BB XXVI Free like a Joshua Tree

You're a fucking retard.

Since I just saw those obviously bullshit studio exec emails on Deuxmoi that end with a list of who needs a new manager to make a comeback, I think Ben should be on that list too. Either its an agent/manager issue or he’s just completely lost focus on acting with this silly music promo stuff. Even with the pandemic it’s kinda shocking he’s only shot one episode of something in 2 years. If he thought papwalks and emojis with JH would help his career he clearly thought wrong.

R3 I mean I think it’s obvious the music thing was something Ben really wanted to do so I’m not surprised it probably took up most of his time

R3 Yes I think Benny really did sit there (after realising there were no more imminent papwalks with the Ho) in April last year, contemplating his navel and thinking ‘do I want to be 80 and not have released - sorry, shared - *my music*?’

Might even have realised that HoFace was using him at that point*. He actually used the word ‘pining’ in that latest (but recorded a while back?) interview which is, I think, the first time I heard that word from him. Seems maybe he does read DL and various other sites as we all called him out on that!

* not that it stopped him going back for more of course.

Maybe his brother or mother actually talked some sense to him during his birthday stay in London. Because afterwards he started to distance himself from her.

R5 really? This theory again? What on earth makes you think his family is any different from him or presumes to tell him who to be friends with? That is NOT A 14-year old!

R6 Sorry I just can’t imagine Julianne Hough rejecting him… And yes he isn’t 14 and all family’s are different but I know mine would definitely talk shit and bother me about having a fling with a..woman like her…at 40. They want grandkids!

He did took his distance in august/September. Maybe it the fact that he was back home and way from her with his loved ones that made him think a bit. Maybe he finally opened his eyes about how toxic she was but something must have happened for him to distance himself like that and especially talking about the « claptrap »

R8 That’s what I was trying to say because something must’ve happened around that time

R9 yeah that’s my theory too. Like it can’t be only the distance because she was in Europe for an entire month and they still play their emojis game but a month in uk and he took his distance from her. We’ll never know what happened, unless her niece wants to spill some tea

R10 Exactly, something must’ve happened while he was in England for him to just completely distance himself

R10 Unfortunately I don’t think the niece will be spilling anything else, more’s the pity. Maybe the Ho will get Meredith to do it next time round. Or maybe Mama Ho.

Or because she started dating the tattoo guy around that time..?

R13 she was still hiding emojis sono doubt it

this is so humiliating for ben barnes

she’s been with charlie wilson for weeks, probably a month or two and ben out there promoting a song about her and hiding emojis while she was getting some side action 🥴

LMAO no wonder he’s calling it claptrap when she falls for a guy described as perfect for her because he’s also into that claptrap that BB was probably too intellectually inclined to take seriously. But WTF is up with the English in that article yikes it’s like JH made her best effort to write that herself during her manic journaling and no one thought to proof check

R16 she was the one still hiding the emoji in September tho. They could have started dating end September beginning of October. And truly that article is terrible ? Who wrote that

Where is the actual article? I only see the header.

R19 once on the page you have to tap on « show more »

Weren‘t we all agreed there was no dating between Benji and Ho quite some time? Anyway, weren‘t all the song about him being rejected? I can‘t see how the theories of songs being for her and them being a couple ever went together. The one excludes the other. Oxymoron. Especially 11:11. which she claimed.

And I‘d fuck that hunk a hundred times over skinny weirdo Benny.

That dude looks like he doesn’t bath

He has a huge head contrary to other people.

Now I read it and it‘s obviously auto-translated Love how it says she likes that he‘s a dad, caring and responsible. Slap Benji Boo.

He’s also ready to post about her

And he is one of us too, posting about Joshua Tree #conspiracy

gotta love the touch of ben wrecking jh’s already broken marriage, failing to keep her and trying to get her back with songs and emoji exchanges when cw just had to take some kinrgy classes to win her heart LOL

cw did everything in days what ben didn’t do for a year being with her (if you think about it). i know she was dying for ben to give her a kiss in public or post about her with his 2M followers… i know she did 😂

R29 payback for doing all his exes wrong

Poor Benjeeeee 😂😂😂

R30 and for messing with a married woman who donned blackface 🤡

There’s no way those songs are for her 😧

payback for breaking quarantine and lying to his fans about it

R33 it’s so funny how some of you are in complete denial about the songs being about her when ben had nobody else to sing about 🤭

R35 On one hand I get that but on the other my brain just cannot comprehend it

All for Julianne Hough??? Ain’t no way

if you watch his interviews promoting the songs from the start you can see it’s about her and if you watch his interviews now you can see how he drastically changed his tune

R36 maybe. not all the songs but at LEAST 3 out of 5 🤡

I hope someone at the Con just straight up asks him who we wrote those songs for.

R34 if jh weren’t such a fame whore we would’ve never known about this hahahaha

The moment Ben realizes he doesn’t need to parade his relationships and post everything about it but at least acknowledge and stop treating his girlfriends like dirty secrets (since he isn’t famous enough for that) his love life will improve a LOT.

I think it’s pretty clear Rise Up is about her from what he said the inspiration was and the timeline and the emojigate activity while he was filming that music video. And 11:11 might be about her based on the other emojigate clues plus it fits him trying and failing to be with her. I don’t think all 5 songs are about her though

11:11, Rise Up and Ordinary Day are totally about her

If he had been smart he wouldn’t have wrote anything about her. How’s she’s worthy of song writing honestly ? He could have found others inspiration for the songs. Now his whole EP is about something who never gave a fuck about him and who’s hate by so many people

R41 AND he needs to stop messing around with problematic people and thinking his fans will give him the benefit of the doubt just because he’s good to look at. It’s 2021, nobody’s letting blackface and rape slide anymore.

R44 That’s what he gets for being stupid.

R44 well this is why reading the room is fundamental. 90% of jh’s followers are maga hat users, her face isn’t even hers anymore, nobody likes her outside her social media bubble, her fanbase has like 5 real fans, the rest is all nina dobrev’s and ben got with her when she was still married and got caught breaking quarantine TWICE… a mess from the start.

Even if the songs are not about her, everybody think they are, because of his idiotic actions with her. But we‘ve been over that.

The views on Rise Up still did not cross the 200.000 mark. For someone with 2 Million Insta followers that is very lame, considering the full video is not on instagram.

R49 he doesn’t promote his stuff, that’s why. his fans aren’t getting paid to promote it and they don’t have the followers he has 🤷🏼‍♀️

R48 R50 i think ben regrets making his ep about jh and that’s why he’s not promoting it, he must be devastated now that she’s got a new man

R49 well he didn’t choose the best costar to play in this video, his fans hate her as much as they hate julianne. Again a bad idea from benny

R52 Yup, all his fans hate Floriana too and for good reason.

Isn’t Ben friends with Andrew Garfield? Pretty surprised he didn’t posted anything about his movie and even a what Andrew said about grief, the most have been pretty successful

R54 He never posts about other people even if they’re his friends

I’ve actually been really surprised at how open Andrew has been about the loss of his mom after basically becoming a recluse after spider man fame. It’s like he’s been broken open again in a wonderful way and his new movie on Netflix is definitely worth a watch.

Ben has claimed that this music release has made him more open but I actually think it’s the opposite. His interviews used to be interesting to watch and all slightly different even if he was promoting the same thing but his latest interviews on his music have been so incredibly boring and similar it’s like he has nothing left to talk about and is only open about one singular topic

lol they’re literally obsessed

Well Ben’said “Wear a Mask” in Comic Con Stuttgart’s story - not enough in my opinion. Hope they’ve got more restrictions in place than that and maybe just not telling the fans about them! London Comic Con didn’t tell anyone about the screens at the autograph tables (just the photo ops) so I wouldn’t put it past them. And now we seemingly have yet another worrying Covid variant from SA. I think they’re crazy for doing these cons in wintertime.

R58 I think they also have a screen for the autograph at that convention, I’m not sure. They do have a wear a mask inside, except for the photoshoot

R59 I just love it when the the rules say, "You must protect yourself from Covid at all times except. . . "

Is it just me or does it sound exactly like, "I'm not a racist but. . . "

*sigh*

Just hope Ben’s agent/PR has asked for the same as at London otherwise sick Benny on the horizon with all the kiddies wanting hugs from their Daddy 🤢

R61 they have to show proof of vaccinations or neg test to attends the convention. I think it’s up to the guest to say if the fans be close for the photo op

Hopefully he was able to get his covid booster shot before leaving the US

To think that a few months ago I was eagerly planning on going to that con. Now I‘m like *oh that, right*. Too boring to even care.

Benny may just turn up in full hazmat suit 😆

So someone please help this poor american. . . just how close is Germany to Belgium? Cause it's being reported the new Covid superstrain has been detected in Belgium. This is literally the best possible time to do a con where people travel to get to it. Bravo.

He is eligible for a Covid booster in America ?

R66 They share a common border but if it’s anything like original Covid and and previous variants, it will already have arrived in Germany on flights from Southern Africa. Great timing, yes!

R67 In the US, they take a state by state approach. California just recently opened booster eligibility to anyone aged 18 and over, so yes he’s eligible.

R66 a new variant have been found in France too the the situation in Europe isn’t at his best. Convention at this moment is such a stupid move imo

R69 Couldn’t agree more, even London in October wasn’t risk free no matter how much they try. If they don’t have screens in addition to distancing as well as masks, they’re all crazy for attending. Maybe needed the money 😆

It started

Ben told her a secret 🙄🙄

Sorry trying not to spam but this is funny

He is pregnant!

Are people complaining about the plexiglass on twitter or IG yet? Because I read some things on Twitter and FB a few days ago about how having it wouldn’t be fair and it’s “not necessary” anymore for this and the French con So I can only imagine what the reaction to the masks and dividers must be.

And if I were ben? I’d start feeding her fake information to see how quickly it got out. Every time there’s a convention or a chance for a meeting, she acts like she’s so much *closer* to ben after it and that she’s so much more important to him than anyone else. It’s nauseating.

Oop

R75 he should really be more careful with her, she sounds like a crazy fan girl who could stalk him at his hotel

R77 forgot to say some are surprised about the glass because apparently it wasn’t announced ? I know it’s necessary but the glass makes the pics ridiculous you wouldn’t catch me paying for that

R75 Ben is putting his arm around people behind the plexiglass on most photos so would say that no one will complain

Good Lord, these people are making such an effort to make this con happen, and he is so arrogant? I hate that. But it is just symptomatic.

I hope he is aware Germany is currently debating lockdown for people without a booster, forced vaccinations and more very severe rules. When I see people taking off their masks at such an event it makes me want to scream!!!

R81 I think they’re only taking them off for the photoshoots

R82 they are. I think it’s mandatory for them to wear a mask unless they’re doing a photoshoot

R82 Yep everyone’s wearing a mask

I don’t get the convention ? Did you had to pay to attend the panel? Because otherwise the fact that people who didn’t paid for it can just be on the side to listen to it is a bit shitty

Does this fan really thinks Ben would tell her an actual secret? Those kind of fans who think they are really close to celebrities are very creepy. How old is she? Because she sounds like twelve 🙄

R86 Let’s change subjects because an incident already happened involving her and the DL and I don’t wanna go back to that

R87 no that was not her

R85 People who bought VIP tickets to the convention got to sit in the front section. That's why it's roped off. Normal ticketholders are in the back.

