So, it looks like a lot of you aren’t very pleased with a post I previously wrote today, Summer of Death 2010: And the Beat Goes On. After reading the comments and re-reading what I wrote, I can’t say I blame you, honestly.
First, let me apologize for my apparent insensitivity toward the issue, the victim and by virtue, his family, in writing the piece. It clearly wasn’t well-thought-out and I didn’t realize just how insensitive it came across until some of you readers pointed it out to me (so … thank you). While I have a hard time tactfully discussing the topic of drinking problems and subsequent death-by-alcoholism (that’s another topic for another day), I should have better realized that there are many people out there who suffer what is a very real disease, and it’s nothing to be taken lightly. While I won’t go into detail as to why people who kill themselves through the bottle really anger and upset me to the point of irrational ranting (as I said, it’s a story for another day), I do apologize for the crassness of my remarks regarding Andrew Koppel’s death. Realistically (and empathetically) speaking, it’s a horrible way to go and even more horrible for Koppel’s family and friends to have to deal with.
In short, the entire piece was inappropriate, heartless and condescending, and I genuinely feel remorse because of it.
Thanks, and again, many apologies,
Sarah
Sarah, that’s a classy deal right there. I think most people who have done your job have regretted their initial approach at LEAST once or twice. I know that I was way too hard on Michelle Trachtenberg’s legs. Always regretted that …
Dude, she has some seriously big legs.
I just googled ‘Michelle Trachtenberg legs’ …. wow…. She’s still a hawtie though.
wow I didn’t think you still visited this site…
How can you possibly relate a comment on Michelle Trachtenberg’s legs to the horrible defamation that was made by your colleague about a recently deceased man? It isn’t funny. I used to really enjoy this website but it is things like this that have made me read it less and less. Good luck in your future and I hope you aren’t this insensitive in real life.
I’m not comparing the death of Andrew Koppel to the the size of Michelle Trachtenberg’s legs. I’m comparing my experience of regretting an initial approach to a topic to Sarah’s experience of regretting her initial approach to a topic. Der.
Trust me, I see where you are going with it, just seems like a stupid comparison. Der
Well if you saw where I was going with it, then why did you feel the need to make an irrelevant comment? Sounds like you needed a little attention from the internet today. Trust me, I could go round and round all day with this. My house is clean and my kids are asleep. However, I don’t need the cyberstrokes the way you so clearly do. Hope this provided you with your fix, lonely one.
Wow. My comment was not irrelevant. I just don”t understand how you could relate your level of regret about a comment regarding Michelle’s leg size to the level of regret that Sarah should be feeling about her comments toward the deceased. Perhaps you shouldn’t attack the few readers you have left. I hope those kids of yours aren’t home schooled!
I guess my point is this: Regret is regret, regardless of the topic being written about. If you can’t understand that, there isn’t too much I can do about it.
That is untrue. There are different levels of regret. I am sorry that you are ignorant to that and take every comment as a personal attack.
Nope, rest easy. I don’t take anything written on a gossip site personally. As to the rest, I guess we just disagree. That doesn’t make me feel attacked.
I just wanted to simply make a comment with my views on your website, which I thought was welcome. Nothing was to start an argument. I do feel however, that if you are looking retain readers and aquire new ones maybe you shouldn’t go after them just because they have thoughts and opinions too. Maybe if you listened to them you wouldn’t constantly be getting negative comments about the poor writing and insensitivty associated with this website’s content.
rc, got your back. Your comments are welcome. Just don’t try to reason with an idiot.
i really dont think you “just wanted to make a comment” bc you made it as a reply to someone else’s comment. they didnt answer you, you answered them. you are looking for attention after the 3rd time you wouldn’t let it go.
I did “just want to comment” on her comment. That is why I replied to her comment.
STFU Ecotorium…way to comment way late. Their conversation is was over yesterday.
what, was that soooo grade school or something. i’m sorry that i have a job and cant spend all day trolling a gossip blog to bitch and moan and “just make a comment”, a comment that was responding to and calling out another comment… so that no one would comment on that commenters comment…. bc, well, it was just a comment….
and, um, last i checked i can comment on whatever i want when i want. so, thanks for playing though
Sorry ecotorium, that wouldn’t be a comment, that would be a “reply to someone else’s comment”.
