Sinead O’Connor and Arsenio Hall are back in the headlines again.
No, it’s not 1992.
But it could be.
On Monday, the lesbian bisexual asexual heterosexual lesbian again sexually ambivalent singer accused Arsenio Hall of all people of being at least partially responsible for Prince’s death. Not just that, but she allegedly reported him to police.
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In a Facebook post, she wrote:
She followed that up two days later with a second post:
Well, it turns out Arsenio Hall didn’t appreciate being called a drug dealer, an “arse hole,” a narcissist, or a little “bitch.” He also didn’t like being accused of “spiking” Sinead O’Connor at Eddie Murphy’s house. Because the 60-year-old comedian just filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against her.
According to official court documents, Hall accuses O’Connor of being “desperate” and an “attention-seeker” who “has maliciously published outlandish defamatory lies” about him, even though they haven’t had any contact with one another “in 25 years.” He is seeking “not less than $5 million” in damages.
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“O’Connor knew that there was no truth whatsoever to the vicious lies she spewed about Hall on her Facebook page,” the lawsuit reads, “and that she had concocted them and had no basis to believe that they were true.”
Sinead O’Connor concocting wild and patently false stories in her imagination? We’re #shocked.
“The statement regarding Arsenio Hall is absolutely false, ridiculous and absurd,” Hall’s lawyer, Traci Harper, said.
O’Connor has yet to publicly respond to the lawsuit.
UPDATE: O’Connor has responded… by telling Hall to “suck her dick.” Here’s latest comment over the matter:
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He BGB
I hate the word arse. It’s ass. But then chips aren’t french fries and potato chips aren’t crisps.
da90027
Sinead used to be quite pretty she now looks like an old Irish man who is drunk in a pub.
Evji108
@da90027: Thanks for so kindly stating the obvious.
Poncho Sanchez
It has been rumored that Arsenio is on the down-low…..no proof, but he is a 60 year old bachelor, if that means anything.
joeyty
@da90027: She might be a little swelled in the face from medication, though, because she does have a history of psych problems. Unfortunately. Still a good voice though.
strix1
Oh Sinead, you silly…you silly you! You have your Facebook privacy settings set up wrong. Your posts are set on PUBLIC…you meant to be posting on PRIVATE. BTW, idiot, you can’t “copyright” a long dumb-ass rant you publically post on Facebook you silly goose! Go back in the hole you crawled out of.
dwes09
It is sad to see a talented woman brought down by mental illness.
Willing to forgive her though for implying that sucking dick is a bad thing. Willing to bet she has done it many times, as have many men and women who have contributed as much or more to society. It’s not an insult, it can be an art.
Arsenio must know she is a sick woman so should drop the suit…especially if he has had a dick or two in his mouth and doesn’t want it coming out in court.
o.codone
he’s not suing over Prince’s death arsehole(s), he’s suing over defamatory statements made by the tired old pope-hating battleax psycho bitch sinead. i do like how she’s outing him though, don’t you?
Brian
Sinead was wonderful when she was singing Nothing Compares 2 U. I love her crew cut too. Not many female pop singers have the gumption to have a crew cut.
MrEguy
Sinead is a courageous woman. She called out the Catholic Church about covering up pedophile priests and child rapists, even tearing up the pope’s picture on SNL, I would be more inclined to believe the allegations she wrote about Arsenio. Believe me, he likes to project a squeaky clean image but he’s certainly not — and he has a penchant for pre-op transsexuals, like his pal Eddie Murphy.
Bob LaBlah
I hope he wins. This poster child for a frustrated lesbian is remembered more for her frustrated outburst than her music. I have NEVER understood what it was about her that people would pay to see her in concert. Thank you Sine-Aide for once again giving lesbians a bad rap.
NateOcean
Oh, no, Queerty just violated Sinead’s COPYRIGHT.
She’ll probably call the cops on you, too!
DCguy
I would have thought Arsinio would be grateful that somebody got his name in the news.
DonW
@He BGB: Actually no, it IS “arse.” North Americans have modified it “ass,” which is our prerogative, but the historic root definitely has an “r.”
arse (n.) “buttocks,” Old English ærs “tail, rump,” from Proto-Germanic *arsoz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse ars, Middle Dutch ærs, German Arsch “buttock”), from PIE root *ors- “buttock, backside” (cognates: Greek orros “tail, rump, base of the spine,” Hittite arrash, Armenian or “buttock,” Old Irish err “tail”). Middle English had arse-winning “money obtained by prostitution” (late 14c.).
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=arse
rmarin776
Arsenio should back down. Sinead is clearly mentally ill – the poor thing with such a beautiful voice, and a desire to stand up for something (most notably risking her entire career by calling out the Catholic Church for its abuse of children). How can anyone miss the pain and confusion of mental illness in her statements and actions right now. She’s given us a lot, as much as she could. Perhaps we could return the favor with a little compassion and respect.