R85 Here is a view of the people in attendance during Ben's panel (both sections).

R90 thanks ! For me it looks like everyone who paid for a seat and people who didn’t pay just stay behind the rope standing. Seems a bit unfair for the people paying

R91 Maybe they ran out of seats in the back section so people had to stand? The website says all panels are free to attend. The VIP ticketholders just got special treatment (front seating area).

R92 I should have checked before commenting. Thank you !

Jessie doesn’t have the plexiglass, so I guess Ben asked for it ?

R72 Oh I’m afraid our German friend will be the same highly irritating person she’s always been - her and her ‘special relationship’ with Ben, lmfao.

We all knew she’d be ramping it up during this con. I find it all really sad to be honest. That she feels like she has to brag and boast and act like she’s got a special connection with him - she’s delusional. Maybe feels sidelined because of all the new S&B fans he’s got. No-one believes a word she says in any case. However I don’t think she’d take it as far as stalking him. Or is that due to circumstances rather than choice as she doesn’t live in the US?!!

He probably told her he’s got an actual Xmas single coming out or something, you know the collab with stories which we all know about anyway 🥱. Anyone do lip-reading? So that when she finally releases her Secret Video we can work out what he’s telling her?!!

R88 Correct, it was another fan - who is also there at the con - so look out for more of the same BS from her! But we shouldn’t be naming (only shaming). I think it’s acceptable to heap criticism on someone if they’re being ridiculous or delusional which these two are, and we’re also short of Ben content, so….. We just won’t be saying names this time around.

R79 It’s better than not having a screen but he shouldn’t really have any contact with them IMO.

R94 Jessie is a fool. Yes I think it’s down to the individual guest… glad to see Benny’s been more sensible.

All I can say is I hope he’s going to stop hugging JML now too!!

R95 Freddy got a plexiglass too. Jessie is an idiot

R96 Kit and Amita didn’t get one.

R96 half the cast is dumb. I get photo without the glass looks better but this is stupid

I wonder if it will be the same as tomorrow

Finally some proof from his own mouth to debunk the Darklina theories that Rise Up is about Jessie! These people are so wrapped up in the S&B fandom they really think he would write a song about that lol. He looks a bit flustered before breaking into his practiced answer about his dad’s poems and writing a poem for a friend who was struggling (AKA JULIANNE)

R100 Not to be that person but technically they asked about Alina not Jessie 🤣

R100 they’re desperate

I think there was supposed to be a group phoshoot on the program, I didn’t saw any ?

R102 They got a lot of content today so they can’t even be desperate anymore

R104 and yet they are desperate and delusional

R105 Once you get a taste you need more? Ig

OMG Jessie jokingly catcalled a costar and called an onscreen relationship they are paid to play “interesting” that’s never happened in the history of cinema and television they must be fucking

R107 like I said desperate to be delusional 🤣

R107 They are getting bolder after that picture that leaked of them hugging

[quote]Yes I think it’s down to the individual guest… glad to see Benny’s been more sensible. All I can say is I hope he’s going to stop hugging JML now too!!

R95 R98 For all the newbies here who weren't around for Montanagate, I will remind the internet. Ben knows how to appear to do the right things about Covid when in public. But of course, when he thinks no one's watching in his private life, he's a very different animal that doesn't follow the rules At. All. He knows he's being watched while in public at this con. He's going to do everything properly to be safe while out in public today and tomorrow. Cause he's a good boy. But if you think there's even the slightest chance he's not going to privately hang out and hug n' kiss with his plexiglass-less hugging favorite costars of all time You. Are. Delusional.

Ben is a fucking moron. There's nothing for it. To expect anything more from him makes one an UTTER fool.

He’s clearly a hugger and they clearly have a very close relationship I don’t think anyone can really argue with that, but the Darklina pipeline of taking everything that could just as easily point to close friends or coworkers and immediately turning it into a secret relationship is just insane lol

R111 they’re young and immature so I’m not surprised

R110 we aren’t being delusional, you seem to be will calling her favourite costar of all time tho, we re just pointing out that he’s being careful at this convention that’s all

R111 True, that’s my perspective on things too. The laugh I would let out if we end up looking like the insane ones and they end up being right though 🤣 Highly* doubt it but it would be jokes

R113 I know. I'm pointing out that if anyone thinks they can extrapolate his careful behavior at the con out to think it will extend to not hanging with his non-careful costars that is an utterly delusional expectation.

R114 god how embarrassing it would be

R115 Hey he was wearing a mask in the dog sled video in Montana when those other idiots weren’t so *shrugs*… and with Europe going into meltdown about the new SA variant, you never know!! Yeah of course we don’t know what the cast will do in private but I’m just hoping he’s learned a few lessons during the pandemic. Those younger cast members are so foolish not to have screens.

R117 not to mention that for the London convention he asked for proof of vaccination for the photo op, not every actors did

R118 he is a scared hypocrite

People acting like we all already knew about Omicron more than 48 hours ago when they probably all had to make these decisions about plexiglass a couple weeks ago. It’s a very hot commodity and not easy to obtain more of in 24 hours if they all suddenly decided they needed it. Requiring that everyone be vaccinated for entrance and photo ops probably seemed like enough a few weeks ago and boosters are approved for everyone 18 and up nationwide in the US and have been accessible to everyone for several weeks now even before the official announcement came from Biden so it’s highly likely he’s been boosted and is more confident about it than even when he was at the London con. The reason why it’s gotten so bad in Austria and Germany is because of the people refusing to get vaccinated and honestly good riddance to all of them we shouldn’t care about those people at all anymore if that’s the decision they are going to make except for the strain it’s putting on the healthcare system so that’s why lockdowns are being used again for the sake of easing the burden on hospitals. It doesn’t mean healthy young vaccinated people are suddenly not safe especially the boosted ones.

He’s very extra, I thought he would stop after five seconds but he kept going

R121 bless those fans who are happy over anything really

LMAO so true

Oh so they actually knows that their ship is a fiction ?

R124 I see the age gap police there

R125 no i get it, we’re surrounded by men in their 40 dating women in their 20 because they think women have expiration date

The best sex and relationships I’ve ever had was with someone 15 years older than me (when I was 25+, no minors) so I feel bad for this generation and their fucking purity culture getting so salty about this topic even when it’s about fictional relationships. They must be miserable and closed minded and spending way too much time online

R126 or men just aren’t that interesting in their 20s when most barely have their shit together compared to women their same age

Look people are allow to like or not like age difference in relationship, to each their own I guess. But the main was the fan acknowledging the fact that they aren’t dating

Cindy probably screaming crying throwing up at the fact that she isn’t actually special to Ben and wasn’t told a secret that was just for her

R130 I think he said it during his panel. Also that tumblr is speculating that the « secret » is about Ben doing a Christmas album

Does that person works with Ben too?

R132 only Freddy is listed as a client on their site, but they probably don’t mind making it look like they represent all of them for the weekend for additional clout. Kinda a weird offer from a PR company to act as a comfort person at a con, but nice too I guess?

R133 yeah it’s nice. Convention can be overwhelming for some people

R123 Did I see a ‘GILF’ comment on there?! Grandpa I take it 😆 poor Ben, they’re getting worse by the day

R126 Yeah.. come on Ben, let’s see you embarking on a Gold Digger relationship - lmfao. After all the spouting he did about ‘older women’ on GD press junkets.

Just Freddy

Freddy seems to actually use his plexiglass as a barrier that fans don’t cross lol I wonder if that’s all him or because he has his PR rep there advising him. Either way good job Freddy 👌🏻

Went to that dmj Twitter and they’re saying that they’re leaving tomorrow right after the convention. Don’t know if it’s everyone or just Freddy

That brunette with the red shirt I think it’s his assistant, don’t think she’s working at the convention has she does t have a badge so my guess is Ben took an assistant with him

R126 R127 R128 Speaking in generalities, whether anyone likes it not, women, through no fault of their own, literally do have an expiration date. Women will start to age and show it, therefore no longer be considered attractive enough to date, and then will undergo menopause which literally renders them useless in society. And whether anyone likes it or not, men, entirely by their own choosing, remain incredibly immature WELL into adulthood. Society does not truly ever require them to grow up, wise up, expand their knowledge and thinking, talents, anything really. Thankfully there are men who do grow up by and after 40, it's not in fact impossible. The problem being discussed here is when a man finally comes into his own at 40ish and actually becomes a desirable potential partner for his peers among women, those same 40ish women are now too old to date and largely out of luck. Unless of course, those women go for the much less desirable immature ones that are desperate enough to date an older woman.

To R127, dating much older men when you were young led to great sex and relationships for you, and therefore you approve of them. And I say with sincerity that I have no problem or judgment with your actions/viewpoint there. Experience recommends a man and I completely understand. But I do ask you to consider the larger context I attempted to outline above and consider that maybe the new generation isn't being too puritanical, closeminded or online when they complain about May/December relationships. Perhaps how connected and online they are allows them to see that larger context, and that every time a young woman agrees to date a much older man, she literally chooses to continue the endless cycle that confirms a woman's expiration date, and allows men to languish in immaturity for most of their lives. Personally, I also don't judge them at all if they want to break that cycle.

R140 Those are all good points

Well, as a woman 40+ I cannot at all confirm the above as my experience. Quite the contrary. I know plenty of couples where the man is younger. I also see no trouble for mothers finding new partners. The attraction of success and money and experience goes for everybody. It is only now that there are enough women with such attributes around. It used to be only Madonna and Cher, but that has drastically changed. I used to like to date guys in their mid thirties when I was twenty. I still want to date them now that I am over forty. Funnily enough, nowadays, more of them want to date me then ever before. So run with it, everybody. Love is love!

Edit R142 half of hollywood is now older women dating younger guys. I mean, come on, Harry Styles? Jason Momoa? Chris Hemsworth? Even SB Freddy …

R143 and almost every Hollywood men are still going for younger women

R144 At least it’s more balanced now

R144 as I said, my personal, non representative experience, is different. Of my good friends, three single moms now have boyfriends more than ten years younger, and none of them toyboys. I just see it happening all around me.

R145 it’s not tho, it’s only a small pourcentage of Hollywood women dating younger men and ne majority of Hollywood men dating younger women. Also women dating younger guys are always more judged by people that men dating younger women

R147 That’s true but there’s definitely more older women and younger men couples than before.

For a site dedicated to love that is still illegal in far too many countries there’s an awful lot of judging going on here about dating. Who cares as long as people are of legal age and happy

R149 it’s also literally a website about judging people

R150 lol true. Well some people can stick with the guys in their 20s with their awkward rhythms. Darklinas definitely get some things right

Oh well Ben Barnes hugging Jessie, Kit and Freddy at the end of his panel with no masks. Sensible 🙄

R152. No problem. They just came from several mega maxi Airports like LAX, LHR and likely FRA …

R152 it was Amita not Jessie and also the guy from the panel

R154 My bad! Yes it is Amita 😄

I got to say he does look good this weekend and finally got some new clothes

They all came from London except Ben

R157 does Danielle come from Ireland ?

