The Whole Saga Between Laura Dern And Baby Yoda Just Took Another Bizarre And Hilarious Turn
While on the red carpet, actress Laura Dern broke the world of entertainment wide open when she announced she saw one of Hollywood's hottest actors, The Child aka Baby Yoda, at a basketball game.
People were skeptical.
Now, things have gone even farther between the pair thanks to a visit to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Laura Dern says that she saw #BabyYoda at a basketball game: "That's all I'm going to say" https://t.co/i87ves5tn4— Variety (@Variety) 1575334618.0
"I think I saw him at a basketball game … It was NBA." In case you needed to know Laura Dern's thoughts on Baby Yo… https://t.co/fdkGLDhbSY— Twitter Moments (@Twitter Moments) 1575395667.0
After the video of Laura Dern claiming to have seen Baby Yoda went viral, she was asked about it by Colbert.
Her response had a strangely romantic tone to it...
.@LauraDern is thinking about seeing more of Baby Yoda. #LSSC https://t.co/QT50UwxU39— The Late Show (@The Late Show) 1578719388.0
Always... https://t.co/UPAeT7rjzr— Laura Dern (@Laura Dern) 1578719529.0
Uhh...I guess Laura Dern and Baby Yoda are a thing now?
Laura Dern leaning in & dating baby yoda I just- https://t.co/f1iw4iUX4G— Tess 👩🏼🎤 (@Tess 👩🏼🎤) 1578758818.0
I like a woman who doubles down on the absurdity. https://t.co/3R0sTbVWK2— alias julia🌶 (@alias julia🌶) 1578749794.0
Our world has moved in a beautiful and exciting new direction.
Working off the theory of the butterfly effect, if Enlightened had to be cancelled to bring us to this point, then… https://t.co/VFbp3oZE7I— Hudson Bae (@Hudson Bae) 1578753241.0
@colbertlateshow @LauraDern Lmao when that story orginally broke, I'm convinced she thought Baby Yoda was a rapper or something— Alderney City's Finest (@Alderney City's Finest) 1578758790.0
Many fans were supportive of this new stage in Dern's personal life.
The amount of joy my grad cohort and I found in discussing Laura Dern’s “I saw baby Yoda at a basketball game” was… https://t.co/EfCHhvLRwj— Meg (@Meg ) 1578462646.0
laura dern and her constant bit about baby yoda WILL get her the oscar— lucy (@lucy) 1578720713.0
These two are going to be together forever.
For real.
i hope whatever is going on with laura dern and baby yoda never ends https://t.co/HjnckYSZiV— erica (@erica) 1578756769.0
Some fans without a lot of pop culture knowledge thought Dern's comments were somehow about Rise of Skywalker.
@colbertlateshow @LauraDern Who cares?... Don't even bring up that awful movie.... Who cares?— matt zarella (@matt zarella) 1578733985.0
@cheesuscripes46 @colbertlateshow @LauraDern Baby Yoda is in a Star Wars show called The Mandalorian, not in The Ri… https://t.co/elJTvs1kEc— Steven Vo (@Steven Vo) 1578734117.0
But for the rest of us, Dern's comments about her newest love interest are pure gold.
We hope you have many happy years together.
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Ellen Page Does Not Hold Back As She Rips Into Pence And LGBTQ Hate Crimes In Colbert Interview
Canadian actress Ellen Page stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday to talk about her new Netflix superhero show The Umbrella Academy.
But rather than going into details about her new show in which she portrays Vanya, a troubled violinist, the 31-year-old actress launched into an impassioned speech covering topics that included the harmful effects of climate change; the Trump administration enabling hate crimes; and Mike Pence's homophobia.
While admitting there has been some progress made for representation in Hollywood, she insisted, "we need to hurry it up."
She spoke on behalf of a fed up community in what turned out to be a raw and emotional interview. Page did not hold back, and Colbert allowing her to have the floor without interrupting her introspective pauses was especially poignant to witness.
"Sorry, I'm, like, really fired up tonight," Page said halfway during the interview.
Watch the YouTube clip below from her Thursday-night appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in which she called out our leaders.
Ellen Page Calls Out Hateful Leadership www.youtube.com
When Colbert asked the environmentally conscious actress to define her earlier mention of "environmental racism," she explained that climate change "disproportionately affects people of color.
"This is something that's happening, and it's happening to the most marginalized people, and we need to be talking about it. It's really serious."
She laid into the media that passively informed the public of Jussie Smollett's attack as a possible hate crime.
"The urgency is so severe, and yet we have a media that's barely talking about it. We have a media that's saying it's a debate whether or not what just happened to Jussie Smollett is a hate crime. It's absurd! This shit isn't a debate."
Smollett, the actor who stars in FOX's The Empire, wound up in a hospital after he was viciously attacked by two masked-men in downtown Chicago who shouted racial and homophobic slurs and tied a rope around his neck.
