"I am Spartacus"

[fpb]

Right. This is a bit late, now that Wikipedia is in on the act, but I still want to do it:

Ryan Giggs, the Manchester United football star, committed adultery with Imogen Thomas and then tried to forbid anyone from hearing about it by the use of a "super-injunction" - one of the corrupt British judiciary's worst outrages against freedom of speech. Now sue me, you spoilt, overindulged, cowardly little bully.

Comments

[elegant-bonfire.livejournal.com]

Sort of a branch-off from a similar convo on FB, so I can comment to both of you over here.

If most of the celebs behaving badly would own up to their behavior, the whole shitstorm would die a lonely death after a few weeks. David Letterman is a perfect example of this. When it came to light that he'd had affairs with his employees, he made a public acknowledgement and apology on his show one night and admitted he had a lot of amends to make. His TV ratings actually went up after that, and within a couple of weeks the whole thing was a non-issue because it was out in the open.

Compare that to Bill Clinton, who went on "lyin' and denyin'" when it was pretty obvious that the story was more than rumors. The press and the public were out for blood after that.

Yes, there are sleazy journalists, but I feel the main responsibility lies with the person who did the deed and how they handle the consequences.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

That is very, very true. There is very little I like about Max Mosley, including the outrageous damages he got from The Sun (not to mention the joke that indulging his sex games in German and in prison uniform had NUFFINK to do, M'Lud, with his family's history) , but his immediate admission that yes, this was was what floated his boat, was the only way to go.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

...and bear in mind that Letterman behaved a lot worse than Giggs. His abuse of employees was systematic and backed by his position as boss, with the implied consequences. But he played the system well, as one would expect a smart old media whore/fox like him to.