Ricky Gervais & Fox News Take The Lead In Victim Blaming Over Celebrity Nude Photo Leak
Well, that didn’t take long. On Monday, comedian Ricky Gervais found himself in hot water after he posted a response to the massive leak of several celebrities’ hacked nude photos over the weekend, effectively taking the lead in the horrible-but-all-too-predictable victim-blaming that tends to follow such incidents. In a tweet he later deleted, Gervais offered some dangerous advice for celebrities who would like to retain their privacy, writing: “Celebrities, make it harder for hackers to get nude pics of you from your computer by not putting nude pics of yourself on your computer.” (The Daily Dot has a screenshot of the tweet.)
Gervais might have deleted the comment, but he still managed to add insult to injury. The actor carried on with a series of insensitive tweets, including another later deleted post that read, “Dear easily offended people, don’t be. Hope that helps. Have a great day 
.” He also attempted to explain his “humor” with a series of non-apologies:
Making a joke about a thing doesn’t mean you condone that thing.
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 1, 2014
Of course the hackers are 100% to blame but you can still makes jokes about it. Jokes don’t portray your true serious feelings on a subject
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 1, 2014
It’s more important to spend your energy trying to stop actual bad things than to run around trying to stop jokes about bad things.
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) September 1, 2014
The actor was quickly joined in his victim blaming by Fox News contributor Steve Doocy, who issued a blanket “nobody take naked pictures ever, ever, ever” statement on Tuesday’s edition of Fox & Friends. “Maybe the message is: don’t take naked pictures of yourself,” Doocy said. “There’s this thing called a mirror. If you want to see yourself naked, look in the mirror, don’t take a picture of yourself.” http://www.salon.com/2014/09/02/ricky_gervais_and_fox_news_take_the_lead_in_victim_blaming_over_celebrity_nude_photo_leak/
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