rant · moment 14 of 18
Diddy, Cancel Culture, and Why Nobody Actually Cares Anymore
from CNN Interview, Ms. Rachel Propaganda, & The Uncancelables | The Tim Dillon Show #445 · #445
13 min
Tim goes on an extended riff predicting Diddy, Harvey Weinstein, and Ellen DeGeneres will all eventually be publicly 'uncancelled' and given awards, arguing that celebrities are no longer perceived as real people so the public can't sustain anger at them, and that fame is the most powerful force in America.
- Tim predicts Diddy will receive a lifetime achievement award within a few years despite the allegations against him.
- The future scenario: Diddy at an awards podium comparing himself to Harriet Tubman and refusing to give up.
- Tim fantasizes about Harvey Weinstein and Ellen DeGeneres making comebacks, comparing themselves to historical figures like Oscar Schindler and Joan of Arc.
- Big narcissistic personalities never actually disappear—they'll always find a way back into public life.
- People won't blame Diddy because they're too busy struggling with their own lives—stuck in traffic, unable to afford apartments, too exhausted to care about celebrity scandals.
- Nobody is shocked by Hollywood scandals anymore; people stopped caring ten years ago when they started watching house-flipping shows instead.
- Narcissistic celebrities would rather be hated than live anonymously in a quiet suburban life—anonymity is worse than death to them.
- Celebrity is the most powerful force in America and the reason Donald Trump got elected; the promise of fame is what keeps people alive.
- People won't even be angry when Diddy gets his award—they'll be too depressed about their own lives to sustain that anger.
- Nobody thinks of Ellen DeGeneres as a real human who eats cereal in the morning; people imagine her sleeping upside down like a bat or as some kind of CIA asset.
- Even if Ellen ate a baby, you wouldn't be mad at her—it would be like being angry at a rock or a mountain that a plane crashed into.
Dalton TrumboSean CombsKirk DouglasEllen DeGeneresHarvey WeinsteinSpartacusHollywood scandalsDonald TrumpKevin SpaceyRosie O'Donnell