Reporter: Donald Trump called me the c-word
A reporter recalls Donald Trump’s 1988 reaction to a story she wrote about him. She says he called and cursed at her, then called her the c-word to her boss. The Trump campaign responded to her claims, saying «there is absolutely no truth to this whatsoever.»
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‘She called me the C-word’: Son catches his mum’s hilarious reaction on camera as he returns unexpectedly from two years of travelling
- Video has emerged of mum’s hysterical reaction after son returns home
- Harry McGurk spent two years backpacking across the land Down Under
- The 25-year-old thought it would be a brilliant idea to surprise his mother
- It was a magical moment for the speechless mother and her son to reunite
- When he walked through the door, his mum screamed and fell to the floor
- She quickly jumped up and gave her son a big long hug
- The first words that came out from his mum were: ‘You c***! You c***!’
- McGurk said once he renews his passport, he’ll be on the next plane again
Published: 14:40 BST, 2 February 2015 | Updated: 15:10 BST, 2 February 2015
After travelling half way across the globe for two years, Harry McGurk wanted to give his mother the best surprise of a lifetime.
The 25-year-old, from Fulham in south-west London, spent two long years backpacking around Australia and some parts of South-East Asia.
With his mother thinking that her son was going to be away for another two years, the last thing she’d imagine was to see him return without a heads-up.
Capturing the magical moment, the footage shows McGurk standing outside his family home in London as he tells the camera that his mum was not expecting to see him.
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Harry McGurk spent two years travelling Australia and recently returned to his London home to surprise mum
‘The original plan was to travel for another two years and fly to New Zealand but my passport was soon to expire,’ McGurk told Daily Mail Australia.
‘I thought I would come home, surprise her and renew my passport before I head off again.’
Handing his camera phone over to his friend so he could continue recording, McGurk unlocks the door and casually walks in and says, ‘mum, my key still work’.
Falling to the ground, she starts screaming at the top of her lungs and covers her face as it appears she couldn’t believe who she was seeing.
The 25-year-old recorded the magical moment when he walked through the doors unexpectedly
McGurk pictured with his mother from the weekend as she enjoys having him back home
Still screaming and struggling to get the words out of her mouth, she quickly jumps up and runs over to give her son a big long hug while she sheds tears of happiness.
Wiping away her tears of joy, it was a magical moment for the speechless mother and her son to reunite after two long years.
‘I felt very happy — it was a great reaction to see from her,’ McGurk said.
As she pulls away to give her son one good look, the first words she said were: ‘You c***! You c***!’
‘Yeah I don’t know why she called me the c word — it was the first thing that came to her mind but I’m glad I got to surprise her,’ he told Daily Mail Australia.
McGurk backpacked around Australia, travelling around WA, Perth, Sydney, Victoria, Melbourne and Darwin
The 25-year-old, from Fulham in south-west London, spent two long years backpacking around Thailand
Despite being back home with his mum, McGurk said once his passport is renewed, he’ll be on the next plane
Despite being back home with his mother, McGurk said once he gets his new passport, he will be on the next plane.
‘I’m leaving in March for Vietnam and then off to New Zealand,’ he said.
‘Mum is excited to have me back home but she’s happy for me to travel the world too.’
‘She called me the C-word’: Son catches his mum’s hilarious reaction on camera as he returns unexpectedly from two years of travelling
Guy A: Yo man tha C-word issa racial slerr, ya heard doo.
Guy B: Very little of us «C-wordees» are offended by it, its just another of those failed terms used to degrate us.
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It pains me to utter it because the FBI will probably investigate me for it, but the C word refers to «Christmas.» Originally derived from the Roman Saturnalia (observed on the winter solstice) and still viewed by some as a pagan holiday, in 2005 it was made illegal to say this word when preceded by the word «merry.» Also, according to federal law, if anyone now directs the dread term «Merry Christmas!» towards a non-Christian, the mandatory minimum punishment is 20 lumps of coal for Christmas, as well as castration (it is a sort of forced New Year’s resolution that you will give up your sexuality, male or female). In accordance with the law, in 2005 President George W. Bush sent out «Christmas» cards which simply read «Happy Holidays!» This is now the official legal term for the time of year between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Acceptable alternatives are «Merry Festivus!,» «Yo bitch, hava bomb ass Kwanza!,» and «Happy Boxing Day!» (None of the three deal with religion, so they are legally acceptable now).
Christian Dude: «Have a very Merry Christmas!»
Baha’i Chick: «Oh my God, I can’t believe you just said the C word to me! Isn’t it obvious that I’m Baha’i? At least you could have said ‘yo bitch, hava bomb ass Kwanza’ or ‘happy holidays.’ Jeez, this is like ten times worse than the time you called me a cunt! I’m gonna have to call the cops on you now, you know.»
