If you’re unfamiliar with Dean Blundell’s oeuvre, you’re not missing much. But the Canadian radio personality recently tweeted a story that deserves to be put in the spotlight, and we’d like to be the ones to cast that spotlight upon it.
So here it is, for your reading pleasure:
A friend called me today who refused to vaccinate his family. Two of his three kids are in the hospital.
Exact words "What did I do?". My answer "You put yourself & ego before your family, bud. Sorry to hear that." His response (through sobbing)?…1/2— Dean Blundell (@ItsDeanBlundell) January 9, 2022
"I thought I could protect them and I was so mad at the government, I wanted to prove a point and now my kids are in the hospital? What did I do!!??"
Same answer. Asked if I could help with anything. He said no and he needs 'other' help to 'figure out life'. FWIW.— Dean Blundell (@ItsDeanBlundell) January 9, 2022
Update: now says he ‘wasn’t proving a point to the government’ rather proving the government had no business in his parenting decisions and had ‘an emotional moment’ that I ‘misrepresented’ and he’s done with me. Whiplash. I’m gonna watch a movie. Vaccinate your kids. DB
— Dean Blundell (@ItsDeanBlundell) January 10, 2022
Thank you, Dean, for sharing this with us. Everyone should be done with you.
It’s always good to flag yourself as a giant douchebag for those of us who may not have known you existed. A giant douchebag who makes crap up.
File this under things that didn't happen https://t.co/qlVQwJPAY1
— Tim P (@silverado1954) January 10, 2022
This didn't happen. Dean doesn't have friends. https://t.co/QX8kchDX4i
— Zidan Lianciel (@Zidan_Lianciel) January 10, 2022
Why would you make up a story that makes you look like an asshole is my main question
— Jon 🔬 (@JonnyMicro) January 10, 2022
We, too, are curious about that. Because it seems like a strange thing to do.
I called a liberal friend to ask if she thought this was a true story. She said "listen, as a mountain climbing world champion, astronaut, and mother of 7 kids and 2 ETs, I will tell you what my guru told me on the spirit plane: 'I have doubts.'" https://t.co/iIyaE0LVVe
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) January 10, 2022
See what Caleb did there, Dean?
Don’t make up stories like this. It helps no one. https://t.co/5CHTKGyawb
— DMB (@ambiturner1) January 10, 2022
Least of all Dean Blundell.
2 options:
Either this didn't happen (almost certain), or you used your friend's moment of grief to immediately dunk on him and then brag on Twitter about it.
Neither option looks good for you.
— Conscious Caracal 🇿🇦 (@ConCaracal) January 10, 2022
This guy made up a fantasy story in which he is a complete asshole to one of his friends. Congrats? https://t.co/j9B11l3cP0
— Drew Shirley Speaks (@DrewShirleySpx) January 10, 2022
I don't know what's worse – that he made up a story, or that in his own made up story his response to a friend's kids being in the hospital is "nice work, you selfish douchebag" instead of, you know, human sympathy and concern. https://t.co/HCKGpGqzgn
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) January 10, 2022
How did you manage to write yourself in as the villain of this story? https://t.co/H3CSF7MZdr
— Neizan the Milk Roach (@PMDawnStan) January 10, 2022
The point of inventing a story where you’re the main character is to make yourself a heroic figure, not a villainous one. pic.twitter.com/FNtHq03LbQ
— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) January 10, 2022
“anyway, I was out walking with my girlfriends Gigi Hadid and Gisele Bundchen after I won the World Series and the Super Bowl, and then I threw a puppy off an overpass …”
— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) January 10, 2022
“And then everyone clapped, including my good friend Albert Einstein”
— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) January 10, 2022
Totally normal, well-adjusted adult human. pic.twitter.com/1ZtzMkKijr
— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) January 10, 2022
A real peach.
The ultimate Twitter failure has to be looking like a jerk in your own completely made up story. https://t.co/HjZlovPL1n
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) January 10, 2022
Well done, Dean.
Here we go sir, you forgot your uniform pic.twitter.com/aSywd0q562
— Gazza Grant (@ExciledGazza) January 10, 2022
You sound like a terrible human being and now you let the internet know
— Ryan (@alwaysonoffense) January 10, 2022
