A cat fight between two egotistical blowhards - Jerry Rivers (a.k.a., Geraldo Rivera) and Keith Olbermann. ROTFLMAO! This reminds me of the "fight" scene between Howard and Raj on The Big Bang Theory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igVLkndrAWg
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Geraldo and Keith Olbermann Battle Over Larry David
http://twitchy.com/fuzzychimp/2024/04/09/geraldo-rivera-larry-david-n2394887
It was like an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm playing out on Twitter/X, but Larry David was a prop and the main actors were Geraldo Rivera and Keith Olbermann.
It had everything: a plot, conflict, and a healthy dose of Hollywood-adjacent oldsters locked in a riveting back-and-forth.
It all began with a swipe from Geraldo at Larry David, whom he referred to as a 'self-righteous, snobby, self-loathing, narcissistic ass' based on a bad experience with the comedian at a birthday party at Martha's Vineyard (no, really).
Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) ~ After 12 seasons, many viewers lament the passing of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Larry David’s sour, pseudo bio-series. I’m not a fan, because Larry truly is the self-righteous, snobby, self-loathing, narcissistic ass he portrays. That opinion is informed by an outdoor afternoon Martha’s Vineyard birthday party at the home of retiring Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz.
I spotted Larry in the crowd and walked toward him. Instead of making at least nominal polite contact, Larry ostentatiously avoided even looking in my direction. He actually scurried about in theatrical panic, ducking behind other guests Groucho Marx-style as he made sure to keep a safe distance.
I later found out from Dershowitz that it was because I worked at the time for Fox News, and was generally supportive of my old friend President Trump.
Larry, who I’ve never met, apparently was taking his cue from the famous Fox-hater renting the big place next door.
Visible through the bushes separating the properties, President Barack Obama refused to make the two minute walk over to Dersh’s place for the same reason, Fear of Fox.
Now, every time I see Larry being rude, crude and intolerant on television, I say that’s him, that really is Larry David, and he’s not acting.
Really, Jerry? Yeah, Larry David is a douchebag, but what the hell prompted this?! Who cares?
It's hard to believe these people are real sometimes.
It seems Geraldo's grudge vault is a lot less empty than Al Capone's vault and that Larry David is among the multitude of Hollywood leftists who lobotomized themselves over Trump. Yeah, we're not shocked either.
Think what you want about Geraldo, but imagine being such a weirdo that you would physically avoid someone trying to say hello. Hollywood is staffed by post-retirement-aged children.
Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) ~ Important update: I forgot, I had met Larry before. That’s why his operatic snub was so bothersome. He personally directed me in the 1998 Seinfeld Finale. The cameo was shot in my Rivera Live CNBC studio in Fort Lee, NJ.
Geraldo claims the two had worked together in the past, but this was a new development based on David's fear of Trump cooties.
But, then we find out that there is one narcissistic lunatic who cares ...
Enter Krazy Keith Olbermann, stage left.
Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) ~ {Replying to @GeraldoRivera} Maybe everybody hates you just because you suck.
Ooooh, Keithy ... did ya think that one up all by your lil' lonesome?
LOLOLOL! We'll give you a moment to breathe that one in. Keith Olbermann telling someone else they suck.
It was a masterpiece in projection.
the Redneck Doctor (@Rhogart) ~
The irony was too much for the people of Twitter/X to handle.
Ian McKelvey (@ian_mckelvey) ~ Self awareness ... how does it work?
H.L. Chiselfritz (@RotNScoundrel) ~ Nobody asked him to, but Keith Olbermann just wrote and posted his own epitaph.
Carl Brandt (@CarlBrandt) ~ The irony of this statement is strong enough to rip a hole in the space-time continuum.
Someone needs to remind Keith Olbermann that he's Keith Olbermann.
Stiles Bitchley ☆☆ $8 (@StilesBitchley2) ~ {Replying to @KeithOlbermann and @GeraldoRivera} I'm certain it's your pleasantness we'll remember the most.
LOLOLOL! Well played.
Then it was Geraldo's turn to return fire.
Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) ~ {Replying to @KeithOlbermann} I didn’t know you were still alive.
There's a consistent thread here. These people think highly of themselves. Geraldo is upset over a years-old snub, and Olbermann gets mad over everything.
Geraldo's zinger wasn't going to play well with Olbermann's ego.
Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) ~ Oh no how can I go on.
First, he realized that Geraldo blocked him after essentially calling him a nobody.
Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) ~ This started in 1997. I went to NBC and they spent a little money on my new show on MSNBC.
Rivera publicly whined about them NOT spending that $ on HIS show on CNBC.
Then in '03 I called him out on his troop movement crap in Iraq.
He's literally been doing this for 2 centuries. 🤦🏼♂️
Then, in pure Keith Olbermann form, he tried to make the whole thing about himself with a little history lesson of his own about one of the many jobs he got fired from.
He was likely seething at this point, so he fired off one more shot.
Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) ~ Good God @GeraldoRivera is somehow even more of an idiot now than he was in 1997.
He posted this witty and original riposte - but first he blocked me so I couldn't read it.
(And of course he didn't know I was alive. You've seen him on TV; he doesn't know an effing thing).
Yes, we've seen him on TV, Keith. You … not so much.
Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) ~ This is as funny as any CURB plot, which is to say, very very funny.
We were laughing.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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