Who is October's Shitbag of the Month?

Our first contender is Megyn Kelly. The 55-year old former Fox news correspondent made some truly disgusting comments about the Cornell 7 case this month. On the Oct 5th "The Megyn Kelly Show" episode, Kelly said that Jane Doe (the rape victim of the case) made the decision to "get it on" with four men because she's not attractive and enjoyed the attention. Kelly went on to say that Doe is "extremely beefy" in her arms and legs and saw being seen as attractive by these men as a win. She "made the decision" to drink and go to a party at 11 o'clock PM, so it's her own fault that this happened. Oh, and Kelly also pointed out that the victim didn't even determine that she was a victim until two weeks after the incident happened. But don't worry, Kelly said she wasn't trying to be insulting, she was just sharing her opinion. Not only are these comments heinous, but they're especially egregious when you consider that Megyn Kelly herself has been a victim of sexual assault from Fox CEO Roger Ailes. 

On a more lighthearted note, our second contender is Kelly Clarkson. The American Idol winner took to X to share an experience she had in a Brooklyn novelty toy shop called Art of Play. Clarkson claims she spotted an animatronic bird named Molly on shop's wall and said she wanted to buy it. But the staff very snootily told her that it was very expensive and they couldn't sell it to her, so she left birdless. After sharing her experience online, Art of Play responded to the claims by saying that Molly is the store's mascot and is not for sale. Clarkson fired back, showing that there was a $15,000 price tag on the bird when she was there. People had mixed reactions to the debacle: many sided with Clarkson saying that she shouldn't have been treated this way by staff, whereas others believe that she weaponized her social media post against a small business. What do you think, Peckers, is the songbird in the wrong here? Or the shop?

Our third turd is Selma Blair. During a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Blair allegedly got into a physical altercation with two flight attendants. It is alleged that she punched of them and bit another. A passenger also sustained minor injuries during the attack. Airport officials were called and Blair was arrested and taken to the hospital, where it is alleged that she also kicked a police officer and attacked a nurse. The actor's publicist told the BBC that Blair had had a medical emergency that led to the altercation. Now Selma is a self-admitted biter: in her own memoir, she said that she has bitten celebrities including Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane and Kate Moss. This also isn't Selma's first airplane incident: she had a meltdown on a flight back in 2016 after mixing alcohol with her MS medication, for which she was hospitalized upon landing. Blair has been charged with two counts of second-degree assault stemming from this latest incident, and she has plead not guilty.

Fourth up is Shane Gillis. The 38-year old comedian received sharp backlash this month following his Oct 10th appearance on SNL. During his monologue, Gillis made a "joke" about how women at the gym dress "like whores" now. People were outraged by his blatant misogyny, especially in light of the Cornell Seven gang rape that was mentioned above. People called out his sexualization of innocent women just working out, and also criticized his degradation of sex workers. Gillis was originally fired from SNL back in 2019 after a clip surfaced of him using racial slurs during an episode of his podcast. He has also made homophobic remarks on the podcast as well. Shocking! But Lorne Michaels clearly didn't hold a grudge since he has welcomed Gillis back to SNL many times since he was fired. 

Our last Shitbag is Martha Stewart. Slipping into the competition right at the end of the month, Martha found herself in hot water after sharing a photo of herself in a "homeless person" costume for Halloween. It appears the photo was posted in error as it was part of a carousel of photos promoting her QVC candle line. She swiftly deleted the post, but naturally fans noticed it and she received quite a lot of heat. As if that wasn't bad enough, Stewart made a post about the incident saying that she had dressed that way in order to "bring awareness" to homelessness. Um, sure. Hours later, she posted again saying that she "really screwed up" and she was sorry. Then, instead of simply leaving it alone, a few days later she claimed that Today's Craig Melvin spilled chocolate all over her cardigan right before her Halloween party, so the easiest thing she could do was to dress up as a bum. Christ, where is her PR team?!

Sources: Yahoo, CNN, Page Six, BBC

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