Surfing's greatest star wades into a PC minefield!
#Imwithhim on this one. Cheering for Kelly Slater in his fight against decorum louder than I cheered for Han Solo vs. political correctness (when I was five) or Don Cheadle vs. overused insults (yesterday).
(Die in a grease fire was a work of genius!)
And have you seen it? Kelly gave a very sweet tribute to the great Gene Wilder on his Instagram earlier today, superimposing his own face on one of Gene’s most beloved characters, Willy Wonka. He wrote:
‘There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination…’ So long, #GeneWilder #WillyWonka. And thank you for broadening our imaginations as kids. #IveGotAGoldenTicket. And my mom did call me Willy my whole childhood.
Sweet. Right?
But apparently it is not the “thing to do” to superimpose your face over a recently deceased one and Kelly’s comments lit right up!
@pdxpert Narcissist???? WTF!
@simplyjapanesebonsai He’s only just died mate very poor taste
@pmilburn002 CREEPY!!
@owenoma5 Man not cool to market your wave pool ticket competition through the death of a true icon.
@sebastian_oliveira007 Why would you ever put your face over this legend
@__monica__shah131__ Boys, I feel so boring today. If u wanna f.u.c.k me tonight just visit my profile.
On and on it goes. On and on with the high soapbox and the wagging finger and the tsk-tsk but I say shame on the shamers!
Screw the “thing to do!”
Also, I feel a little boring today too…
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I’m not going to say anything negative as it may be awkward when I win the golden ticket.
Guaranteed that based on the guidelines of his contest the people who win the golden ticket to his surf ranch will be filthy rich kooks that have never paddled a surfboard before. It will be a huge waste.
We finally know how Kelly would look with hair. Answer – not good.
I like when KS slays barrels at Chopes
But he’s getting weirder. Fame is a head kicker
tacky, yes.
forget the haters kelly.
holy shit. 10/10
Is it just me, or does Chazzy seem to have aspirations to be a National Enquirer writer?
Kelly was great in that movie
PS. Michael Scott did the golden ticket contest even before Willy Wonka. Their biggest account got all five tickets! 50% off, you could imagine the hot water Michael got himself into that day!
Micro looked really cute with green hair and white overalls as well.
I like @__monica__shah131 take on the whole thing.