Flashback: We've Never Seen James Woods as Angry as He Got for Sarah... I'll Bet Gov. Huckabee's Already Called Him
Comedian Michelle Wolf became more famous after Saturday night than she was before, much the same way the Hindenburg was a lot more famous after May 6, 1937 than it was before.
Wolf was the headliner at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where she mercilessly mocked Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ appearance in between jokes about how, when it comes to abortion, one shouldn’t “knock it ’til you try it.”
There were plenty of people distancing themselves from Wolf’s performance — including the head of the White House Correspondents’ Association, who said the evening’s program “was meant to offer a unifying message about our common commitment to a vigorous and free press while honoring civility, great reporting and scholarship winners, not to divide people.
My guess is that James Woods won’t be accepting that apology.
Woods has been known for venting his spleen on Twitter occasionally. However, after Saturday night’s performance, the actor went off on a tweetstorm like we’ve never seen from him before.
Woods began by responding to a Matt Drudge tweet wondering why neither Sanders nor Kellyanne Conway walked out of the “festivities.”
Because class shines bright in the face of low class trash. They were beacons in a night of liberal embarrassment and self degradation. https://t.co/4j1IrAyeNv
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) April 29, 2018
Woods then went after Taley and her “apology.”
You would regret it more if someone were to attack your looks and demean your achievements. The way you #Democrats attack women of achievement is abominable. Shame on you. You and your event are headed for the dustbin of history. Save your breath for the Unemployment Office. https://t.co/4LzeY3YCLN
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) April 29, 2018
He also predicted that Wolf’s clanging, misogynist routine would be great campaign fodder for the GOP.
Put this clip in every campaign video for Republican women running for office in #2018. It’s a gift from heaven. https://t.co/LlsDa87Cuj
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) April 29, 2018
New York Times reporter Maggie Haber called out Wolf, but Woods questioned the sincerity of her statement.
Oh, save it, you phony. The #WHCD was such a catastrophe for you #FakeNews #Democrat fluffers, you’re now going to back pedal in sisterly sympathy? You’re an embarrassment to a once valued profession, now a national joke. Go spew more lies for your plantation master, Carlos Slim. pic.twitter.com/x95kv1h3HJ
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) April 29, 2018
They hate @PressSec Sarah Huckabee Sanders because she represents every aspect of American womanhood that we admire: intelligence, grace, empowerment, patriotism, and beauty. The troll who trashed her at the #WHCD was too dim to memorize her own “jokes.” She had to read them.
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) April 29, 2018
Woods closed by giving Wolf a taste of her own medicine.
Raving beauty derides the looks of others… #MichelleWolf #Cruel pic.twitter.com/I6tf5F6uSK
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) April 29, 2018
Well, that’s pretty much as harsh as you can get. One can imagine former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is giving Woods a call this morning, first to thank him for defending his daughter, and then to ask Woods if his blood pressure’s a bit high.
While Woods may have gone scorched earth here, Wolf deserves to be criticized. And, to be fair, Woods was far from the first person to realize that her weak-sauce attempt at running a Stephen Colbert-like stunt was misguided and hateful.
However, he was one of the most vocal critics of Wolf — and we love him for it.
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