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Five People That Had A Worse Weekend Than You: Gotti And Kimmel

by Jun 18, 2018
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Five People That Had A Worse Weekend Than You: Gotti And Kimmel

I’ll be the first to admit that this weekend wasn’t great for me. Father’s Day is difficult for me, so the weekend was just spent relaxing and trying to get through the day. So with that being said, let’s just get to it.

Jimmy Kimmel

In perhaps the biggest one-on-one game of the year, Jimmy Kimmel and Ted Cruz met on the court at Texas Southern University. The match was set after the two traded barbs on Twitter during the NBA play-offs with the senator ultimately challenging the late-night host to a game benefiting the non-political charity of the winner’s choice. Kimmel accepted the challenge saying, “I’ll accept on one condition. We both wear VERY short shorts.”

Thankfully, the short shorts were not worn on either participant, and Cruz, who played basketball in high school, won the game, dubbed the Blobfish Basketball Classic due to Kimmel claiming the senator looked like the fish. Kimmel will make a $5,000 donation to Cruz’s charity of choice, Generation One, which works to end poverty in Houston. Funds raised from ticket sales will be donated to Texas Children’s Hospital, Kimmel’s chosen charity.

While he may have won the game…I think we can all agree that Cruz definitely does look like a blobfish. [via The Daily Mail]

Gotti

Ever since watching some of those Scientology documentaries, I’ve made a vow not to go to John Travolta or Tom Cruise movies at the theater (I’ll cross the Top Gun 2 bridge when it comes to it), but it looks like I’m not missing much when it comes to Travolta’s newest film, Gotti. According to reviews, Gotti may be one of the worst John Travolta movies of all time – or even just one of the worst movies of all time, period. The film, which debuted on Friday, has garnered the dreaded zero rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and it’s been savaged by critics. A sample:

Glenn Kenny from New York Times: “That the long-gestating crime drama Gotti is a dismal mess comes as no surprise. What does shock is just how multifaceted a dismal mess it is.”

Jordan Mintzer from The Hollywood Reporter: “The film is pretty terrible: poorly written, devoid of tension, ridiculous in spots and just plain dull in others.”

Peter Travers from Rolling Stone: “Starring in this mobster biopic that deserves to get whacked is an offer Travolta should have refused. Insane testimonials from Gotti supporters at the end are as close as this shitshow will ever get to good reviews.”

Johnny Oleksinski from New York Post I’d rather wake up next to a severed horse head than ever watch “Gotti” again.

Ouch. [via Perez Hilton]

This Kid’s Parents

It costs most wedding guests a pretty penny to attend someone’s big day, but for the parents of a five-year-old boy in Kansas, it’s going to wind up costing them around $132,000.

The boy and his family were attending a wedding reception at the Tomahawk Ridge Community Center in Overland Park, Kansas when he bumped into a sculpture called “Aphrodite di Kansas City,” knocking it over. A few days later, the boy’s parents received a letter from the insurance company representing the city of Overland Park saying the piece was damaged beyond repair and issuing a claim of $132,000 against the parents, stating “You’re responsible for the supervision of a minor child[…] your failure to monitor could be considered negligent.”

The artist who created the piece, Bill Hayes, said the damage to the sculpture was beyond his “capabilities and desires” to fix it. Of course, I’m betting boy’s parents would be willing to put up some dough for a patching. [via Newsweek]

Honey Smacks Fans

If you asked me for a list of foods you could get salmonella from, I don’t think I would have put cereal on it. But if you’re a fan of Honey Smacks, you found out this week that apparently it’s possible.

On Thursday, Kelloggs announced that it is voluntarily recalling 15.3 oz. and 23 oz. packages of Honey Smacks, as that they’ve been linked a multistate Salmonella outbreak. The potentially tainted cereal was distributed across the United States and the CDC said that 73 people from 31 states have reported feeling ill and 24 people have been hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported. The cereal was also distributed in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, the Caribbean, Guam, Tahiti and Saipan.

The potentially affected boxes have “Best If Used By” dates of June 14, 2018 – June 14, 2019 and have the following UPC codes: 15.3 ounces: 3800039103; 23 ounces: 3800014810; people with those boxes can contact the company for a full refund.

If cereal’s not safe, what is?! [via People]

Germany

I don’t know anything about soccer, but apparently Germany getting beat by Mexico on Sunday was a big deal?

Image via taniavolobueva / Shutterstock.com

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Jenna Crowley

Jenna used to be known as 2NOTBrokeGirls, but then one of the girls actually went broke, so she's struck out on her own. Jenna spends her free time saving the world, one sorority girl at a time (usually while wearing yoga pants), questioning why she decided to get a doctorate, documenting her love of all things cheese related, and hosting the new PGP podcast Don't Take It From Us. You can ask her anything you want about football, using your boobs to get what you want, and pizza at @JennaLCrowley on Twitter or via email at JennaLCrowley@gmail.com.

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