Christian Dude: «No, please, I didn’t mean it! I don’t want to be forced to make a New Year’s resolution to lose my manhood!»
Baha’i Chick: «Oh grow up, no one keeps their New Year’s resolutions anyway. Besides, you’re Asian, so the new year doesn’t come for like another month for you.»
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That Time Tucker Carlson Called Me the C-Word
That Time Tucker Carlson Called Me the C-Word
For Fox News, Carlson’s history of foul sexist comments is a plus, not a liability.
Media Matters unearthed some appalling radio footage of Fox host Tucker Carlson liberally calling women the C-word, railing against those he finds ugly, smearing us generally as “extremely primitive,” and, most disgusting, essentially defending child rape. A close second on the disgusting scale is when the radio host talks about female friends of Carlson’s daughter, then 14, experimenting sexually with one another, and he replies, “If it weren’t my daughter I would love that scenario.” Carlson, who termed his comments “naughty” in a statement released by Fox, has refused to apologize.
None of this should be shocking to any sentient being: Carlson is a sexist pig, who has lately become the white-nationalist defender of fragile white men. But it is particularly not shocking to me—because, nine years ago, Carlson called me the C-word to a Salon intern, multiple times, and told the young man I needed to get “fucked.” I remember it because of the firestorm it caused in our small office.
The intern, Ethan Sherwood Strauss, remembers it too, telling Washington Post media reporter Erik Wemple that he’d called to ask Carlson to do an opinion piece about President Obama (I don’t remember that detail, and, assuming it’s true, I apologize for our news judgment), when, out of nowhere, Carlson began calling me the C-word and sharing his views on my sex life. Strauss, understandably, was shocked, and told his supervisor what happened. (Coincidentally, Strauss recently told the story himself on his Syncing Up podcast, in episode one, “A Faded Internet.”)
A hubbub ensued, and they brought the issue to me. A small group of us debated whether to write about it. It was appalling, but was it newsworthy? Maybe; Carlson had moved to Fox News the year before. One problem was that Strauss didn’t tape the call, and when he called him back to confirm, Carlson denied it. His supervisor called too—she recently shared with me an e-mail she sent to a friend that afternoon. “I talked to Tucker Carlson on the phone for a half hour about how he called Joan a ‘c****’ during a conversation w/one of our interns and is now pretending like he didn’t.”
Ultimately, we didn’t publish anything, for a variety of reasons. I didn’t think it was fair to Strauss, then just starting his career (he’s become a respected sports journalist), essentially pitting his word against Carlson’s. Even though we had at least a half dozen witnesses in our small office, who heard his uncomfortable side of the conversation, as well as his story when he hung up the phone. But there was a secondary reason I think is worth mentioning now, though it embarrasses me to do so. That’s the problem: The whole thing embarrassed me at the time, and it’s worth unpacking, if we want to understand what women workplace leaders are up against.
For one thing, I remember what Carlson said slightly differently, which doesn’t mean Strauss is wrong. I recall him asking what it was like to work for a… well, let’s just say the word, since he did. A “cunt.” I found what he said undermining to me, as the boss—even though my staff was supportive and horrified. Like, is this what sexist men say to other men, if the other man is “stuck” working for a woman? And there I was, stuck making the ultimate call on whether it was newsworthy that a Fox News host called me a “cunt.” This was exactly what I dreamed about as a young newswoman! Exactly what my staff wanted to spend part of its day debating.
My conscious mind wrapped all of that up and took it to the trash, of course, but when I look back, if I’m honest, that was my subterranean emotional reaction.
The other appalling fact is that, on another level, it wasn’t that newsworthy. The year before, disgraced Fox host Bill O’Reilly told me I had “blood on my hands” and spewed other personal invective, because I had defended the murdered abortion provider Dr. George Tiller (whom O’Reilly slandered as “Tiller the baby killer” for years). A few months before that, former GOP House majority leader Dick Armey told me he was “so damn glad you can never be my wife because I surely wouldn’t have to listen to that prattle from you every day” during a routine MSNBC debate about the economy. Another day, another threatened right-wing man insulting a liberal woman in the coarsest personal terms.
The crude personal insults say more, much more, about these men than they do about me. But if any young woman out there is wondering if she’s alone in feeling a sting when a sexist slur comes her way in the public square, I’m here to say, “No, that’s normal.” You don’t have to pretend it doesn’t hurt. You get over it, of course, and go on with your life. I’m still employed in television, and O’Reilly is not. I can’t tell you what Dick Armey is doing with his time without Googling, and life is too short for that. Tucker Carlson is a sad, scared little man, who recently terminated an interview and cursed out his guest when he was challenged. Even O’Reilly was man enough to run our contentious debate in full.
