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So James Woods lied about his house burning down (Original Post) kimbutgar Yesterday OP
Yes, he's a rightwinger, lying is what they do. Think. Again. Yesterday #1
If their lips are moving, they're lying SheltieLover Yesterday #29
And blamed every Democrat in LA for the fire. He's awful. n/t SheilaAnn Yesterday #2
He is such a nasty, bitter fucker... FarPoint Yesterday #10
The sad part is the guy is a great actor, he really is. Throw your career away 'cause you have a big mouth is no way to SheilaAnn Yesterday #17
He used to be a great actor. When was his last notable performance? Wiz Imp Yesterday #27
Not acting but ... Executive Producer of Oppenheimer (2023) speak easy 21 hrs ago #56
He has the same sick attitude bdamomma Yesterday #41
Well how about that. underpants Yesterday #3
Blames libs for making him lie BoRaGard Yesterday #4
A filty maga slimeball lying? Say it ain't so. Dave Bowman Yesterday #5
Uggh. He made all those tearful comments and even made up a story about his grandchild... hlthe2b Yesterday #6
Woods is a trump kissing A-hole. But don't think he really lied here. Silent Type Yesterday #7
This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Yesterday #8
While he was attacking Governor Newsom kimbutgar Yesterday #12
Oh, you! W_HAMILTON Yesterday #13
This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Yesterday #21
And you self deleted your facts? Kingofalldems Yesterday #34
This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Yesterday #35
Didn't see your post with facts. Kingofalldems Yesterday #38
And he runs and hides. Kingofalldems Yesterday #40
Good time for Hollywood to stop using this lying Fascist piece of shit in movies ... Tarzanrock Yesterday #9
I remember years ago when liberalhistorian Yesterday #22
Irony is he played Roy Cohn... lame54 Yesterday #25
LOL. Does he even have a home in the Pacific Palisades? Mike 03 Yesterday #11
I wouldn't be shocked if he lied about living in that area to get attention and bashing the Governor kimbutgar Yesterday #15
He had a good part in Too Big To Fail, 2011 I think. Ilsa Yesterday #18
I think Codifer Yesterday #20
He definitely had his day... lame54 Yesterday #26
He was in Contact LearnedHand 23 hrs ago #44
Not because of James Woods though. Wiz Imp 22 hrs ago #50
True dat LearnedHand 18 hrs ago #66
Do we thank the fish now? Johonny Yesterday #14
Not "a lie", he thought it was 'probably' burned down? lostnfound Yesterday #16
Sure, you can say he assumed his home burned. intheflow Yesterday #24
Right. He lied. Period. And he was a total asshole while doing it. Wiz Imp Yesterday #28
Ben Meiselas of Meidas Touch lives in the brned area, and had to evacuate soldierant 23 hrs ago #43
If he thought his house had burnt because he was told that and the neighborhood in which it stood had largely burnt, ... xocetaceans Yesterday #19
Not sure why you're making excuses oldtime dfl_er Yesterday #33
Back during the Oakland fires in the early 90s... Self Esteem 23 hrs ago #45
he went on tv oldtime dfl_er 20 hrs ago #59
So, you think my great uncle lied to my grandma too when he told her his house burned down? Self Esteem 20 hrs ago #60
There are no excuses. The simple and straightforward fact is that if one states one's belief, one may be incorrect on... xocetaceans 20 hrs ago #61
Philosophers still have no consensus on whether spooky3 20 hrs ago #62
Thanks. That is a very interesting point to consider, and... xocetaceans 19 hrs ago #63
They disagree as often as economists. Nt spooky3 19 hrs ago #64
Do you have any evidence SocialDemocrat61 18 hrs ago #65
Read the article again. It stated things clearly. n/t xocetaceans 6 hrs ago #68
I did SocialDemocrat61 4 hrs ago #69
Remember he lied about suspicious middle esteem men speaking Arabic JI7 Yesterday #23
Did he just assume his house would burn? FullySupportDems Yesterday #30
That was my first thought KS Toronado Yesterday #36
He could have been told the street his house was on had no houses that made it. Self Esteem 23 hrs ago #46
Any evidence that he was told that? SocialDemocrat61 22 hrs ago #49
Fascist Lies , lies ,lies, and more lies COORACPRO Yesterday #31
Would it be wrong to say oldtime dfl_er Yesterday #32
No kimbutgar Yesterday #37
I was disappointed when I saw this thread. Solomon 10 hrs ago #67
Just what Rebl2 Yesterday #39
Never liked him, prolly because B.See Yesterday #42
I'm sure he's lied about much more than this dlk 23 hrs ago #47
Interesting and very telling story about Woods. Wiz Imp 21 hrs ago #52
Another disgusting story about Woods Wiz Imp 21 hrs ago #54
What can you expect from a Videodrome refugee? GreenWave 23 hrs ago #48
Hey Jimmy! Ya gonna apologize publicly to Gavin Newsom for no_hypocrisy 22 hrs ago #51
He looks like a goddamn walking cadaver. I wish he would stop Klarkashton 21 hrs ago #53
For those unaware of Woods History... Wiz Imp 21 hrs ago #55
"The truth is James Woods house is still standing because the Fire department saved his house...." riversedge 21 hrs ago #57
James Woods' house DID NOT BURN and yet he is on here just being an insufferable fucking asshole STILL! LetMyPeopleVote 21 hrs ago #58

