Oh, my…
It appears that the recent sexual assault allegation against George Takei has hit the “Star Trek” right in the wallet:
George Takei's Facebook empire is crumbling amid sexual harassment allegations https://t.co/vYZzbRd85g Mic, which published this story, paid Takei ~$10,000 each time he shared one of its articles pic.twitter.com/UaAms5JErf
— David Uberti (@DavidUberti) November 15, 2017
From Mic:
Cracks are beginning to appear in George Takei’s lucrative social media influencing platform as publishers distance themselves from the former Star Trek star and current social media influencer following allegations of sexual assault.
As of Tuesday, at least six publishers, including Mic, have ended paid promotion partnerships that once had their articles and videos shared on Takei’s social media platforms.
On Friday, model Scott Brunton said in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter that in 1981, Takei groped him while he was unconscious. Takei, now 80, has denied the assault ever occurred, saying the allegations were “personally painful.” After an old recording of Takei joking with Howard Stern about grabbing men to “persuade” them into sex surfaced, Takei apologized for the remarks on Facebook, saying he shouldn’t have joked about such a serious matter.
As of Tuesday, Slate, Upworthy, GOOD, Futurism, Refinery29 and Mic have made arrangements to no longer have their articles and videos shared on Takei’s Facebook page, the companies confirmed.
We have questions. Were these sites really paying Takei so much money?
ummm if true this means Mic was paying George Takei more to share my content annually than it was paying me to write it https://t.co/OgybToyzzm
— lvl 45 PAYOFFS POTUS (@thetomzone) November 15, 2017
Far more than Mic paid anyone to write or edit the articles in question, surely. https://t.co/naQVqYSVKR
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 15, 2017
And:
https://twitter.com/veryjackie/status/931071114381611008
Details, please:
was this public knowledge? i always pretty much figure takei got paid to share from certain websites, considering how consistent he was with where he shared from https://t.co/ouNzOQJfRg
— ahmed ali akbar (@radbrowndads) November 15, 2017
And does Takei care about this?
https://t.co/8RPDdNF3Tn how many people have been laid off so a media company could afford, oh, FIVE more Takei posts, I wonder?
— Emily Gaudette, Holidaze edition (@emilygmonster) November 15, 2017
Anyway, it looks like this “sweet gig” is over:
Sweet gig… https://t.co/UrDo7XxTPB
— Lee Pacchia (@leepacchia) November 15, 2017
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OOPS: George 'Tacky' Takei deletes pervy pee tweet after BRUTAL Twitter backlash (we have it) https://t.co/ttUzzzTEvW
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 15, 2017
TOO EASY: Ben Shapiro bursts George Takei's pervy pee bubble (from a VERY safe distance, of course) https://t.co/rkrjZIMqgF
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 15, 2017
Oh, is THAT all? Do YOU buy George Takei's explanation for 'joke' about groping men? https://t.co/RZOJrGmrZX
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 15, 2017
Sherlock Takei releases his findings on who's responsible for the sexual assault allegations against him https://t.co/fHSUIKanbN
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 13, 2017
LOLOLOL! George Takei identifies who's really to blame for his sexual assault allegations https://t.co/fHSUIKanbN
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 12, 2017
As they say, if you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.
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