The Gabourey Sidibe backlash starts...Now!
It was only a matter of time before the media and the public turned on Gabourey Sidibe. Thought she was all cute and sassy and super talented and just a couple degrees of Kevin Bacon away from being your BFF? Think again. Turns out, Miss Gabby's a bit of a bitch. A reporter from The Washington Post says he's totes over Sidibe after an unpleasant run-in with the actress at the White House Correspondents dinner:
"I was thrilled to spot her at a table laughing uproariously with the man sitting to her right. "I know you're having a good time and I'm sorry to interrupt," I began. My next sentence didn't come out because Sidibe shouted over the din, "Yeah, come back in five minutes!" Thinking she was joking, I laughed and pretended to walk away. When I noticed that the look in her eyes meant she was serious, I walked back to her and said, "I just wanted to congratulate you on your nomination. I thought your performance was spectacular. I even wrote a column about it." After wishing her good luck, I rejoined my friends.
Back at the table, I sheepishly related the incident to my colleague Jo-Ann Armao. "Oh! She's horrible," Armao said in her wonderfully blunt way."
Hmph! We wonder if maybe these journo types are just a little too sensitive. Or if maybe Sidibe just hasn't grasped the finer point of social grace yet. She's all of 27, but seems to have all the giddy bravado of a 15-year-old.
Also, are we bad people for sincerely hoping that Precious becomes a gay midnight movie classic with snarky call-back lines a la Mommie Dearest? We're lookin' at you Hedda Lettuce!