FarPoint

(13,727 posts)
10. He is such a nasty, bitter fucker...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:41 PM
Yesterday

He will be lucky to get a job in a McDonald's in the future....he has risen to black list status I believe...

SheilaAnn

(10,250 posts)
17. The sad part is the guy is a great actor, he really is. Throw your career away 'cause you have a big mouth is no way to
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:48 PM
Yesterday

go. Such a waste of talent.

Wiz Imp

(2,619 posts)
27. He used to be a great actor. When was his last notable performance?
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:26 PM
Yesterday

It's been a long time.

bdamomma

(66,843 posts)
41. He has the same sick attitude
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 05:24 PM
Yesterday

like the felon. The felon is not going to anything to help. He feeds off tragedy and destruction. And he'll place blame on somebody else that's his MO. Covid blamed China, the 2020. election blamed the election results. He's a POS.

hlthe2b

(107,141 posts)
6. Uggh. He made all those tearful comments and even made up a story about his grandchild...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:37 PM
Yesterday

While I didn't really read any of that with focus, I thought he'd also made some anti-climate change political (nasty) comments about Biden too.

Again, I tend to ignore him, but that had caught my eye.

Response to kimbutgar (Original post)

Response to W_HAMILTON (Reply #13)

Response to Kingofalldems (Reply #34)

Tarzanrock

(551 posts)
9. Good time for Hollywood to stop using this lying Fascist piece of shit in movies ...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:39 PM
Yesterday

... oh, wait, that has already happened.

liberalhistorian

(20,857 posts)
22. I remember years ago when
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:06 PM
Yesterday

he portrayed the assassin of Medgar Evers in an Evers biopic. That was the perfect part for him, because I don't think he was really acting!

lame54

(37,255 posts)
25. Irony is he played Roy Cohn...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:24 PM
Yesterday

And made him like the slimeball he is...

Today he would make him the hero

Mike 03

(17,619 posts)
11. LOL. Does he even have a home in the Pacific Palisades?
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:45 PM
Yesterday

When I saw that I looked up his net worth, because IMO he's basically a character actor and I can't name a single film he's been in since Casino in 1995. He's never been a box office draw. Nobody ever went to see a movie because James Woods was in it.

kimbutgar

(23,777 posts)
15. I wouldn't be shocked if he lied about living in that area to get attention and bashing the Governor
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:47 PM
Yesterday

Ilsa

(62,331 posts)
18. He had a good part in Too Big To Fail, 2011 I think.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:00 PM
Yesterday

His part was earlier in the film, I believe, because Lehman Brothers failed early and he was playing the CEO. Easy part for him as the character was bitter and angry about the company falling spart and his "white horse" deal getting snaked.

LearnedHand

(4,249 posts)
66. True dat
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 10:45 PM
18 hrs ago

I liked him in some earlier roles, including Contact. He was the lead character in the Cronenberg film "Videodrone," which I also liked. I hate that he's a flaming asshole.

lostnfound

(16,760 posts)
16. Not "a lie", he thought it was 'probably' burned down?
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:47 PM
Yesterday

It is human nature for some people to assume the worst.

intheflow

(29,111 posts)
24. Sure, you can say he assumed his home burned.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:21 PM
Yesterday

But he specifically said he lost it, stated as a fact and not an assumption. Then he used that “assumption” to trash firefighters, Newsom, and DEI. There’s no need to defend him.

