Kendall Jenner & Bad Bunny Cozy Up
Sometimes I forget that Kris Jenner has deployed Kendall to keep the family relevant by forcing her to date one of the biggest reggaeton artists Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny are in a relationship. Anyways, the two were spotted at a Drake concert together the other day, kissing and canoodling and just generally acting (and I do mean “acting”) very couple-y.
According to Hola magazine, Kendall & Bad Bunny’s concert date has officially “cleared any doubts about their relationship.” Did Kris Jenner tell you to write that?! No, I’m just kidding. I don’t know why I literally think all of Kendall’s relationships are PR. In my mind, Kendall’s ideal date is just her by herself standing in front of a full-length mirror and admiring how physically perfect she is for hours on end.
The Blind Side Is a Lie
Do you guys remember The Blind Side? It was that tearjerking movie in which Sandra Bullock acted her face off as a strong, beautiful blonde woman named Leigh Anne Tuohy, whose family opens their hearts to a teenager named Michael Oher and takes him off the streets, gets him into football, and adopts him, making him an official member of the Tuohy family and setting him on a path to the NFL.
Sounds a little too good to be true, no? Recently, Michael Oher has come forward and essentially debunked the notion that the Tuohys adopted him in the first place. Rather, he argues, they tricked him into signing a conservatorship that allowed them to make money off of his life story without him ever seeing a cent of the profits.
It’s so funny because I actually recently rewatched this movie on a plane and it literally made me sob about seven different fucking times. That sounds like praise, which it kind of is, but also the movie is so insanely formulaic that the viewer’s body is basically left with no recourse but to shed tears. The entire project is basically a love letter to Sandra Bullock’s character, particularly at the expense of Michael, who comes off as simple to the point of being childlike. It’s deeply watchable as a movie, but somewhat disturbing when you consider that they’re supposed to be telling a real-life story here. Every scene basically goes like this:
Sandra Bullock: Have some pancakes Michael.
Michael: I’m from the streets. Usually there’s no money for pancakes, we just do CRACK all day long. I’ve never had a hot meal before in my LIFE.
Sandra Bullock: Well, there’s a first time for everything…son.
And then the music swells and I start crying lmao. I really think I don’t need to belabor how deeply and fully this movie perpetuates the white savior trope. It should just be called “White Savior: The Movie (The Help Prequel)”. In hindsight, it’s really not surprising at all that the writers took, shall we say, some creative liberties in crafting this tale. Although the movie may do a good job of telling this story, let’s keep in mind that it is just that — a story.
Raquel/Rachel Levis Speaks Out
You guys may have picked up on the fact that I have a slight soft spot for disgraced Vanderpump Rules star Rachel Leviss (formerly known as Raquel), mainly because I feel like people are too hard on her considering that everyone on that show is a cheater of some variety. I also think a lot of the cast just dislikes her in general (for example, when Katie/Lala were making fun of her for sleeping with a nightlight) and is using Scandoval as an excuse to ice her out. Anyways, RAQUEEN Raquel Rachel recently went on Bethenny Frankel’s podcast Just B to shed some light on her situation.
I listened to the episode whilst walking at 3.5mph on the treadmill, and I think Raquel handled herself pretty well. She was very apologetic, but at the same time she was definitely trying to “clear her name” a bit in terms of how she was portrayed on Vanderpump — for example, she takes issue with the narrative that she slept with her best friend’s boyfriend, since she and Ariana allegedly weren’t that close IRL. Ultimately, it seems like she’s NOT coming back to the show, which I think is good for her mental health but ugh, I want her to get revenge on Lala, Katie, and James lmao.
Sidebar: Bethenny is so fake pretending to be all gentle and sensitive with Raquel (“a woman’s voice is very powerful. Now Rachel is using hers…) when this is clearly all part of her ongoing vendetta against Bravo.
Doja Cat’s New Video
Fresh on the heels of calling all her fans giant losers with no lives (see past newsletters), Doja Cat has released the music video for her single Paint The Town Red, in which she dresses up as a sexy Lucifer and gyrates around in the sinister darkness.
I have a lot of thoughts every time a celebrity chooses to do this whole devil aesthetic. First of all…IT’S BEEN DONE. This is not me going down the Hollywood-as-a-Satanic-cult conspiracy thing, but am I the only one who low-key just rolls their eyes at this imagery at this point? We’ve seen SOO many times (Lil Nas X, Sam Smith, just off the top of my head…) and it’s even more cringey when the song is just a generic pop song and has no connection to the music video. What gets me is there’s this pretense, like ooo I’m being so bad and daring. I knoww this is making you uncomfortable. Like no, it’s just annoying how you think you’re pushing the envelope, not the imagery in and of itself.
At best, I feel like it’s the artist’s attempt to inject some seediness and darkness to what is otherwise a pretty basic (if catchy…) track. Like ooo so dark and sexy. At worst, I feel like this is a formulaic attempt to drum up some controversy so that soccer moms/dads around the globe get all up in arms on social media & then her base (whom she insults on a regular basis lol) jumps up to defend her. This worked for Lil Nas X; however, Doja Cat’s video has already been out for over a week now with a relative dearth of pushback, so I guess the shock value may be waning.
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