Whoever advised Joss Whedon to break his silence should be fired. Immediately.

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H’oy boy. So, Joss Whedon has decided to break his silence on the accusations against him.

Quick recap: Whedon was accused by Ray Fisher of being abusive towards him on the set of Justice League and of lightening an actor’s complexion; Gal Gadot says that he threatened her career; and many of the women of Buffy: Charisma Carpenter, Amber Benson, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Sarah Michelle Gellar, say that he created a toxic work environment. He was accused of being cruel to fellow writers, to having affairs with his young actresses, and at times being physically abusive with the crew. It’s a whole lot of very bad behavior from a guy who had been lionized for his feminism and empathy.

ANYWAY, He gave an interview to New York Magazine, and it’s a long piece with a LOT of cringe. Some of the takeaways are:

1. He claimed he never threatened Gadot or anyone else, and that they had a miscommunication because of a “language barrier”.

2. As a showrunner, he might not have been “mannerly” but he was one of the “nicer showrunners that’s ever been.”

3. In terms of sleeping with the actresses: “… he quickly added that he had felt he ‘had’ to sleep with them, that he was ‘powerless’ to resist. I laughed. ‘I’m not actually joking,’ he said. He had been surrounded by beautiful young women — the sort of women who had ignored him when he was younger — and he feared if he didn’t have sex with them, he would ‘always regret it.’”

4. And when it comes to Ray Fisher, according to Whedon, none of his allegations were “true or merited discussing.” He then called Fisher “a malevolent force,” before adding, “We’re talking about a bad actor in both senses.”

WOW. OK. I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE BAD, BUT … WHERE TO EVEN BEGIN?

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And in another story that just won’t fucking go away: the Spears sisters are at war. The quick and dirty version is that Jamie Lynn Spears has recently written an autobiography and gave ABC News some interviews. On Good Morning America last week, she tied to distance herself from the conservatorship pointing out that she was only 17 and pregnant when it was happening and didn’t really understand what was happening. She then claimed that she tried to help her sister later. Then on Nightline, she called Britney’s behavior “erratic,” “paranoid” and “spiraling.”

Britney was (understandably) upset by her sister’s accusations and statements, and that she’s trying to make money by exploiting her situation.

And in response to that, Jamie Lynn asked her sister for a cease-fire, and claimed that her family is receiving death threats. Enough already. Look: point taken that Jamie Lynn had no power over the conservatorship, but she could have been more publicly supportive of Britney and not tried to enrich herself on her sister’s career. So maybe everyone just … stop?

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