Bret Easton Ellis is currently having a (meth?) meltdown on Twitter

Is Todd his partner? He's the one tweeting all that out.

Could someone please screenshot and upload to ibb? I hate Elon's Twitter. If this wasn't anonymous I'd offer favors.

This is telling…

Oh my god

I hope it's all fake and part of an upcoming book or something.

r3 Holy train wreck!

You sure that guy isn’t posting in the summer of 1984 thread?

This is the Todd guy. He’s a fringe presidential candidate.

I copied it all for posterity and then when I refreshed the page it was all gone.

r8 He was cute. Twenty years ago.

He heard Donna Tartt was working on a new novel and had a mental collapse.

Deceptively vapid people.

All CAPS

Non-Elon.

Non pic

r14 Linky stinky.

WTF? Is it the boyfriend?

Sorry, r16. ibb is throwing a bad gateway error when I try to upload there.

I'm confused, Bret's page doesn't seem to have any recent updates?

Looks like most of this teeets are down. Can someone update us on the drama?

See R13

Running for President as a Republican. Brett was still associating with him a few weeks ago because he retweeted a couple of his political fundraisers.

Posted four days ago. Drugs are bad, kids.

Sooooo glad my body rejects that crap.

can somebody give me the cliffs notes version on whats going on? is this meth-savaged twink the Igor to BEE's Dr Frankenstein?

[quote] [R8] He was cute. Twenty years ago.

Unlike Bret himself, who never was cute.

Somebody please tell what’s going on.

[quote]I'm confused, Bret's page doesn't seem to have any recent updates?

As R19, said, whatever it was has been deleted. Crazy Twitter rants are usually deleted, but screenshots and archive links are forever.

Here's what happened. The ex is fucking nuts.

I thought Bret dumped that guy Todd several years ago.

Todd is running for president as a republican.

TIRED: "Blatino husbear"

WIRED: "live-in renthobo"

Excerpts from R29:

[quote]DON’T EVEN ADDRESS TODD UNLESS YOU HAVE MONEY TO GIVE HIM

[quote]WHEN I SAY YOU’RE NOT A NOVELIST, I MEAN IT. THERE ARE JUDGMENTS THAT TODD - AKA ME - AKA YOU’RE FUCKED - AKA BRITNEY SPEARS IS OWED 15 BILLION AND IS KEEPING THE WHOLE LAWT. YOU AWFUL LAWT. BYE. BYE. BYE.

[quote]I DO NOT NEED TO MAKE IT SO PAINFUL. YOU DID IT FIRST. REMEMBER THAT. “RIVAL.”

[quote]I COULD LITERALLY SHOOT A GUY ON 6TH AVE AND WALK BACK INTO REALITY AND SHOW HOW YOU SHOT A GUY, AND YOU’RE GOING TO PRISON.

[quote]can I order meth on this app?

[quote]if you think calling me a drug addict is going to work tell that to my lawyer (that’s me) and my therapist. A good guy that you don’t even need to know about, BYT! Sayonara. Tuxedo Mask is cooler than any pop star in my lifetime. so fuck all of you. Every last one of you.

[quote]I’M NEVER THROWING AWAY THE INTERNET. HOW ELSE WOULD I TELL YOU HOW MUCH I FUCKING HATE YOU.

[quote]THE SADDES PART ABOUT THIS WHOLE SORDID AFFAIR IS THAT IT DIDN’T EVEN HURT. ALITTLE. FAGGOT.

[quote]IF THAT’S PAIN SOMEBODY SHOW TODD SOME FUCKING PLEASURE OR FUCK YOU SIR. YOU’RE A PUSSY. WEAKEST LINK. DENIED. BYE BYE.

Oh, dear. Very very messy.

[quote]and I’m only tweeting on Bret’s account - this is Todd in case you were not arrested and on the internet - because he’s asleep and I can smoke cigarettes in his office and did anyone ask you? That’s what you’re being punished for. That. That no one EVER asked you and you

[italic]The rest is cut off[/italic]

[quote]My prostitute 37 year old boyfriend single handedly destroyed GOOGLE. Think about that next time you tell a kid he can’t be a pop star faggot.

[quote]Todd has 50+ professional tracks on Spotify, 7 successful (beyond measure) lawsuits, 5 games on the iOS Store, 7 or more on the Google FUCKING DUMB SHIT PLAYFAGGOT STORE. That he OWNS (that’s what he says “I mean that literally, babe.”

[quote]That’s not even a quarter or a half of a quarter of Todd’s value. Nor his “catalogue.” He’s a veritable genius and he says he hates it but he’s drinking Gin toasting to the Djinn’s den and saying “Sayonara. Thank you Sailor Moon.”

How will Brett punish him for this?

*Bret

R38, he's gonna sit on him and read him one of his books, from start to finish.

