Today in Twitter stupidity…
Ben Domenech, husband of The View host Megan McCain and son-in-law of the late Sen. John McCain, has come under fire for a Twitter rant against Late Night host Seth Meyers.
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Meyers interviewed Megan McCain May 7, and the two sparred a bit over her conservative political beliefs, in particular, statements she made accusing Rep. Ilhan Omar of antisemitism. McCain cried foul, accusing Meyers of treating her unfairly. Domenech then chimed in on the exchange via social media, attacking Meyers and his talent, and using gay sex as an insult along the way.
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“I see that @sethmeyers, the untalented piece of sh*t who only has his job because he regularly gargled [SNL producer] Lorne Michaels’ balls, went after my wife tonight with his idiotic anti-Semitic bullshit,” he tweeted. “Seth is an awful person and it is known within the industry for how terrible he is. He is a monumental assh*le who is utterly unfunny. He deserves all the mockery he receives from all the people who laugh at him.”
But Domenech didn’t stop there. “Here is proof that white men get ahead despite their obvious lack of talent,” he continued. “It’s @sethmeyers who would beg for a third of the viewers at @TheView. He’s awful, untalented, and a perfect definition of cuck. But the best thing is how all the people around @sethmeyers talk about what a sh*tty person he is. Because oh, it is sad. So terrible. But he deserves all of it.”
Domenech later deleted and apologized for his tweets, justifying his behavior saying “I love my wife.” He did not relent on Meyers, however, who he accused of being a hack.
I love my wife. I apologize for rage tweeting about how Seth Meyers treated her. I don't like him, I think he's a hack, but I shouldn't have done that. I'm sorry to anyone I offended.
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) May 8, 2019
This isn’t the first time Domenech has encountered controversy. A longtime political writer, he lost a job with The Washington Post after only three days over evidence that he had plagiarized a number of articles throughout his career. He also repeatedly insisted that Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was a lesbian, even doubling down on her being “closeted” after she and her representatives denied the allegations. In the past, Domenech has also been caught taking bribes from political lobbyists and purposely spreading false information about the Special Counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election. Perhaps it also comes as no surprise, but Domenech’s father Douglas Domenech is a Trump appointee to the Department of the Interior, and is currently under investigation for ethics violations.
Watch McCain’s appearance on Late Night below:
paul dorian lord fredine
no surprise that meggie got upset because how DARE seth question her conservative view point since she’s THE DAUGHTER OF JOHM McCAIN!!!! and that makes her the be-all-and-end-all of conservative ideology which shall NOT be challenged. her sanctimony is getting boring on ‘the view’. 2nd no surprise is he had to defend her since it seems no one else is willing to do it.
Geeker
Oh MeAgain, No one likes you or your equally trollsome husband so both of you just go away and trouble the world of men no longer.
boymikefl
She’s been strangely submissive on the View. Ok, someone explain, is she married to her brother-in-law? I mean…what??? Step bother. Her dad’s son-in-law. So, is this Meghan’s present mom’s son? Be nice.
jayceecook
Why are you asking this? Do you even understand what a son in law is? Hint: the husband of one’s daughter or son.
Kieran
Well if Alec Baldwin and Chelsea Handler can use this kind of homophobic attack against people they don’t like and get away with it, why not everybody?
OhNoYouDont
Actually no…..Baldwin and Handler were both called to the carpet and both apologized.
If Domenech apologizes be sure to let me know…..but he wont because he’s republican and they almost never accept accountability
Kieran
@OhNoYouDont Actually yes…..just last week Homophobe Baldwin, in a fit of rage against Senator Lindsey Graham, referred to him as Trump’s “fluffer” and questioned how good Christians in South Carolina could vote for someone like Graham. It was clear what he was driving at. Attacking the unmarried Graham because of his rumored homosexuality.
dwes09
No, he was attacking obvious hypocrisy. That is an apparently difficult difference for regressives to understand.
Hdtex
Your false equivalency is false…..and lame. And Graham IS a house f@ggot that needs to be called out.
truthseeker
@Kieran
There was also that time Stephen Colbert made homophobic jokes about Trump and Putin and d*ck sucking. Liberals didn’t mind and said that’s okay
Sounds like hypocritical outrage on their part to me
>It’s okay to make homophobic insults against the people I don’t like
richardNobbs
As both men and women can and have been fluffers you example makes no sense unless of course you’re defending fluffers.
kayakriver
Meyers was defending Ilhan Omar, a devout Muslim, who for sure thinks gays should be exterminated. She’s antisemitic and anti-gay.
Hdtex
BULLSHIT
Kangol2
Go away, Sarah, we don’t fall for your and traitorous boss’s lies here!
Chipper
What is the matter? Ben are you jealous that she got to talk to Seth and you did not? Ben I think you doeth protest too much! You have the hots for Seth? I thought she came off a little too high spirited
Chipper
and condescending. I have never been a fan of hers. I really do not think that she really brings anything to the view. Sets over in her seat, like an ice cycle.
IAmUp4It
Ben like tRump accuses people of things he himself has done! I’m sure he’s gargled many sets of Balls! F**K you Ben! Your wifey/beard is the one who has no talent! MeAgain presents as the end all be all of the conservatives on Earth yet she’s a Bravo superfan and soaks her panties over Erica Jane!!
joey62
Well if “the woman is too sordid for words” what else do you expect from that bully of a husband….wouldn´t be surprised if he likes her wearing – and using – a strap-on
Pistolo
Her husband’s website, the site he is cofounder and publisher of, the Federalist is homophobic. There’s a backlog of outrage this “ally” Meghan McCain deserves and I can’t wait till it comes for her.
richardNobbs
what’s shocking is the nature and tone of his Meyer attacks. As a writer these are lame. It must be comforting that your husband, following the knuckle dragging tradition of losing his mind on social media leaving your not terribly articulate wife to clean up the mess. Way to go. #made4-1another.
Kangol2
Ben Domenech is also a plagiarist who was busted years ago and had to quit his Washington Post job as a result. He has less ethics and credibility than a pile of vomit, and he can now add homophobia (not news or new, but he just showed his hand again) to his public record of disgrace. Meghan McMaverick chose a doozy with that one.
Brian
It’s dumb to call this homophobic. The insult is that he’s not talented enough to have gotten his career on his own, not that he’s gay.