Ricky Gervais' celebrity photo hacking comments draw backlash

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Ricky Gervais' celebrity photo hacking comments draw backlash

Ricky Gervais likes to speak his mind — and as his Golden Globes hosting gigs have proved, he doesn't mind if he draws the ire of fellow celebrities. But recent comments he made on Twitter about famous folks whose intimate images were hacked and posted on the internet may have proved to be a tweet too far.

"Celebrities, make it harder for hackers to get nude pics of you from your computer by not putting nude pics of yourself on your computer," he tweeted on Monday.

Some stars, including Lena Dunham and Emma Watson, responded to his and other less-than-empathetic comments.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>The &quot;don't take naked pics if you don't want them online&quot; argument is the &quot;she was wearing a short skirt&quot; of the web. Ugh.</p>&mdash; Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) <a href="https://twitter.com/lenadunham/status/506399334146256896">September 1, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Even worse than seeing women's privacy violated on social media is reading the accompanying comments that show such a lack of empathy.</p>&mdash; Emma Watson (@EmWatson) <a href="https://twitter.com/EmWatson/status/506531006380527617">September 1, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Gervais has since deleted his initial tweet but has continued the discussion.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Making a joke about a thing doesn't mean you condone that thing.</p>&mdash; Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) <a href="https://twitter.com/rickygervais/status/506426259493355521">September 1, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Of course the hackers are 100% to blame but you can still makes jokes about it. Jokes don't portray your true serious feelings on a subject</p>&mdash; Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) <a href="https://twitter.com/rickygervais/status/506429117726982145">September 1, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Meanwhile, Dunham also commented generally on the hacking.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>The way in which you share your body must be a CHOICE. Support these women and do not look at these pictures.</p>&mdash; Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) <a href="https://twitter.com/lenadunham/status/506357452951285760">September 1, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Seth Rogen jumped in with his own condemnation.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Posting pics hacked from someone's cell phone is really no different than selling stolen merchandise.</p>&mdash; Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sethrogen/status/506207525931606016">August 31, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I obviously am not comparing women to merchandise. Just legally speaking, it shouldn't be tolerated to repost stolen pics.</p>&mdash; Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sethrogen/status/506215577577590785">August 31, 2014</a></blockquote>
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And Mary Elizabeth Winstead chimed into the discussion from a different perspective — her private photos were among those leaked. The actress commented on what it was like to have her long-deleted photos released, and she expressed empathy for other celebs who are going through the same thing.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>To those of you looking at photos I took with my husband years ago in the privacy of our home, hope you feel great about yourselves.</p>&mdash; Mary E. Winstead (@M_E_Winstead) <a href="https://twitter.com/M_E_Winstead/status/506197725285998592">August 31, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Knowing those photos were deleted long ago, I can only imagine the creepy effort that went into this. Feeling for everyone who got hacked.</p>&mdash; Mary E. Winstead (@M_E_Winstead) <a href="https://twitter.com/M_E_Winstead/status/506198161811992576">August 31, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Esther]

If people want to take nudes they should. He has no right to say they shouldn't have taken them in the first place. No one has the right to steal and spread it all across the internet.

 

[woodchuck]

I agree with him. We ALL know that nothing is EVER truly deleted. These celebs know it as well. Suck it up. If you don't want your shit out there, take Polaroids or its modern day equivalent. Comparing looking at these pix to accepting stolen merchandise is dumb.

 

[DJCandle]

He spoke the truth in 2014, so of course he needs to apologise. (Kidding)

Bottom line is, he's right. If you really don't want your privacy invaded, don't get salty cause you willingly gave Apple, Target, Walmart, or whoever, your trust and information and then it was mishandled.

Best way to avoid an STI is to stay celibate or keep it with strictly one partner right? Same deal with information. If you don't want to run the risk of losing information, don't leave it on your phone, or in this case, a cloud no less.

This is the age of stolen identities. We all should know the risks we run when put ourselves out there.

People have to stop wanting their cake and eating it too.

 

[Kwame Coltrane]

Them white bitches made him back down from comments in which he said the absolute truth

 

[playahaitian]

I had someone compare the fappening to the data breach at Target or identity theft.

FAIR comparison?

 

[Riggz]

white tears?

 

["THE MAN"]

Take em all you like, but as a person who is stalked 24-7, you should be more careful about those kind of things. Celebrities are on a different playing field than regular folks. This is the price you pay for fame. So protect yourself.

 

[Esther]

Yes

I had someone compare the fappening to the data breach at Target or identity theft.

FAIR comparison?