"It feels impossible not to feel this way right now with the President and the Vice President, Mike Pence, who wishes I couldn't be married," she said, referring to her wife Emma Portner, whom she married last January.
"Let's be clear. The Vice President of America wishes I didn't have the love with my wife. He wanted to ban that in Indiana. He believes in conversion therapy. He has hurt LGBTQ people so badly as the governor of Indiana."
"This is what happens," Page said, connecting the dots to indicate an administration whose anti-LGBTQ policies include reversing the lifted ban of transgender people in the military and refusing to acknowledge Pride month.
"If you are in a position of power, and you hate people, and you want to cause suffering to them, you go through the trouble, you spend your career trying to cause suffering — what do you think is going to happen?"
"Kids are going to be abused, and they're going to kill themselves. People are going to be beaten on the street."
Ellen Page absolutely nails it. If you preach and advocate hate towards certain groups, what do think is going to h… https://t.co/FfjpxWjOt9— Robyn (@Robyn) 1549168563
Visibly frustrated and fighting back tears, Page tried her best to maintain composure while Colbert and his audience hung on her every word.
that night ellen page went on colbert, railed against the haters, took Pence to school, cried, got an A+ in activis… https://t.co/etpMSQjD2S— Kendra (@Kendra) 1549003042
@Alyssa_Milano @EllenPage Thank you Stephen Colbert for allowing her to speak and just be quiet with her during the pauses.— ketogirl 🥓 (@ketogirl 🥓) 1549091927
A thing I love so much about Colbert is how often he lets his female guests just occupy quiet. When Gaga talked a… https://t.co/IAoZwRRGEG— Julie S. Lalonde (@Julie S. Lalonde) 1549028302
Page concluded the interview with a very powerful statement.
"I have traveled the world and I have met the most marginalized people you could meet."
"I am lucky to have this time and the privilege to say this. This needs to fucking stop."
Many Trump-supporting conservatives dismissed her speech on Twitter as just another Hollywood rant and said that Pence was entitled to his opinion.
Fortunately, humanity prevailed and people lauded the actress for her riveting interview.
@halifaxfilmgal When I watched this earlier today, I was not prepared for where it went. It’s easy to be cynical ab… https://t.co/1B0roZZtKw— Rick Conrad (@Rick Conrad) 1549065020
@UmbrellaAcad @EllenPage Ellen kicked ass on Colbert's show. Being honest like that is terrifying. Sometimes a… https://t.co/kFbnOKBeVo— Jennifer Morris (@Jennifer Morris) 1549124146
@EllenPage Thank you for your moving, heart-felt words on Colbert's Late Show. Bless you!— Gifted Dolt (@Gifted Dolt) 1549165014
Like the actress said, it's time to "f****** stop."
People Share Their "How Did Our Ancestors Discover This Was Edible" Moments
It's one thing to be a foodie. It's another thing to put your life at risk because you're a little hungry and you want to be adventurous. How did our people learn what we could and could not consume? Who exactly discovered what seasonings paired perfectly with things? Who was the brave who learned for us that ketchup should always be on a fry? Deep thoughts friends. Deep thoughts.
Redditor u/maniacz2 had a really good life question we never really think about by asking.... What food has made you wonder, "How did our ancestors discover that this was edible?"
Waiters Share The Most Ridiculous Requests They've Gotten From A Customer
Everyone... EVERYONE should sometime in their life wait tables. It's not a lazy person's job or a stupid person's job. It takes skill and stamina and PATIENCE! We forget when we are customers that our wait staff are humans. They aren't Superheroes or servants. And special requests are getting out of hand!
Redditor u/Graceful_Swan_Ronson wanted the servers of the world to hold hands and let go by wondering.... Waiters/Waitresses of Reddit, what's the most ridiculous request you've gotten from a customer at your restaurant?
History Buffs Share The Best Stories Not Found In Textbooks
History as taught by textbooks SUCKS. But think about it, you're fully aware that awesome and hilarious stuff is happening every day. That's nothing new. History is full of characters that, if they existed today, would have the biggest Twitter following and at least 3 reality shows.
Take La Mapin, for example. She was a cross-dressing, sword-fighting, opera singer who killed at least ten men in duels and snuck into convents to hook up with the nuns. Yeah, we'd have read the HELL out of the French Revolution chapter in our history textbooks if it included that info!
One Reddit user asked:
History buffs of Reddit, what is one of the most fascinating stories you've learned that no one seems to talk about and can't be found in textbooks?
We grabbed some of our favorite responses - and now we're kind of mad, honestly. We spent years thinking history was boring! Turns out nope, it's not. Our textbooks just didn't want us knowing how scandalously awesome our ancestors could be.
H/T: Reddit