:43 AM 7/8/08
See, it's also true that if it were Jena Malone or Thora Birch or some other young woman who doesn't present herself half-naked in every photograph, there would have less of a media frenzy. ScarJo has cultivated an image for herself that has definitely paid dividends but is also going to be difficult to shake.
hummingpenguin
gimplonius
Posted 2:40 AM 7/8/08
Did she just diss Kumar?
gimplonius
Losin_it
Posted 2:39 AM 7/8/08
She's a triple threat-- she can't act, she can't sing, and she isn't very bright.
Losin_it
Tiger_Tanaka
Posted 2:37 AM 7/8/08
It is damn near impossible to read and stare at her boobs at the same time. But I did it. Bond, James Bond.
Tiger_Tanaka
TheQuestion
Posted 2:35 AM 7/8/08
How'd Ryan Reynolds get that damn lucky?
TheQuestion
juniperjenny
Posted 2:32 AM 7/8/08
Where there's a Kennedy, they look for a Marilyn.
juniperjenny
Old No.7
Posted 2:32 AM 7/8/08
I need to become a Democratic politician. Those guys are always swimmin' in poon.
Old No.7
Oxycontinmoron
Posted 2:29 AM 7/8/08
and I blame her ladyparts for my lack of ability to focus!
Oxycontinmoron
thomashenry
Posted 3:22 AM 7/8/08
Poor Soon Yi. To have to hear "Scarlett" screamed out every time.
thomashenry
hummingpenguin
Posted 4:05 AM 7/8/08
@Shumina: ScarJo presuming that she is somehow representative of all women brings out the scolding women's studies minor in me, is all. On with the snark!
hummingpenguin
kookla
Posted 3:58 AM 7/8/08
Did Scarjo refer to herself as "God" ?
kookla
Desk_hack
Posted 4:27 AM 7/8/08
My memory might be failing me, but I don't recall Kal Penn or George Clooney saying in their statements of support that they were, like, totally in love with Obama, like our barely-cardiganed friend up there has. Had they, too, expressed themselves like a giddy 13 year-old girl writing in her diary, they might have been called out as well.
Desk_hack
Losin_it
Posted 4:45 AM 7/8/08
@Desk_hack: Well said!
Losin_it
marie123
Posted 7:36 AM 7/8/08
@hummingpenguin: We here at Defamer can promise you that if Kal Penn or George Clooney would simply follow your lead and pose provocatively in an open cardigan (see above), we'd mock up a Photoshop before you could even say, "si se puede."
...That was from "Allure..." which always does sex-ed up spreads of their female starlets (with the exception of Ellen Degeneres)...wtf do Defamer editors think, that was taken for a movie premiere?
Or is she fair game for this bullshit b/c she had such a photo taken...ever?
Guess so.
Can't believe I've been moved to defend Scar Jo, whom I otherwise don't give a shit about (nice tits, though...pretty girl.)
marie123