 

[comment101]

Not this BULLSHIT. Being a celebrity is being a product. Just like actual products, some are more sort after than others (think Apple/Samsung). The thing is that, as you celebrity, you know your star power. There won't be enough people to fill up Ashlee Simpson's concert if it was hosted in a high school gym, but they can combine 2 stadiums for Madonna. Point of all of that is, if you're a well sort after woman, you have to think about your actions. You can't just be out there sucking dick, smelling ass, sticking things up your ass and making visual evidence of it and then getting upset when it winds up in the wrong hands. I don't understand why you have to take pictures...Also, the argument about shirt mini skirt in relation to rape is absurd. First off, regardless of how women try to twist it, the reasons for wear that kind of an outfit is obvious. With that being said, if she's wearing that but doesn't pay you any mind, then she's not wearing it for you, she's wearing it for another kind of guy. Leave her alone.

 

[DJCandle]

I had someone compare the fappening to the data breach at Target or identity theft.

FAIR comparison?

All i'm saying is that in 2014, electronic shit happens. Minimize the risk by being smarter than the average bear, ESPECIALLY, if you're celebrity.

You can take all the sex photos and videos you want, nobody can say otherwise nor should they. Just where you're keeping them is the real issue.

External HD's are inexpensive, and almost fail proof. There's no excuse, outside the convenience factor, that this should've have happened to the folks it happened to.

Make your sex tapes and download them offline. You're survival rate for this kinda thing increases tremendously.

 

[playahaitian]

Take em all you like, but as a person who is stalked 24-7, you should be more careful about those kind of things. Celebrities are on a different playing field than regular folks. This is the price you pay for fame. So protect yourself.

^^^^

You see here I agree with the principle.

They get and WANT special treatment and consideration in not JUST legal matters, security, lifestyle etc.

I DO NOT condone them being hacked and their business being out there...

but if you ARE in that realm you should have the BEST security...

you KNOW your going to be targeted.

Because the AVERAGE person when their ID is stolen is generally met with a yawn NOT an immediate FBI investigation.

THEIR privacy is not MORE important then OUR privacy.

Notice they are advocating for THEMSELVES and EACH OTHER...

I wonder if this hack was done on just some random women would they RALLY like this?

I did not hear any of these celebrities who get paid to do commercials for Walmart Chase etc defend the rights of the customers who got THEIR ID stolen and couldn't pay rent, tuition etc.

 

[BDR]

Get the violins out ain't nobody trying to hear these clowns on their soap box.

And that Dunham bitch need to stfu? That bitch quick to get naked on camera and she got the worst shaped body on a cac I ever saw...bitch got marbels for tits and shaped like spongebob

 

[veritech]

Get the violins out ain't nobody trying to hear these clowns on their soap box.

And that Dunham bitch need to stfu? That bitch quick to get naked on camera and she got the worst shaped body on a cac I ever saw...bitch got marbels for tits and shaped like spongebob

preach.

 

[WhenTheGoingGetsTtuff]

lol yep. No surprise here from the bgol animals. Gervais made a careless comment. Insensitive of course. The women need to figure out a better plan of attack. Only way to get these people to realize their words is to hit them in their pockets.

 

[playahaitian]

Get the violins out ain't nobody trying to hear these clowns on their soap box.

And that Dunham bitch need to stfu? That bitch quick to get naked on camera and she got the worst shaped body on a cac I ever saw...bitch got marbels for tits and shaped like spongebob

But that isn't a FAIR comparison BR.

She get PAID to do that on TV and it was her choice.

She had NO presumption of privacy.

And if someone DID hack her phone for nude opics it would still be wrong.

Because if we go by the "well don't take naked pics logic..."

90% of bgol threads many by Finger and Jay and me would cease to exist.

 

[durham]

Man these women have got men straight twisted. Either encrypt your shit, make a strong two tiered password, or just maybe stop tricking on camera and leave that shit to the porn stars.

 

[BDR]

But that isn't a FAIR comparison BR.

She get PAID to do that on TV and it was her choice.

She had NO presumption of privacy.

And if someone DID hack her phone for nude opics it would still be wrong.

Because if we go by the "well don't take naked pics logic..."

90% of bgol threads many by Finger and Jay and me would cease to exist.

Fuck that those hoes need to use Polaroid cameras if they want to take them type of pics

Clearly you can't expect privacy when you have pics on a iPhone or in some cloud storage

 

[bgbtylvr]

Simps. All of them. These hoe are just mad that technology is exposing women for what they really are. LOL!

 

[playahaitian]

I hear you but don't forget it was NOT only women who got hacked.

I am surprised more men aren't looking at what happened to Verlander and thinking about THAT happening to them.

But I do feel like as celebrities they have a RESPONSIBILITY and EXPECTATION to protect themselves more...

they make everyone from the doorman to dog walker to gardener sign a confidentially agreement...and SELL their wedding and baby pics.

They DO share in the responsibility. And have the MEANS to protect themselves more.

Hell the other day some actress sued Duane Reade for tweeting her pic out and actually got PAID!

