Gammy Told No Lies During Her Red Table Talk Interview With Olivia Jade
Olivia Jade sought a redemptive arc but was caught off guard with some tough love
Yesterday, the public was shocked to find out that Olivia Jade Giannulli, daughter of the disgraced actress Lori Loughlin and fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, would be appearing on Jada Pinkett-Smith’s highly addictive show, Red Table Talk. Perhaps shocked is not strong enough a word. Confused might be better. It’s been a year since the scandal broke: Giannulli’s parents paid $500,000 to an organization in order to pass off both Olivia, and her sister Isabella Rose, as crew recruits so that they would gain acceptance into the University of Southern California (USC). Life was different then. Covid-19 was not wreaking havoc on the world, over a quarter of a million Americans were still alive, and millions of Americans still had jobs and health insurance. We had more of a bandwidth to poke fun and laugh at the lifestyles of the rich and famous while also realizing that this controversy pierced the mirage that admissions to any highly selective institution is solely based on merit. But nowadays, we, as a collective, are at our wits’ end with celebrities and their carelessness. Because, regardless of their bubbles, their decisions affect those with whom they’ll never interact, much less see…