R158 doesn’t *

Glad to see he’s back in a new version of his standard black leather jacket outfit. I’ve had enough of these safari and lumber Jack coats

R157 Well, they probably flew direct to Stuttgart from LHR. Ben either via LHR to Stuttgart or direct to FRA or Munich.

R161 kit amita Freddy and Jessie all arrive together because they took the same flight. Ben and Danielle didn’t because they didn’t arrived from the same place

R162 my point is that they have been to places with crowds of people from all over the world, and inside planes, and are now hugging. I think it‘s stupid.

Comments?

Wonder what else he is aware of with Darklinas

R164 we aren’t darklinas here so who cares I’ll say

R164 They’re cute i’ll just say it

R164 I’m beginning to think Darklinas must just have really shitty friendships if they keep reading into these likely platonic actions like a hug and supporting someone at an event they were really nervous about as a relationship. I sincerely hope JML’s boyfriend doesn’t have Twitter. It’s already cringeworthy enough to think her dad sees a lot of it

Wouldn’t it be funny if Taylor and Ben had a secret fling at some point in the last decade and that’s why he seems to not like her (especially in that interview with Katherine Heigl teasing him about Shake it off and him trying to get her to shut up) and now he released music and his fans will NOT let him forget about Taylor 😂 guess we’ll never know

R169 Style is probably about Ben and that’s the only reason he can think of the words when put on the spot. The fandom would go wild

R168 they’re making cringe so bad. Also I’m not sure it’s a boyfriend as she said « my partner » who’s knows

Why are they so obsessed about asking about Taylor swift ? I swear they’re the worst

R172 Maybe it’s just the demographic but I know this has been discussed here before and it isn’t hard to pick up on the slight disdain he seems to have every time Taylor is brought up in one of his interviews so I’m not sure why they insist on continuing to bring it up. It might just be because he’s close friends with Camilla Belle and she had all that drama with Taylor years ago when she wrote that song about Camilla or it could be something more personal but either was it seems weird to keep bringing it up

I got to say I’m happy I saw him at a convention before s&b because those fans are just not it and the panel where they always ask the same question are so boring

R173 No, they just think her songs fit Darklina.

R173 It’s probably just the demographic

This is the most content we’ve gotten of Ben in a while I expected more people to care

There was nothing really interesting about that convention except for him looking great

And for once we didn’t say anything !

R179 As a pre S&B Benny fan I take great exception to that description - I am European but neither of the other two insults! 😆 in fact I’d go so far as to say that I’m very well put together. However I’m nearer Benny’s age so that probably doesn’t matter in his scheme of things lmao.

R171 “Partner” to me suggests someone more serious than a boyfriend/girlfriend? I’m sure I saw something in one of the promo videos at the time which said she had a live-in partner. Of course that was then and this is now so who knows what her status is, but the Ben & Jessie shippers are way off base imho. Work friends who get on well I reckon.

R179 lol yikes that’s a bit harsh. What is that a screenshot of? I rediscovered Ben after S&B so I can’t really comment on pre-S&B era but I feel like that’s a description targeted at one super fan in particular and now I feel bad mentioning her earlier

R181 it’s from a tumblr, the name is on the top. That comment was way over the top bth, also im a pre s&b so I’ll try not to take it personally 🤣

R180 I didn’t see that video, I just remember the post that she made and talked about how her partner was autistic

There have also been comments here about how pretty some of the Darklinas are but not as a way to turn it against Ben and his fans as some predatory argument 🤢 that’s just gross. They ignore the fact that Ben is a literary nerd who enjoys the fantasy genre and has made a career out of humanizing villains but ok crazy

R184 we can say a lot about Ben but he does loves his fans, I don’t see any difference of treatment on between his s&b fans and the one he had before. He’s just doing his job

Glad to see DL has been dethroned as the most unhinged corner of the BB fandom lol that tumblr is so bitchy

This has got to be the funniest fucking picture from yesterday.. At a loss with no words really other than, What. Is the fucking point.

R187 lmao someone really did a hack job photoshopping the barrier out of the photo 😂 the bit on his shirt is so hilarious

R187 the girl erased the glass between her and Ben, I saw other people doing that too, not too successful tbh

Hahahahaha, things are happening. Ever since Emojigate and the album I can‘t find him attractive at all, but I love the DL and always will.

Have to say I think Benny was looking fine this weekend. New clothes and everything!

R181 btw we weren’t mocking the way she looks but we were criticising her behaviour which is completely different

R192 Yes that’s correct, I don’t think we’ve ever commented on her appearance? But definitely her ‘Ben Barnes Special Relationship’ stuff that she spouts.

R193 I think it was people who used to be on DL lot of them left and in the new threads nobody criticising her looks

Assgate🤣

R195 Jessie is sitting on Amita lap shouldn’t they analyse that too?

R196 🤐🤐🤐

R195 🙄 Probably didn’t even notice he’d done that - I am so sick of their reaching

Wonder why Ben, Jessie, and Kit are staying back?

R199 Guessing Ben will get a flight tomorrow as no direct flights to LAX from Stuttgart. As to the other two - decided to have one more night in Stuttgart before heading back? Not sure if Jessie was still in Vancouver before she flew to Germany, maybe heading back there. Who knows. But of course the Darklinas and Ben/Jessie shippers will no doubt have something to make of it 🙄 with Kit joining in for fun!

R199 that guy isn’t technically representing anyone but Freddy so it could just be that he isn’t tweeting about anyone who wasn’t on his same flight. Doesn’t necessarily mean they all stayed behind

R201 Yes but where else are they going? I understand Ben because he lives in LA but Jessie and Kit were on the same flight going to Stuttgart (with Freddy which is why this account tweeted it too) but not back.

R202 Could they actually possibly be going to Budapest to train with Archie?

R203 Archie is in Canada

R204 Just saw the Instagram story, guess not then!

R204 Do we know where in Canada? Thinking that Jessie was in Vancouver before Stuttgart but not sure if for work or vacation.

R206 Ignore that - just saw it’s Calgary! Why’s everyone been hanging out in Canada? 😆

R206 Calgary! I think Jessie was there for vacation because she went with her brother and father.

Was this really happening?? Without plexiglass? What’s the point of restrictions 😂

R199 not to be technical but Ben isn’t going to land anytime soon so they’re trying gonna post about it

R207 Jessie’s grandma lives in Vancouver she was there visiting with family. S&B seems to have shifted production to Canada from Budapest but I thought it was also in British Columbia so I’m not sure why Archie would be in Calgary unless that’s where the stunt coordinators are and he’s already begun training and bulking up for Mal again, or it could be another job

Archie is going to be in something starring Taylor’s boyfriend so that’s another distant connection between Ben and Taylor to fuel the fandom 😂

Even though Ben and Archie have the same manager Archie is certainly much busier these days. I guess maybe Ben is probably at the point in his career he wants only starring roles or prominent ensemble characters

Twitter can talk about how bad DL and that tumblr account is bad at least we don’t forget that Jessie is dating someone, and we aren’t trying to make it look like she’s cheating in them with Ben

Ben looks kinda uncomfortable here taking his mask off 👀 maybe those group pics seemed like a good idea before the news of this weekend

R214 on* them 🤦🏻‍♀️ Really should reread myself more

R216 sorry for the spam i realize that my R214 is badly written, let’s excuse that on my being French and really tired

OMG OMG Freddy hugged Ben from behind they must be fucking!

-Darklina logic

LMAO he clearly had fun this weekend

R218 damn Ben you really need them all

R218 Wrong! You see Ben has to hug the OTHER person from behind. Sorry Freddy

One of the super fans spotted Jessie and Kit a few hours ago - no Ben. On his way back to LA already I guess - he’s going to have to go to another city to get a direct flight, so I reckon he left either last night or early this morning. Probably didn’t want to linger around what with Omicron (and possibly avoid his little no mask/no screens co-workers too!)

R222 oh my you mean Ben didn’t stay behind with Jessie, him that love her so much ? I wonder when he’s going to go back to London I thought he might go directly after the convention, guess I was wrong

R223 Yes exactly! And in that pic of the 5 of them where Freddy’s hugging Ben (from behind) he and Freddy have got their masks on but the others haven’t. He didn’t take the opportunity to get into that body mash with them 😂 so maybe (and a bit belatedly) decided not to get too close to his no-screen/no mask hugger coworkers!

Just stayed for a day apparently. Ben most likely left too

R225 Yes that’s the sighting from R222

I love the term sighting. Like a UFO or a yeti.

R227 Ugh, UFOs and Yetis are sooo last century.. I'm still waiting to see my first rainbow unicorn. . . .

Another instance of Ben disdainfully saying Taylor Swift’s name for the record. Also curious if he actually likes muse or if he just used it to get into a dark Darkling mood considering his ex cheated on him with the muse drummer. Guess we’ll never know

R229 yeah I think it’s more a playlist he would do for his character ? I wonder if he has flashbacks of his relationship with her when he listen to it 😂

Hey whatever works to get you in that hot, betrayal-driven, genocidal mood Benny B

Ben has gotten SO into the white sneaker trend I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s playing a tech bro for his next role. I’m at a tech conference in Las Vegas full of tech bros and they all basically look like less hot versions of Ben in his same clothes. I am less than impressed with this safari/lumber Jack shirt-jacket trend. I also saw a Jack lookalike but I think I was imagining things in my current sleep deprived state

R229 I‘d rather say she had revenge on the muse drummer with Ben. They were in a long term relationship before and after.

R232 I definitely like the shows he’s wearing now and what he used to wear. Also his outfits this weekend was an upgrade of what we are used to

R234 yes I’m definitely happy he’s back to his signature black leather jacket/black shirt/black jeans outfit. And I don’t mind the white sneaker trend except when some guys seem to think it’s a personality trait and an interesting topic of discussion to discuss the expense and rarity of their shoes 🙄 I guess something had to fill the fancy suit void

For me, Sunday he looked great and he should absolutely stick to black and leather. Saturday however. . . that was literally the UGLIEST coat/jacket I have *ever* seen in my life. And what is his new obsession with varying shades of beige?? He keeps doubling down on his various beige disasters. His merch is basically the same color.. WHY?? Maybe it's just Ben being honest? No false advertising folks, he is literally as bland and boring as the colors he chooses to wear.

Also, I cannot fucking stand the oversized white sneaker trend. Specifically with him, they cut off his legs and make him look shorter than he is. A ridiculous look. Does he think he can't look attractive anymore just because he's 40? Cause he's making nothing but unbelievably ugly choices lately. I will take his t-shirt shorts and backward baseball hat EVERY time over his picks for public events so far this year. Seriously, I miss pre-2021 Ben..

R236 I think this probably has to be JH’s fault somehow. Her bad style advice is the residual legacy she leaves Ben with in 2020/2021 since he hasn’t had any sponsored promotional appearances where some studio paid a professional to dress him

Literally just had a good friend/coworker at this conference come do almost this same quick hug to me while I was talking to someone else and we are most definitely not fucking, but then I log onto Twitter and see this and know that’s exactly how they are reading into this 🙄 it’s like they’ve never been hugged before after not seeing people for nearly two years??? But anyways I’m happy for the occasional entertainment from this to get through the boring parts of this event week

R238 Dear Jina

Yes, I’m throwing up and crying too but not for the same reason you are 😏

R238 Yeah - totally pandering to the Darklinas and totally aware of all the phones pointing their way 🙄 meanwhile JML hardly reacts!