Ecotorium, you have a job….with thise writing skills? laughable.
Ecotorium, you have a job with those writting skills? Laughable.
yes, i have a job. i’m glad you were able to read that part of my “comment”, or was it a reply? (by the by, you’re the one who stated it was a comment. now its a reply. I suppose i still don’t really care what its termed.) i guess your intelligence is just far too high for me to follow. i will now wonder how i got my job. thank you for taking pity on me and showing me that errors of my ways…. or, next time rather, i’ll simply slow down and talk as though i’m speaking to a gossip blog troll who has nothing better to do.
Her legs are absolutely in the normal range- not perfect, but hardly worth making fun of. Why don’t you critics put up some full body photos of yourselves? Sheesh, what bitches.
*sigh* I’m sure you’ve never had an opinion about anyone else and have never voiced it.
I really miss you Wends, you should come back.
That’s better. Nice of you to own up once in a while. I was starting to think this was a shock jock thing we had going on here to drive traffic.
I would say “apology accepted” but this is the final straw in my readership of this blog. Over the past four years I have watched it turn from a clever blog with well thought out (and hilarious) celebrity commentaries to a blog of body-snarking and over the top judgments as the blog cycled through new daytime writers.
I miss Sasha’s (Evil Beet) writing.
To Sasha: delegate your duties to people who can handle them. There is a line between sarcastic social commentary and the insensitive crap I’ve seen on here in the past months.
So, goodbye EvilBeet. We’ve had some awesome times these past four years, but eventually every relationship must end.
Agreed.
I loved the writing of all other writers; Sasha, Wendie, Molls, everbody…until Sarah. I’ve been offended by too many posts written by her. Not saying she’s a bad person; I don’t know her. And she has a right to her own opinion. But that doesn’t mean I have to read it. So peace, evil beet. I’ll miss the awesome blog you used to be.
i agree, leeann. i still read this blog, and it’s still my favorite from what’s out there…or at lest what i know of to this date…but…it used to be so much better and i find myself getting more and more annoyed with it each day. it used to be CLEVER and FUNNY, with a side a bitchy. but the bitchiness was bitchy in such a way that it made me laugh. now, honestly, it’s over-the-top snarky and the posts seem almost BITTER, constantly judging other women and being rude just for the sake of being rude – a lot of it isn’t even clever or funny. not to mention, some of the regular commentators are getting pretty annoying, hiding behind their icons, constantly starting fights. ugh.
Could not have said it better myself.
Ugh…you are so right. Unless there’s a massive overhaul in writers and a change in philosophy, I doubt we’ll be seeing any change.
And bitter is soooooo right!! It’s just kind of sad, really.
Then Sarah must be doing her job as a journalist/ blog writer. The reaction you want from people is neither positive or negative, just a reaction. So you all are playing nicely into the necessary motion to keep the journalism boat a rockin. If you all don’t like it, there will always be people that think differently and love it. I started reading a year ago and find the humor fantastic and cynical. Just my cup of tea. If you don’t like it, remove yourself and find another source of entertainment.
“journalist”?
“journalism”?!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!
Oh, thank you. That’s a good ‘un.
Do you read DListed? Michael K is funny, snarky, irreverent, rude and offensive as hell without being cruel for the sake of being cruel. So is the guy who does The Superficial. Both bloggers are also obviously intelligent. You might want to give them a try.
LOOVE MICHAEL K. HE IS THE BEST!!!
Question….if you’re easily offended or concerned about ripping on celebrities (alcoholic, fat legs, ugly, crazy, whatever) then why the hell did you star reading a celebrity gossip blog anyway?
