@MadTheSwine (MadTheSwine) posted a new topic, subject "Celebrity responses to Onion articles". It read:

   Do people parodied in the Onion ever respond or retaliate?

So @Arkcon (Arkcon) replied

    I'm not a constant reader of The Onion, so fill me in, do they actually name celebrities by name with some ridiculous story, that would warrant such a response? I quickly checked, and 'tho some celebs appear on the first page, they're not spoofed personally, so I'd need to see a specific celeb and a specific story to look it up. Who, in particular, do you think got burned hard by The Onion?

@Zeldar (Zeldar) replied

    This is the first thing I thought of:  
    Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck  
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-faCh8BUEts
    
    I'd love to see a retaliation to it.

To which @Arkcon (Arkcon) replied

    Here's a cut and paste of their entertainment page, just the titles, in most cases. Hardly offensive, IMHO, starlets have to endure every nip slip and upskirt being posted and archived forever, this all seems so harmless:
    [code] 
        People Who Produce American Culture Warning Nation Ahead Of Time That Rest Of 2011 Going To Be Pretty Rough
        
        Millions of People Prince William Would Never Deign To Speak To Captivated By Royal Wedding
        
        Vacation-Bound Rush Limbaugh To Do Nothing But Golf And Respect Minorities For 2 Weeks
        
        Author Promoting Book Gives It Her All Whether It's Just 3 People Or A Crowd Of 9 People
        
        'Ghost Hunters' Enjoys Surprising 100% Success Rate
        
        Writer Unwilling To Admit His Screenplay Perfect Fit For Justin Long
        
        Lazy Event Planner Throws 'Bags Of Ice'–Themed Party
        
         Jukebox Pretending Oasis CD Too Scratched To Play
        
        5-Year-Old Critics Agree: Movie ‘Cars' Only Gets Better After 40th Viewing
        
        Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton is writing a children's book entitled The Boy With Pink Hair to be published in September. What do you think? 
        
        Harry Connick, Jr. Dies In Piano Fire
        
        Jesus Surprises '700 Club' With Walk-On Appearance
        
    [/code]
    
    and here's a title with some of the text blurb
    
    Keira Knightley Answers Fan Letter Way Too Quickly
    [code] 
        ISSUE 47•11 | 03.17.11 | News
        
        FORT WAYNE, IN—According to local computer programmer and Keira Knightley fan Tom Hayes, 38, the internationally known English film actress and model responded "much too fast" to the letter he sent just a few days ago.
        
    [/code]
    
    _MODS_ I'm not trying to rip off the Onion, if this is too much content, cut it away, I just don't want to look too lazy to browse a webpage

@MadTheSwine (MadTheSwine) replied

    Arkcon:
    
    > I'm not a constant reader of The Onion, so fill me in, do they actually name celebrities by name with some ridiculous story, that would warrant such a response? I quickly checked, and 'tho some celebs appear on the first page, they're not spoofed personally, so I'd need to see a specific celeb and a specific story to look it up. Who, in particular, do you think got burned hard by The Onion?
    
    There are 100's of them,maybe this thread isn't for you.

So @Arkcon (Arkcon) replied

    Well, you could give me some, notice, my cut ‘n' paste only has about 3 people mentioned by name. The Onion seems to be very abstract with it's satire, deliberately not naming people by name. I know celebs can be stupidly sensitive on some topics, but sensitive about the Onion? They can't be that dumb – can they?
    
    Mail Online
    
    ### Dame Edna jibe upsets Salma
    
    In a satirical agony column in Vanity Fair magazine Dame Edna joked about the Spanish language and sparked an angry response from Mexican actress Salma Hayek
    
    That story above used to be on Snopes, but has since been abridged, I guess her lawyers made some of a stick. Dame Edna even had a response, “She's just jealous that Dame Edna was originally considered for the role of Frida”

So @MadTheSwine (MadTheSwine) replied

    Arkcon:
    
    > Well, you could give me some, notice, my cut ‘n' paste only has about 3 people mentioned by name. The Onion seems to be very abstract with it's satire, deliberately not naming people by name. I know celebs can be stupidly sensitive on some topics, but sensitive about the Onion? They can't be that dumb – can they?
    