Less than Zero/10 EST

What the fuck are the docs are r3 from?

What the Kanye West thing?

OP seems to have posted this mere minutes before they were all wiped. DataLounge comes through again!

No one cares who he is anymore.

I wonder why Bret was slumming it with this fuggo when he could have certainly been able to get North Morgan.

R46 “Fuggo” definitely fits. Does Bret have a long history with this guy?

Ugly + crazy + trouble maker = dumpsville!

They’ve been together for awhile, haven’t they?

He says faggot a lot for a bottom. Hypocritical.

Why couldn't the Gay Plague of the 1980s claim this insufferable old cunt back then?

We lost a ton of lovable, decent gays for no reason. But this pretentious, whiny asshole is still around.

Oh dear, imagine your boyfriend destroying Google.

Somehow their pairing fits perfectly.

Is this the same Todd from Datalounge?

Are you thinking of Todd from Facebook?

Bret's a cunt, but you're an inhumane fuckhead who shits on the graves of people who died of AIDS. I wouldn't even wish it on you, as I possess at least rock-bottom level decency. I hope people see you for who you really are.

That's for you, R50.

LOL

Not a meth meltdown.

This, ladies and gents, is as Aspergers meltdown. Look at the eyes. That’s Aspergers.

He has the exact same face as Mike Johnson who I pegged as an Aspie instantly

[quote] Why couldn't the Gay Plague of the 1980s claim this insufferable old cunt back then?

Because no one would fuck him.

I met Todd a couple years ago. Dudes a mess. Bret needs to kick him to the curb.

Oh great, the Aspie Troll again.

R62 have you ever wondered why you keep on clicking on threads about aspergic people?

You know we can sense each other, right? Even those who don’t know they have it.

Girls, Girls, He can both have Asbergers AND do Meth. Seems to me he's on everyone's team!

Paul Allen would never act like this.

What’s particularly interesting is how much he talks up Bret Ellis’s wealth.

Todd Michael Schultz’s father is Bill Schultz. Bill Schultz was a producer on The Simpsons. Not just any producer. He was a producer from 1992 to 1998. Golden Age Simpsons. Those episodes, arguably among the greatest achievements in television, will air forever. Those episodes would have made BS more money than Bret Ellis could dream of.

So it’s a little odd that he would puff up BE like that when no one under 30 knows who Bret Ellis is. Everyone under 90 knows what The Simpsons is, thanks to the early seasons that Bill Schultz produced.

Bill Schultz won an Emmy for this:

R66 the fuck are you TALKING about?

r66 Perhaps daddy cut him off

[quote]Is this the same Todd from Datalounge?

I vaguely remember this, there was a couple bickering on a DL thread and the last post was one of them saying "Maybe you should have thought of that before you FUCKED TODD."

Does anyone else remember?

Why do these rich people end up doing such trashy, nasty, low-class street drugs?

These are the drugs the people on the wrong side of the tracks end up hooked on.

R70 Really. Todd is very much of the gutter at this point. Everyone, including Bret's mom, Bret's agent, and their landlord is advocating for Bret to ditch Toddykins. And the soonah the bettah.

Todd really is trash.

I guess he'll be homeless after this, unless he has some $$ stashed up his bussy.

[quote] Mike Johnson who I pegged

Pics please.

Whom! Whom I pegged.

R33, R34, R36 and R37, the sad thing is that as irrational as those meth-driven tweets are, they still have more literary value and are part of a more riveting story than anything that Bret Easton-Ellis has ever perpetrated in his insufferably pompous, morbid and vapid career.

Tired: Jason Dottley

Wired: Todd Michael Schultz

What's the big deal? His posts are no worse than most Datalounge threads.

Well well well. The king of all things shallow BEE - though constantly referring to himself as good looking despite being meh in the looks department - was living with a foot faced hipster with a rich daddy. They’re both such asswipes.

The Shards WAS good I’ll admit. I wonder if Bill Schulz hates BEE and his own kid for being so dorky.

R78 I liked The Shards, and am actually a fan of BEE’s writing. Having said that, in every interview I’ve read he comes across as an insufferable asshole. He and Todd deserve each other.

This just sounds like a regular Tuesday night for Teacake.

R75 you're not smart The Shards is brilliant. Less Than Zero and American Psycho have tons of literary value. You might not like them, that's fine, but it's generally agreed on that those are important books. And I think The Shards is his magnum opus.

R75 assuming you're a reader, you should check out The Shards before dismissing it out of hand. Seriously. It's great.

R78 Bret NEVER claims to be good looking. Where do you people get this shit?

R79 he's really not. He's a political idiot, but at heart he's a nice guy. On his podcast, he comes across as positively avuncular. I like him. And if I were to have a 45 min conversation with him, I think he'd come around on politics.

