"...it's not technically work."
There are tears in the Turpel household tonight. The Guerrero one too. Chris Cote is trying to be brave but his adorable glasses are fogging up and Mitch Salazar is gently rocking himself underneath a palapa, quietly muttering “Estoy triste. Estoy muy triste.” For, hours ago, their life’s work was brutally torn down and dumped in a soggy pile.
Surf broadcasting declared not a real job by the talented and beautiful Scarlett Johansson.
The issue was raised during a sit down between the award-winning actress and the Today Show’s Savannah Guthrie. Johansson’s husband Colin Jost, you recall, will be calling the surfing portion of the Olympic Games from Tahiti. The Black Widow shared, “Even I’m like, ‘How did you get this gig?’ I just want to know.”
When they announced the Paris Olympics he immediately found out that the surf competition [is] in Tahiti which is so cool. He loves to surf, we have a place in Montauk, he’s always out there surfing. Somehow the dream became a reality, and now he’s going to be in Tahiti for two weeks. I’m like, ‘Poor you.’ He’s like, ‘Poor me I’m going to be all over the place. ‘I’m like, are you? I think if you can have a piña colada on air while you’re working it’s not technically work.”
Not technically work.
Etc.
And while I do feel bad for the boys in the booth, I can’t help but worry after my own profession of surf journalism. I know the amount of toil that Derek Rielly, Jen See, JP Currie put in. The time in that proverbial salt mine. I can only hope Scarlett Johansson can see it and understand.
Lighting a candle.
More as the story develops.
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The funniest thing about this story is. It takes someone with a fake job like actress to know someone with a fake job like surf broadcaster.
Who cares what Scarlett Johansson thinks some would say acting isn’t a real job either and how did you get that gig Scarlett you can’t act for shit anyway!
cmon man her deep fake
stuff is pretty good
If you hate doing it, it’s work.
Looks like ex-Madonna boy Kaipo asked her for a date and that set her off badly.
Lighting a candle now after seeing Colin surf.
blood fued?
That’s fair… Weekend update isn’t real news.
Also, the commentators of the WSL pray that events go on hold and don’t run. They celebrate that cause they still get paid and they go surf and play golf.
I am going to use that on my electrician next time he complains about something on site.
Hey Kevin… Poor you…. I think if you can have popov and gatorade in a big gulp cup while wiring my panel it’s not technically work.”
salazar: “-la verdad es que no soy tan fueeeeerte como yo pensaaaaabaaaa…”
Why do I have a hunch that he can actually surf and probs better than you eh Chucky boy? hee hee hee
That’s a really low bar.
Yeah. Everyone knows that already.
Next thing she’ll be saying commenting on Beach Grit isn’t a real thing! Delusional.
Oh ffs, Chas is back on his lighting candles tangent again.
Well, surfing isn’t technically work, either. Except when the wife gets pissed for going out 3 days in a row b/c of a hurricane swell. Also it’s a lot of work scrolling down to the comments.
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Scarlet Johan ruled the HotWings challenge.
Chaz n Dezz wouldn’t wanna take her on without training…
Scarlett can say anything she chooses to say. In a perfect world she’d be announcing the surfing with Colin.
re: Scarlett on surf journalists: she’s like:
“they like work like harder then like surf commentators, because like some of them like, write and like maybe like they use like pens or pencils so like that’s like manual labor, kind of like you know….I mean like I’ve like never even picked up a pencil or pen, because maybe I’d like get like tennis elbow or something because that could be like heavy lifting…ya’ know, and like Derek Reilly is like sexy because he likes she dick, like really like, likes it…and like I thought JP Currie was like soooooooo awwweeeeesooooommme in Home Alone 2. I didn’t know he could like write stuff too”
You’d lick her surfboard, just like the rest of us.
Of course I’m not judging!
She stole my heart in Lost In Translation
She’ll steal it again if you watch her sing:
https://youtu.be/J3-Z4RTZuW…
Honestly, I know the name, but couldn’t think of anything that I’ve seen her in, so looked up her imdb.
She was awesome in Sing and Sing 2, but I’m not into blonde white chicks so probably wouldn’t be licking her board or anything else Johansson. not my flavor.
Plus my wife makes Scarlett look like a bland shade of rust.
Thanks for not judging
THIS made my day! I too had to look her up on IMBD as I knew she was in Lost In Translation but that is the only movie of hers I’ve seen as I’m not a big movie person.
HA! Thank goodness for imdb Pro.
After imdb I googled images of her because I realized I only recognized the Sing movies (which are great) and I knew her only as Ash the Porcupine punker.
Ash is hotter.
[Snort]
[guffaw]
Onya Scarlett