Wiz Imp

(2,619 posts)
28. Right. He lied. Period. And he was a total asshole while doing it.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:40 PM
Yesterday
https://www.yahoo.com/news/james-woods-says-politicians-prison-014558338.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAE-XzkwEQ6a_M6A6c-6dqyGdIMjF3BBlckEx3EcYzCIZvYPzz2kNXerchHpF6wFdtvOvSarI80bJi4bV034wcvPZuAF6q02awOjSkqcgDreM4EdNTzJ2Ns68co4AQMI_jL1gSTUmfSLjlHer0FLvE5Ae9VUa-FOcco_NNUKPr6EX

James Woods Slams Politicians In California For Depriving Firefighters Of 'The Means To Do Their Job'

He Blasted Individuals Bringing Up 'Climate Change' Amid The Wildfires

The Actor Said The Views Of His Home Were 'Paradise'

It tests your soul, losing everything at once, I must say.


James Woods Broke Down In Tears As He Revealed He Was Unable To Save His Belongings

In the conversation, Woods also revealed that due to the quick spread of the wildfires, he and his wife could only evacuate with "the clothes on our backs."

He also revealed that "there was so much chaos" in that moment and that the fires burnt, "like an inferno."

soldierant

(8,069 posts)
43. Ben Meiselas of Meidas Touch lives in the brned area, and had to evacuate
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 05:52 PM
23 hrs ago

The latest word on that is that his home is still standing. He never said it wasn't - During the period he didn't know whether it was standing or not, what he sais was that he didn't know one way or the other.

xocetaceans

(4,006 posts)
19. If he thought his house had burnt because he was told that and the neighborhood in which it stood had largely burnt, ...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:02 PM
Yesterday

...that really doesn't equate to lying regardless of what else he may have been saying. So, in reality, the OP seems closer to actually lying, but upthread it seems to have been stated that the OP's ends justify means.

So much for any sense of standards, I suppose.

Self Esteem

(1,819 posts)
45. Back during the Oakland fires in the early 90s...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 06:06 PM
23 hrs ago

My grandma's brother owned a house in the Oakland hills and was forced to evacuate. It was a mess and so scary since it wasn't clear what had burned and what hadn't. Eventually, he was informed by the fire department that every house on his street had burned to the ground. I still remember hearing him sobbing into the phone telling my grandma the house was gone and that they lost everything. She then got off the phone and told us what we already knew: his house burned down.

How horrible. No hope. No maybe. It was gone.

A day or two later, they were permitted to return back to their neighborhood and like a miracle, their house was not burned down. The whole street was not a loss like originally told to them. Their house and a couple others actually survived with only smoke and heat damage.

He called my grandma back sobbing again that the info was not correct. Most the street had burned sadly but not all of it.

I don't think he lied. He was told one thing that turned out to not be true.

Self Esteem

(1,819 posts)
60. So, you think my great uncle lied to my grandma too when he told her his house burned down?
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 08:48 PM
20 hrs ago

Got it.

xocetaceans

(4,006 posts)
61. There are no excuses. The simple and straightforward fact is that if one states one's belief, one may be incorrect on...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 08:55 PM
20 hrs ago

...the facts, but that does not a lie make. It just means that the person had a false belief. That seems an exceptionally plain standard of interpretation. Aside from that, there is the principle of charity in communication: one should presume good will when interpreting communications. I can see where that attitude may have been completely lost in dealing with MAGA et al and the other aspects of Woods' communications etc., but that still does not make a false belief a lie instead of merely an inaccuracy. The article was really clear on his knowledge of the situation in his neighborhood.

It might be a better practice for one not to lie to oneself as a means of harboring, stoking, or ameliorating personal political anger, so one can stay clear on reality.

spooky3

(36,554 posts)
62. Philosophers still have no consensus on whether
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 09:24 PM
20 hrs ago

Intention is important in defining whether one is lying. Some say the speaker must intend to deceive in order for the speech to constitute a lie. Others disagree.

xocetaceans

(4,006 posts)
63. Thanks. That is a very interesting point to consider, and...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 09:42 PM
19 hrs ago

...additionally, it is amusing to see the words "philosophers" and "consensus" in the same sentence.

One might almost say that philosophers have no consensuses and leave it there. It might even be almost true.

SocialDemocrat61

(3,114 posts)
65. Do you have any evidence
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 10:39 PM
18 hrs ago

of what he was told or what he believed? Because if you don't you're making excuses for someone who has a history of lying to push right wing bs.

SocialDemocrat61

(3,114 posts)
69. I did
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:56 PM
4 hrs ago

and you’re making excuses for a rich white male celebrity with a history of lying. We should let republicans do that.

JI7

(91,014 posts)
23. Remember he lied about suspicious middle esteem men speaking Arabic
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:12 PM
Yesterday

on a plane during 9-11 .

FullySupportDems

(217 posts)
30. Did he just assume his house would burn?
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:49 PM
Yesterday

That's what I thought happened. He might have thought it was going to burn down. The facts got in the way of his tirade. But it won't slow him down with his stupid lies blaming people.

