It’s not too difficult to imagine the impulse behind a song like “CANCELLED,” the second single from the British rapper Slowthai’s new album, Tyron. The track features Skepta and follows a familiar revenge fantasy: our anti-hero MCs versus the proverbial naysayers, who in this case are the online agents of so-called cancel culture. At this point it’s an exhausting form of discourse. There are few ...

Nicola Coughlan is not here for any Bridgerton slander.The actress, who portrays Penelope Featherington in Netflix time period drama, took to Twitter to address the show's naysayers of its diverse casting.

Not sugarcoating it. Braunwyn Windham-Burke got candid about her sobriety battle — and clapped back at the naysayers who criticize her journey.The Real Housewives of Orange County star, 43, opened up about her struggles ahead of the Wednesday, December 9, episode of the Bravo show.

Totally unbothered! Larsa Pippen is not worried about what naysayers have to say after her recent sighting with married NBA star Malik Beasley.On Monday, December 7, the 46-year-old Real Housewives of Miami alum took to Instagram to share a photo of herself posing in jean shorts and a chic, black one-piece swimsuit. “☁️ 9,” she captioned the pic.

Written by BET Staff. The 2013 film 12 Years a Slave was based on the life of Solomon Northup, a free Black man who was abducted and sold into slavery.Steve McQueen became the first Black director to win Best Motion Picture of the Year at the Academy Awards and the film was a box office success. However, McQueen had many naysayers because the film had a Black lead, British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor ...

More surprises are in store for Emily in Paris fans! The series, which was released on Netflix in October 2020, has seen its fair share of gossip since its debut. While diehard fans love the binge-worthy series, the series' naysayers continue to weigh in with harsh critiques of the comedy. Darren Star, the creator of Sex and the City, Beverly Hills 90210, and Hilary Duff's Younger, brought Emily ...

Reboots, especially those evolved from series that inspire such cultish and fervent fan bases as Gossip Girl does, tend to set their new casts up for failure simply by proxy of unfair comparisons. "It'll never be like the original," cry the naysayers and cynics, determined to kill subsequent installments before they even get their footing. "Why even bother?"

Meghan Markle is focused on living a "purpose-driven" life and blocking out all the noise from her critics. During a virtual appearance at Fortune's Most Powerful Women summit on Tuesday, Meghan shared that she doesn't allow the "naysayers" and misinterpretation of her words to stop her from weighing in on issues that are important to her.

Van Jones’ independently made virtual reality-TV experiment “The Messy Truth VR Experience,” won a surprise Emmy. And the CNN contributor says Hollywood stars are lining up to be cast.“We did all of this independently, grass-roots style, and we earned an Emmy,” Jones told us. “People [were] saying for sure virtual reality has nothing to do with social justice . . . We had all these naysayers for ...

Completely unbothered. Chelsea Houska is not concerned with the criticism made by naysayers over her fourth pregnancy.“There’s always the comments that are like, ‘She’s pregnant again?’” the Teen Mom 2 star, 28, told Entertainment Tonight in an interview published on Friday, August 28. “I think a lot of people still consider or think of us as being these young or teen moms.”

Take that, naysayers! Padma Lakshmi has a stern message to deliver to a handful of social media users who criticized her for appearing without a bra in a cooking tutorial she shared via her Instagram account earlier this month amid the coronavirus crisis.

Despite the naysayers who think leggings are not pants, I boldly believe that simple black leggings can and should be worn as part of your most fashion-forward outfits. Especially in a time where working from home is the norm, and we're all out here trying to find comfort in the small things. Figuring out what to wear with black leggings might seem tricky. Still, they're mostly a blank canvas ...

Ariel Winter isn't letting the naysayers get to her.Days after critics tore into the "Modern Family" actress for wearing a sheer dress to the ABC sitcom's wrap party, Winter stepped out Thursday in a low-cut emerald green mini dress with confidence.

After Chaka Khan put her own spin on the National Anthem ahead of Sunday night's NBA All-Star Game, the 10-time Grammy Award winner took to social media to share a few photos from the festivities among backlash from some viewers at home who said her performance was filled with a few too many unique notes and key changes. If Khan was upset by the naysayers, she surely didn't show it.

Presley Gerber, 20, is clapping back at haters that have been criticizing his new face tattoo that reads “misunderstood.” The son of Cindy Crawford, 53 took to an Instagram Live to talk about the tattoo, which he debuted on Feb. 7, the reason he got it and what critics should do if they don’t like it. “I don’t feel very understood I guess,” Presley said in the livestream after a fan asked why he ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy.Yes, the rumors that I started are true. I won Iowa, proving all the haters and naysayers and people who claimed that I am "not running for president" and "not even physically in the state" so wrong. How did I do it? Well, I'll tell you, whether you want to hear it or not. Last ...

What, like it's hard? Just like Elle Woods, people have said Kim K. shouldn't study law. But the KUWTK star isn't letting naysayers stop her from changing lives. Watch!

Whitney Cummings is defending Ricky Gervais after his opening monologue at the Golden Globes, which saw the notoriously controversial host waste no time laying into the Hollywood elite.Despite not watching the award show live Sunday evening, Cummings took a moment to share her thoughts on the 58-year-old comedian's jokes and called out any naysayers.

MTV's Jersey Shore shocked and mesmerized audiences when it debuted in 2009. The cast of self-described "guidos" and "guidettes" fist pumped their way around Seaside Heights, N.J., but the drama-ridden series also spawned plenty of naysayers. According to Vulture, "Some New Jersey residents were offended by the hard-partying portrayal of their state [and] Italian-American advocacy groups took ...