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same celebratory
joy as when a
Handmaid is able
to escape Gilead.”
ANA NAVARRO-CÁRDENAS
The CNN contributor and View
co-host, on Twitter, reacting to the
news that Shepard Smith had
abruptly left Fox News after 23 years.“I worked so hard
and it was
humiliating.”
MINDY KALING
The actress-producer, claiming on Twitter
that while she was writing for The Office, the
TV Academy tried to strip her of a producing
credit because she was the “most junior
person, a woman of color. Easiest to dismiss.”
The Academy denied the accusation.“I’m a fucking
idiot.”
ELON MUSK
The Tesla CEO, in an email
to a PR consultant unsealed
as part of a defamation
lawsuit, admitting he’d erred
by sending BuzzFeed an email
calling a British cave diver
a “child rapist.” The diver had
saved 12 kids.“Excuse me,
my kids are here.
Live television.”
COURTNEY KUBE
The NBC News national security
correspondent, during a live
broadcast, after her 4-year-old
son wandered onto the studio set
and ended up on camera.“I will be on the
Capitol every Friday,
rain or shine.”
JANE FONDA
The actress and activist,
in a message on her website
announcing that she’d
moved to Washington to stage
weekly protests over climate
change. She was arrested
Oct. 11 during the first protest.“I receive
unsolicited emails
from all sorts of
odious people
and routinely reply
politely.”
NOAH OPPENHEIM
The NBC News president, in
The New York Times, responding
to Ronan Farrow’s account
of Oppenheim’s cordial email to
Harvey Weinstein.“I take it out on
my chihuahuas
behind
the scenes.”
PAULA ABDUL
The singer and original
American Idol judge, on
Watch What Happens Live!,
after host Andy Cohen
praised her positive reaction
to Katy Perry’s $25 million
payday to serve as a judge
on the reboot.“The new set of
competitors is
actually just the
old set of
competitors.”
TED SARANDOS
The Netflix chief content
officer, in the Los Angeles
Times, projecting confidence
that his company will
prevail in the upcoming
streaming wars.MAY 30, 2019
“There could be something called
‘basketball diplomacy.’ ”
ADAM SILVER
The NBA commissioner, at a news conference, expressing hope that sports could unite East
and West “the way pingpong” did in the ’70s. On Oct. 9, the league’s Chinese partners suspended
ties with the NBA because of a pro-Hong Kong tweet by Rockets GM Daryl Morey.