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Belfast Telegraph
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Belfast Telegraph
‘US podcasters' comments in no way reflect the Belfast I know and love': Deputy Lord Mayor on Cancelled co-hosts branding city ‘violent' and ‘crazy'
Tana Mongeau and Brooke Schofield are best known for their Cancelled podcast, where they share their unfiltered opinions on pop culture and often host 'cancelled' public figures. But the pair weren't impressed when they visited the city in May as part of their podcast tour. Speaking on their podcast, they said Belfast was 'crazy' and 'violent'. But Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast Paul Doherty has dismissed their remarks. 'These comments in no way reflect the Belfast I know and love,' he said. In their podcast, Brooke (28) said their trip began with witnessing a brawl between Celtic and Rangers fans, following a 1-1 draw in the Old Firm clash at Ibrox, outside a Belfast airport. 'We saw the most violent fight ever, the second we landed in Ireland. I think we were in Belfast,' she explained. 'It was over soccer. And first of all, it was funny — we were like 'haha'. I have a video and it looks like they are swinging in slow motion. They were obviously, clearly, drunk old men. 'We were laughing about it, because we were like: 'What is going on? Everyone is fighting.' 'And then all of a sudden one guy gets punched and gets knocked out so bad he hits his head so hard on the pavement. I was like: 'I think he just died.'' 'There were so many fights on the street in Belfast,' Tana (26) then told listeners. 'Paige [Camerlin, their friend] was walking down the street and she saw someone chugging a bottle of wine on their knees. [They] took the bottle away, popped a handful of pills, kept chugging. Belfast was crazy.' Brooke then described an encounter at their hotel that led her to believe that people in Belfast are 'violent'. 'We were taking our luggage out, putting a luggage cart out on the street, and some lady went by. I'm waving at her baby and she goes: 'God, you stupid f****** c****.' 'I was like: 'Oh, my God! They are so violent here.'' In response, Mr Doherty said Belfast is a great city, adding: 'What I see every day is not chaos — it's compassion. 'This is a city where people look out for one another, step up in times of need and pull together in solidarity. 'At Foodstock, I've worked with communities across Belfast through some of the toughest times, and what always shines through is our resilience, our humour and our kindness. 'That's the Belfast I am proud to call my home. 'Belfast is a city of artists, musicians, storytellers and community builders who inspire people the world over. To reduce us to tired stereotypes is lazy and wrong. 'People here will give you directions, a story, a laugh, and even the coat off their back. 'We're known the world over for our hospitality and warm welcome — and rightly so.' However, it wasn't just Belfast where the girls felt uncomfortable: Tana said she felt that European culture in general is less friendly than American culture. 'People just culturally don't do the same thing,' she said. 'Like, I think in America, when you catch someone staring at you, you smile and they smile back and they look away. People don't do that here.' Yet the podcasters said they thoroughly enjoyed their show here, praising their audiences in Belfast and further afield. 'In Ireland and Scotland, it feels like we have a strong community there,' Brooke said. 'Yes, the Ireland shows were so incredible,' Tana agreed. 'It was so cute. You'd notice in the audience girls [who] came alone, and by the end of the show they'd joined groups of friends. 'You could just see people making friends and holding hands. It was so sweet.'
Time of India
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
'People wanted me to fight Corinna': Tana Mongeau addresses Corinna Kopf fight rumors on Logan Paul podcast
YouTuber Tana Mongeau has now addressed long-standing rumors of a reported fight with fellow creator Corinna Kopf, as well as the record tension between David Dobrik and Jeff Wittek. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now In a recent "IMPAULSIVE" podcast, hosted by and Mike Majlak, Tana Mongeau was frank in talking about influencer boxing, her complicated allegiances, and the backstage alliances that continue to shape her reality. Tana Mongeau goes behind the scenes on Corinna Kopf, influencer boxing and messy friendship with Jeff Wittek YouTuber Tana Mongeau, famous for her unrestrained streams and podcast 'Cancelled', again hit the headlines when she discussed personal scandals on a recent podcast. The 26-year-old has admitted that she almost participated in influencer boxing, a trend that was once hot but is now dying out, and once even contemplated taking on influencer Corinna Kopf in the ring, though this now seems more of a joke than a possible bout. 'People wanted me to go at it with Corinna,' said Tana Mongeau to Logan Paul and Mike Majlak in the IMPAULSIVE podcast, referencing the excitement of an earlier appearance by Corinna Kopf on the same program. 'I remember that time. She came on this show. I think she would say, 'Would you still want to fight Corinna?' But like, I do love watching two grown men just duke it out. Like, I love watching a good fight. I do. So I would love, I wish everything in my face wasn't fake. ' In refusing the suggestion, Tana Mongeau complimented the controversial world of influencer boxing for its entertainment but conceded it's lost some of its sparkle. Rather than fighting with Corinna Kopf, who also rose to fame early on from David Dobrik's Vlog Squad and has since established herself as a successful streamer and content creator, Mongeau pondered the idea of working with her instead. 