Right here we go once more—one other ran by means of and unevolved man utilizing his platform to wage warfare on girls below the drained guise of “jokes.” This time, it’s Corey Holcomb, a person whose whole model appears to revolve round disrespecting Black girls whereas hiding behind the protect of comedy. His newest goal—the radiant, completed, and extremely celebrated Tracee Ellis Ross.
The berating occurred after Ross lately sat down with former First Woman Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, for his or her IMO podcast, the place she spoke candidly about her courting preferences. The Black•ish star shared that at 52, she finds herself extra aligned with youthful males. However earlier than anybody tries to twist that into some desperation narrative, Ross made it clear: it’s about peace, not puppets.
“Lots of males my age are steeped in poisonous masculinity and have been raised in a tradition the place there’s a explicit method {that a} relationship appears to be like… I did sufficient of it the place I used to be managed and felt like I used to be a possession—or a prize. And I’ve little interest in it. I cannot do it once more,” she stated.
That’s known as boundaries, beloved.
She additionally admitted to grieving the life she as soon as imagined—marriage, kids—however emphasised that grief isn’t a inexperienced mild to accept lower than she deserves. “I nonetheless wouldn’t need the companion… you need to make my life higher. It might’t simply be I’m in a relationship simply to be in a relationship,” Ross added.
Mature, considerate, and self-aware—the exact opposite of Corey Holcomb.
Holcomb, who clearly stays tuned into girls’s conversations simply to search out new methods to be offended, wasted no time leaping on his 5150 podcast to criticize Ross for her choice. As a substitute of matching her considerate tone, the 58-year-old comic resorted to mockery, calling her out of her identify and including that Ross is “previous her greatest years,” earlier than suggesting she has to “date puppies” to get consideration, and implying she’s “stealing from younger males’s futures.”
Let’s not overlook this is identical man who informed Cam Newton final October that he prefers courting girls in poverty as a result of they’re simpler to regulate. His precise phrases? “A woman who can’t afford to say ‘F**okay you Corey, I’m gone.’ She simply can’t afford to do it. So I make the most of that.”
That’s not edgy; that’s predatory habits, and the truth that he proudly admitted it on document is horrifying.
However right here’s what Holcomb—and people cosigning his hypocrisy—fail to acknowledge: A good portion of American adults have engaged in age-gap courting, with practically 4 in ten (39%) having dated somebody 10 years older or youthful. (Heavy on the ten years, not 20).
A 2023 examine by Psychology At present surveyed 200 heterosexual girls in relationships, who occurred to be about evenly divided between those that had been considerably older than their male companions and (22 years older on common), those that had been considerably youthful than their male companions (17 years youthful on common), and people who had been shut in age to their companions (three years totally different on common).
The survey found that out of these examined, girls who had been greater than 10 years older than their male companions had been really probably the most happy with and dedicated to their relationships in contrast with girls who had been youthful than their companions and ladies whose companions had been shut in age.
So no, Tracee Ellis Ross isn’t breaking guidelines; she’s simply not following those misogynists like Holcomb preserve making an attempt to implement on girls whereas excusing their very own dangerous habits.
And let’s speak about the actual motive Holcomb stays bitter; possibly it’s the truth that at 58, he’s single and never identified for having any actual stand-up chops nor will he ever be really revered as an actual comic — an comprehensible emotional gentle spot.
As a substitute of perfecting his craft, Holcomb makes an attempt to remain related by beefing with girls. This is identical man who was accused of assaulting comic Cristina Payne outdoors the Hollywood Improv in December 2024, allegedly threatening to punch her after which swinging on her after months of public harassment.
However positive, Corey, let’s talk about Tracee’s courting preferences.
The wildest half is that the pseudo-comedian went as far as to challenge his personal points onto Ross, assuming her reference to “youthful males” routinely meant a 20-something; she stated youthful, Corey, not a toddler; let’s not lie for likes.
The reality is, nobody—man, girl, or in any other case—desires up to now an unhealed individual, particularly not of their 40s and 50s. Holcomb and males like him could be higher served placing down the podcast mics and choosing up a remedy referral. Heal that inside little one so you’ll be able to cease bleeding on individuals who didn’t lower you.
Oh, and one last item for Corey Holcomb: you’ll by no means, ever be Patrice O’Neal, so cease embarrassing your self.
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