Wednesday, December 09, 2020

Olivia Jade on "Red Table Talk": Reopening the Varsity Blues Wound

Most times, I don't despise the rich and famous as much as other people. Whatever they do in their private lives is none of my business and whatever they do in public (unless it's for a good cause or interests me in the world of entertainment) is mostly none of my concern. I have my own interests and concerns in my own life to deal with. But when they do something bad, I'd think they deserve the shame and disappointment to last them a while; and if they do bad and illegal, I'll watch in anger and disgust and wish them a brutal misery in solitary confinement. Especially if they screw over the regular people that deserve they get even more in the process.

Which brings me to Olivia Jade Gianulli. If it weren't for the College Admissions Scandal, I would've been extremely content on not knowing who the hell she is. But since I do now, because of what she's been doing lately since her parents, former Full House star Lori Laughlin and fashion magnate Mossimo Gianulli, were convicted and sentenced for their participation in the scandal, it's time I speak on this with the right amount of discontent.

Since you all know what happened, I'll skip the petty details. What Loughlin and Gianulli did was absolutely wrong and certifiably incriminating. They had the money to pay for Liv's (and her sister's) tuition to USC (or at least donate money towards a new building or sponsoring an old one). This was so infuriating - yet so Lifetime Original Movie level absurd - that you can't help but laugh angry.
But then Liv's later actions ramped up the fury.

Jade appeared on Facebook Watch's red-hot Red Table Talk recently to discuss her (now in)famous mom and dad's occupations in Operation Varsity Blues and their subsequent [un]shockingly short stays in the slammer. And everything about this pisses me the all the blue hell off.

Here's the interview. Try not to throw your electronic device through the fucking wall.


Now look. There are kids out there who work incredibly hard throughout school life and dream of going to a famous, accredited higher learning institution (myself included), but they don't have the money and resources to do so, and so the best option is to apply for grants and scholarships. Some are very lucky to earn them (and therefore their way to college) while others are not unfortunately. That's a part of life. Even more so, even those who earn it are nothing to sneeze at compared to kids whom strike it on the genetic lottery, often getting in to these universities on full rides thanks to the wealth and powerful influence of their well-off parents, whom will do anything to get their obscenely overpaid offspring the open gates to waltz into the place and do whatever they want (including not pulling in schoolwork and studying) without second thought. Which is exactly where pretty little Olivia fits in (in the worst way).

Wench, please. You knew all this time what your parents was wrong, but did nothing to stop them. I don't care if you being the child and them the parents overrides your begging, pleading and attempts to abort the scheme. You sat back as your parents colluded with skeevy-as-shit criminals to get your over-caked ass to college on a full ride (a crew scholarship yet!!!), and not once even thought to stop them and reminded them that with their wealth (remember: Mom is Aunt Becky and Dad draws clothes for other wealthy douchebags), they could've paid for your tuition with no problems and they'd still work with more bags of cash Venmo'd to them. But instead they get caught and deservedly get to go to prison.

You better be lucky and fortunate that they spent a cup of coffee (a wrestling term) in the slammer, because if they were black, they would've gotten (slightly) longer terms in the PEN! I honestly would've forgotten about this even after their release. But the fact that you're on a web talk show - crying crocodile tears creepy thirsty ass men would've cheerfully licked off the table or floor - and saying how sad you were that your parents went to jail for something you didn't think to do under the sky-high privilege you pretend you didn't know you had until now pisses me the fuck off so hard that I'd feel like Liam Neeson stalking the streets and slapping the white and Italian off a bitch. And fortunately, I'm not the only one because the RTT hosts weren't feeling her explanation either, neither were the co-hosts of The View, as shown in the latter's clip here.

You are now the biggest and most shining female example of white privilege (the Kardashians can now settle for the closest #2 that'll make your head spin). The fact that you are a beauty vlogger on YouTube and influencer also makes my teeth hurt. You could've made your money for college all on your own from the funds you make from these platforms and positions (and if OnlyFans existed before the scandal, many positions). I would've happily kept you in the back of my mind and move on to important things in my life so that I don't have to waste brain cells and pop a damn vessel over you or your stupid family. But since you wanted to get more attention and capitalize from this embarrassing display of celebrity greed and shame by asking us to feel sorry for you because you had no say in getting into a college you probably wanted to party at more than study and learn at (damn well especially not do the sport your parents got the full ride for), I cannot do anything but be furious at yet another rich kid breezing through life with all the wealth to feed and shelter a whole community of poor and destitute and not care about the people and consequences you run over and ignore every day as you don't have to deal with them.

I don't know if only a certain number of adults have admissions to USC; but if so, then you and -- stole full rides from two very deserving, hard-working, sweet-dreaming adults who would've used their scholarships to their fullest potentials and make major waves in the crew industry or somewhere else in the employment field. You are not sorry. You're sorry because you got caught doing a crime of being aware of your parents falsifying records for a crew career in a college admissions application and having a hand it. Not because you didn't know anything about it and felt guilty of it after the fact. The fact that you are not or were not punished with more than a guilty conscience and heavy shame is nauseating. But since you are guilty in the court of public opinion, this may be enough for me. Emphasis on "may".

Shed them tears somewhere else, go home, try to make more beauty tutorials and pics hawking the latest styles and trends on Instagram, because we have no time or energy for ratfinks like you and your thieving parents.

Fuck off, Olivia Jade. You are dismissed.

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