Sunday August 28, Daily Links

Published by Interrobang Staff at August 28, 2022

SUNDAY 8.28

NEWS STORIES

Jared Kushner Singles Out Chrissy Teigen as a Nasty Troll

On a radio show Friday, Kushner defended his bride, Ivanka Trump, as “elegant” from all those Nasty Trolls like Chrissy Teigen who attacked her.

Sorry J. The days of thinking that Ivanka’s adorable are long gone bro.

Uh Oh, Where's all the Adderall?

There’s an adderall shortage at pharmacies across the United States. It’s the result of labor shortages at the country’s largest supplier, Teva Pharmaceuticals.

Looks like we’re going to see a lot of college dropouts this year.

SPORTS

DeVonta Smith Needs Wawa Rehab

The Philadelphia Eagles Wide Receiver said he eats Wawa every day and his favorite hoagie is the turkey sub. He said he’s even worried he’s putting on a few pounds.

You live in Philly. It’s the city of brotherly love handles.

CELEBS & ENTERTAINMENT

B.I.G. Mural Vandalized in NYC

The Brooklyn mural was tagged with EAST COAST across Notorious B.I.G.’s face.

Sounds like west coast is in town.

Watch Anna Kendrick's First and Last Ellen Appearance

Anna first appeared on Ellen in 2010, and then her final visit to the show was in 2018.

Looks like they were filmed the same day.

Dude Says He Was Paid $100,000 to Give Up R. Kelly Sex Video

Keith Murrell testified this week that he made a deal with R. Kelly’s business manager to get paid 80k to hand over a video tape he had of Kelly and his wife having a threesome with an underage girl. He got the tape from Kelly’s former girlfriend. Murrell and the ex ended up splitting $200k for the return of the tape to Kellys manager.

Seems like you sold low bro.

Richard Simmons Speaks Out!

A new TMZ doc asked, what happened to Richard Simmons? Turns out he’s alive and well, just living a less public life. He went public posting on his facebook page to thank his fans for their love and concern.

Also to explain to anyone under 35 who the hell Richard Simmons is.

Grimes Says Zuck Not Qualified to Run Metaverse

She wrote on Twitter, “If Zuck ‘oversees the Metaverse’ it is dead and people who care about art and culture are building something else. Also this is bad art. The quality of this image alone speaks to how wildly under qualified he is to build alternate reality, literally every indie game looks better”.

And does sleeping with Elon musk make you qualified to judge who runs the metaverse?

Variety Picks the Series With the Worst Finales

The Sopranos and Seinfeld top the list along with Game of Thrones, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, How I Met Your Mother, Dinosaurs, True Blood, Two and a Half Men, Girls, Gossip Girl, House, Scrubs and more.

Most of these could go in a list of the worst series ever.

VIRAL & TRENDING

WTF is Quiet Quitting?

Younger workers are doing something they call quiet quitting their jobs. They’re not leaving their posts, but they are refusing to do the types of tasks outside of the job they were hired to do, without additional compensation.

Cool, but don’t you prefer loud quitting?

Vox Asks Why Do Men Have Less Friends Now Than Ever Before?

Vox says we’re experiencing a friend recession and men have been affected more than women. One in five single men say they have no close friendships and the number of men with more than six friends dropped like a sack of potatoes. Experts have weighed in with various socio-cultural explanations but….

Mainly because people are drinking less.

STUDIES, SURVEYS, RANKINGS

Eating Junk Food Makes You Anxious and Depressed

A study has found that the cause of your anxiety and depression may be the garbage food you’re packing away, particularly overprocessed foods.

Really? Cause lack of junk food is what’s depressing me.