r/MaureenCallahan

Celine Dion, Lena Dunham, Jennifer Aniston's boyfriend.

All of these people have shared about their struggles with physical illness, and all have been accused of either malingering or being mentally ill by Maureen Callahan.

When it comes to Lena, let's be honest: She doesn't accept Dunham's obesity. It's as if a fat sick person is responsible for all their suffering, when in many cases, physical illness (EDS --> makes mobility difficult) causes obesity. In any case, I think Maureen doesn't like her own extra padding and directs her anger toward a fat person. (She also does not like her own aging, and directs that anger at Sarah Jessica Parker, a woman who dares to age without excessive surgical interventions).

One day, Maureen may fall very ill and learn something about chronic physical suffering.

Hopefully she can cultivate self-compassion and empathy before then. It is difficult to age without it. It results in self-hatred and despair. I am afraid she may be beyond help, though.

I feel like this is it for me. I have complained several times- I know- but I still watch on occasion. The last 2 months though I have watched less and less, and every time I do I find myself turning it off early because of some cringe element.

Today was the kicker- I think. There was a youtube post they titled "Dig Her"- about Tom Cruise and the Wales'- and just the title and thumb nail seemed SO cheap. Then I watched- and it was all Rob name dropping over and over. Maybe I'm just noticing it more since so many have pointed it out- but today it was just grating more than it ever has for me.

Why can't she get ANY other guest? Why isn't she using her brain to have more insightful topics? I see the glimmer of the writer who I've enjoyed... but this show has nothing of interest any more. There are 2 topics: Meghan and Harry, and SJP- sometimes a bit of Andy Cohen I guess- oh and her new topic she can't let go of is the Gerber's. She has no other topics. She has no guests any more. She drones on about things like: "The Nerve is shaping the culture!" Is she delusional? Is it the Megyn Kelly factor- is that why she can't venture into anything intellectual or interesting?

SO much potential when it started, for it to just be another celebrity gossip mindless uninteresting show. I thought Maureen was better than this. Even for the last few months I felt the downward spiral- but saw glmmers of hope. But the last 2 months that is gone too. It's just boring, but more than that- it's like a bitter fading show circling the drain and cackling on the way down about how clever they are.

eta: looking through the history: she interviewed the author of Trash, as well as Denise Brown- so I have to acknowledge that- and I wish she would lean a LOT more into that- and less on Rob and her prattling on about the same 3 topics for months and months

I'm sure many of you have heard Megyn's comments on Jane Doe in the Cornell 7 case. I know Maureen normally doesn't talk about random news topics like this that don't involve cultural figures.

But I wonder if Maureen agrees with Megyn Kelly's statements? Maureen seems to dislike woman abusers, recently having done a segment on tennis player Zverev's alleged domestic violence and all her content documenting the Kennedys' abuse of women.

Thoughts?

I read the US edition of The daily Mail and it seems like the only thing she writes about is Prince Harry. Is she solely assigned to cover him? I just don't know because that's all I read in the US

When Matthew Perry died, and his assistant was convicted for getting him the ketamine, Maureen quite rightly pointed out that obviously an employee of a celebrity does what the celebrity wants. She also thought that the assistant shouldn’t have been convicted for getting him the drugs.

But then with Presley Gerber, she thinks that his “sober coach” should have been responsible for him doing drugs? I’m getting whiplash. Obviously Presley Gerber was a lot younger, but he was still an adult who was responsible for his own addiction. A sober coach can only do so much (as they’re a glorified conscience) and dropping him at a sober facility is probably a last ditch attempt to get him not to do (more) drugs (as he was likely already high) and the sober coach was not being successful in stopping or preventing his drug use.