So they can't claim ignorance here.

JUST LIKE when we are victims of ID theft we are told we should have shredded this and not sign on to this and shouldn't have used that.

Again it isn't fair and the WOMEN shouldn't be treated like the guilty party and they NEED to go after icloud and the hackers at full force and I support them...

but its interesting that the celebs who got mostly POSITIVE comments aint yelling as much.

 

["THE MAN"]

lol yep. No surprise here from the bgol animals. Gervais made a careless comment. Insensitive of course. The women need to figure out a better plan of attack. Only way to get these people to realize their words is to hit them in their pockets.

Animals with our balls still intact, thank you very much. Paparazzi hide outside their homes and dig in their trash, yet hacking a cloud is something they never expected. Protect yourself.

Sent From My Galaxy S5

 

[Complex]

He's a comedian

Nobody died or got hurt, damn

 

[playahaitian]

Man these women have got men straight twisted. Either encrypt your shit, make a strong two tiered password, or just maybe stop tricking on camera and leave that shit to the porn stars.

Fuck that those hoes need to use Polaroid cameras if they want to take them type of pics

Clearly you can't expect privacy when you have pics on a iPhone or in some cloud storage

See this is the tricky part

if they claim they didn't KNOW they look ignorant and stupid.

But I have to say these izombies probably DID think that icloud was the Fort Knox of media storage and that THEIR icloud was special somehow and hackproof because they had a genius at the istore set up their phone PERSONALLY.

I'm telling you BR...they probably thought the ghost of Jobs protected they stuff.

 

[Complex]

Simps. All of them. These hoe are just mad that technology is exposing women for what they really are. LOL!

Some of you dudes really hate women

 

[Dr. Truth]

Bitch really compared this to raping a woman in a short skirt? Foh.

 

[BigDaddyBuk]

I agree with him. We ALL know that nothing is EVER truly deleted. These celebs know it as well. Suck it up. If you don't want your shit out there, take Polaroids or its modern day equivalent. Comparing looking at these pix to accepting stolen merchandise is dumb.

entitled people want all kinds of special consideration and special rights to excuse them from being complete dumbasses.

digitally transmitted information IS NOT and has NEVER BEEN SECURE.

thats why my WIFE AND I dont do the shit.

 

[simonmarcel]

"Support these women and do not look at these pictures."

 

[playahaitian]

"Support these women and do not look at these pictures."

that WAS some bullshit....

 

[phanatic]

I had someone compare the fappening to the data breach at Target or identity theft.

FAIR comparison?

Yes

You're mad. I'll gladly send anyone a naked selfie before I give you my bank account info. Women are fucking idiots. They want to be sexy to get what they want, but as soon as someone bites and views them as such, women are now the victim. Fuck out of here. Women are a walking double standard.

 

[phanatic]

"Support these women and do not look at these pictures."

I support JLaw by going to see the Hunger Games movies.

 

[mafclass]

Bitch really compared this to raping a woman in a short skirt? Foh.

I must ask who that is in your sig.

 

[phanatic]

Bitch really compared this to raping a woman in a short skirt? Foh.

This is worse than the drunk driver that gets pulled over for swerving, then calling racism because the cop is a different race. When you water down the definition of something, the real crimes go unnoticed because it is looked at as "crying wolf".

 

[kinglickk]

LMAO @ support these women and don't look at the pictures. Is this bitch an ostritch?
So if I'm walking down the street and a few $100 bills are blowing in the wind..I should ignore them? (not that these actress-ho's are $100 cuz I peeped a few and at most of their bodies and faces when not painted.

 

[exiledking]

I agree with him. We ALL know that nothing is EVER truly deleted. These celebs know it as well. Suck it up. If you don't want your shit out there, take Polaroids or its modern day equivalent. Comparing looking at these pix to accepting stolen merchandise is dumb.

if you don't want your money stolen NEVER put it in a bank acct then.

 

[Dark19]

These Feminazi Idiots and This Short Skirt Shit Need to Go Somewhere With That Bullshit Argument....If You Go Out Dressed Like This......

....You Are Going to Increase the Amount of Attention You Get, Good Or Bad That's Just a Fact.......And Women Know This

If I Go Out Dressed Like This.....

....I'm Going to Increase the Amount of Attention I Get, Good Or Bad That's Just a Fact....And Men Know This

In Both Instances If I Couple This With High Risk Variables Such as It Being Later in Night or In an Area Where Alcohol and Any Other Manner of Drugs Are Being Consumed (i.e. club areas) the Onus Falls on That Person to Know That By Wearing Things Like In These Examples You Are Making Yourself a Bigger Target Period. Cause Anybody Can be Mugged/Raped But If You're Out Looking Like This Then That Person Should Understand You're Walking Through the Lions Cage Wearing This.......