He likes the attention lol if I were him I would probably think it was fun to fuck with the Darklinas too especially if he has seen the season 2 scripts and knows it’s going to get darker and less redeemable soon so he’s milking this era

R236 BTW, if anyone wants to see what I was talking about re: Ben's sneakers making him look much shorter. . . he apparently heard me???

I'll ask again.. why would he do that to himself..

R242 the shoes in his story are MUCH worse than the shoes he was wearing at the convention this past weekend. Can’t believe Rob let’s him leave the house with those things on

R243 Wait wait wait. . . I can't bear to look closely. Are you telling me he has more than one pair of those virgin white monstrosities?!?!?!?

It's fucking intervention time bitches!!!

I know we’ve been commenting about how the Darklinas are ridiculous for IRL shipping Ben and JML (still true) but can we take a moment to appreciate the absolute insanity at the other end of this fandom that they seem to battle daily ….WHO THE HELL says “if you turn 40 that’s basically pushing 50” and therefore Ben is now double JML’s age 😂😂 what kinda of silly mental gymnastics is this you can’t just age Ben by a decade when he still looks 30 and is still painfully trying to figure out his sneaker game while dabbling with the full spectrum of neutral color palates

T245 nobody in that fandom seems okay really

R238 I personably doesn’t see anything more than a friendly hug. Another account reposted it and someone said it was after she got emotional during her q&a so could be because of that?

You must understand that many darklinas come from very different cultures. There is so much projection. Any adult sees co-workers who get along well.

R247 R248 Totally agree, and makes even more sense if she was feeling emotional. They’re just so *desperate* to have their characters and the actors together in real life. It’s getting tedious.

R243 R244 They look like the vintage hi tops he wore when he dressed up as Marty McFly for a fancy dress party. Maybe he’s recycled them?!! 😆 I agree they make even his long legs look shorter - don’t mind the other white sneakers so much.

„I‘m dreaming of a white sneaker“ (Ben Barnes X-mas single) Also a title for a possible next thread …?

The new necklace was found

R250 Ha! I do miss your humor when you're not here :)

R251 Points to them for finding it, but no points for the (still!!!) crap picture, but I guess beggars can't be choosers and all.. Though this does give evidence to the 40th birthday present theory for our little Leo. Now you just have to wonder who it was from that knows and celebrates that he's a Leo and would willingly spend well over $200 on a birthday present. . . .

R253 it from the fairy of course

And I remember the 11:11 pendant was also around that price haha what a friendship

It’s not from her, he got it when he was in London where she wasn’t

Wow. I came back for the first time in what feels like months and all we have to talk about is the darklina children's conspiracy theories and Ben's sneakers. Can one of his old flings come out of the woodwork again to stir up discussion because I'm not sure I can survive being a fan anymore with zero gossip.

R255 And you know this how? Because the first time we noticed it was when he was in London? Granted, it is absolutely impossible it was gifted to him literally just before he left since no one in LA would see him again till LONG after his birthday. No you're right, it obviously had to be bought in London, there's no other possible explanation!

R257 and what you know for sure she bought for him? Because nobody else could have buy it for him?

R258 I didn't affirmatively say she bought it for him, I wondered if she might have. That's called speculation. You on the other hand affirmatively said she didn't buy it for him and affirmatively claimed it was bought in London. So feel free to share your evidence for your alleged "facts."

R259 The company that makes the necklace is located in the UK so it does seem likely that it was purchased there.

R259 « it’s from the fairy of course, same price of her necklace (that we don’t even know it’s from her or it was hers because she’s obsessed with that shit) » maybe make it more clear you’re making a speculation . When he got the necklace we all speculated he got it when he was in uk for his bday. They do deliver but it’s a uk brand seems. We’re free from JH so why need to bring her. Whatever

R261 That quote wasn't me. I was speculating when I said, "Now you just have to wonder who it was from. . . " The rest of the sentence makes the implication of who clear, but that's only because the context is very real (and months ago VERY active) and everything with him can so easily tie back to her. That still hasn't ended, and that still pisses me off. I don't know where/when/from whom he got the damn thing and unless anyone here is a spy for Ben, none of us do. Given that he was wearing it before his birthday, did one of his UK friends buy him an early $200 gift? Or did he wander into a random jewelry shop one day and ask if they had any lion necklaces, despite previously emphasizing that he "doesn't believe in all that claptrap?" Or if you're going to bother to buy such a special (expensive) gift, would you make it even more special by buying it from the person's original home. Like Ben has said in all his recent interviews, it's the little extra touches that make things special.

We don't know, we can only gather up potential maybes here. So saying anything definitely is or definitely is not is foolish.

The jewellery company is based in London and the necklace made its first appearance on his IG story on 30 Aug when he was flying to Toronto from London. It’s based on a character from Dante which ‘has the courage to take risks’. He’d just announced his music release. I’d say the evidence points to it either being a present from one of his family members or he bought it for himself. We don’t know for sure of course but I think the only things he and the Ho were swapping at that point were ‘secret’ emojis.

R255 come on, just joking!

I don‘t want to be free from the Ho. The Ho period was the most exciting on this forum. We went through a thread in a day.

R263 Forgot to say, the Ho probably thinks Dante is a rapper so I’d say it’s definitely from one of his academic relatives 😁

Where is everybody anyway? Lilly, Ross, Silvia?

R265 Be careful what you wish for as they say… we all wanted her gone but now that she is, we’ve got nothing to talk about 😆

R267 They left the building.

R269 What am I going to do? I need a new obsession.

Do we think that Ben has en Etsy account ? Is it bb1981?

R271 I‘m sure Peyton knitted it.

R270 We need to drum up some new gossip about Benny Boy which doesn’t involve the Ho or JML! Thinking caps on, people. Otherwise all we have is his Xmas song and whether he’s gonna give up the white sneakers look.

R273 I have it. He must be gay! If, after all, he is not with the Ho, not with JML and shares deco ideas with friends on pinterest.

R274 if only but he was involved with the ho meaning he has the most basic taste of a straight man

Well I don't have Spotify to check this myself, but here's some unintentional trolling.. 11:11 was the first single released and now has over 2 million listens on Spotify. Cool. Except wasn't Rise up the second single released? Before the rest of the album? And yet it has the same (approximate) 10% listen rate as the whole rest of the album?? Does that math work for anyone else?

Geez.

R276 no Rise Up came with the album

R275 I was trying. How about that sextape of his? Anymore info on that? *ducks*. THIS IS A JOKE!

R277 He only released it earlier on Youtube then?

R279 The sextape??

If only 😆

R280 LOL!!! Indeed, but technically I meant did he release Rise Up early on Youtube only, not Spotify.

Wait. . . unless of course he sings his way through foreplay. . . .

R281 😆 Well there was that Tweet ages ago where someone asked what could be said which applied to auditioning and sex.

He replied, and I think he said something like “Any questions? No? Shall we just go for one then?” So yeah - maybe he now sings one of his songs instead of asking if they’ve got any questions!

R282 But does he have to sing Rise Up? He's hit 40 now. . .

(yes I know, when you have to explain a joke. . . )

Just a reminder she posted a fairy + lion with a 40 on the nose on his bday, it’s not a complete stretch of the imagination she accompanied that with a local delivery lion necklace from a UK company on the announcement of his music/his 40th bday. Especially after he MAY have given her an 11:11 necklace marking the occasion for inspiring at least one of his songs. Besides his astrology sign, you don’t exactly have to be an academic genius to see the link between a lion and courage, particularly since she seems like a wizard of oz fan, even if she missed the specific reference of this necklace. It could also be from his mom or someone else, just saying it’s not completely beyond the stretch of the imagination that it’s JH related considering the bday/album/emojigate context. You don’t have to be physically in the same country as someone to give them a gift from that country lol but I hope that person trying to make that argument discovers e-commerce soon…it really is a blessing,

BTW, it’s interesting that he stopped liking her posts since..early October? so we can figure out when she started dating 😅

R285 yeah we may be free now but it’s difficult to deny they had a past! You don’t just stop liking a friend’s posts once they are in a relationship lol

OKAY this is some OG DL baddie level sleuthing 😂😂 I may not draw the same conclusions but I appreciate it I guess

JML’s usually active dad on Twitter has been inactive for 2 days wonder how he’s feeling about the allegations. He’s already had to correct assumptions once this year

R287 Ummm is this person trying to suggest that Ben is *that* much bigger than Jessie? He may be tall, but he is a tiny little man, not one that needs a 3XL sweatshirt to fit his unfathomably broad shoulders.

But yeah, I can still respect the sleuthing attempt.

Oh, the sleuth knows nothing about BB…He would be the last person to hug or to howl with his girlfriend in public.

R287 how can they think it’s the same sweatshirt ? That’s such bad sleuthing

Also I find it a bit weird how Jessie’s dad always interacted with fans like that

Anyone feel like they got called out ?

Who is Larry

Lol it’s emojigate revisionist history time now kids! Gather round

R294 Harry styles and louis tomlinson from one direction

R295 bless them they’re really trying

R288 I don’t know if I would call that correcting…he basically just said Ben’s her second biggest fan because HE is her #1 biggest fan. Also he hasn’t tweeted but he’s replied so he’s been active

R298 I don’t think he should interact that much with fans

I actually like that video

R300 Damn him, he still makes me laugh.. :p

"Was that too silly?" No, you pulled it off.. damn you..

I don‘t know. He is mousy and small headed. Something did not grow back right after Canada.

If this IMDb promo doesn’t push him to 2 million followers on IG, nothing will 😂

Going from previously unranked to #9 is actually kinda impressive especially considering who the other actors are in the top 10! I liked that video too except he could do with a little less blinking when he’s trying to play confused it’s a little cartoonish and old pretentious manish all at once. Still inexplicably somehow hot though.

The Ho’s liked his post 😆 not giving up on trolling the fans! He hasn’t liked any of hers since 26 Oct. maybe will feel guilted into liking one of hers now though.

It was talked multiple times that barely any of his blue checks friends liked and commented his posts but he got some on his latest post

R306 Yeah cuz they see him on a list with a bunch of famous people and are band wagoning again

No likes or comments back from Ben though, not yet anyhow. Lazy Benny!

R308 no he did liked a few comments of his friends

Not Ben but Julian finally got public with Landon and they’re been together for 18 years? That’s amazing

R310 haha I just came to the BB thread to post about Julian too! It’s the fairy tail ending the “BB is gay” sleuths will probably never have but I’m happy for Julian and all the Julian sleuths

Well according to yahoo ben barnes is married to Emilia barnes. Like wtf?

R312 where did they get that info 🤣🤣

What, y‘all didn‘t know he was married before????

Ben changed his icon on insta

R315 Yeah to one of the IMDb photos 😆 so he likes those pix too

R309 I see that now!…. my IG used to place likes from ppl I follow at the top of the list, now it doesn’t 🙄 I take back the lazy comment, Benny

R312 Of course we should always believe what we read on the internet! 🙄😆

R318 he’s married to me, they just got the name wrong

Budapest huh. . . thoughts??