But now that Carlson’s reflexive use of the C-word is in the news, I think the old story is newsworthy. It’s been newsworthy before: I knew that he was lying when he trashed Samantha Bee for calling Ivanka Trump the C-word. “That one word that [Bee] used. I don’t know any man who uses that word because it is kind of the one word that is actually degrading.” Fox doesn’t care that he’s a misogynist, but will the network care that he’s a liar?
Nah. Next question.
I’m glad this is coming out as some mainstream reporters are questioning the Democratic National Committee’s decision not to let Fox host a debate. I’ve been disappointed in media friends who’ve depicted that as some failure of courage on the Democrats’ part—a default narrative for many in the media, of course—rather than a principled stance. The Washington Post’s Margaret Sullivan got it exactly right here.
I’d like to think Carlson will face some career repercussions for his odious radio slurs. Publicly sharing a sexual joke about his own daughter with a radio host should make him particularly radioactive. Sadly, it makes him GOP presidential material instead.
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This article is about the 30 Rock episode. For other uses, see C-word.
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| Written by | Tina Fey | |
| Production code | 106[1] | |
| Original air date | February 15, 2007 | |
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«The C Word» is the 14th episode of the first season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock. It was written by series creator Tina Fey and directed by Adam Bernstein. The episode originally aired on NBC in the United States on February 15, 2007. Guest stars in this episode include Kevin Brown, Grizz Chapman, Rachel Dratch, John Lutz, Keith Powell, Lonny Ross, Rip Torn, and Charlyne Yi.
In the episode, after being criticized for her working habits by her co-workers, head writer Liz Lemon (Fey) decides to be more lenient with her writing staff. Meanwhile, Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) brings Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) to a major golf event to get closer to Don Geiss (Torn), the CEO of General Electric (GE), but his plan backfires when Tracy decides to drop «truth bombs».
«The C Word» has received generally positive reviews from television critics. According to the Nielsen ratings system, the episode was watched by 5.0 million households during its original broadcast, and received a 2.5 rating/6 share among viewers in the 18–49 demographic.
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Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin), Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming for General Electric (GE), invites Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) to a GE diabetes charity golf event. Jack hopes that bringing Tracy along can help him get close to GE CEO Don Geiss (Rip Torn). At the event, Tracy becomes the hit of the party, but quickly begins to feel that the reason he was brought along was to be «the funny black man». Tracy insults Geiss by accusing him of not hiring more black people, which results in Tracy and Jack not being invited to golf along with Geiss. Jack blames Tracy for this, but Tracy doesn’t care, as he tells Jack that he cannot help but drop «truth bombs». Jack explains to Tracy that his failure to «play the game» with movie producers in the past has ended his movie career. Later, to make amends with both Jack and Geiss, Tracy gives a heartfelt speech about his daughter battling diabetes, which moves Geiss. This results in Geiss inviting Jack, Tracy, and Tracy’s daughter to the Vineyard. Tracy admits to Jack that he does not have a daughter, which prompts Jack to say, «Let’s have a casting session on Monday.»
Meanwhile, at the 30 Rock studios, TGS with Tracy Jordan head writer Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) and her writing staff are discussing potential topics to use in the show. J. D. Lutz (John Lutz) suggests one of his sketches, «Dancing with the Hobos», which Liz criticizes, thus embarrassing him in front of everyone. Later, Liz talks to Greta Johansen (Rachel Dratch), the show’s cat wrangler. At the same time, she overhears Lutz calling her the C word. Outraged by this, Liz tells Pete Hornberger (Scott Adsit) and Frank Rossitano (Judah Friedlander) about what Lutz called her and wants to fire him. Frank reveals that Lutz’s poor behavior is due to the passing of his grandmother. After it is pointed out that she has been a terrible boss to the staff, Liz begins acting nice, but this backfires when they take advantage of her. Angered by this, Liz confronts the writers about their actions, and tells Lutz she knows what he called her. Liz warns all of them that if they call her that «horrible word» she will fire them.
At the same time, Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer) struggles with his feelings for another page, Grace Park (Charlyne Yi) who demonstrates affection for him. Kenneth explains to Pete that he is afraid of «disgracing the peacock» by becoming romantically involved with her. Throughout the episode, it is shown to be sexually awkward for the two of them during their job, though towards the end, Kenneth confronts her with his feelings about her. Their kiss is interrupted by Kenneth’s work, which allows him to abruptly forget about her.
