The always-rankled denizens of Twitter are currently furious at Cuba Gooding Jr. for lifting up Sarah Paulson’s dress at an event on Sunday.
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The awkward moment took place at PaleyFest in LA while Paulson greeted Kathy Bates.
Sarah Paulson introducing Kathy Bates….. name a better friendship pic.twitter.com/B8Q15b09tX
— p.c ? (@90sIover) March 27, 2017
According to Digital Spy, Gooding also “tried to pull at her dress after she had taken a seat, which led to Paulson slapping his hand away.”
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Though Paulson appears to be laughing and smiling throughout the strange moment, many Twitterers thought Gooding’s antics were sexist and beneath contempt.
They wasted no time in letting that disapproval be known.
@cubagoodingjr playing OJ was the perfect fit, I see the similarities now.
— Elle ?? (@MistyyyGoode) March 27, 2017
@cubagoodingjr grow up! Pulling up Sarah Paulson's dress wasn't funny AT ALL. You rich celebs think you are God & can do whatever you want.
— Bill Beckwith (@billbeckwith22) March 27, 2017
@cubagoodingjr hello m8 what drugs are you on bc i'd love to have some that makes me think yanking my friend's dress up is funny
— kommissar (@choirgirI) March 27, 2017
Okay, but why did Cuba Gooding Jr. lift up Sarah Paulson's skirt at Paleyfest? https://t.co/WgV2W3KZDJ pic.twitter.com/Ywr7ZPSfzG
— MetroPhilly (@MetroPhilly) March 27, 2017
Um… so is @cubagoodingjr allowed to get away with lifting @MsSarahPaulson skirt at @paleycenter? Total disrespect to a woman
— WinterThreds (@piratepenzan) March 27, 2017
There is no excuse for what @cubagoodingjr did to @MsSarahPaulson as women we always have to "understand" playful when it's unacceptable
— noelbelle (@MikoNoel) March 27, 2017
Okay, yes I went back to screenshot this. But does he seriously think this is okay? @cubagoodingjr @MsSarahPaulson pic.twitter.com/xHEnURhY3H
— Elle ?? (@MistyyyGoode) March 27, 2017
Grayson Voyeur
what kind of shit is “The always-rankled denizens of Twitter” here? are you trying to normalize gooding’s behavior? because that’s the only way this phrase makes sense. you don’t try to point out someone’s “always acting like that” unless you’re trying to minimize it. i’d say being rankled here is a good thing. is this a new “bro” look queerty is trying out? cause it’s not cute.
Xzamilloh
How is his behavior “normalized”? Believe it or not, some of us can see something not usually shown and not have a b*tch fit about it. What Gooding did was immature, but as usual the first world feminazis of Twitter are freaking out more than they should, and on Muslim Women’s day, the special day we look at the strength of Muslim women while conveniently ignoring the actual rape culture and patriarchy that a lot of them live in in their own countries… you know, behavior that really is “normalized” but looked over in favor of “multiculturalism”?
DCguy
Xzamilloh, Then I’m sure you wouldn’t mind somebody doing that to your mother?
Xzamilloh
It certainly wouldn’t be the end of the world, and I’d rather she get her skirt lifted up than raped or murdered or beaten… there’s always something worse. But that’s a great retort, trying to get personal instead of responding to what was said.
Lvng1Tor
@Xzamilloh dehumanising women and treating them like objects, like Cuba did, is what leads to a rape culture. And who the F would say he’d rather have his mother treated like a sexual object and touched inappropriately than r@ped? Serious…none of that is right. None!
Xzamilloh
Read the thread… you can spare me the “outrage culture” shock and keep ignoring actual rape culture in favor of what was likely him being immature with a friend and not realizing the implications of it on a global scale. If I had to choose between my mother being raped and a friend she knows pulling up her dress, that friend — man or woman — can pull up her dress anytime. What leads to “rape culture” is the willful blindness the regressive left actively campaigns for when migrants sexually assaulted thousands of women in Cologne, Germany and their FEMALE mayor telling the women to just keep them at arm’s length. THAT’S what leads to rape culture, not a bunch of Twitter happy idiots looking for something else to be offended over for the umpteenth time. Has Sarah said anything??
DCguy
Xza, so your response sets up a fake comparison. You say you’d rather have somebody do that to your mother than rape her. Or, if course there is the real option, which is would you rather have that NOT done to your mother at all.
Xzamilloh
You’re the one who decided to make it personal… If my mother had a close friend, I wouldn’t care if he lifted her skirt, and I damn sure wouldn’t get more offended than her as if she couldn’t speak for herself. Like I said, if Sarah Paulson hasn’t voiced her outrage, I’m not about to act like it’s the end of the world, and once again, NO ONE has bothered addressing the REAL rape culture I mentioned. Typical regressive left, and why I no longer identify as a liberal (still left wing, though.
lauraspencer
Any how do Twitter denizens feel about blogs and other twitter users reposting the “offensive” video over and over? Is that not sexist? Are not people complicit in the problem by distributing it?
salumbre
I will wait for Ms. Paulson to say what she wants to say about the incident. Believe it or not, like certain infamous “wardrobe malfunctions,” it could easily be a prearranged stunt.
Captain Obvious
I like how everyone is weighing in not knowing a damned thing about their relationship. She’s a grown woman. If she didn’t like him doing that she had her time to speak up and still does. They’ve worked together before. She knows him. Apparently they’re close.
The only ones who need to grow up are the people complaining. And so called feminists who attempt to take away the power of a grown woman to speak up for herself and champion a “cause” she didn’t start are complete hypocrites.
The real issue here is a black man was openly and freely touching a white woman in public. Immediately closet racists minds went straight to rape. That’s what they’re mad about but they’re not racist they have a black friend(the postal man or the woman at the grocery store).
NOUHAVENT
First world feminists are too eager in taking a woman’s self agency away if it gives them the right to be angry.
Sluggo2007
Whichever way you look at it, it was a tacky move.
Vatican Lokey
I find it very, very difficult to believe that IF this were anything other than friendly interplay, that Sarah Paulsen wouldn’t have spoken out by now. She hasn’t. Press junkets and personal appearances are a trudge. If you can’t have fun with your co-stars, it’s going to be an awful experience both for the cast members and their audience. Obviously, those complaining about this on Twitter have nothing more important to do than to attempt to create a tempest in a teapot to justify their impotent ire.
If there’s a problem, Sarah Paulsen will tell everyone. Until then, it’s just a playful gag between friends and co-stars.