R320 would they need to be that early on location? I have no idea how that all filming a tvshow works

R321 A month before seems pretty standard I think, especially for the BTS workers, the actors not as much

R315 R316 Well I just don't know what you two are talking about.. given it's currently the leaning on the piano pic. ;)

He's such a weirdo.

R323 Yes - he changed it back shortly afterwards! 🙄

R320 I am fascinated that people are impressed by heated floors.

we can tell how JH has moved on: she’s not using fairy and lion emojis anymore, now it’s 🦉❤️🦤 LOL

And Ben liked her post

Her lips are looking like an example of cosmetic surgery gone wrong :-( Before they just like she’d clearly had fillers. It’s beyond that now.

R328 they really double sized, it’s not pretty. Waiting for the full Botox face

his tags 😂

julianne hough’s face looks like that v for vendetta mask

I wonder if Ben was invited to Julian’s wedding. Does he even hang out with that group anymore?

R332 oh so they’re married ?! There is several pics from the same event and I wonder if that’s not the wedding

Shit I accidentally answered Juliannes tree poll out of reflex.

R334 Well you just lost cool kids privileges for a week..

Having binged Selling Sunset JH seems totally harmless.

R326 An owl and a dodo 😆

R327 We knew he would - it’s a pity like cos she liked his IMDb post

R330 That troll just won’t give up!

Well I don’t know if he was tagged by the troll but her new bf got his account private

Or they already broke up and he went private so people won’t bug him about it. Also he has like two kids right? BB still trying to get in there by liking her posts because he is a pathetic. Also her face looks so crazy now. That Disney special it was not nice to look at. She needs to slow down, the work is looking really bad.

R339 They’re literally together in Miami right now. Stop trying to push the Ben Julianne agenda, they’re done just get over it.

R340 I dunno, perhaps Ben deserves a constant reminder of just how incredibly awful his decisions can be? Might be the only thing that ensures he never makes another one as godfuckingawful as The Ho. I mean, other than people ragging on him for the rest of his life, what else do we know of that can knock sense into him and his utterly puerile choices exactly?

R351 do you really thinking that talking here, a public forum, about Ben mistakes would stop him from taking others stupid decisions ? Please

R342 R341 I am astounded at your way of thinking. First, Ben and Ho have been friends for a long time, why is it a stupid mistake? How would you feel if strangers told you, you are making stupid mistakes with longtime friends? Secondly, have you still not understood that Ben is just as shallow and vain and was not forced nor made a judgement of error like a fourteen year old?

R243 it’s over it’s time to move on

And yes dating her or whatever happens was stupid and a mistake not saying the man is perfect. But reaching thinking it’s already over with her new bf, while they were both in Miami, and that Ben tries to get back by linking a post is ridiculous. Same as thinking that talking here about him would make him rethink his life choices

The Paris conventions won’t happen in January

R346 oh the crying

Ben is back at 250, is the insta sleuth still here ? I wonder who he unfollowed

How do you know she was in Miami with the new boyfriend? Just curious.

R349 I don’t know for the other anon but for me it’s a theory because she was in Miami and right before he went private the new bf was in Miami too

Yeah where is the proof he is in Miami right now. The dude on her insta is not him obviously so you all are just making that shit up and assuming this. Link the proof.

R351 can’t you read? It was on his account before he went private

R351 IG story posted by his brother on Dec 2, at the Soho Beach House in Miami Beach.

R351 Another picture, posted by a friend, from Miami Beach.

Alex Israel posted the dance video of JHo and the avocado on Dec 3. Before he went private, Charlie was also posting IG stories from an art show happening in Miami.

I guess we aren’t making thing up right ? R351

R348 Ben unfollowed peterquinstagram and Westworld costume designer Ane Crabtree.

R356 thank you!

Ben made it on deuxmoi again

R358 Another folk singer. Benny the Beardy Folk Fan 😆

R358 Well what is even the point if you're not going to specify whether he was with someone! Do these people know they're on Deuxmoi?

At least we know why his hair was all super sexy poofy on Friday for "going to the S&B production office."

I wonder if he ever gonna go another private account and what would be the name

R360 The concert was on Thurs 2nd so I think that was just bedhead 😁

R361 I think it’s safe to say that it won’t feature Marty McFly, Harry Burns or a sunset pic. Can’t decide if he will (or already has). He used to get mixed up between the 2 and post the wrong thing on the wrong account so now that he’s a *very* busy boy what with S&B filming, fan cons and his music I’m not sure he could juggle two at the moment 😁 Although the Paris con is postponed for now of course!

R362 Oh, I thought I saw the twitter linked at R358 say the concert was Friday the third??? Though I didn't do due diligence and attempt to check for myself, so maybe my bad for trusting twitter.. ;)

I think there was two concerts and the person didn’t tell what day. Also for the private account usually his friend Brooke follows him and for now she didn’t follow any account that could be him

R365 Oops I only saw the Dec 2nd one listed, must pay more attention! Interesting - as someone said - that DM didn’t mention who he was with? If it was a lone female surely that’s the whole point of these spots - so probably with guy mates I’m guessing. Good idea to check Brooke, yeah I think it’s unlikely he’s got one (for now).

I still don’t under his reasoning behind his insta follow. He follow random account like textmyeyes but not Brooke who’s a long time friend

R367 He followed her on his private IG along with the likes of Meganne Young and the Rayana girl, but guess they went bye-bye when he deactivated it - he cleared out all his follows/followers then deleted. Recently refollowed MY as we know but not Brooke, maybe they’re not in touch that much any more or he just hasn’t got around to it.

R368 I feel like they’re still in touch as she got to listen to his EP before it was out, she posted it on her stories like some of his friends. I don’t know it’s just so weird to me along with his obsession with only following 250 accounts

369 Yes she did. Maybe he’s picked such a run-of-the-mill new username we can’t spot it on her followers! 😆

En is already announced for the Paris convention in august

R371 So his mum never taught him it's not a good look to appear this utterly desperate I guess..

Fans will probably have a lot of birthday gifts for him

R371 That is so far off and the original dates were announced so early, and look what happened there. He might have another project by then for all they know. I’ll bet it doesn’t happen - either the whole con or else Benny Boy.

Ben’s Xmas collab with stories will be up on YT today. Don’t all rush!

R375 why oh why?

I like his voice, he still can improve, he definitely needs to do something about his singing face. But honestly nobody needs new Christmas cover

It’s here

It's actually gotten to the point where I literally can't stand to listen to him cover things anymore. Which is really sad considering the smiles his singing used to bring me.

Ben. You do have a beautiful *NATURAL* voice. Why on God's green earth do you refuse to use it?!? Why don't you just keep it simple and allow your beautiful voice to shine through? WHY do you absolutely insist on oversinging EVERYTHING?!? You DO NOT have a talent for including all the incessant flourishes you shoehorn into every song you do, and it greatly takes away from your ACTUAL singing talents. Newsflash. You are a very very WHITE BOY Ben. No matter how much you love them, you are not a black man, so please stop trying to sound like one when you sing.

Please. I'm begging you. Just stop.

Yikes. That was pretty bad. I thought R379 was exaggerating but no.

Apparently there are complimentary comments about the Barnes Singing Face under the video. I like his voice but god does he need to stop pulling those expressions. I think he even mentioned it himself (in a derogatory way) in an interview once but I can’t remember which one now.

R381 Correct, I'm not positive which one it was either, (maybe the live interview where he debuted the piano only Rise Up performance???) but they were talking about Ben performing his music live somewhere someday. He (paraphrasingly) replied, "Yeah I'd love to, but after watching my performance just now I'm not sure anyone needs to see me make those faces live actually.."

R382 Yes!! That’s it 😆

R383 And I just rewatched it and it was indeed the KTLA live interview (with the Rise Up acoustic version) as mentioned in R382. He finishes off the comment by saying ‘Don’t watch, just listen’ 😆

Ya know, there is one girl in his tags that is either already his girlfriend and wants the world to know, or is desperately auditioning for the job. She just moved to LA! She loves his music and merch (she even advertises it for him with links!).. She regularly takes him to bed with her (oops! she means his t-shirt!).. She loves all his favorite movies too (even wrote a small treatise on When Harry Met Sally!).. Anything she forgot?

And of course he keeps liking her posts. Well she is young and pretty after all..

R385 chill that girl did nothing wrong and he’s allowed to like fans post

R386 Little girl do you know where you are? I didn't say she did anything wrong. I laughed at how explicitly targeted and desperate her advertising was. And I laughed at Ben for falling for it. Because I'm on Datalounge. Where we gather to laugh at people and their antics, especially when they're desperate and shameless. It's why we're *here*. Why the fuck are you here if you can't handle it?

R387 this is a topic about Ben not about his fans don’t be mad if he never liked your pics

R389 this is datalounge. This is nasty. Get used to it. They were not even particularly mean. Rather a sign of how boring Ben has become. His fans are more interesting than he is. But even his twitter accolytes are bored I feel

Btw. Has he never seen his singing face before? I do think he is reading us again. Ben, you are BORING. Make a sex tape or something. Not X mas tape.

R389 we already had a problem with a fan that didn’t take it very well when we talked about her, we don’t need another problem like that, yes we call them out when they do stupid shit but that comment wasn’t necessary. It’s not cute being bitchy all the time

R390 Just caught up on the fan convo above. I think she deserves a bit of a mauling tbh. Shes’s posting clickbait stuff that she knows will probably get his attention. Shes’s carefully posed, made up to the nines and filtered to fuck so she’s a mini Ho in my opinion. She’s made two references to ‘crawling into bed with Ben’ so it’s pretty obvious what her agenda is, lmao. She’ll be all excited because she’s had at least two likes now. If she can just get herself onto Raya she might succeed, who knows. Good luck to her!

I don’t think it was talked here but s&b got a new director and she’s already in Budapest too

R391 And she’s local (allegedly) so he might have a stalker 😆

R390 who overcame it wonderfully

R393 let‘s hope she doesn‘t find out where the cheese is made.

The troll is still tagging him and I’m actually surprised that he doesn’t delete them anymore

The pic is from the 6, this week. And the photographer tagged nyc

R397 note the comment about that guy saying he got weed for ben and Peter Dinklage for a prince caspian press junket

R398 love the idea of him and Peter getting high during press tour 😂😂😂

Baked Ben 😂

They’re not wrong

Btw as the photographer tagged New York I wonder if he was really there? Like if he was, maybe he was doing some auditions ? Trying for a musical again?

LoL this is exactly the kind of thing that makes me laugh. DL folks are always so confident they know exactly where he is at all times based on his social media usage and I've always found that absolutely ridiculous, and here's proof. Actors (and people who work in general) can fly out for one or two days at a time. It's very common.

R402 I wonder if he hit up his old NYC flames.

R403 the fictional one? I don’t think so

The photographer took those pics in LA recently so maybe Ben wasn’t in nyc.

R403 R405 Yup - can’t always trust those tags, man.

R401 Another yup - always thought he was high in that pic 😆 surprised he let Landon post it! Or didn’t ask him to delete it.

BTW, I'd just like to point out.. He reposted the pic from R397 a little over an hour ago. It already has well over 100,000 likes. In 90 minutes.

His Christmas singing video has been up for over TWO DAYS. And it has just over 60,000 likes. It doesn't even rate 50% in terms of likes/views.

Jesus.