'It's a little gimmicky. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now But also, is that beef still? Cause I think I could see you guys doing a clam collab instead. Like, think about like it's bikini bottom. It's like we're in SpongeBob. Like dude, imagine if you two did some crazy shit,' she joked, suggesting a creative partnership over conflict. TANA MONGEAU ON FIGHTING CORINNA KOPF The discussion soon turned to the deeper, more intricate relationships of the group, including Jeff Wittek and David Dobrik. Mongeau was frank about her continued struggle to balance friendships with both parties of the now-famous crane injury accident. She acknowledged that although she still has Jeff Wittek's back, she doesn't agree with cutting people off simply because of where they came from. 'Corinna's been a subject in the Jeff thing, because I do love, I do love her. I do love Corinna. Jeff's come around to it because it's just like, dude, if you have to write off anyone who's ever associated with someone that hit you in the head with a crane, it's like a lot of people. And dude, Corinna has always been really good to me, but it is like not to go to Jeff's defense crazy and like, whatever, I understand where you're coming from, but I don't know my respect for all of them... It's hard. I'm wondering if Dobrik, I mean, they all say that if he didn't have the money and he didn't have the fame and he didn't have the power, they would still be there," she revealed, noting that she and Jeff recently had a heart-to-heart regarding emotional reciprocation in their friendship. Despite the dirty history, Mongeau said that she wanted to stay on good terms with individuals who've been kind to her, no matter what their involvement in bigger scandals. She further shared that she will be heading off to Hawaii for some downtime before launching her upcoming sold-out tour in Australia. "I am going to Hawaii right now just to chill," she shared. "We're about to tour Australia, but I think it's completely sold out. Australia is the coolest place on the planet. This is kind of my last tour on the touring world, at least for 2025, maybe a little bit of 2026. So exciting." Also read: While Tana Mongeau ends up in internet controversy every now and then, it seems that she keeps moving forward, leveraging humor and vulnerability to build a connection with followers and trying to remain positive.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ohio Northern settles with former professor
Mar. 24—ADA — Ohio Northern University entered into a settlement agreement with a former professor who sued the school and top university officials for reportedly firing him in retaliation for his political views. The agreement, signed by Ohio Northern President Melissa Baumann and former law professor Scott Gerber on March 19, brings an end to years of litigation between the parties two weeks before the case was set to be heard by a jury in Hardin County. Ohio Northern agreed to reinstate Gerber to his former position and faculty rank, in exchange for Gerber's agreement to retire immediately upon reinstatement, according to the settlement agreement filed in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. Ohio Northern acknowledged through the agreement that Gerber "provided outstanding teaching, scholarship and service during his years on the Ohio Northern University faculty." The university also acknowledged Gerber "at no time was ever a public safety risk to any member of the ONU community nor acted with moral turpitude," resolving a defamation claim Gerber raised in his lawsuit. "Ohio Northern University is pleased to have reached a resolution to this personnel issue," university spokesman David Kielmeyer said in a statement Monday. "The compromise reached through this legal settlement brings this matter to a close." Attorney Steve Forbes said, "Dr. Gerber is pleased that Ohio Northern recognized that he is an outstanding professor and that they rescinded his termination and reinstated him." The settlement calls for Ohio Northern to dismiss with prejudice a lawsuit against Gerber in U.S. District Court, with court costs paid by the university. In return, Gerber agreed to discontinue any complaints or lawsuits against Ohio Northern and cease publication of his planned memoir "Cancelled." All parties agreed not to publicly discuss settlement terms beyond those listed in public court documents. The settlement bars all parties from disparaging one another in public or private as well. Gerber filed his lawsuit in Hardin County Common Pleas Court to reverse his termination from the Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, where worked as a tenured professor until the school fired him in 2023. The lawsuit alleges Ohio Northern terminated Gerber in retaliation for his raising concerns about diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and what he believed to be illegal hiring practices favoring minorities and women at the law school. Ohio Northern officials denied these allegations in court filings, which describe an alleged pattern of bullying, harassment and intimidation of colleagues preceding Gerber's termination. The university filed its own lawsuit in U.S. District Court in January alleging Gerber was using litigation to seek political and personal revenge for past grievances. Ohio Northern attorneys then sought to dismiss the Hardin County case weeks later, but Hardin County Common Pleas Court Judge Jonathan Hein denied the motion. The settlement agreement averts a jury trial slated to begin April 7 in Hardin County. Featured Local Savings
