the gayest thing I've ever posted on here. No really, it's about a ghey. This is so typical of where we are in this country. Ellen DeGeneres was invited and accepted the invitation to watch the Packers/Cowboys with former Prez George W. at Jerry World. As was to be expected, she got smoked on the twatters for sleeping with the enemy. (Well, not really sleeping with, because again...she's ghey) It was her response to all the backlash that caught my eye. You may not think much of her, but DeGeneres is actually a pretty big deal in the entertainment world, having taken over for big-headed Oprah Winfrey. I was just surprised to see someone in her position give an honest, reasonable response without kowtowing to the Hollywood crowd. Her response in a foxy news piece:
"When we were invited, I was aware that I was going to be surrounded with people from very different views and beliefs. And I'm not talking about politics... I was rooting for the Packers," DeGeneres joked. "So I had to hide my cheese hat in Portia's purse."
She noted that some "people were upset."
"They thought, why is a gay Hollywood liberal sitting next to a conservative Republican president?... A lot of people were mad. And they did what people do when they're mad... they tweet," she told her audience.
"Here's the thing: I'm friends with George Bush. In fact, I'm friends with a lot of people who don't share the same beliefs that I have," DeGeneres continued. "We're all different and I think that we've forgotten that that's okay that we're all different... but just because I don't agree with someone on everything doesn't mean that I'm not going to be friends with them."
Former President George W. Bush and wife Laura, left, and Ellen DeGeneres, right, attended a Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. (AP)
"When I say, 'Be kind to one another,' I don't mean only the people that think the same way that you do. I mean be kind to everyone. Doesn't matter."
DeGeneres concluded by thanking Charlotte and Jerry Jones -- Jerry Jones is the owner of the Dallas Cowboys and Charlotte is his daughter --as well as George and Laura Bush for a "Sunday afternoon that was so fun," but added that they owe her "six dollars for the nachos."