I wonder if he read the comment and how pissed he was that the story was out

R403 it‘s just a hobby trying to figure out where he is. It was only interesting when the Ho was maybe ihvolved. He could be on Fiji and I could not care less. Total bore out. He should smoke more weed again.

This is pretty random, but I'm trying to figure out his friend group. Who does he seem to hang out with lately? Where did the Hos ever fit in?

R410 that man is so secretive, except for Neal and Rob I have no idea. And the ho doesn’t fit anywhere imo

Very happy we didn’t have to be subjected to a BB & JH holiday duet special + engagement announcement this year. That Christmas couch song she posted was so cringey

Okay so another Christmas song coming, again

R413 Naur make it stop. Why won’t anyone hire him to do his normal job so he can stop this madness

Can he go back to being in movies? I've turned in my Stan card I just can't deal with watching his dumpster fire music career anymore.

R412 Ben liked it.

R413 Does that count as a song? Does that count as singing? Was he high again?

Is he dueting with the blonde chick or did he bring along a date to show off his singing "talents"

R416 The blonde woman is his friend Hunter

Her husband is the producer

R418 I didn’t know about that part !

Pretty surprised he didn’ t posted anything about this new recording. He’s so bad at promoting himself

R420 I remember years ago when he used to post more (sometimes even interesting things believe it or not!), but now promoting himself is *literally* ALL he ever does anymore so you'd think he'd be much better at it.

But no. Ben Barnes fans never get anything but shafted. Pathetic.

R417 when did she get married? Has she always been married? I didn’t even know her until that first duet they did way back.

R422 Her boyfriend is John Alagia, don’t think she’s married.

None of the Ben fans saw the IG live apart from it seems just the one fan!! from what I’ve seen on there. They’ve all just been posting the video clip someone who was in the studio posted. The one fan who watched it posted some screen caps and also put it on their stories. Number of viewers? - 134!!!! Wow. That was popular then.

Ben usually reposts what Scarypockets does but there was no mention from them this time about Ben - only Hunter, and as no-one’s interested in her, no-one tuned in! So what’s this - now he doesn’t care if his fans watch him singing anymore? That’s not the way to drive merch sales!!

If anyone wants a further reminder he has no idea what he's doing. . . someone posted some really rather wonderful fanart this morning. This evening, one of Ben's fan accounts reposted it saying Ben needed to see it and crediting/tagging the original artist.

He liked the fan account's repost. He didn't like anything from the original artist. Because that's how that usually works of course. Or maybe he's just a fucking idiot?

Netflix choosing violence by pushing the Darklina agenda hard the past week ahead of the new casting announcements lol but Ben’s too busy singing he must not be under contract to start promoting yet

R424 Either that or he has seen how batshit crazy some of his fans are when they consider his likes to be equal to a heroin drip and they get frantic when he doesn’t choose to interact with them (a certain tweezer diamond art lady comes to mind) so he thinks it’s a safer bet to like the repost as art appreciation rather than feeding an obsessive fixation directly from the artist. He’s under no obligation to interact with fans at all and considering the emotional distress some seem to go through if they are overlooked (completely defeating the purpose of the joy artists are supposed to get by the act of creating and sharing their work) he shouldn’t interact with any of them IMO

R424 He’s done that before, but that time the fan who reposted it didn’t originally give credit until pushed to by another account. So yeah, he is a fucking idiot. Probably how he managed to like the Ho’s Activist post - he doesn’t read captions.

R425 Bored with it already and they haven’t even filmed S2 yet. After all that fan baiting at the German comic con by Ben he probably thinks he’s done his bit.

At least we will have something to talk about when season 2 starts filming. But at risk of turning this into a S&B thread we may need to start a spin-off thread or commandeer one of the old S&B threads because I’m sure someone will likely complain

Speaking of S&B I think Daisy Head would make a perfect match for BB since they are so obsessed with privacy and I hope they get a chance to rekindle their close relationship in between scenes of him torturing her

R429 again with Daisy? What’s the obsession

R429 ah yes, sorry, boyfriend. Anyway, she is a useful friend …

R429 There’s a higher chance Jessie would get with Daisy than Ben would.

R432 I would ship that. Anything to stop the Darklina delusion

Why has Ben stayed silent about the Scarypockets Live he did? I’m baffled.

R434 Yes it is a bit abnormal…

R434 I don’t think the live was that interesting? Apparently they sang the Spider-Man theme song or something like that. I’m more surprised he didn’t posted about recording another Christmas song, but like we said that man doesn’t even know how to promote himself

Did he know they were live? Maybe it was just a recording session for a song they are actually going to release and promote closer to Christmas and some observer just did a random live. I didn’t see it so I don’t know the context though

R437 I’m not sure it was planned tbh. Even on the studio page I don’t think they said « going live today » (I could be wrong) I think it was more a spontaneous thing

Not even sure they ended up singing Let it Snow - which Ben was warbling to himself while the girl in the green jumper and Hunter (behind her) were kinda ignoring him off to the side with mics in their hands? They were either going to do a girl-on-girl duet or perhaps a threesome? 😆 Yeah maybe it wasn’t an ‘official’ live after all - they didn’t save it or post it on their own stories either so nothing for Ben to repost!

Anyone else get really confused between Scarypockets and Storiesweekdays? That Ryan guy pops up in both so I take it he’s responsible for the two pages. They haven’t posted full versions of Ben’s Sledgehammer or Daniel Caesar cover yet. They confuse the hell out of me - seem really disorganised!

Meanwhile, Benny Boy’s enjoying himself hanging out with the muso’s and liking his new BFFs’ posts all over the place. In amongst JHo’s Xmas posts of course 🙄 Wonder how long it will take for her to post more? She was angling for people to say “Oh yes, please do!” on her embarrassing sofa post after all, and we all know she will anyway 🥱🙄

Ben needs to move on past this “I’m a muso too” phase. It’s never going to turn into a career for him. Apart from all the Darklina stuff we’ll have to suffer through, I’m very glad he’s going back to filming soon. Away from LA and the SP/SW studios where he seems to have been inhabiting lately. Wonder if he sleeps there now?! Then he needs to get himself a new, decent project to work on next.

I wonder when he’s moving to the filming location? And will it be Vancouver or Budapest? Still curious why Shadow & Bone - Season 2 (labeled as a TV/streaming movie rather than a series) is on this list of upcoming BC shoots but they are location scouting according to one of the writers/producers who recently moved to Budapest. Maybe it’s a typo they have failed to correct after multiple weeks or it’s filming in both locations starting in January or the six of crows spin-off will be a movie instead while they continue the series

I hope we will never be subjected to BB having to show up in a new prince caspian movie/TV show after months of having to lie about it. Thoughts and prayers to Andrew Garfield for having to go through the mental turmoil of keeping that a secret right after losing his mom and while trying to promote an amazing movie and his musical debut lol

i know it’s christmas season but isn’t weird that he’s singing any song but his own songs? and his loyal puppy fans swear the album isn’t about JH 🤡

R442 we should be thankful that he didn’t write a Christmas song for her

R443 Maybe he did and it’s still in that big notebook of his. Hopefully never to emerge. Now that Charlie’s on the scene and BB’s seen that she’s got emojis for him and her, he’ll finally move on and we can forget all about her. Pity the IG Troll hasn’t - how many times are they going to post that stupid 11:11 collage? I mean, why bother? He’s not even untagging himself any more 😆

Seen from a distance now, his singing endeavors are even lamer.

R444 the insta troll seems a bit obsessive about t that point

R446 I’m sure they’ll have something planned for Montana and ice cream papwalk anniversaries! 🙄

R447 literally no one needs that. Not a cute way to kick off year 3 of the pandie.

I would like him to play Frank N. Furter. There, I said it.

It’s kinda funny Ben is on the breakout stars list for Netflix this year like he hasn’t already had a major role in a pretty popular marvel franchise series on Netflix lol. I mean I get it considering the amount of attention he got this year, but considering Netflix’s propensity for casting relative ACTUAL new comers in their shows and launching their careers it seems like there might have been many others that better fit that list

R450 Another Breakout award! Ben will be getting a complex, that’s the third one now. Nice to get a mention and all but when you’ve had a long career like he has, a little bit insulting?

Benny seems to be even further underground than usual right now? Had an overload of SM perhaps during his music promo.

His supposed friend Andrew is actually in a really successful movie but he prefer to talk about this one with an actor that was accused of sexual assault

R453 Maybe he's dating a Puerto Rican girl.. At least the darklinas will be livid.

R454 What is the obsession with Darklinas? As far as I’m aware they aren’t hurting anyone…y’all are making me spiteful at this point.

R453 I guess he wanted what Andrew got very badly. Could have gone his way too. But then, just too pretty. Sorry, luv.

Maybe he is jealous of andrew, and Mike faist did dominate in WWS. I get ansel is a creep. From the recent shirtless pics of Mike he posted and all the sexual assault allegations.

I will not be surprised if Mike gets an Oscar nom. BB is just latching onto what he thinks is popular. Mike doesn’t even have social media after people were trolling his ex girlfriend, he isn’t a narcissist like our Benny boy.

R457 yeah there may be a bit of jealousy, after all Andrew is a bit younger, started by playing in tvshows and he got a much better career

R457 Whoa whoa whoa whoa. . . are you accusing Ben Barnes of clout and popularity chasing?!?!?!? Perish the thought!!!

Confirmed he’s pining after that role. I do hope he eventually gets to do a musical someday lol although Andrew Garfield is obviously amazing too it’s got to kinda sting that Andrew was asked by Lin-Manuel Miranda to do that role before lin even knew if Andrew could sing and meanwhile Ben is dying for a role like that. Maybe that was partly his reason for releasing music to publicize the fact that he can sing well enough for potential opportunities like that

R460 Why does the caption sound a little bitter? Bitter may be too strong of a word but …

lol I know it’s not relevant here anymore but damn they must have been desperate for funding if they already had to take their wine company public. And ND doesn’t even know what a ticker is 😂 really beyond parody at this point

Ugh i just saw that Insta post and is he serious with that shit? Cool bro make this about you! It’s pathetic. No one cares about a photo shoot you did many many years ago. He is so JH with that. Annoying

R462 I obviously don't know and don't care, but keep in mind one of the biggest potential money making schemes in the world is to list on the stock market. Granted, you do actually have to be popular/successful enough to grow once you list, but if you do, You. Get. Rich. (at least "on paper")

It may not be desperately needing money. It may be desperately wanting MORE money. Cause the disgustingly unfathomable amount of privilege they already have is never enough for people like these. Greed and ego..

Depends on the business and objectives of the company, but one of the main reasons to take a company public is to raise funds by selling shares of the company. It’s means you lose some control of your company and dilute your share of ownership in exchange for some fast cash with the hopes that that cash can be reinvested to drive shareholder value and profit with a possible positive upsides, but it’s not always easy to do particularly when you are subjected to the governance and scrutiny of a public company. That’s why many startups initially prefer private investment until they mature a little and prove their brand/product/customer base. But anyways… I just thought this article was kinda hilarious because once you pull back the curtain on “their” now public company it turns out JH and ND are nothing but glorified promo girls with a significantly smaller chunk of shares compared to the actual people referred to as founders of the company. It makes their little Vegas event where they were prancing around with bottles of wine like Vegas bottle girls make a lot more sense actually. No self respecting woman would act like than at their actual launch party for a company they put their blood sweat and tears into.

