The video of TV-hostess Ellen hanging out with America’s ex president George Bush, made polemic headlines. The two were sitting together at the Dallas Cowboys football game, against the Green Bay Packers.
Footage showing Ellen hanging out with Mr. Bush made controversy everywhere in the US. Why? well, because of the fact that they share opposite political and social view points.
LGBT Community Criticized the Friendship
The main criticism came from supporters of the LGBT community. As Ellen is openly homosexual, and married to actress Portia De Rossi. On the other hand, George Bush is strictly conservative, and known for extreme opposition to the LGBT community.
The controversy did not only go global on social media, but Newspapers and Magazines also voiced their shock towards a friendship between extremely different people. OUT Magazine shared their disapproval with this message ” Ellen DeGeneres laughing it up with someone who has actively tried to harm our community feels disappointing, irresponsible, and dangerous.”
Ellen’s Response is Be Kind to Everyone
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsSorry, until George W. Bush is brought to justice for the crimes of the Iraq War, (including American-lead torture, Iraqi deaths & displacement, and the deep scars—emotional & otherwise—inflicted on our military that served his folly), we can’t even begin to talk about kindness. https://t.co/dpMwfck6su
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) 9 de octubre de 2019
TV personality Ellen said that she did not expect this reaction from the world. She explained on her show ”The Ellen Show” that she did not know Bush was going to be seated next to her. Apparently, she was invited to the game by the Cowboys’ owner, Jerry Jones, and she didn’t know that George Bush would be sitting next to her.
However, Ellen did confess that she is friends with Bush. Nevertheless, she agreed that they don’t share much in common, in terms of political and social perspectives, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be friends. Ellen explained that her philosophy is to be kind to everyone, and not just the people you get along with.
Besides the criticism, some people also had a more positive outlook at the relationship between Ellen and George Bush. Someone even posted on Twitter, that the friendship between the opposite personalities ”gave them faith in America again.”
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