The Independent
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Mötley Crüe share statement after Vince Neil's plane crashes in Arizona
Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil was not on board when a private jet he owned crashed at an airport in Arizona, the band have confirmed. The pilot of the aircraft has died. The incident, which happened off the runway at Scottsdale Airport on Monday afternoon (10 February) left Neil's girlfriend Rain Andreani and her friend with injuries that are not thought to be life-threatening. They were taken to hospital with the jet's co-pilot, who was also injured. According to a statement posted from the band's Instagram, the Learjet aircraft Model 25A was attempting to land when, 'for reasons unknown at this time', it veered from the runway causing it to collide with another parked plane. 'While details are still emerging, our hearts go out to the families of both the pilot who lost his life and the passengers who suffered injuries,' the band's representative said. 'Mötley Crüe will announce a way to help support the family of the deceased pilot – stand by for an announcement very soon.' TMZ reports that Adreani, 43, broke five ribs in the crash, while the dogs she and her friend were travelling with also survived. She and Neil are believed to have been dating for around 14 years, having met in 2011. Neil, 64, said he was grateful for the critical aid of all first responders assisting in the crash. Mötley Crüe rose to fame in the early Eighties and are one of the biggest-selling rock bands of all time. Formed by bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by Neil and guitarist Mick Mars, they quickly became known for their hard-partying lifestyles as well as their flamboyant live shows. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial (3 months for non-Prime members) Sign up In 2019 they were the subject of a Netflix film, The Dirt, based on th e controversial book of the same name and starring Iwan Rheon, Douglas Booth, Machine Gun Kelly and Daniel Webber. Last year, it was announced that the band had signed a new deal with Big Machine Records – they released their latest EP, Cancelled, in October. The plane crash on Monday follows a string of deadly aircraft incidents in the last two weeks, including a mid-air collision with an army helicopter and a commercial jet near Washington DC on 29 January, which killed 67 people. Just two days later, six people onboard and another person on the ground were killed when a medical transportation jet crashed in Philadelphia. Last week, a small commuter plan crashed in western Alaska on route to Nome, killing all 10 people on board.
AllAfrica
31-01-2025
- Politics
- AllAfrica
Aung San Suu Kyi isn't the villain of Myanmar's tragedy
Myanmar is in freefall. Since the February 2021 military coup, the nation has plunged into unrelenting chaos with widespread atrocities, thousands of lost lives and over two million displaced. A repressive military regime has compounded the systematic dismantling of democratic institutions with the imprisonment of all elected leaders, including State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint, cabinet ministers and over 21,000 prisoners of conscience. Amid the horrors of this harrowing landscape, some critics have chosen to target not the architects of this tragedy, the State Administration Council junta, but rather its most prominent victim. Benedict Rogers' recent article, 'The world must end its silence on Aung San Suu Kyi' (Union of Catholic Asian News, January 17, 2025) indulges in distorted half-truths. Despite his so-called good intentions, Rogers casts Suu Kyi as the villain in a tragedy engineered by the very military she has consistently opposed. This is not journalism—it's the rhetorical equivalent of lighting a pyre beneath a woman enduring her 19th year of imprisonment, including her fourth concurrent year in solitary confinement, and calling it justice. Mainstream news has taken to calling Myanmar a 'forgotten country,' but a documentary from The Independent last December reveals a country not so much forgotten as deliberately ignored. Some lament the fall of 'the one democratic hope that Burma had,' her betrayal by those who unreasonably expected a saint and then abandoned her when sullied by realpolitik. 'Some journalists I speak to now admit they got it wrong about my mother,' explains Aung San Suu Kyi's son, Kim Aris, featured prominently in the film 'Cancelled ' , talking to us before its release. Research from organizations like Care International charts a clear relationship between Western reporting, exacerbated sectarian violence and rising nationalism. As Sir John Jenkins, former UK ambassador to Myanmar, explains in the documentary, Suu Kyi's abandonment by her 'international friends' during the Rohingya crisis enabled the military to launch its 2021 coup d'état. Labeling Suu Kyi's 2019 defense of Myanmar at The International Court of Justice (ICJ) as a 'defense of the military' by a 'genocide apologist' carries as much weight as a shadow on a sidewalk. She undertook a delicate legal and diplomatic defense of her country, at a time when abandoning internal judicial processes to international intervention would have made things worse. International observers stubbornly failed to frame sectarian violence as intercommunal, ignoring the reality that condemnation of either Buddhist or Muslim communities would have only fanned the flames. Addressing the ICJ, Suu Kyi declared: 'Myanmar will have no tolerance for human rights abuses committed in Rakhine state