[quote] “In its prospectus, the company stressed their key role in marketing the Fresh Vine brand: "Ms. Dobrev and Ms. Hough, who have a collective following of approximately 30 million people on their Instagram social media platforms alone, actively promote our wines and we expect that they will continue to do so pursuant to the agreements we have in place with each of them."

They already lost millions with that wine this year

R465 And how long do the rules say you have to wait before you reinvest your quick influx of cash into buying back your own stock in order to drive shareholder value and profit? ;)

Then again, you might have to know what a ticker is to accomplish that..

I think they are in over their heads. The market being as it is.

R465 Yeah that makes perfect sense. Bottle girls. Nothing more, nothing less. Founder, my ass.

And Benny, stop posting pix of that Vanity Fair photoshoot. Especially blurry ones.

Go for it DL.

I can‘t do it, I just can‘t.

I wonder when he’s gonna go to London

R472 If he goes to London

R473 doesn’t he always spend Christmas with his family ?

R474 There was one year when the fam came to LA. However, the context was Ben was dating Peyton but had been filming Golddigger for months in England (away from her) which wrapped *just* before Christmas. So IF Peyton was in LA for Christmas, it makes perfect sense if Ben was like "we're doing Xmas in LA this year cause I haven't seen my girlfriend in months."

So if Ben has recently found himself a new girl in LA, it would also make sense if he again said "we're doing Xmas in LA this year cause I'm about to leave to film S&B and won't be able to see my girlfriend for months."

Otherwise yes, he always goes back to London for Christmas. And he's just randomly crafting his own wreaths by himself at home this year beforehand. *shrug*

R475 I get your reasoning 😋 but of course as usual we won’t ever know the truth about the LA Xmas holiday. Omicron is spiking all over the place (including California and the UK) so I guess it doesn’t really matter where he spends Xmas. I was thinking more along the lines that he might be a little more wary of travelling as filming is about to start, but then again that didn’t put him off last year which was pre-vaxx or going to Germany, so maybe he will!

Lol it might not even be his, maybe he just found a nice Xmassy pic on Pinterest or Etsy, or it’s even one of his friends’ wreaths 😆

I also don’t see him making his parents flirting to LA in the middle of the pandemic

R477 flying obviously

Btw let’s not forget about making a new thread, I wonder what we should call it

We have 600 to complete. Still 121 to go Since he is so boring we‘ll call it „Ben Barnes 2023“

R480 why would I thought it was 500? I’m so dumb

I reckon Ben’s next move - since he’s been hanging out so much with his indie-type muso new besties - will be busking. So maybe we should call it “Ben Barnes - The Brenner Years”.

But seriously, where is everyone? Sylvia, Ross, Lilly? Has everyone just given up on the BB threads? I mean, I know he is hopelessly boring and I wonder myself what I'm still doing here, but the DL antifandom has to stick together!

R483 Yeah they’ve all deserted us and Benny Boy. The temporary beard loss, music stuff and promo interviews were all too much for them 😆

I find it so funny how ben unfollows people that are actually his friends and that like, share and comment on his posts to keep people that won’t acknowledge him with a follow back, or with likes and comments like derek hough and darren criss 😂

R485 you don’t understand, Darren gave him encouragement ms for his EP!

R486 please tell me you don’t believe this and you’re being sarcastic. ben probably annoyed the hell out of darren and then darren had to say something to shut him up lol darren followed ben back months ago, this “he encouraged me to make the ep” doesn’t add up 😂

R487 I was, sorry it’s not always perceptible when written

So the situation is getting worse in UK and apparently they could have another lockdown for Christmas ? Maybe that’s why Ben isn’t there ?

R489 Unsure whether he’ll go or not but it hasn’t stopped him before. Went last year and the vaxx hadn’t been rolled out as yet. We were in Tier 4 at the time with spiking figures,

R489 Well he hasn't posted or liked anything all weekend (that I quickly noticed..), so he could have traveled yesterday (or even before, there haven't been any of the usual definitive clues yet).

Like 490 said, Ben has proven over and over that he does not give a fuck about other people and/or the right thing to do. He's going to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, fuck anything that tells him no. It's who he is.

R491 I guess he follows all the protocols re vaxxes and testing but yeah, it usually doesn’t stop him travelling.

Brooks is in Vegas with JH? Is charlie there or BL gf? All the while BB is mia

Well there is this? *shrug*

R493 I didn’t see any sign of Brooks on anyone’s posts unless I missed it - where did that pop up? Anyways, he’s still big buddies with DHo so guess he’s gone down there for the final shows if he is there.

R494 So Ben won’t be going back to London this Christmas?

R496 He got to the UK around 22 Dec last year so who knows?

R497 Oh interesting.. time will tell I guess!

R495 Yes. Brooks was tagged in an IG story (along with JHo, Kristy and other friends) at Derek's show in Vegas last night.

I can definitely feel this hyperfocus coming to an end but also still check the DL occasionally (mostly out of habit) curious to see when the next BB non-scandalous scandal like instaboobgate or emojigate might take hold. With season 3 of the pandemic kicking off with those March 2020 vibes I wonder if we will at least get another interesting papwalk before we just have to be subjected to his Twitter peanut gallery assuming he’s fucking JML with ever little picture posted while they are working

The Netflix Geeked account has got some attitude in their replies in the last 24 hours at least 😂 starting fights with Darklinas on some too. Still trying to keep that S&B engagement up in the midst of all the Witcher posts so you can tell Netflix is still betting on S&B for now

They must be having fun 😂

Last year if it wasn’t for him getting confused between his private and public account, we wouldn’t even knew he was in London. So for this year it will probably be the same, except that now his private account is gone

R503 Very true! Still wonder if he’s got a new private account or if having two would be too much for him these days.

Anyhow I hope he does go to London as he’s hanging about with his SP music buddies way too much these days. And still no posts of his previous two covers, only clips posted on their story. They’ve posted other people’s covers so not sure what that’s all about if they’re such big buddies?

R504 good God, let‘s be thankful he‘s hanging out with them instead of you know ho!

R505 I’ll take all the Christmas covers in the world instead of another Montana trip

R505 She’s history in my mind now 😆 I want him to get over the music thing now, had enough 😁 but yes, I agree with R506!

Did hunter deleted her insta ?

R508 No, but she changed her username recently. It's now thehunterelizabeth

R508 R509 Oh… that’s a pity lmao 🥱

R510 Just to clarify, *she* bores not the referenced comments 😌

Now that there’s all this talk of Andrew getting a new spider-man movie and Charlie Cox getting various Daredevil appearances someone needs to let Ben play Billy Russo again. Ben has had his fun but now we need a little less signing and a little more manwhoring and gratuitous violence

Just thought I'd "remind" everyone that Ben will *apparently* be going live on KTLA in an hour to perform some more of his music, cause obviously no one out there knows that unless they. . . checks notes. . . checked his fansite's twitter account. . . .

*rolls eyes* Seriously, how does he even have a job?

R513 yeah I’m surprised he didn’t posted anything about it ! He’s so so very bad at promotion

The KTLA interview was live. Ben is in London now. There was no performance of Ordinary Day though..

R515 thanks for the info ! Did Ben said himself he was in London? I wonder if he was filming from mom and dads house

R516 His current location was listed under the video during the interview.

Maybe he doesn’t want to promote it anymore until he can get his vinegar strokes singing face under control and he knows his peanut gallery of constructive critics on the DL are bored out of there fucking minds with this shit. I suggest a bit of strategically placed “baby Botox” for the first issue plus a daily regimen of regular ejaculation and actual acting auditions to solve the rest

Oh, the acoustic version’s getting posted on his YT channel on the 22nd, bet he was pissed it wasn’t shown on KTLA ‘as advertised’. The interview without it was just a complete waste of time. At least he didn’t have to get up early for it!

Wondering if he’s going to jump back over to the States like he did last year (guessing no Montana interlude this year tho!) or if this is him in Europe now till S&B starts filming.

R519 wait did he actually get pissed on video? Like his black-eyed flash of villainous rage that he’s quite good at momentarily surfacing in between his default looks of cocky, cool, calm, and collected composure or earnest smiles and stuttering? I need to see this

R520 Nah 😆 - no visible sign of it but surely that was the whole idea of him going on the show in the first place? Like last time, acoustic version of Rise Up thank you very much. They advertised they’d show Ordinary Day - and, nothing. Showed a clip of Rise Up vid instead. So what went wrong there? Technical problems? They didn’t even mention it! So yeah I’m assuming he was secretly pissed off by that. But he still hasn’t mentioned it himself - one of his PR people said in a later comment under thenKTLA post that it would be on his YT.

R521 Well the entire interview was 4 n' a quarter minutes, a good portion of which was spent airing the 11:11 and Rise Up videos. But was it just me, or did the KTLA guy seem to rush it to a close? He quickly thanked Ben for coming on and didn't let him respond at all. The whole thing was so weird and so completely and utterly pointless. Well except for the moment when Ben lamented that his dreams were crushed when he was only able to stay in his boyband for two weeks. Cause that's how it went down originally. God he is *SO* pathetically desperate to be cool, it's sickening.

R519 Well I mean, don't be sooooo sure about a lack of Montana this year! The Ho posted this today!!! Which *obviously* got a like.. *rolls eyes*

I wonder where he will be flitting to next. Bennicron.

Out of curiosity, the slightly shy stuttering thing he sometimes does in interviews, do you think it's real? Do you think it's legit or something he does for interviews?

R524 i think it‘s a mannerism he thinks makes him appear charming and British.

RR524 R525 For once I’d disagree, his body language actually says ‘anxious’ sometimes - touching his face for instance. This is a self comfort reaction.

R522 She’s pathetic though, mentioning something which is possibly Princess Bride related? Guaranteed to get a like from him. Maybe she’s trolling the IG Troll or possibly trying to jump on the back of his KTLA interview thing (although I agree, that was weird and definitely rushed towards the end). No-one else is paying any attention to her except the BB fandom after all, and even that’s dropped way off the radar since the Charlie PDA, lmao. I do wish he’d just stop liking her shitposts though, it just gets her attention she doesn’t deserve.

R527 many people love princess bride. I really don‘t think she is posting for him anymore. Did anybody scan for hidden emojis?

R528 no hidden tag in her stories and I can’t see emojis either. I agree I don’t think it’s about him. I found it funny that she posted that no makeup pic trying to look natural when she always photoshop her pictures

R528 R529 Well someone(s) clearly didn't expect her nearly immediate comment on his post this morning then, did they?

Note to any Ben fans who think the fandom is done with her.. you're a naive idiot, and you don't know The Ho.

Though it is a happy feeling to see she's still *universally* HATED. Merry Christmas to me.

R530 okay under her comment a fan said that Ben is blocking people who commented under hers. So I did too, wait and see

R531 LOL!!! Oh and also to all Ben fans.. do not ever disrespect the woman he loves. He will make you regret it!

LMFAO.. Merry Christmas you filthy animals!

All the comments that were deleted

My comments go deleted but I wasn’t blocked. So I don’t know if it’s Ben doing it

Thank God some ACTION

Oh I should check out da Twidda!

