Ellen Barkin Blasts Bret Easton Ellis After Sexist Twitter Rant!

12/07/2012 8:15 PM ET | Filed under: Film Flickers • Twitter

If you are one of the 362,155 Twitterers who follow American Psycho writer Bret Easton Ellis, then you know he is rather eccentric and … opinionated.

Especially when it comes to gays and women — well except if you're Lindsay Lohan, in which case, he LURVES you!

Anyhow, Bret seemed to be SO enraged by all the positive buzz surrounding Kathryn Bigelow's film Zero Dark Thirty, that he took to Twitter recently and wrote:

Kathryn Bigelow would be considered a mildly interesting filmmaker if she was a man but since she's a very hot woman she's really overrated.

— Bret Easton Ellis (@BretEastonEllis) December 6, 2012

Well, obviously this ruffled some people's feathers (and assuming that Bret is not a complete idiot, he knew what the outcome would be), and one such disturbed individual was the exquisite Ellen Barkin, who can be currently seen on The New Normal.

Mz. Barkin Tweeted in response:

DING DING DING!

The tweet has unfortunately since been deleted, but we thought it was an astute, accurate reaction to Bret's posting.

Oh we're just aching to see the obvious masterpiece that is Mr.Ellis' The Canyons…

It's time he put his money where his ~~mouth~~ Twitter account is!

LOLz!

[Image via WENN & Jeff Burton.]

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6 comments to “Ellen Barkin Blasts Bret Easton Ellis After Sexist Twitter Rant!”

Mr Pete says – reply to this

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Mad Dog Barken, is one nasty money hungry old kunt
Naafidy says – reply to this

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@ Bret Ellis u mad? Yeah, he mad.
toleratingothers says – reply to this

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When's the last time this guy has even had a hit? American Psycho the book came out in 1991, TWENTY ONE years ago. This guy hasn't been relevant for years!!
@v@ says – reply to this

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Lol @ Bret Easton Ellis's bald faced proposal that Bigelow's success must be because she's hot, because a hot woman writer is about sex to him. The concept is so nothing new that it's eye-rollingly trite and predictable to most women…AND Ellen, bless her heart.
boston61 says – reply to this

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Women think they are smarter than men. LOL. And they are most certainly NOT.
@v@ says – reply to this

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Re: boston61 – No, men (or just you) think that women think they are smarter than men. They don't think that. Women know that they can stand toe to toe intellectually, and rightfully resent a man crediting accolades to physical appearance.
Wish to add that most of your comments are right on the money and experience shows.