I Marie Kondo’d so much of my wardrobe last year. And I’m here to tell you... I miss every piece of clothing. I think about them all the time. Don’t believe her. She is a chaos agent.
It's that time of year again where I remind you all that there's no evidence in the text that the Monster Mash takes place on Halloween. It's just a fun party for monsters that could be in April for all we know.
VIVID GAY MEMORY FROM CHILDHOOD:
Went to see Homeward Bound and was obsessed with Sassy the cat. Made sure to focus during the credits to see who was the voice. Wrote it down in my diary when I got home. “Sally Field,” I wrote to myself, “She’s one to watch.”
This is the FINAL time I will explain the difference between ice dance and pairs. Ice dancers have wider, U-shaped snouts, while pair skater snouts are more pointed and V-shaped. Pair skaters prefer saltwater habitats, while ice dancers inhabit freshwater marshes and lakes.
This will be the indelible image of the Beijing Olympics for me. Victory, but at what cost? The emotional well-being of minors callously disregarded. Why the hell are we even doing this sport if this is what a golden moment looks like? I am in tears tonight for figure skating.
I’m:
⚪️ Straight
⚪️ Gay
🔘 A star! And the audience loves me. And I love them. And they love me for lovin’ them and I love them for lovin’ me. And we LOVE each other. And that’s cuz none of us got enough love in our childhoods. And that’s showbiz... kid!
How was Kevin Hart supposed to know that gay people are human beings who deserve respect in the year 2010?! LGBTQ equality was a foreign concept that hadn’t even been spoken of yet! I was still sharing a jail cell with Oscar Wilde back then!
If someone comes out to you, PLEASE resist the urge to tell them you “already knew.” This isn’t going to earn you your Junior Sleuth badge, Nancy Drew! All you need to do is express your love and reassure them that you are an ally.
#HappyNationalComingOutDay
Was LOVE SIMON a squeaky clean rich fantasy of coming out? Sure. But it was also adorable and well-executed and surprisingly healing for me. It would have been so important to me at 16. I didn’t know I needed this type of content. Gay people deserve “comfort-food” movies too.
One of the great stresses in my life is who I will do on Snatch Game on RuPaul’s Drag Race, no I do not do drag professionally nor do I intend to start
RUPAUL: What would you tell a 4 year-old Christopher? (Shows photo of me as a child)
AUDIENCE: Awwwww!
ME: You must STOP 9/11! Make sure no one in the towers!!
AUDIENCE: (silence)
ME: Also, get the HPV vaccine hehe 😉
I’m rooting for Saoirse to win the Best Actress Oscar, but I am excited by the possibility that if Frances McDormand wins, she would punch Casey Affleck onstage.
You gotta admire Carmen Sandiego’s nerve. Girl would steal Mount Rushmore and be like, “you’ll NEVER find me! UNLESS you can figure out… the capital of France!!!” Then, softly whisper, “it rhymes with Maris.”
Truly don’t understand “oops I didn’t shower today” culture on Twitter. Showering is the best part of my day? I would live in the shower if I could. Gonna start “oops I didn’t get out of the shower once today” Twitter.
I feel like I just witnessed HOW NATHAN GOT HIS GROOVE BACK! Are you kidding me?!? SIX quads? He’s got such a brilliant career ahead of him. Can’t wait for Nathan Chen to get a couple World titles under his belt. That was a study in RESILIENCE.
“Ugh, kids today are so narcissistic with their ‘selfies’ and Instagrams!” says the generation that would make their friends come to their homes and watch SLIDESHOWS of their vacations.
Straight guys get multiple channels devoted to sports 24 hours a day, but 4 hours a year was too much for the Oscars? Let me say it again for those in the back: THE 👏 OSCARS 👏 SHOULD 👏 TAKE 👏 AS 👏 LONG 👏 AS 👏 THE 👏 WORLD 👏 CUP 👏
Forget about “Angela Bassett did the thing,” I’m obsessed with “Jamie Lee you are all of us” because it’s such a bad example? Her parents are movie stars and she’s a BARONESS.
I’m not sure the world will survive much longer so I need to finally say something that has been bugging me for a long time...
GINGERBREAD MEN LIVING IN GINGERBREAD HOUSES IS LIKE HUMANS LIVING IN HOUSES MADE OF FLESH AND BONE.
Thinking about how I’m too scared to ask for things I need in my life and how I should be more like the guy on Grindr who asked if he could come over and use my printer.
OSCAR OPENING PITCH: We see the reflection of the Dolby sign in a puddle. The reflection is pierced by a high heel stepping in the water. A hooded figure appears. She lowers her hood and smiles warmly. It is Nicole Kidman. "We come to this place for Oscars..." The crowd ROARS.
If you want a good look into who I am as a person, I was the kid in high school who didn’t understand why it was “fun” to have class outside. “Great, now there’s a wasp on my AP chemistry textbook.”
Does every Lord of the Rings property have to be epic? I could really go for a drama about a marriage between elves that has gone sour and the chaos that ensues when they invite a young hobbit couple over for drinks.
I hate songs like "I want a love where we FIGHT & KISS IN THE RAIN & GO CRAZY 4 EACH OTHER!" I want a love song like "I ask him where my charger is and he says 'what?' from the other room and I say 'my charger!' and he's like 'what?' and I yell 'MY CHARGER, YOU HAD IT LAST!'"
That long program, complete with a TRIPLE AXEL, from Mirai Nagasu was the epitome of COURAGE. No one would have blamed her if she left that element out for the team event. But NOPE, she went out guns blazing and made some American Olympic history! I still have goosebumps!
People on social media are way too performative about their friendships. I could maybe name two of my friends’ birthdays. Meanwhile, other people are posting 7-part insta stories congratulating their friend’s parents on 32 years of marriage.
I believe we need to end mass incarceration but I also believe in hard jail time for anyone who says “actually, we’ve already met” when you introduce yourself.
I walk into Barnes & Noble and possibilities abound! Suddenly, a skeleton hand rests on my shoulder. An ice-cold whisper drifts into my ear, “You don’t even have enough time left to read all the books you already own...”
Serbia wins the award for biggest improvement from recorded track to live performance. Our watch party lost it for LOCO LOCO! Nothing more powerful than three women of different hair colors coming together.
#Eurovision
British people love asking “are you alright?” as a normal hello, not realizing that it triggers an “oh god do I not look alright?” reaction in Americans. I am nearly broken by weeks of this phrase.
I wish I had more gay role models like Adam Rippon when I was growing up in the sport. He has no responsibility to meet with a homophobe on a regular week, much less DAYS BEFORE the Olympics. Now go rock it,
@Adaripp
! Queer excellence is the fiercest rebuttal to homophobia 💅🏼
I can’t wait to return to a world where a waiter tells me they “do things a little differently here” and then explains the concept of small plates to me 😭😭😭
YES ADAM RIPPON! I could barely breathe for the length of that whole program. Young skaters, take note. You don't need a ton of flailing and bells and whistles to make a great program. Watch how Adam DREW US ALL IN with quiet simplicity. I adore that long program!
DISNEY+: Nod along as your friends stan all the Disney Channel content you pretended to have seen in middle school when actually you didn’t have cable at home! 🙃✌️
Please watch THE FATHER! It sounds like traditional Oscar fare but it actually has such a surprising disorienting structure that makes it singular. Anthony Hopkins does career-best work. One of my fave films of the year.
Jason Brown's "Sinnerman" program will be studied by choreographers for years to come. A perfect marriage of music and choreo, every move has a purpose and intention. He's not a medal contender without a quad, but goddamn that is some artistic excellence out there!
#BEIJING2022