Production[edit]
«The C Word» was written by series creator Tina Fey.
«The C Word» was written by series creator, executive producer and lead actress Tina Fey,[2] making it her seventh writing credit after the pilot episode, «The Aftermath», «Tracy Does Conan», «The Head and the Hair», «Black Tie», and «Up All Night».[3] The episode was directed by supervising producer Adam Bernstein, making it his fifth for the series.[2] «The C Word» originally aired on NBC in the United States on February 15, 2007, as the fourteenth episode of the show’s first season.
In an April 2007 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Fey revealed that she was once called «the c word» by one of her writers at Saturday Night Live. In discussion of this, she said, «That C-word thing actually did happen. I was furious, and I had this weird reaction where I kept saying, ‘You can’t say that! My parents love me!'»[4] She said the episode «was a little bit based on the experience of having someone call you that and not knowing how to deal with it.»[5] In December 2015, Fey revealed that the writer who had called her «the c word» was Colin Quinn.[6]
«The C Word» was actor Rip Torn’s debut as GE CEO Don Geiss.[7]
Reception[edit]
In its original American broadcast, «The C Word» was watched by 5.0 million households, according to the Nielsen ratings system. It earned a 2.5 rating/6 share in the 18–49 demographic.[8]
This means that it was seen by 2.5 percent of all 18- to 49-year-olds, and 6 percent of all 18- to 49-year-olds watching television at the time of the broadcast. This was a decrease from the previous episode, «Up All Night», which was watched by 5.2 million American viewers.[9]
IGN contributor Robert Canning, wrote, «Even in an episode like ‘The ‘C’ Word,’ where some of the ideas fall a bit short, there were still plenty of laugh-out-loud moments to talk about. […] In the end, the great writing outweighed the slightly bothersome contrivances to make this yet another laugh-filled episode of 30 Rock.» He said that the pairing of Jack and Tracy «gave us another opportunity to enjoy the pairing of the polar opposite personalities». Canning reported that the Liz plot had «its funny moments», but opined that it was hard to «get past the fact this wasn’t exactly the Liz we knew», in regards to her being a «domineering boss that cares little about her employees.» Canning gave the episode a 7.8 out of 10 rating.[10] Julia Ward of AOL’s TV Squad wrote that putting Alec Baldwin and Rip Torn together «was a genius move.» She was complimentary towards Tina Fey, citing that it was «another great week» in her «continuing portrayal of what being a hard-working gal is actually like.» Ward enjoyed Tracy’s speech, noting that it was «priceless», and was glad to see him having «ample screen time … which was a nice change of pace.»[11] TV Guide‘s Matt Mitovich wrote he enjoyed all of the episode’s storyline pairings, but much enjoyed Jack and Tracy. Further in his recap, Mitovich reported that Liz’s plot could have been better had the comedy show How I Met Your Mother «not gone there with the C-word» in an episode. Though, he said that Liz’s story «had a fitting message – that she is held to a different standard, yet shouldn’t be, as a female head writer. Plus, her story gave us that winning flurry of flashbacks to times when she was a… not very nice lady.»[12]
References[edit]
- ^ «(#106) «The C Word»«. The Futon Critic. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ a b «30 Rock: Episodes». London: Screenrush (AlloCiné). Retrieved 2010-04-20.
- ^ «Tina Fey — Filmography by TV series». IMDb. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
- ^ Baldwin, Kristen (2007-04-10). «One Fine Fey». Entertainment Weekly. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2007-04-16. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ^ «Fey gets the gold». Crave Online. 2007-09-16. Archived from the original on 2009-08-21. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ^ «Mystery Revealed Tina Fey Busts Colin Quinn For Calling Her The «C-Word» At SNL». Decider.com. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
- ^ «Rip Torn — Filmography by TV series». IMDb. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
- ^ «NBC Ratings Results For The Week Of Feb. 12-18». The Futon Critic. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ^ «NBC Ratings Results For The Week Of Feb. 5-11 — The #1 New Show Of The Season In 18-49, ‘Heroes,’ Is The Top-Rated Program On Television Monday And The Top-Rated New Series Of The Week In Adults 18-49, 18-34 And 25-54». The Futon Critic. 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
- ^ Canning, Robert (2007-02-16). «30 Rock: «The ‘C’ Word» Review». IGN TV. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ^ Ward, Julia (2007-02-16). «30 Rock: The «C» Word». TV Squad. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ^ Mitovich, Matt (2007-02-15). «February 15, 2007: «When You Said Hello, You Had Me»«. TV Guide. Archived from the original on 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
External links[edit]
- «The C Word» at IMDb
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Casting Director Joel Thurm Reveals Betty White’s ‘Golden Girls’ Costars Called Her The C-Word, Allegedly Did Not Like The Beloved Actress
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During an episode of the podcast The Originals, casting director for the beloved sitcom Joel Thurm revealed that it was not all hunky dory between cast members Betty White, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty. According to the Hollywood exec, the cast was not very fond of the Mary Tyler Moore Show actress.