and will prosecute the military if war crimes have been committed there.' These statements were not denials of atrocities but rather acknowledgments of Myanmar's challenges. Her appearance at The Hague was not a declaration of complicity but an act of survival. To brand Suu Kyi a collaborator is to ignore the suffocating grip the military held over her government. Suu Kyi's political philosophy emphasized peace through dialogue and non-vilification. This approach stands out as a rare strategy in a world that often divides, demonizes and retaliates. The insinuations of collusion dismiss Suu Kyi's intentions and deny the reality of Myanmar's 2008 Constitution as an instrument of military control. Dismantling the military was never an option. The system she inherited was designed to obstruct civilian control, making incremental reform the only realistic path forward. Critics who accuse Suu Kyi of failing to dismantle the military's power overlook an essential fact: it was never an option. The real question is not why Suu Kyi failed to dismantle the military, but why critics are so eager to transfer blame for the military's crimes onto her shoulders. Any analysis of Suu Kyi's leadership during the Rakhine state crisis that omits the brutal attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) is not just incomplete; it is intentionally misleading. These coordinated attacks by the Islamic terrorist group were a deliberate provocation that had their desired effect of triggering the military's 'area clearance operation' that drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya into Bangladesh. ARSA's goal was to destabilize the region and provoke military retaliation. The formation of the Kofi Annan Commission on Rakhine state was an extraordinary act of political courage in a country deeply fractured by ethnic divisions. Critics often dismiss it as a public relations stunt, ignoring the commission's real significance. Suu Kyi's leadership during this time laid the groundwork for reconciliation. Ignoring ARSA's calculated provocation is akin to analyzing the horrors following October 7 in Israel without acknowledging the Hamas attacks that precipitated the escalation. Blaming Suu Kyi for the military's obstruction is as irrational as blaming a firefighter for the crimes of an arsonist. Under her guidance, the National League for Democracy (NLD) became a symbol of defiant yet peaceful opposition to the junta. By the 2020 elections, despite systemic repression, the people of Myanmar overwhelmingly entrusted Suu Kyi with their democratic aspirations. Each vote cast for the NLD was a profound act of defiance—a declaration that the people of Myanmar refused to bow to military authoritarianism. Yet critics trivialize this victory and dismiss Suu Kyi's leadership as a failure. Such criticism disregards the sacrifices of millions who risked their safety and livelihoods to support her vision of a free Myanmar. The fixation on Suu Kyi's perceived failings obscures the crimes of the military generals, led by coup-maker Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who have perpetuated a reign of terror for decades. These are the men who planned and executed the 2021 coup, dismantling democracy and plunged the country into chaos. Suu Kyi's leadership and the NLD's electoral victories were direct challenges to this entrenched system of terror. To criticize Suu Kyi while downplaying the junta's crimes distorts reality. If there is a failure to hold the military accountable, it is not Suu Kyi's failure—it is the world's failure to confront the true perpetrators of Myanmar's tragedy. It is time to stop using Suu Kyi as a scapegoat for Myanmar's suffering. Her critics—many of whom once hailed her as a beacon of hope—owe her more than criticism; they owe her an apology. The military junta has always been the primary architect of Myanmar's oppression. Suu Kyi, though far from a perfect leader, represented the aspirations of millions who dared to dream of freedom. To continue vilifying her diminishes the extraordinary resilience of a nation fighting for its dignity. Suu Kyi's imprisonment is not just a personal tragedy—it is a profound injustice and a betrayal of democracy itself. Her detainment symbolizes the suffocation of a nation's hopes. The global community must do more than demand her release; it must confront the smear campaign that has unfairly tarnished her legacy. Let history judge Suu Kyi for what she truly is: a courageous leader who navigated impossible circumstances, a flawed yet defiant symbol of her people's struggle and a voice for reconciliation in a nation fractured by decades of terror. The call is clear: #FreeAungSanSuuKyi and hold the true villains—the junta—accountable for their crimes. Alan Clements is an author, investigative journalist and former Buddhist monk ordained in Myanmar, where he lived for years immersed in the country's spiritual and political landscapes. He is the author of 'Burma: The Next Killing Fields?' and 'The Voice of Hope', co-authored with Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as the four-volume 'Burma's Voices of Freedom' and 'Aung San Suu Kyi From Prison and a Letter to a Dictator.' His decades-long work focuses on Myanmar's ongoing struggle for democracy, human rights and spiritual resilience. Fergus Harlow is a writer, scholar and human rights advocate. He co-authored 'Burma's Voices of Freedom' and 'Aung San Suu Kyi From Prison and a Letter to a Dictator', providing an in-depth exploration of Myanmar's political crises and the resilience of its people. Harlow's work centers on the intersections of democracy, spirituality and global human rights.