R536 they’re all panicking on Twitter thinking Ben will stop interacting with fans after tat

Oh it‘s on, it‘s ON! And I was worried I had to fixate on my covid worries over xmas. Now there is a way out!

R537 Wait I don't understand. When does Ben EVER interact with fans unless they're literally paying him to at conventions, or he's selling them something like merch. When. Does. He. EVER. Interact. With. Fans. Otherwise.

These fangirl children are so ridiculously delusional in more ways than one.

I created a new thread with a TYPO IN IT!!! Yay!!!

Better to have a new thread before this escalates. Maybe he wilm FINALLY come to her defence??? Or maybe he is enraged she made it about herself???

R539 I guess liking a fans post once every blue moon means interacting with them

R543 well when his platinum single came out, he could interact like crazy for weeks on end.

Ben blocked me ! I said « people shouldn’t be friends with problematic people » and « @ JH didn’t do bl@ckface ». Guess he doesn’t enjoy his day too much

R544 where is Ross when we need him?

R542 I'm sure you know, but continue the thought out loud. . . what are the ONLY fan posts he's liked for the past couple MONTHS?

The ones where they show they bought his merch AND MADE HIM MONEY. Because *that* is all he cares about, not them.

Oh but wait, he commented he was sending them his love today and all their tomorrows. And they remain stupid enough to fall for it. Gotta say.. I'm having a great day watching this go down.

Noticed how he spend his time deleting and blocked people and not yet liking her comment, something he always does when it’s someone he knows

It's amazing to me that, rather than ask JHo to delete the comment (or do it himself and explain to her why), Ben has decided to spend his entire Christmas break deleting the comments under it. I can't imagine he's happy she left a comment on his page today. He's blocking his own fans because of it. Yikes. Is he that afraid to talk to her about it? Is that why the comment is still up? Earlier it seemed like he didn't know what to do because he was turning the comments on and off on the post. Just delete the comment and tell her why? I thought they were friends? Watching this play out live is quite telling..

I suppose JHo got what she wanted though, all the attention is now on her and not on Ben's live performance. I'm sure she's laughing her ass off at all the drama that one tiny heart has caused. She knew what she was doing when she commented. As R530 said, the fandom will never be free of the Ho.

Well, maybe things didn‘t work out with the Hunk and she needed to pee against her garden wall, so to say.

R548 Definitely agree, she did this on purpose. Charlie’s probably hanging out with his ex and his kids, so she’s big time bored and probably not got together yet with the rest of her crazy awful loud family.

Anyway, I LOVE how the heart stands there all alone now. All comments have been deleted. Anyway, this proves he blocks anybody he doesn‘t like, so the hardcore fans accusing him of it after ActiGate were right! Yes, Div, he did block you, and now you blocked the world. You were a good one.

R550 and all the songs are about her.

Exactly deleted her comment would have been easier, now fans knows he’s blocking them over someone problematic.

R550 She can't help herself, even when with family. Remember on Thanksgiving she posted an IG story of a Live, Laugh, Love mug? Now we get a comment under his post, 3 days before Christmas.

Happy Holidays to Ben (and his fans).. Love, the Ho!

R554 How could we forget? 😆 And yup, here she goes again. She’s such an attention whore and also intent on diverting any attention he gets right over to her. I bet he’s as ticked off at her tho as he is at the fans who’re saying nasty things about her. It’s your own fault tho Benny Boy!

I mean, he had all the time in the world to say that she is/was not/indeed his friend/girlfriend/buddy/whatever but he just shuts up and then all of a sudden is deleting those imature comments.

Ben seems to be bored at mommy and daddy’s house, otherwise he wouldn’t be spending his time deleting comments

R557 Don't forget, he also spent a great deal of time liking up a huge storm of all the *literally* mindlessly fawning compliments on Twitter as per his usual "distract the fuck out of the 'good' fans by liking all their stupid twat-le" tactics when The Ho starts shit with him.

Same as he did last time.

I love how he thinks he keeps so much private when he is the easiest fucking idiot to see right through if you don't choose to be a coward and stay purposefully blind..

God, I love having at him!!!

I feel like him and Sebastian Stan should be friends. Not liking being held accountable, blocking people when they could out their racist gf/ex. Trying to distract fans after doing something stupid …

R558 He just liked a ton of fan comments on IG and Twitter.. lol

R561 he’s so predictable

The blog keeps posting the deleted comments, my favourite is « so much effort for someone who gets an ass exorcism in public »

Did anyone notice that JHo used a 🥰 emoji under a comment Brooks made on her page 3 days ago? First interaction I've seen between them in a while on social media. She's got hearts for all her ex's this holiday season! lol

I love how we discovered it all and were vilified, and now it‘s canon.

Ben owns the DL, I‘m sure, coz every time my subscription runs out, he does something I can‘t resist. Then I pay again. Before that only boredom.

R565 Emojigate??

Yes!

Too bad I don‘t have a burner insta anymore, but it would be clever strategy to comment directly under his post, so he can‘t find the stuff so easily. Although I like him seeing it. Can‘t someone write something like HELLO FROM THE DATALOUNGE CLASS OF 21 and thank them for bringing this year to a glorious close

Wow, what if we got MONTANA II - AGE OF OMICRON

R570 Praying we don’t lmao. Tbh I don’t think they’re even in touch - surely he’d just have deleted her comment and told her afterwards why he’d done it if so? But no, he’s been deleting comments for hours instead?!

R571 Oh please, come on.. he wouldn't ever delete her heart and would instead BLOCK alllllllllllllllll fans who don't like her because she's the love of his life. STILL. Simplest explanation and all, how obvious does he have to make the pattern for everyone? How many times do you have to logically ask yourself "but why doesn't he just. . . " or "why does he keep ( . . . ) with her instead of. . . " before it sinks in that you're attempting to explain away his obvious pathetically desperate true love for a disgusting piece of shit garbage human that makes no sense if he was an actual good human being himself. But then, you don't start illicitly committing adultery with a married woman and wait to announce it to your friends and family until after she files for divorce and you're now "safe" to be with her if you're a good person. Fucking assholes do that.

Listen (read) again to the lyrics he wrote for the songs he's released as live performances. They're all about his 'desperation for his damaged true love to see herself as his true love and heal enough to come back and choose him where he'll burn beneath her for the rest of his days. But since she stopped n' STOLE his heart from him he's going to desperately hold on for the day she does. Because if he ever forgot about her he wouldn't be himself anymore.' Seriously, just check out all the lyrics again. Come on.

I feel so bad for any naive woman that's stupid enough to hook up with him at any point in the future thinking she could ever truly have his heart because she believed The Act he gives her. You're obviously always going to be second place to him honey. He's still pining over a woman that literally calls the paparazzi to publicly show herself off "moving on" and kissing another man. That's the love of Ben's life, not you. Sad.

i hope his fans remember this when he comes back begging for them to buy his ugly merch lol

somebody commented “i’m manifesting you having two kids with charlie wilson and naming them benjamin and thomas” under jh’s comment 🤣

R574 Directly under her comment as a reply? Cause it's not there now. How late is it in London that he's possibly still awake deleting comments??? Though I do enjoy the one remaining reply there as we speak..

"He deserves more than one heart for all the hard work of sitting and deleting the comments for hours." lol.. Is the going rate at least one pity fuck then?

there are two comments there

And we're back! I have to tell you, it's pretty satisfying thinking to yourself: "Oh, haven't been on the DL in a while. JH is gone, so there'll probably be like 3 or 4 comments lamenting how boring BB is. Maybe we can mention his small head or embarrassing singing face again." And then BAM! You hit the jackpot with a J-Ho shitshow! Long overdue. Thanks for our Christmas present Julianne! - But seriously? Is it just me? I don't see her comment anymore??

So according to the tumblr Charlie boy doesn’t follow julianne anymore

R578 He still followers her.

R577 i see it

R579 I don’t follow him but when I search for his username in her followers I can’t find him

R581 Weird. I just did the same and he showed up under her followers for me.

R592 probably another insta glitch for me

R572 The fact is, we don’t know anything for sure about their relationship so it’s all pure speculation our parts. And we’re all entitled to our own opinions about it, cos we’re sure as hell never going to hear about it from him. Maybe from her if she gets pissed off enough at him some day, you never know!

R584 don’t forget her niece, I’m counting on her for the tea

There is a engine conversation about how embarrassing Ben is under julianne comments I’m surprised it’s not deleted yet

Maybe he fell asleep or has given up

I think he’s deleting them, a lot are gone now

Oh yes we actually can’t commented on that post anymore, benny had enough

R589 sorry for the multiple posts but that man is losing his mind, he closed comments then reopen again

Anyone notice that Ben skipped over these 2 comments on his page yesterday for about 30 minutes, while actively deleting all other comments posted before and after them (in real time)? Felt to me like he was agreeing with the person.

R591 of course he agrees he doesn’t think he can do anything wrong

R591 as the blackface apologist that he is

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

R591 and yet his friend only supported him with a lion and a heart emoji while the people he never met are the ones really supporting him by listening to his boring songs and buying his ugly merch

R595 The most ironic and hilarious part. . . The Ho actually *had* been "supporting" him by staying the fuck away and very publicly (supposedly) getting herself a new man. The fandom naively thought they could move on, they had forgotten about her, and, except for that one 11:11 obsessed account in his tags, all the trolling of Ben had stopped. (Wait, does this prove who that trolling account actually was and why Ben never untagged/blocked them?!?!? Ha!!!)

And then she stopped supporting him as she very purposefully dropped herself back in to our lives, probably laughing all the way. She knows Ben's fans hate her. Does everyone remember allllllllllllll the tagging trolling of her and Ben? Does everyone remember her original The Activist post and do you remember the TONS of hate Ben was getting in the comments ON HER POST. My favorite of those was someone saying "do better (with The Ho) Ben because we're all so sick and tired of constantly having to defend you." She knows exactly what she's doing, she KNOWS how much Ben's fans hate her, but she continues to troll them and him anyway again, And Again. AND AGAIN. Because she's human garbage and she's selfish enough to not care at all what her presence does to him. He's STILL deleting comments today. My favorite recent one from a couple hours ago told them, "The moment you and Ben read the room is the moment we will all have peace." It was one of two comments there at the time, the other being a yellow heart emoji. The heart is still there, the 'read the room' comment was removed. Ben obviously read both. Yet he still outright refuses to read the room and remove her comment so no more trolling comments will pop to the very top of his post. There's a new one there right now. So Ben has to keep checking and deleting/blocking account after account after account. Hour after hour after hour. Day after day after day. All because he refuses to accept that his fans hate her. All because he refuses to just stop publicly supporting her even though she refuses to stop publicly hurting him.

This does not make you a white knight Ben. It does not make you a good person. It makes you pathetic. It makes you a loser. Cause you're putting all your time and energy into defending a woman that obviously does not care enough about you to just let you be. It's been long enough. Nearly a year. You're never going to get what you want. It's time to move on.

i’m actually enjoying how miserable he must be right now, knowing everybody hates her and now a lot of people hate him too. in the end she chose somebody else, he’s always will be the third option

R597 and still taking her side, ant imagine being that desperate

R598 stockholm syndrome 🤣🤣🤣

Move on or move over