Sad little man loses one-woman fan club
August 07, 2007 By: almostgotit Category: Uncategorized, feminism, videos, lying, writers, exploitation, Elizabeth Dewberry
Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.
- Faith Whittlesey
Many thanks to WorkingGirl for the heads up after my previous post; I found the NPR link in which Robert Olen Butler talks about his now-infamous e-mail. Wow.
Butler insists that his initial email about the break-up, as well as all of his subsequent public blather, is meant to prevent people from saying terrible things about his wife — things which he details, of course. Butler also claims to be deeply grieved that Dewberry, “like many women,” (all we inept little wives, in other words) “had trouble living in the shadow of a stronger man.”
What a liar. The truth is that he’s mad as hell at her. He’s also overwhelmed with embarrassment. Ego-man Butler publically lost his trophy wife to a much-more-famous man. Moreover, she was a wife who had been a trial and a challenge to him since day #1, not because of her inadequacies but because of her irrepressible accomplishments: her very competency. By getting away from him in the end, she finally proved to be a challenge he could neither master nor meet. Pathetically, he is now trying to snatch the attention and victory back for himself by attempting to make Elizabeth Dewberry look like a freak; alas, he only succeeds in making himself look like one.
August 7th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
After listening to the NPR interview it becomes apparent that this man doesn’t get it. He doesn’t even understand WHY his email is so infamous. His former wife, “the second best writer in the household” (his words in interview), is remaining mum on the subject- good for her.
August 7th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Ew, I didn’t even catch that quote! What a loser. I just hope his Pulitzer Prize is a good conversationist. Do you suppose it looks good in an apron?
August 7th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
The thing that amazed me about this interview is when he said she was just going to be “one of Ted Turner’s girlfriends.” Part of his harem. Yikes.
August 8th, 2007 at 12:01 am
Well, there is that.
Of course, Butler’s pride requires him to belittle both (other) parties and describe things as sordidly as possible (albeit in the kindest sort of way.) From Dewberry’s point of view, who knows? I wouldn’t date Turner myself, but maybe in some weird celebrity universe, this is progress.
March 17th, 2008 at 12:59 am
He’s on eharmony.
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Wow. Really? Is it possible to link to (or download and copy) his entry?? Does the press know about this, do you think? Very funny.