Tina Fey trashes us again: 'The Internet is always wrong!'
It was a lot of fun when Tina Fey ("30 Rock") went all nuclear on The Envelope during her Golden Globes acceptance speech this year. But she's still hurling rocks. Sunday night, backstage at the Emmys, moments after "30 Rock" won best comedy series, a journalist asked if her victory was really a "nail-biter," as she said during the acceptance speech.
"Yeah," she said, "The Internet is always wrong. So when I heard we were the favorite on the Internet, I thought, 'Oh, no! We're dead!' "
Since this is the only website that pools Emmy predictions and we're a site Tina knows well (she said at the Globes that we're one of the few sites she likes to hang out at — see the video here — while snooping in our message boards, which she blasted in her acceptance speech), it's probably safe to say that she was largely referring to The Envelope again at yet another awards show. So here is our reply to Tina.
We're "always wrong," Tina? In 2007 and 2008, we correctly predicted "30 Rock" would win best comedy series, and last year we foresaw your victory as best actress and Alec Baldwin's as best actor. This year we correctly forecast repeat victories by "30 Rock" and Baldwin, but, yes, we did get one major prediction wrong in the laugh lineup. We believed you'd repeat at best lead actress. However, we warned loud and clear that Toni Collette ("United States of Tara") was poised as a spoiler because Hollywood voters are such suckers for multiple-personality roles.
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I think that saying the Academy are "suckers for mulitple personalities" undercuts the fact that this was not just a stunt by Toni Collete. Toni does a terrific job at creating four well rounded characters and actually making Tara believable. This is no small feat, and Tina is barely an actress if you compare her to Toni. Before seeing your predictions I thought Toni was a lock. If you see both series there's no comparison in terms of acting. Watch the shows Tom before you judge.
Posted by: Andrew | September 22, 2009 at 06:42 AM
Amazing, You not only fail to recognize sarcasm, but you also think you're the only site on the net. Please do the world a favor - earn yourself a Darwin Award.
Posted by: lucyferr | September 22, 2009 at 04:33 AM
tom tom tom tom tom... this site have been a fun visit for me for a couple of years now.. pls dont ruin this now. i know you're the award fact machine and all, but sometimes ur personal rant is just annoying.
Posted by: whiz | September 22, 2009 at 02:24 AM
Tina was just being gracious. She is a super talent without the Kanye ego.
Posted by: CK | September 22, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Tom O'Neil: How do you sleep with your wet blanket?
Posted by: Tom Oneil is a wet blacket | September 21, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Wow can't you tell she was joking and being sarcastic. I'm glad you posted the vid tho. Tina rocks and I loved the Jane question at the end she's my favorite part of the show.
Posted by: a.burke | September 21, 2009 at 08:22 PM
Really? Seriously? You're taking her off-hand joke as a direct and malicious attack on you?
Some people need to just grow up and realise that not everything is about them.
Posted by: ridiculous | September 21, 2009 at 08:16 PM
wow, you really have the huge deflated ego of a celebrity without being a real one. get over yourself, mr. o'neil.
Posted by: alluhrey | September 21, 2009 at 08:13 PM
Originally I was planning on writing a post in which I laughed at your ridiculous sense of self importance, that is most likely all in your head and compare you to a middleschool newspaper. But after reading post after post of people mocking you, I sort of feel bad for you. If anything I blame the editors for not talking you out of this.
Posted by: Reardon | September 21, 2009 at 06:47 PM
I know about your blog, too. This doesn't mean that, when i reference "the internet" with regard to the entertainment industry, I am talking about you. Nobody is talking about you. Well, maybe now they are. Because this blog is dumb, dumb, dumb.
Posted by: amazingly stupid | September 21, 2009 at 05:54 PM
THE PARTY SIGNED IN AS 'WHO CARES' REALLY SAYS IT ALL: WHO CARES!
Posted by: LEE LARSON | September 21, 2009 at 05:52 PM
What are you, 12? Did this really need a defensive post? She was obviously making a joke! The Cryer and Toni wins most likely threw her (and everybody) off.
Posted by: Alice | September 21, 2009 at 05:47 PM
Seems a bit of a strong reaction there, LAT, regarding... well, nothing at all. Nice work, that.
Posted by: drunkenhopfrog | September 21, 2009 at 05:44 PM
Tina Fey trashes us again: 'The Internet is always wrong!'
Now Tina you know that is not true. The internet really flatters you and makes many of us wish we had working cable so we could watch you more.
Is that a lie or just wrong?
Posted by: JR Jake | September 21, 2009 at 05:31 PM
i totally forgot that "the internet" is completely interchangeable with "tom o'neil". man, what a blatant jab at you.
Posted by: hahahahahaha | September 21, 2009 at 05:26 PM
tears
Posted by: mike | September 21, 2009 at 05:11 PM
Way to go. A news site refuting claims that it is wrong by proving that -- sometimes -- it can take a guess at the future with the best of 'em. A credit to the trade, for sure.
Posted by: whocares? | September 21, 2009 at 05:03 PM
You really believe you are the only web site that has emmy predicitions.... wow.
Posted by: LOL | September 21, 2009 at 04:59 PM