CNN PR Reaches Breaking Point, Goes Right at Kirstie Alley
If you told me five years ago that one day Kirstie Alley would be in the middle of a nasty public feud with CNN, I'd have called an ambulance. Now? It's just typical Friday afternoon content.
Alley is a vocal supporter of Donald Trump and has dabbled in conspiracy theories for years on her Twitter account. She has also repeatedly criticized the news media and taken aim at CNN's on-air personalities. On Friday she tweeted the following about CNN's coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic:
I now Know why my personal friends who walk around in SHEER TERROR of contracting Covid are simply CNN viewers! I decided to watch CNN myself to get a their viewpoint and oh my God DID I EVER!!!! IF YOU TOO WANT TO LIVE IN TERROR WATCH CNN!!
— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) October 30, 2020
FEAR OF DYING IS THEIR MANTRA! OMG!
CNN's public relations team made the decision to respond and it's clear they're pretty fed up with her:
Kirstie, you are welcome to change the channel - just like countless viewers did every time “Veronica’s Closet” came on TV. But don’t downplay the loss of nearly 230K American lives. And please, wear a mask.
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) October 30, 2020
Go get some aloe because that is a serious, deep burn.
For the uninitiated, Veronica's Closet ran from 1997 through 2000 on NBC and was terrible. It was one of a list of second-rate sitcoms the network tried to crowbar into its "Must See TV Thursdays" lineup at the end of the Seinfeld era. Alley's top-billed co-star was Dan Cortese. That's really all you need to know.