*start*
I too have had a death in family by alcohol and I knew this person closely. I saw them spiral down and realized that they didn’t want help. We tried but they absolutely refused many times. This offended me because he lost his job, family and sense of morals because of it. I don’t care if it’s an illness, he was full well sober when we would try to talk to him (which wasn’t often) and knew that he needed to get his act together. He never did and shut us out. We watched him slowly die and I feel no remorse. I know it sounds cruel but I have struggled so hard and my efforts were nothing but wasted time. What I feel is an immense dislike towards him still. He was emotionally and physically abusive and he finally got what he deserved. People shouldn’t be so quick to call you offensive, because I know many of them haven’t experienced it or they’d be a little more understanding of your personal issue with it.
Just saying!
I completely agree with you Bobo.
Sarah,
It really shows a person’s character when they are willing to own their mistakes.
Good on you, girl.
Thanks, Ashley, I appreciate it. :)
everyone makes mistakes, and i wouldn’t say this post is going to be the one that breaks the camel’s back for me, but overall, i think this blog needs to sit down and regroup. you guys need to remember that the purpose you’re here is to entertain. to inform and make funny/clever commentary. at least that’s what i expect from a blog of this nature. you need to remember that this isn’t your personal blog where you can rant about your own hangups and be incredibly insensitive and know your friends will forgive you, because we aren’t your friends. we don’t know you like they do, and so basically don’t care about your hangups – just our experience here. good luck, sarah. nice to own up, but just felt i should paint a scene from the bigger picture going on here.
Ditto!
I used to be a faithful reader, back in the days when Beet was the writer and the blog was funny and not just cunty…
For awhile I was also a regular commenter… until I realized that it must be somewhere in the writing contract that your goal is to piss enough people off so they comment like crazy and fight with the other commenters (Remember dear readers, every comment and return to the comments section is a page view)
*sigh*
Sorry Sarah but I’m not in this for shock value… I’m in it for celebrity gossip and I don’t think you’re very good.
If it was Linsay L who had died, you all would have been talking so much shit. By her behavior I’m sure she has the same shit load of problems as Koppel’s son.
The difference between LiLo and Koppel’s son is that LiLo is in constant search of media attention and gossip blog coverage. Koppel’s son, by all accounts, wasn’t an attention whore.
Britany Spears was sympathetic because she wasn’t trying to sell out her life at every turn. If a Kardashian was going through something like this and given their current and past media whoredom, they wouldn’t be sympathetic.
At least that’s how I see it.
Who cares if one is an attention whore or not?
A life is a life, and when somebody dies, it’s tragic no matter who it is.
There’s far too much hate in this world.
Nice post. Mistakes happen!
Dude. Everyone is ridiculous. You bloggers put up with a lot of shit, and I commend you for apologizing. Like someone said earlier, if it had been Lindsay Lohan it would’ve been an entirely different story, and people are quick to go apeshit over stuff from behind their computer screens. Wendie got a lot of shit when she was a new writer…Molls got a lot of shit when she was a new writer…you are just the latest scape goat. Just keep workin it girl!
It’s frustrating to read an apology that just feels like a cop-out. You have had a bad experience with someone who was an alcoholic apparently, but who hasn’t? Good on you for apologizing, many wouldn’t… but it seemed (to me at least) pretty forced.
I concur. If you don’t mean it, don’t say it.
We all sit here and make fun of Lilo-yet, judging by this site’s discerning readers, she clearly has a mental illness. I guess a girl’s gotta have her standards as to what crosses the line.
I wasn’t offended in the least-everybody’s entitled to their opinion. Do we feel sorry for alcoholics who beat their children or rape their wives because they are, after all, mentally ill? Murderers must be mentally ill-how dare we denigrate them too. Yeah, I am being sarcastic.
Don’t let the haters get you down. The more you write, the thicker your skin will have to be. You apolologized, move on. But when you start censoring yourself so as not to piss anybody off, just hang up the keyboard.
Well said.
Sarah – Love your writing.
And while your initial post may have been way harsh I can’t help but agree with it. I have watched death by booze and they chose to pick up the drink.
That being said if you lose any readers over the post I will just read the site twice as much.
Hugs from Louisiana you know you want to move here.
