Taika Waititi comments on that three-way kiss

[pumkinbutter]

Find out what Taika said when asked about the viral photos with Thompson and Ora https://t.co/LQxeU6JDMj
- ET Canada (@ETCanada) July 2, 2021
-Taika Waititi addressed the pictures of him kissing Tessa Thompson and Rita Ora in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald

Comments

[inkstainedlips]

It's never cool to kiss your employee but hey don't let ethics stop you from feeding your ego!

[mary_pickforded]

So many people ignored that part of it and it's disturbing.

[ginainabottle]

Those types of relationships are so common in the entertainment business that I think most people wouldn't think twice about it. If the roles were reversed tho the woman would probably get fired.

[meow_tan]

this is true in normal circumstances but I think things are different on movie sets, especially a well oiled machine like the marvel films. is taika really the employer here with all the power? i know cases of directors acting inappropriate with actors and actresses 100% exist but i don’t think this is one of them. It’s cringe but it’s not abusive.

[missyxxmisch]

he's such a let down in general.

[centopiedi]

I don't really know much about him, but I think a lot of people were really rooting for him as an outsider, an underdog, & someone who represented multiple under-represented groups, so his success in Hollywood was really gratifying. But then it seems like he revealed himself as someone just as eager to sell out & play the Hollywood game, just as greedy for fame and power and money and accolades and special treatment as all the other shallow people in showbiz. And it's really disappointing to people who thought he was different. Not to say he's a horrible person, but he just failed to live up to people's expectations. That's why I compared him to Lin-Manuel Miranda; there's a certain similarity.

[slinkydinks]

Would you say LMM and him are similar? I definitely agree that they're both disappointments, but I don't think LMM was so much a clout-chaser as an annoying theater kid.

[aristobrit]

It can "go away pretty quickly" and then come right back at you like a boomarang if you slip up in public somehow.

[trekkiepetrelli]

exactly, i mean look at chris pratt lmaoooo

[agentsoup]

The problem is you have a history of fucking your employees Beverly.

Spoon feeding franchises to a narcissist is going to bite Disney in the ass.

[ljtryout]

oh shit. he does?

Who has he been with before?

[la_loony]

His assistant I think

[agentsoup]

He was cheating on his wife with his personal asst during the last Thor (she was also real tight with Tessa). Brought her to all the award shows too while his producer wife sat in the nosebleeds. He's a fucking dick.

[teetersslow]

i'm sure he's not bothered the pics went public when they were blatantly playing up to the paps 🙄

[pumkinbutter]

I doubt they knew they were being photographed. The paparazzi were probably taking pictures from far away with a long distance lens.