    I give you the 3 people mentioned by name on your cut and paste.There are also 3 people mentioned by name(David Ortiz,Prince William and Mitt Romney) on the current front page.
    
    I guess,for Arkcons benefit,I should clarify.Do the people parodied in the Onion ever respond to it?It doesn't have to be retaliation,maybe they are proud of it and enjoyed it,just looking for comments by the folks mentioned and what they thought of it.

@mozchron (mozchron) replied

    Vice Preseident Biden apparently gets a kick out of the Onion articles about him

To which @MadTheSwine (MadTheSwine) replied

    mozchron:
    
    > Vice Preseident Biden apparently gets a kick out of the Onion articles about him
    
    Thank you

After which, @Wendell_Wagner (Wendell Wagner) added

    Sometimes the people parodied in comedy decide to be good sports and play along with the joke. Consider Gerald Ford's reaction to Chevy Chase's sketches about him on _Saturday Night Live_ :
    
    nytimes.com – 29 Dec 06
    
    ### Chevy Chase as the Klutz in Chief, and a President Who Was in on the Joke...
    
    No one did more to solidify Gerald Ford's unfortunate, and perhaps unfair, standing as the nation's First Klutz than the comedian Chevy Chase.

Then @Moe (Moe) said

    A little while after this article came out, Ira Glass did a great segment on TAL about the Onion and their writing process. (I'm suddenly remembering, or misremembering, that I think the episode was called “Tough Room”). Not sure if his choice to do this segment had anything to do with the article, but he did mention at one point that he was a victim of Onion satire and that “it hurt”.

To which @Bijou_Drains (Bijou Drains) replied

    Janet Reno showed up on SNL right after she and Clinton left office. She went on the Janet Reno dance skit with Will Ferrell who played Reno.

So @Miller (Miller) replied

    Bijou_Drains:
    
    > Janet Reno showed up on SNL right after she and Clinton left office. She went on the Janet Reno dance skit with Will Ferrell who played Reno.
    
    George Bush, Sr, taped a bit for SNL after he left office, too, playing off of Dana Carvey's impression of him.

Then @guizot (guizot) said

    Arkcon:
    
    > The Onion seems to be very abstract with it's satire, deliberately not naming people by name.
    
    They often satirize (maybe even insult) people directly, by name, especially people in sports.

Then @Bijou_Drains (Bijou Drains) said

    Probably the most famous SNL cameo was Streisand showing up during Coffee Talk, the actors did not know she was going to be there.

After which, @MadTheSwine (MadTheSwine) added

    Bijou_Drains:
    
    > Janet Reno showed up on SNL right after she and Clinton left office. She went on the Janet Reno dance skit with Will Ferrell who played Reno.
    
    Miller:
    
    > George Bush, Sr, taped a bit for SNL after he left office, too, playing off of Dana Carvey's impression of him.
    
    Bijou_Drains:
    
    > Probably the most famous SNL cameo was Streisand showing up during Coffee Talk, the actors did not know she was going to be there.
    
    I was hoping to hear Onion stories,not SNL.

So @Justin_Bailey (Justin_Bailey) replied

    MadTheSwine:
    
    > I was hoping to hear Onion stories,not SNL.
    
    I'm guessing the average celebrity has no idea what The Onion is.

To which @ultrafilter (ultrafilter) replied

    The Economist posted a link to this story on their official Facebook page.

So @MadTheSwine (MadTheSwine) replied

    Justin_Bailey:
    
    > I'm guessing the average celebrity has no idea what The Onion is.
    
    Then I guess I wont be hearing stories about average celebrities.

After which, @Argent_Towers (Argent Towers) added

    Arkcon:
    
    > Hardly offensive, IMHO, starlets have to endure every nip slip and upskirt being posted and archived forever, this all seems so harmless.
    
    Endure? They do that shit on _purpose_ because they _want_ the attention.

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