Gerard Butler Pulls out of Saudi Trip amid Khashoggi Scandal

[sluttyroyals]

. @GerardButler pulls out of Saudi film trip amid Khashoggi scandal https://t.co/iEpJCKQNJZ pic.twitter.com/XWJMZiRAcS
- Hollywood Reporter (@THR) October 12, 2018

• The actor was due to land in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday following stops in London and Tel Aviv to promote action thriller Hunter Killer, which was having its premiere in Riyadh that night,

Comments

[zoaster_toaster]

I'm confused as to what led to Khashoggi's death - was it ordered by a government?

[outpour]

It was apparently ordered directly by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

[zoaster_toaster]

JFC THAT'S HORRIFYING

[jarellano89]

Apparently he was interrogated and then tortured. He flew in a squad of people to handle everything, which included a bone saw

[marywebgirl]

Deadspin and Kotaku have been dragging the WWE for their deal with Saudi Arabia and just saying they’re “monitoring” the situation.

[toxic_illusion]

Ooooooo was just about to ask about this

[problematic]

Today I was thinking about all that positive press with women being allowed to drive but like, did anything really change. I wonder.

[inkstainedlips]

Apparently the women jailed for driving before it was legal are still in prison, smh.

[mjspice]

[gracefulstalker]

But that's what it was - positive press. It's all propaganda. They've conceded some things, like the driving and the cinemas, so they have to be more heavy handed in how they control their citizens in other ways.

[mjspice]

[rainstormraider]

You can’t win ‘me all!

[effulgentnida]

Gerards also been to friends of the IDF fundraisers so...

No props for him for doing the right thing in this case.

[maynardsong]

Ugh.
Although I chuckled that I came across this because just a few minutes ago I posted which two countries are on my shitlist: Saudi Arabia and Israel.