R83 Okay. What? I like his writing but he comes across as an entire racist, homophobic, sexist asshole on his podcast. "Avuncular?" Maybe your uncle, but not mine.

R84 yesh he's misguided about many things. But I love his work, and I think I could disabuse him of many notions if we could talk. I know that's a ridiculous notion, of course.

The only time I've heard him speak in depth about his political beliefs was in a New Yorker interview maybe six years ago. He sounded pretty shallow and uninformed. I bet it wouldn't be hard to change his mind on some things.

He CONSTANTLY Mary Sues himself into his books r82. Every hot California boy in his books is BEE himself. Or do you think they let ugly poors around models and wealthy finance bros? He’s a narcissist of the highest order.

But again, I did like a lot of his work except for Glamorama and Luna Park. Those read like they were written on a combo of speed, coke, Sizzrup and cat tranquilizers.

Hm....

Can't he just leave us alone and go count his moeny somewhere pretty?

He's sexy as fuck.

"He's sexy as fuck. "

MARY!

R90. Exhibit A —> BEE

Poor Todd was arrested. Yikes.

Has Bret’s personal life always been a mess?

Remember when he said that when he saw “Glee” all he saw was AIDS?

Yes R94.

I was surprised to learn that he's been with his boyfriend for 14 years.

R95 that's not what he said. He said "watching Glee is like stepping in a puddle of HIV."

It's oddly impressive to have your psychotic break reported in the NYT.

BEE is the favorite author of people who don’t read that much.

Was BEE on the stakeout while his tweaker BF ransacked that woman's apartment?

They're the 21st Century version of Truman Capote and Jack O'Shea.

Bee’s nose job is triggering.

[quote] BEE is the favorite author of people who don’t read that much.

I beg to differ. Much as I hate BEE, and the sound of his voice and the contents of his podcast (if it’s still going) are enough to drive anyone to murdern–suicide, he’s written at least one masterpiece: American Psycho.

R104 Sorry, but his podcast is wonderful. I think he's all wet politically, but I love Bret.

De gustibus, r105. What I wanted to say is that you don’t have to love BEE to recognize that he’s a very good writer, and has written at least one masterpiece in American Psycho.

TBH, I stopped listening to his podcast aeons ago, so it might have improved since then. But I gave up because the first half of any episode was dedicated to “how great I am,” and there was just so much I could take of his narcissism.

R106 The Shards is his magnum opus. I think it's better than American Psycho.

You really think the first half of his podcast is "how great I am?" Back a few years ago, the first half would be dedicated to film and TV reviews, from which would sometimes spring personal anecdotes. Then, he spent a (glorious) year reading The Shards, chapter by chapter. When that ended, the show went from 3+ hours biweekly to 90 minutes weekly. He no longer dedicates the first half to reviews, he goes right to his guest. But there are weeks dedicated to reviews, and then he answers questions from listeners.

It was NEVER "How great am I?" In fact, he tends to be pretty self depreciating. As I suggested before in this thread, that literary prince of darkness persona was thrust on him- he may have played it up for a while in the '80s and '90s, but no more. He now goes to bed at 10pm. And it turns out that while moody at times, he's actually a nice person. He's positively avuncular.

Bret just posted this on Instagram.

R107, I admit that The Shards left me indifferent, but I read it during a very difficult time in my life. I probably wouldn’t have been able to engage with anything at the time. I’ll try again this summer.

As for his being avuncular now—well, we’ve all mellowed as we’ve moved closer to the inevitable.

R108 Wow

R108....that bitch! He was unaware of the depth's of Todd's addiction? What a crock of self-serving bullshit. Todd has stayed high for years and Bret bankrolled the whole situation.

R111, he says he just thought a lot of the behavior was “performance art.”

Give me a fucking break. He sounds like Andy Warhol talking about all the drugs that went on around him, all golly-gee purposefully obtuse.

BEE is an insufferable asshole but I still feel bad for him. What a hard thing to deal with. Hopefully his boyfriend will get out of the psych ward and stay away from whatever was making him act like a maniac, probably meth.

Bret is actually a kind (if frustratingly politically naive) person. He saw everything as he wanted it to be, he gave Todd the benefit of every doubt to his own detriment. I imagine he's very close to being evicted from Doheny Plaza at this point.

Fact is, most rent bois would KILL to be in Todd's position. Todd was never even hot! I never understood it at all. Bret must really love him.

R114 And Todd was a spoiled LA rich kid, and that's BEE's whole world right there. I agree he was never hot. But he was young and rich, and that's always been what Bret is into.

But young rich and HOT. Todd was never remotely hot.

I don't understand how artists and authors are expected to be drug addiction counselors, too. By all accounts, Warhol was extremely (and quietly) generous and would never be forgiven for other people's drug problems.