Aughh! I am so on my way down to get those hugs … You know how I love LA! :D
Sarah, your initial post was on the money. Sorry…I feel the same way you do about that shyte. All that money, all that help around him and he dies like that?! A FKN Dumba$$!!!!! that’s some selfish shyte to do.
Don’t apologize for what you wrote…it’s your view on it and you’re allowed to have that…if someone doesn’t like it they can suck it!
I agree. Everybody makes choices. He chose to drink that day. People who get offended can choose to read another site. I try to keep in mind what it says on the homepage: “It’s not personal. It’s just gossip.” You cannot possibly hope to please everyone, Sarah, so try to let this one go.
I have never commented on any blog until now, because Sarah, what you wrote was simply heinous. I used to love this blog. Sasha is witty, and hilarious. Molls and Wendie are pretty glorious too. But Sarah… your sole talent seems to be saying mean and inconsequential jabs. Not funny, or clever; just simply cruel and, in my opinion, at times, a little self-righteous. Regardless of who passed away, how incredibly atrocious (yes, I actually had to sit there and search for a word worthy of describing how low you sunk) it was for you to have made the comments you did. Furthermore, I agree with what others have said about your apology seeming like a “cop-out”. Of course you’re going to apologize, because while you may not be my favorite blogger, you probably have enough sense to realize actions such as yours chase readers away. Classy act of remorse? No. Self-preservation is self-preservation.
I don’t know what experience you have with alcoholism, nor is it my business to make assumptions. And you know what? Most alcoholics WANT to quit drinking. But for whatever reason, they cannot. I’m twenty-three. My friend died when I was 21, and I found her, covered in her own puke when only two days before, she was drunk and sobbing about how powerless she felt, how nothing she did to try to make it stop worked. You cannot comprehend the pain and sorrow her family and we as her friends suffered knowing that she died because she could not stop. At the risk of sounding preachy, how dare you make a mockery of that. You should feel ashamed, and should perhaps learn some empathy.
What I’m getting at is I don’t really care to read this blog until Sarah has the decency to quit. It would be one thing if I read the occasional insightful or funny comment, but I haven’t. So good luck, I hope you can learn the value to mulling thoughts over a bit before posting them for the world to see.
*applaud*
i dont agree that most alcoholics want to quit. my family has a history with that shit. and you know what? i stay away from it. because i know i can like it. this “kid” had every opportunity in the world – doesnt mean he had to live up to that, or that he had to make something significant of himself, but what it does mean is that while millions of people suffer from alcoholism and related issues, he had the ability to take care of it. he was one of the could-have-been-fortunate ones. there are countless others who do want help and cannot get it. i do not feel sympathy for people like this, as in one way or another, they are committing suicide. if they wanted to live life, they would. my uncle says “one drink is too many and three isnt enough”. sarah obviously also has some first hand experience in this. i’m sorry for your experience too. my friend died of a heroine overdose at 18. 18. thats some fucked up shit.
sarah apologized. and while maybe people should be more careful before they speak so they dont have to apologize, this is an imperfect world and that will never happen. bc sarah works for evilbeet and its seen by many, when she makes a mistake, people notice. she tried to make it right, or “righter”. it takes a certain person to be able to do that and i commend anyone who can swallow any pride and own up to what they said.
Apparently the idea of a gossip website is lost on many of the readers. Everything is supposed to be taken with a grain of salt. I get it..it’s death..be respectful and shit. But her opinion is that he should have been more responsible and maybe he wouldn’t have died. I agree with that..so what’s the problem here? She was bitchy..god forbid. I’m sure every person who frequents this site has never said something mean or too judgmental.
Sarah,
I get what you’re saying. My brother died in a drunk driving accident in which he was the drunk. I have no sympathy for people who make the choice to get behind the wheel after drinking. I feel deeply for their families, but I don’t feel much for the drunk driver. It’s been 8 years and I’m still pissed at my brother. My only consolation is that he didn’t hurt anyone else with his drunken asshattery. Call me cold, call me a bitch, but I don’t think my reaction is out of line or unnatural.