“Literally Bea Arthur, who I cast in something else later on, just said, ‘Oh, she’s a f–king c–t,’ using that word,” Thurm told podcast host Andrew Goldman via the New York Post about what the late actress thought of White — who passed away on New Years Eve.
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“Bea Arthur called Betty White a C-word?” Goldman clarified to which Thurm added, “Yeah, she called her the C-word. I mean, I heard that with my own ears.»
“And by the way, so did Rue McClanahan,» the casting mind noted. «Rue McClanahan said it to me in Joe Allen’s [restaurant]; Bea Arthur [when she was] on the set of Beggars and Choosers.»
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Thurm even recalled how Getty — who played the witty Sophia Petrillo — got to a point where she had trouble memorizing her lines — which White was not so nice about.
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“And she would write the lines on her hand, and … Betty White would make fun of her in front of the live audience,” explained Thurm. “That may seem like a minor transgression, but it really does get to you … I have no idea how Estelle Getty felt, but I know the other two did not like [White] at all.”
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Rumors have long been rampant of a feud between the Maude star and White. In 2011, The Proposal actress explained why she and Author were not the best of friends.
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“Bea had a reserve. She was not that fond of me,» White told The Village Voice in 2011. «She found me a pain in the neck sometimes. It was my positive attitude — and that made Bea mad sometimes. Sometimes if I was happy, she’d be furious!”
Tina Fey pulled much of the behind-the-scenes drama that was played for laughs on her show, 30 Rock, from her real-life experience as head writer on Saturday Night Live. That includes the Season 1 episode titled “The C-Word,” where the character Lutz calls Liz Lemon, well, the C-word. In a recent interview with Howard Stern, Fey revealed which S.N.L. cast member crossed that forbidden line with her. It was Colin Quinn, Fey’s “Weekend Update” predecessor and co-star of this summer’s big hit Trainwreck. We can only hope Fey had the presence of mind to quote Designing Women when dressing Quinn down.
Actually, as related in her book Bossypants, Fey said something closer to “NO! You don’t get to call me that. My parents love me and I am not the child of alcoholics who take that shit.” That works, too! And also per Bossypants, Quinn may not have been the only person to cross that line with Fey. When recounting her Season 1 pitches, Fey writes, “‘What if we do a story about Liz being called a cunt?’ Why wouldn’t we? That had happened to me plenty!”
But it was Quinn in particular who came to mind when Stern pressed her for a name. But as Fey was quick to explain, it’s all water under the bridge now. “I love him so much,” Fey said of her since-healed relationship with Quinn. “I was trying to help him with a show that he was working on, and I think his anxiety about the writing of the show spilled over. It was very random. I was like, What?! He left me a message and he said that.” Fey says she “couldn’t even guess why” Quinn decided to go there. “Usually, if someone calls you that, you’re like, ‘I know what I did.’”
Fey says that after “The C-Word” aired she asked Quinn to appear on 30 Rock “like, three times.” Quinn shot her down, but Fey says the two recently connected during S.N.L.’s 40th anniversary special. Time, like teamster subs, can apparently heal all wounds.
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Portraits of Gilda Radner as Baba Wawa and John Belushi as Samurai Futaba, hand tinted by S.N.L.’s longtime photographer, Edie Baskin.
Vega originally wrote “Tom’s Diner” in 1982 and it found its first release in 1984 on a compilation. She was signed to A&M Records that same year and this track was then included on her 1987 sophomore album Solitude Standing.
Audiophiles began using the track as a way to test stereo speakers for clarity. Later, “Tom’s Diner” would also play a key role in the birth of the MP3 player – it was used for analyzing different sound spectrums when creating the compression algorithm for the MP3 file format.
In 1990, the British duo DNA added music to Vega’s vocals without getting permission from A&M. After BBC Radio played their version, Vega’s label threatened to sue for copyright infringement but an agreement was made where DNA was paid less than $8,000 and their ‘remixed’ version became property of A&M. It became an international hit, reaching the top 5 in several countries, including the US. It is estimated the remix earned A&M and Vega ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars’.
Vega wrote a fantastic essay about the creation of this song here. She echoes some of the same statements in the beginning of an acapella performance of it in this video.