Craig Ferguson hits back to comics that hit.
A revamped 2007 clip from former host “The Late Late Show” that refuses to fry Britney Spears has gone viral on social media amid a new documentary that tells the pop star’s tumultuous life. At the time, the harassed singer “Baby One More Time” attacked paparazzi with an umbrella notoriety while wearing a shaved head.
While many comics brought Britney into play, the 58-year-old Scottish comedian refused to follow suit.
“Tonight – no Britney Spears jokes,” Ferguson said during the opening monologue. ‘This woman has two children, she is 25 years old and is a baby herself. She’s a baby. ‘
In the moving speech, he added that he had started mocking ‘uncomfortably’ with celebrities at the bottom and that comedy should be about ‘the attack on the powerful people, the politicians and the Trumps and the victims’.
“We must not attack the defenseless,” lamented the comedian, who is now presenting the new game show “The Huslter” on ABC.
Ferguson said he himself was guilty of hitting celebs when they were no longer: “It’s totally a mea culpa, it’s just for me,” he said. “I think my goal was a little off recently, and I want to change that a little bit.”
His emotional words are now being praised on social media more than a decade later.
“Craig worked completely against the grain of late-night comics here,” tweeted a fan along a section of the monologue.
“Comedians need to remember that when you make fun of a young acquaintance with drug abuse and / or emotional problems, no matter how rich and famous they are, you strike down,” the fan said.
“Another reason I see Craig Ferguson every day … He was very decent,” another posted.
The documentary, entitled “Framing Britney Spears”, describes Spears’ (39) ongoing conservatism battle with her father, Jamie Spears, as well as the portrayal of the singer in the media during her ups and downs in the “Toxic” spotlight.
Spears herself, although she was allegedly ‘fed up with conservatory’, apparently did not see the doctor.
Ferguson was ahead of his time, just as many celebrities has looked at the document – and now joins the hashtag movement on social media in support of the “Work B ** ch!” singer.
Celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker, Courtney Love and Andy Cohen have all tweeted #FreeBritney, #JusticeForBritney and #WeAreSorryBritney. Khloé Kardashian too tweeted her supportwhile describing the situation as ‘so so sad’, while saying that she was praying for ‘Queen Britney’.
Actress and Food Network star Valerie Bertinelli declares the dock a ‘gut punch’, noting ‘so many horrible men / leeches in her life’, including her dad and Justin Timberlake.
‘Finally watch the’ Framing of Britney Spears’ on Hulu. It’s an understatement to call it heartbreaking, ”said talk show host Tamron Hall. tweeted, and also adds the hashtag #FreeBritney.
However, the idea of ’just saving’ was a point of contention in comedy circles, with some comedians praising the practice and others considering it sold out.
“Comedy is subjective, and it’s offensive, it’s real,” Colin Quinn, an alumni of Saturday Night Alive, said in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter in 2015. ‘And people make these imaginary rules, like,’ Comedy can push, but it can’t push. ‘No, comedy crashes too, sometimes sorry. ‘