As many of you know by now - it was announced today that CNN weekend prime time anchor Don Lemon (above left) comes out in his new book - Transparent. Which leaves CNN with one openly gay anchor (Lemon) and one not-so-openly gay anchor (Anderson Cooper). I know I'm being greedy, but can we send in the top-secret Gay Recruitment Team Six (code name: "Squad Channing-LuPone") to recruit/convert the delicious TJ Holmes (below) to our team?? Pleeeeaaaaassse??????
CNBC dispelled rumors that former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs would be joining the business network. Meanwhile, Dobbs affirmatively told Fox Business News shock jock Don Imus that he didn’t even talk with CNBC and that he had “no idea where they even got that.” However, National Hispanic Media President Alex Nogales told ThinkProgress today that CNBC was in fact talking with Dobbs and that his hiring was, at least in part, thwarted by the same coalition of Latino, civil rights, and media-watchdog groups that successfully campaigned to get Dobbs off CNN airwaves.
By now most of you have seen (or heard about) Carrie Nojeans and her little tiff with Larry King last night (see video above). Basically what happened was that Carrie thought Larry was being "inappropriate" for asking questions ... on the show where he ASKS QUESTIONS for an hour each night. So Carrie took off her microphone and then sat there looking completely ridic. It was, according to Dlisted, a STORM-OFF FAIL!
The twisted Queen behind Dlisted - the brilliant Michael K - thinks Carrie's poor performance last night stems from not having a "Main Gay" in her life:
There's many reasons why Carrie needs a gay in her life, but her STORM OFF FAIL really got to me. If she had a main gay by her side, he would have taught her how to storm off properly thanks to Dynasty and other prime-time soap operas. Carrie just needed to look into the camera and calmly say, "LARRY KING (dramatic pause) I will destroy YOUR (dramatic pause) LIFE." Then she should have flipped her hair, whipped off her mic in one easy swoop, gracefully slid out of her chair, hiked up her titties, thrown one last shank eye into the camera and then strutted off like there's a hard 9-inch peen waiting for her in the wings. END SCENE.
You don't fumble with your mic and awkwardly sit there with a smile like a polite 4-year-old waiting for a juice box. Embarrassing! DO IT BIG, or don't do it all.
And THAT is why I want to be Michael K when I grow up ...
