If anything positive comes out of Robin Williams’ death , perhaps it will be this: Celebrities (and people in general) will be more open about their personal issues, more up front about internal battles that could lead to serious consequences. In an interview with Glamour that went viral yesterday, for example, Girls star Zosia Mamet admitted to an eating disorder as a teenager that made her want to die. She’s healthy now, but she knows she’ll never be completely over this dangerous “obsession.” But Mamet can at least find solace in the fact that she isn’t alone. The following famous females have all struggled with issues of weight and self-esteem – and have all bravely come out the other side. We salute them. Celebrities Who Have Struggled with Eating Disorders 1. Michelle Duggar Admits to Eating Disorder Michelle Duggar battled an eating disorder in the past. We are glad she is now doing much better.
You won’t believe this, but Rush Limbaugh is very unhappy with the liberal media. On Tuesday, in response to Robin Williams’ suicide , Limbaugh focused on the actor’s political affiliation and seemed to imply that Williams killed himself largely because he was a Democrat. “What is the left’s worldview in general?” the radio host asked. “If you had to attach not a philosophy but an attitude to a leftist worldview, it’s one of pessimism and darkness, sadness. “They’re never happy, are they? They’re always angry about something. No matter what they get, they’re always angry.” Rush Limbaugh Responds to Robin Williams Suicide Limbaugh then pointed to three actor friends of Williams’ who had died young and said that the Oscar winner could never get over “the guilt that they died and he didn’t.” The conservative blowhard came under fire for these comments, but Limbaugh didn’t back down today on his program. Instead, he blame the media for twisting his words all around. Said Limbaugh: “All of these low-rent, despicable, irresponsible, pathetic, so-called media watchdogs on the left are trying to make it sound like I said that Robin Williams gave up because he was a liberal and is hopelessly doomed to misery and despair because that’s what liberals are devoted to.” But Limbaugh insists his original remarks were focused on the way Williams’ death was being covered, as opposed to the death itself. “What I did yesterday was express some real concern over the fact that they’re glorifying this,” Limbaugh said of the media. “I was worried about the coverage of all this leading to copycats.” Robin Williams: His Most Memorable Roles 1. Mork (Mork & Mindy) The role that started it all. Robin Williams starred as an alien on the late 1970s sitcom Mork & Mindy. Another conservative commentator, Shepard Smith, apologized after he implied on air that Williams was a coward for committing suicide. Meanwhile, this awesome sports anchor found a different way to react to the tragedy: Sports Anchor Honors Robin Williams
Shepard Smith and Todd Bridges are both backing off critical comments they made in the wake of Robin Williams’ suicide . First, upon reporting news of the star’s death yesterday, the Fox News anchor editorialized on air, asking of Williams and his kids: “It’s hard to imagine, isn’t it? You could love three little things so much, watch them grow, they’re in their mid-20s, and they’re inspiring you, and exciting you, and they fill you up with the kind of joy you could never have known. “And yet, something inside you is so horrible or you’re such a coward or whatever the reason that you decide that you have to end it. Robin Williams, at 63, did that today.” Shepard Smith Refers to Robin Williams as a “Coward” Yes, Shep, it is so hard to imagine. Hence why no one who has never dealt with mental illness can imagine it – or should judge anyone who tragically can imagine it. After receiving a lot of backlash, Smith apologized for his comments to TV Newser. Sort of. “The last thing I would ever suggest about a man I know nothing about personally, is that he’s a coward,” he said. “That goes against everything I am. If those words, I used so innocently, offended his family, from the bottom of my heart, I could not be more sorry.” ( Note to Smith : no one has ever used the word “coward” innocently. Moreover, you’re a liar. In every interpretable way, you suggested Williams was a coward.) 21 Memorable Robin Williams Quotes 1. That You May Contribute a Verse What will YOUR verse be? A coroner has confirmed that Williams died of ” asphyxia due to hanging .” He used his own belt to take his life yesterday, shortly after failing to slit his left wrist with a pocket knife. The actor’s personal assistant discovered his body and called 911 just prior to noon. Todd Bridges, meanwhile, referred to Williams’ act as “selfish,” wondered why he didn’t get psychiatric help and added via Twitter: “Rest in peace Robin Williams I hope you found what you were looking for. You don’t think that my life has been hell and I’ve had so many ups and downs now. If I did that what am i showing my children that when it gets tough that’s the way out No you gotta buckle down ask God to help you. That’s when prayer really comes into effect.” The former Diff’rent Strokes star later deleted the Tweets and apologized. “I would like to apologize for the terrible timing of me comments that I made in reference to the untimely death of Robin Williams,” he wrote. “My best friend committed suicide a few months ago, and I was devastated to discover that he did not solicit my help. “I am sure that my attitude toward Williams’s death was a delayed reaction of my best friend’s death. Again, I apologize.” Robin Williams: His Most Memorable Roles 1. Mork (Mork & Mindy) The role that started it all. Robin Williams starred as an alien on the late 1970s sitcom Mork & Mindy.
Fox News anchor Shepard Smith apologized Friday after a car chase airing on the network ending with the suspect shooting himself to death. Live. Shepard Smith Apology; Suicide Airs Live on Fox News The suspect had fled police at nearly 100 m.p.h. before pulling off the road, getting out of the vehicle, running down a dirt path, and shooting himself in the head. “Get off it. Get off it. Get off it!” Smith exclaimed before Fox cut to a commercial. When he came back on, Smith issued a personal apology for what happened. “While we were taking that car chase and showing it to you live, when the guy pulled over and got out, we went on delay. That’s why I didn’t talk for about 10 seconds,” he said. “We created a five-second delay as if you were to bleep back your DVR five seconds, that was what we did with the picture we were showing you so that we could see in the studio what was happening five seconds before you did, so that if anything went horribly wrong, we’d be able to cut away from it without subjecting you to it and we really messed up. And we’re all very sorry.” “That didn’t belong on TV. We took every precaution we knew how to take to keep that from being on TV and I personally apologize to you that that happened.” “Sometimes we see a lot of things that we don’t let get to you because it’s not time-appropriate. It’s insensitive. It’s just wrong. And that was wrong.” “And that won’t happen again on my watch. And I’m sorry.” In addition to Smith’s apology, Fox News executive VP Michael Clemente issued his own statement: “We took every precaution to avoid any such incident by putting the helicopter pictures on a five second delay. Unfortunately, this mistake was the result of a severe human error and we apologize for what the viewers ultimately saw on the screen.”
Shepard Smith just cut off one of his correspondents at the knees, demanding after she conducted a live interview of the GOP’s New Jersey gubernatorial candidate when she would give equal time to his Democratic rival.
