Rule of thumb: Skulking onstage to hobgoblin around in a snakeskin hood in front of an entire bitchy country is bound to get you attention.
Just don’t expect people to hurdle long-stemmed roses in your direction — particularly if your performance is so unintentionally hilarious that it’s practically life-affirming.
Related: Corey Feldman’s “Today Show” Performance The Definition Of “Trainwreck”
But Corey Feldman was visibly upset during a now-deleted Facebook Live post he published over the weekend, in which he railed against an unfeeling Internet for misunderstanding his Today Show performance last Friday. (You can watch segments from the deleted post here, via Complex.)
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“We just wanted to tell everybody that, like, it’s been really painful,” said the 45-year-old Feldman, sitting next to one of his “Corey’s Angels,” a certain Courtney Anne. “We put ourselves out there and we did the best we could. And, like, I’ve never had such mean things said about me. Like constantly.”
Then he began to sob. “All we can say is that we tried really hard. Because we love our fans and we just wanted to give them the best show that we could. But we don’t deserve … these things that are said about us are awful.”
It was a song, okay? It wasn’t that weird. I’m sorry if it’s not good enough for you, but you don’t have to beat us up. I just want to say that, like, why is it okay to, like, publicly shame us? … I don’t understand … It’s, like, not PC to, like, say somebody is fat or somebody is white or somebody is black or somebody is yellow or green or if they have a short leg or if they have a missing finger. Like we can’t talk about these things. But it’s okay to bash Corey Feldman and the Angels.
He’s mistaken. It’s perfectly acceptable to make fun of people with short legs.
On Tuesday, Feldman made a comparably low-key appearance on The View, where he wore a casual Jawa cloak and gabbed with Sara Gilbert about having the guts to perform on television while the rest of us sit at home and gutlessly make fun of him.
Curiously, when asked why he decided to take down the live Facebook post, he responded thus:
I took it down because I wanted people to see the real emotion that I was feeling because I think that, you know, in today’s world of celebrity, people always kind of hide behind their publicists, they hide behind their masks, they hide behind statements and quotes, and you never really see how it affects somebody’s emotions. I wanted people to see I’m not a fake, I’m not a real person, and this affects me: I am made of blood and flesh and cry.”
This explanation — as to why he bravely took down the emotional Facebook post — was met with wild applause on The Talk.
You can watch the weirdness unfurl below.
@whipclip @Corey_Feldman: So true?????? #TheTalk
— Jady Andrews Wori (@JadyPage) September 20, 2016
Elsewhere, Feldman suggests he was invited back to NBC “for an encore” performance, according to Entertainment Weekly. Keep in mind he has a double CD’s worth of material to choose from.
Bob LaBlah
It must be terrible to realize at the age of forty-five that you are a washed up talentless nobody whom people rightfully make fun of. You best bet would be to do like Mario Lopez did: starve yourself to death to keep your youthful appearance and have it written in your contract that when you stand next to people taller than you a board or something that can’t be filmed is put in place for you to stand on.
I hope you had sense enough to save your money because this failed comeback of yours sounds like you didnt.
ChrisK
@Bob LaBlah: It says he has a net worth of 2 million. Not bad. However, it also said that Brent Corrigan has a net worth of 2 million. Not sure what to trust anymore.
ChrisK
@Bob LaBlah: He’s also written a book in which he says his friend Cory Hains downfall was due to being raped and used for sex by some Hollywood big wigs. Won’t say who though. Something about fearing for his safety or something. Just buy my book.
Bob LaBlah
@ChrisK: Give me the name of the book so I can check the local library to see if they carry it. It sounds on the same level as that guy who wrote a book about the hip-hop stars who are gay but didnt name any names and couldn’t figure out why no one bought nor read it.
By the way, “Just buy my book” sure sounds suspect, at best, as to who you actually are. I don’t believe YOU nor Brent have that kind of money. It seems hard to believe a millionaire would have to find an obvious sugar daddy like Sean has clearly done.
Baba Booey Fafa Fooey
He should.
jdboston617
I think he should too. He seems to “need” to. I feel bad for the guy because he’s taking it harder than he should. He’s been in the business since he was a toddler. He knows how the industry works. Bounce back, baby. Have fun with it and laugh at yourself.
ChrisK
@Bob LaBlah: It’s called Coreyography. Strangely enough it might be an interesting read. They both did their share of drugs and what’s more fun then that. Ha