I don’t know how I feel about this. Nor do I know how I feel about this apology. All I can say is that I know how Sarah must feel, I’ve made similarly controversial remarks in the past. But I also know how a family member would feel if one were to read her comments on his death.
Keep it witty, keep it classy, and keep it coming EvilBeet Squad. I love your tongue-in-cheek writing, though this was a bit on the strong side. I prefer my gossip blog light with a side of wit.
No, it was a story for today – for this piece, right now.
Relevant, newsworthy and would have given us some insight into your credibility, through your worldview.
Be brave, and give us a little credit.
*SIGH*
i recall when Britney Murphy died and Sasha/Beet went on this rant about her dying from an overdose and totally implicated that Murphy had most likely died of a cocaine overdose…
turns out she didn’t… she died of pneumonia and not a single trace of cocaine was found in her system…
I was waiting around for Sasha/Beet to say something about it… or even apologize, but she didn’t, and I’m ok with that. Sasha/Beet has every right to express herself. But I was a little shocked.
Now Sarah has decided to come back with an apology and I don’t know how I feel about it…
What I mean… I too have no respect for people who shove all kinds of stupid drugs in their nose and veins and end up dying and every1 else is supposed to pick up the pieces…
I was thinking… WHY IS SARAH APOLOGIZING she spoke out!
I guess the same way Sasha/Beet spoke out about Murphy…
I love this website, with all my heart I have been a reader for a very long time and nothing like this is going to keep me away
You girls are doing a wonderful job… and how can we NOT let our own feelings get the best of us… Especially when you hear about some who had the whole world at their hands (cuz of his dad) and to only end up dead like that is pretty frustrating
/rant
Sarah, we’ve all written letters we should not have mailed. Don’t be so hard on yourself. We love you and appreciate what you do.
Thanks, EBD. :) You know how I feel about you!
You support that piece of horseshit that insults your other readers regularly?!? That poor excuse for a human being, that waste of human flesh that calls himself EvilBeetDouche…Jesus Christ! Are you effing kidding me?!? Do you even read what he says to your readers? Vicious for the sake of being vicious. He has told people here who have responded to posts to kill themselves, called people who are simply expressing an opinion stupid, insulted in the worst possible way people who have shared a piece of themselves to you and MUCH worse. Since he has been here he has added nothing but cruety and ignorance to this site. This site once was a place for intelligent discussion but no more. Now this is just a place for bullies and bitches. Wow. So this is what it has come to. I had no idea you actually condoned the filth that comes from that insignificant flea. I am not even staying on here long enough to proofread my post. Why should I when the bloggers themselves don’t. Stick your blog up your ass.
Okay, maybe Sarah’s post seemed a little insensitive to some people… but it’s her opinion. I don’t understand why she’s gotten such a huge backlash from people. Get over it! Why are such sensitive, easily-upset people reading gossip blogs, anyway? Gotta have a thick skin to write for them, and sometimes you need a thick skin to read them. Get. Over. It. I watched my uncle drink himself to death, and I wasn’t upset by this post. Actually, I was pretty disgusted by his whole ordeal…he refused help over and over and over again, and wouldn’t do anything to get better. We don’t know Andrew Koppel’s full story, but like she said, does a guy really think he’s gonna drink like crazy all day long and not pay some severe consequences? And yes, I’m sure some people do want to stop drinking, and I’m sorry that they “can’t.” I have an overwhelming chance to be an alcoholic based on my family history, but you know what? I don’t put myself in the position to BE an alcoholic… I don’t touch the stuff. Sorry if I sound like a dick about this, but sometimes the pity party just goes a little overboard with alcoholism. The bottom line is that this was her opinion, and why can’t we leave it at that? It’s like people just NEED something to bitch about. And how much would you wanna bet that all these whining idiots who said they’ll never read the blog again will be back within a week… if that long? Get over it.
“Why are such sensitive, easily-upset people reading gossip blogs, anyway?”