Self Esteem

(1,819 posts)
46. He could have been told the street his house was on had no houses that made it.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 06:09 PM
23 hrs ago

That happened to my great uncle once. He was told his street was a total loss and a devastated but when he returned a few days later, to his surprise, his house was actually still standing. Only a few homes survived despite most the street being a total loss.

He didn't just assume it was burned down. He was told it was burned down but it was not correct information.

SocialDemocrat61

(3,114 posts)
49. Any evidence that he was told that?
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:04 PM
22 hrs ago

If not, then the only available evidence shows he made an untrue statement, i.e. lied.

COORACPRO

(14 posts)
31. Fascist Lies , lies ,lies, and more lies
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:55 PM
Yesterday

I am appalled at how low the fascist republican party has gone with the dishonesty and nonstop flow of lies.

I am not at all surprised by that loser Woods telling lies to the media to help the felon and support the hate for california from the fascist party.

oldtime dfl_er

(7,032 posts)
32. Would it be wrong to say
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:59 PM
Yesterday

I kinda wish he wasn't lying...you know...that his house really did burn down...

B.See

(4,003 posts)
42. Never liked him, prolly because
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 05:25 PM
Yesterday

the only roles I can recall him playing were characters TOO close to the real deal, apparently.

dlk

(12,502 posts)
47. I'm sure he's lied about much more than this
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 06:10 PM
23 hrs ago

Entitled bloviator. They all seem to be cast from the same sorry mold.

Wiz Imp

(2,619 posts)
52. Interesting and very telling story about Woods.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:36 PM
21 hrs ago

He really is a scumbag.

https://www.vulture.com/2017/09/amber-tamblyn-james-woods-open-letter.html

Amber Tamblyn Calls James Woods Part of the Problem in New Open Letter About Misogyny

Earlier this week, actor and conservative white-noise machine James Woods took to Twitter to cast aspersions on the new movie Call Me by Your Name. He had a particular bone to pick with the movie’s central romance being between a 24-year-old and a 17-year-old, an age difference that is technically illegal. “As they quietly chip away the last barriers of decency. #NAMBLA ,” Woods wrote in a retweet of criticism of the gay relationship. To which the movie’s star, Armie Hammer, responded, “Didn’t you date a 19 year old when you were 60 …….?” With Woods’s sketchy dating history entering the exchange, actress Amber Tamblyn entered the thread with an anecdote of her own, tweeting, “James Woods tried to pick me and my friend up at a restaurant once. He wanted to take us to Vegas. ‘I’m 16’ I said. ‘Even better’ he said.” Woods of course called Tamblyn a liar, and at first she defended herself with a receipt from the friend who was with her at the time, and now she’s gone all the way to Teen Vogue with an open letter asking the actor to do some soul-searching.

Wiz Imp

(2,619 posts)
54. Another disgusting story about Woods
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:39 PM
21 hrs ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/arrow/comments/7cvcye/no_spoilers_actor_james_woods_sexually_harassed/

“James Woods sexually harassed my 17 year old daughter on the set of the film Straw Dogs. Woods was playing her father.”

Tweeted by Willa Holland’s mother. Backed up by extra Jill Benson.

no_hypocrisy

(49,437 posts)
51. Hey Jimmy! Ya gonna apologize publicly to Gavin Newsom for
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:31 PM
22 hrs ago

calling him a "blithering idiot".

Go ahead. It's simple. "You were right and I was wrong."

Wiz Imp

(2,619 posts)
55. For those unaware of Woods History...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:51 PM
21 hrs ago

In 2022, analysis conducted by researchers with the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public and the Krebs Stamos Group found Woods was the top purveyor of election misinformation on Twitter during the late months of 2020.

riversedge

(73,680 posts)
57. "The truth is James Woods house is still standing because the Fire department saved his house...."
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 08:24 PM
21 hrs ago



🚨 #BREAKINGNEWS James Wood went on CNN about losing his house to wildfires in California crying. James Wood insulted Governor Gavin Newsom and California Fire department. The truth is James Woods house is still standing because the Fire department saved his house. Woods went on national TV and lied. 🚨


LetMyPeopleVote

(156,178 posts)
58. James Woods' house DID NOT BURN and yet he is on here just being an insufferable fucking asshole STILL!
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 08:32 PM
21 hrs ago


James Woods' house DID NOT BURN and yet he is on here just being an insufferable fucking asshole STILL!

What a jackass you are
@RealJamesWoods
.

One would think you would humble your ass, because ACTUAL people lost everything.

Save your fake bullshit tears for your next roll!
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