Mary Lynn Rajskub's memoir recounts Rush Limbaugh forcibly kissing her - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 05-19-2022, 09:02 PM

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In an excerpt from FAME-ISH: My Life at the Edge of Stardom, which was released on Tuesday, Rajskub recalls how the incident happened when she was starring on 24 and was invited to a panel in Washington, D.C. on the Fox series that Limbaugh was moderating. "What I do recall is at the beginning of the panel, Rush Limbaugh walked behind us and introduced everyone," Rajskub writes. "When he got to me, his way of saying 'hello' was to bend down behind me. I turned to look up and that’s when it happened. When I turned he was coming down to give me a kiss… on the lips?! I have no idea how he got his body around so quickly for a full-on kiss. As it happened, tons of camera flashes went out. He had to have known what he was doing. He knew there were 10 photographers there—I did not. I should have but I didn’t. I also didn’t know how to stop the kiss from happening. In one shrewd move of his, an image went out into the world that showed I was a supporter of the right-wing cause. I was not. It also showed I found Rush Limbaugh attractive. I did not. The kiss was weird. Intentional for him, and accidental for me. t was a big moment in the news cycle. I remember getting calls during the days following. Even NPR called me to get a statement on it. An ex-boyfriend of mine who had a lot of musician friends called me in a state of fury, 'How could you be dating Rush Limbaugh?' I told him I wasn’t, numerous times, because he kept repeating it until he followed up with telling me the members of my favorite indie rock band were no longer fans of mine. He read that. I went along with a lot of publicity stuff for work. I knew I was shilling for the success of the show, to keep my job, to stay on the air, and to take the spotlight when the show was in the spotlight. But to become a right-wing darling was too much. Thank god it didn’t last more than one news cycle."

05-19-2022, 09:02 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,403	Mary Lynn Rajskub's memoir recounts Rush Limbaugh forcibly kissing her https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-r...y-lynn-rajskub In an excerpt from FAME-ISH: My Life at the Edge of Stardom, which was released on Tuesday, Rajskub recalls how the incident happened when she was starring on 24 and was invited to a panel in Washington, D.C. on the Fox series that Limbaugh was moderating. "What I do recall is at the beginning of the panel, Rush Limbaugh walked behind us and introduced everyone," Rajskub writes. "When he got to me, his way of saying 'hello' was to bend down behind me. I turned to look up and that’s when it happened. When I turned he was coming down to give me a kiss… on the lips?! I have no idea how he got his body around so quickly for a full-on kiss. As it happened, tons of camera flashes went out. He had to have known what he was doing. He knew there were 10 photographers there—I did not. I should have but I didn’t. I also didn’t know how to stop the kiss from happening. In one shrewd move of his, an image went out into the world that showed I was a supporter of the right-wing cause. I was not. It also showed I found Rush Limbaugh attractive. I did not. The kiss was weird. Intentional for him, and accidental for me. t was a big moment in the news cycle. I remember getting calls during the days following. Even NPR called me to get a statement on it. An ex-boyfriend of mine who had a lot of musician friends called me in a state of fury, 'How could you be dating Rush Limbaugh?' I told him I wasn’t, numerous times, because he kept repeating it until he followed up with telling me the members of my favorite indie rock band were no longer fans of mine. He read that. I went along with a lot of publicity stuff for work. I knew I was shilling for the success of the show, to keep my job, to stay on the air, and to take the spotlight when the show was in the spotlight. But to become a right-wing darling was too much. Thank god it didn’t last more than one news cycle."