Exactly! lol
Sarah,
You clearly have a personal reason for having a strong opinion on this topic which has majorly spilled over into your writing of this piece. Do I think it was a mistake you shouldn’t have made? Yes, to a certain degree. Putting your own opinion in there is fine, welcomed even, but you took it a little far. You’ve apologised and I respect that, despite what others say about it.
As for the actual topic; It’s a toughy. Death is always going to be a sensitive one, throw in alcoholism with a fatal whisky bender and a family left behind and you’re going to offend someone whatever you say – You can either pour sympathy on the guy or hate on him but either way you’ll get people on both sides of the fence. Peoples experiences with alcoholism arent all the same; not all alcoholics are the same. Maybe we should just wait for more details before forming such detailed opinions.
Rainbows and lollipops x
Sarah, I was amazed when I read the first post. After reading many of your writings here and on other sites, I was appalled and shocked at what I read.
Coming from a long line of alcoholics, believe me, this is not a choice. Think about it, who in their right mind would choose to live like that? I will say though that after an alcoholic has put some years of sobriety together then drinks again, then it is a choice. By then the alcoholic has learned the tools required to stay sober and has chosen not to use them.
Kudos for the apology. It takes a good person to admit when they screw up. Looking forward to many more good posts.
“appalled and shocked”, huh? You must be new to the internet.
I haven’t even made it to the initial post yet but wanted to throw 2 cents in.
I see a big thing being missed by about everyone. When was the last time anyone heard anyone owning up to being a momentary ah? Seriously. How about we take this as a guide of what TO do as soon as you realize you reacted to something a bit too suddenly resulting in a screw-up, and then actually owning up to it? Yes, own up and be sincere. This is an excellent example of how to do it. Too bad so few just want to intentionally avoid that minor detail!
I don’t know if I’m alone on this but I don’t come to this website for their unbiased reporting of late-breaking critical news or anything. If I don’t like where a post is going I stop reading and move-on. I love that the writers throw their opinions in. If I agree, great. If I don’t, oh well. I don’t think the apology was at all necessary, but I applaud Sarah for having the balls to own up to her not-so-sensitive post.
I read the apology before I read the post, so my reaction is already skewed.
There was nothing wrong with what you said, Sarah, it obviously came from a very passionate and personal place. The problem was where you said it. It would have been a great post on your personal blog, but it was out of place on this site.
I am not disgusted with you and I will keep reading this site no matter what. Even at its worst, Evil Beet is the best!
The haters bore me, if you don’t like the site – don’t read it. Don’t hang around here all day snarking at people whose job you couldn’t do yourself. The only drama I have reading this site is having to sift through the drivel in the comments to get to the meat of the discussion.
Sarah – take it as a lesson on writing to your audience, but don’t let it make you feel you need to self-censor. It is your voice, own it and keep shouting. No matter what you say – somebody won’t like it. If you had decided to leave the post as it was and own what you said, I would have respected that too.
xx xx
Everyone is entitled to their opinion but there is a way to express your opinion with some respect. The problem I have with the original post is that it’s not the person who drank himself to death that has to put up with these comments. It’s his family – who for all we know did absolutely nothing wrong- that has to deal with comments like that. The same family that’s mourning his loss. I know this is a gossip blog and it’s tongue in cheek and sarcastic and all that other stuff but on some topics, if you don’t have anything nice (or at least neutral) to say, just don’t say anything at all.
“It’s his family […] that has to deal with comments like that.”
Do you genuinely believe that when someone loses a family member, the first thing they do is trawl gossip blogs?
“if you don’t have anything nice (or at least neutral) to say, just don’t say anything at all.”
Shouldn’t you be posting on some “Knitting Patterns for the Self-righteous Elderly” forum?
Sarah,
I think that your apology is well-stated and it takes a big person to own up to a mistake. But I agree with other readers that you have a lot of unwarranted vitriol towards your subjects and it’s not easy to read. We have the 1st Amendment here, and you can write whatever you want. But don’t expect people not to have a problem with it. As a woman, you might also want to consider putting your misogyny in check.
Apology or not, I still find you completely tasteless and terrible.
I mean, congrats for writing an apology, but big fucking deal- a lot of people apologize after being called out for being complete fucking bitches when it regards their job.
I think the fact that you wrote it and felt okay enough about it to publish it, publicly, on the site that employs you is disgusting, and I really hope that you writing this apology doesn’t mean you think that it’s all better and you’re really a great person because you know how to tuck your tail between your legs when you’re called out for being a cunt.
It’s easy to say things when you hide behind anonymity. Try posting your blog and real name up here so that we can judge you.
Sarah’s initial post while a little cold is her opinion and perfectly acceptable. Even enjoyable if you’re in my shoes.
As far as your credibility as a commenter goes…It went out the window when you attacked her calling her “Tasteless” “terrible” and “a cunt” not to mention you called out the entire website as “disgusting” Why don’t you stick to your regular drivel and read things that aren’t wrote by “fucking bitches” and don’t make you so upset.
I suppose you’re just a Bitter Betty who’s not getting the attention they want among the 200 commenters on PH.
You know, I agree. It doesn’t take a decent person to go, “Oh man, I might loose my job/readers/people’s respect if I don’t at least say sorry”. It is way more disturbing that she posted that without even thinking in the first place.
Ps: It’s the internet, everyone is anonymous on here. Kisses!
you guys are way too harsh on sarah. she is a great writer – all of evil beet’s writers are different and awesome and i have enjoyed reading all of their work. i could not take this kind of shit on the daily, so i have quite a bit of respect for the people that can. i did not necessarily think an apology was in order, but it’s here, and it is sincere. like beet said, turn off your computer for a day and try saying this shit to someone’s face. anyways sarah, you totally have a fan here!
I appreciate your sensitive apology.
Everything that needed to be said has been said already, but I would like to add my name to the list of people who will NEVER return to this site again
And I’m sure you will be SO missed here, because you are SO special, Anonymous member #643.
Sarah,
Your “apology post” has generated over 60 comments, and that’s pretty cool. You sparked a conversation betwen EB’s readers as to what is acceptable when it comes to gossip. I think people here are being way too judgemental. It’s hard to be witty and edgy without crossing the line sometimes. All of the newspapers are using words like “all day bender” when it comes to this guy’s death. I highly doubt that Ted Koppel is reading this site right now, and I don’t think any of his buddies are going to tell him that Sarah over at Evil Beet doesn’t feel bad for his son. Please don’t let this change you to the point where you write flowery drivel so nobody gets pissed off.
and btw yes, I see my spelling errors. We ALL make mistakes. I apologize for my lack of sensitivity to those who are offended by my spelling.
I’m glad you caught that. I was about to stop reading this site because of your spelling errors; they were tasteless.
fuck the haters, sarah. it’s not personal. it’s gossip. keep on bein’ a bitch, girl. i luvs it.
Man, some of you all need to chill. It’s just a matter of opinion! Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and frankly it’s asinine of anyone to continuously drink all day, thus binge drinking, and expect no consequences. Mental stability could have been considered but if that’s the case why didn’t he help himself or why didn’t anyone help him, especially Daddy Moneybags. So those of you on your self righteous high horse (RC), go ahead and get off it because everyone is entitled to their own opinions and I feel that this apology wasn’t necessary.
NylonJane, If anyone is on their high horse it isn’t me. How are you allowed to have an opinion and I am not? Kinda defeats your argument and I never said Sarah should have aplogized. I was talking about the other girl who compared herregret for her comment regarding Michelle Tratchenberg’s legs in regard to Sarah’s regret. Reading might help next time.
is this crap still going on?
Sarah… keep on keepin on girl.
*kisses*
There is power in the written word – which is why one must edit oneself ruthlessly. The line between wit and cruelty is a very fine one. Hopefully you will choose to write boldly, but with a sense of restraint and take care never to cross the line where cruelty lives. At the end of your days, what do you want said about you? That you were cruel and hurtful, in print, to famous people whom you did not know, and who had done you no personal harm; or that your wit sparkled and entertained the world?