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Oprah Asked KONY 2012 Creator Jason Russell If He's Gay Because He Was Running in the Streets Nude

Rich Juzwiak · 10/07/12 10:00PM

Oprah Winfrey nabbed Invisible Children founder/KONY 12 creator Jason Russell for his first post-meltdown interview, which aired tonight via Oprah's Next Chapter. As we already knew, he distanced himself from the pavement-slapping, publicly nude Jason Russell of that March day. He didn't shirk responsibility, exactly, but he did refer to it as an "out of body experience." He also said he remembered very little of it, so he couldn't say for sure if he was masturbating that day, but he didn't think so.

In First Post-Meltdown Interview, Kony 2012 Creator Jason Russell Says 'Ranting and Raving and Naked' is Not Who He Is

Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/03/12 09:11AM

Jason Russell, co-founder of the dubious nonprofit Invisible Children, Inc. and creator of the questionable-at-best ultra-viral online awareness campaign Kony 2012, sat down recently with Oprah Winfrey for his first interview since his very public "masturbation meltdown" brought his controversial plans for world embetterment to a psychotic halt.

Here is the Kony 2012 Sequel: Beyond the Meltdown

Leah Beckmann · 04/05/12 09:32AM

And we're back with the second installment in the Kony campaign saga, Kony 2012: Beyond Famous. This time the video focuses on Invisible Children CEO Ben Keesey, rather than fallen angel of masturbation Jason Russell. In fact, other than a few grainy images and a handful of brief mentions, Russell is missing from the video completely.

New Video Zooms in on Jason Russell's Naked Meltdown

Louis Peitzman · 03/18/12 10:00AM

TMZ has posted new video of Jason Russell's naked public meltdown, in which he can be heard screaming "fuck" and something about the devil. On the one hand, this footage gives a much closer look at what happened — before you get too excited, his penis is tastefully blurred. On the other hand, the new footage continues to dispel rumors that Russell was publicly masturbating, unless of course that happened offscreen.

Charlie Sheen's Porn Star Ex Gets "Naked for Kony 2012"

Louis Peitzman · 03/17/12 09:39AM


Not to be outdone by Jason Russell's public display yesterday, Charlie Sheen's former "goddess" Bree Olson has surfaced with this bizarre but perhaps well-intentioned video response to the Kony 2012 movement. The short film shows Olson writhing in various states of undress, interspersed with images of Joseph Kony and his victims. Let her explain.

Bill Maher Spins the Kony 2012 Story Forward

Matt Toder · 03/16/12 10:20PM

As Bill Maher put it on tonight's Real Time, making Kony famous without bringing him to justice isn't enough. By just making him famous, we put him on the regular celebrity track in this country which includes getting his cell phone hacked, hooking up with other celebrities and eventually getting into politics.

To Be Clear, O.C. Star Ben McKenzie Was Not Arrested for Masturbating in San Diego

Max Read · 03/16/12 05:41PM

Earlier today, when reporting on Invisible Children co-founder and viral video star Jason Russell's arrest for allegedly masturbating in public near Sea World in San Diego, we used an AP photo of Russell with actor Ben McKenzie of The O.C. and Southland. This worried his publicist, so we'd like to offer a clarification: Ben McKenzie was not involved with this particular Sea World masturbation incident, in any way, shape or form.

'These Are All White Men': Northern Ugandans Watch KONY 2012

Max Read · 03/14/12 02:22PM

Here's an al-Jazeera story about a public screening of the KONY 2012 video in northern Uganda. It doesn't go over very well. "As the film progresses, puzzlement turns to anger," says al-Jazeera's Malcolm Webb. The crowd is critical: "There are some kind of people who are trying to mobilize using the atrocities committed in northern Uganda," says one man. "We wanted to see our local people who were killed. These are all white men, different from northern Uganda," says another. It's worth checking out al-Jazeera's project "Uganda speaks," which is gathering text messages in support or opposition of the campaign from Ugandans.

The Idiot Who Mixed Up Joseph Kony and Predator's Carl Weathers

Max Read · 03/09/12 11:37AM

Want to have some fun on Facebook? Put a picture of Carl Weathers from Predator on your wall and write "I'll always be on this guy's team." With any luck you can find someone who doesn't look too closely at Weathers' face and assumes they're looking at the mustachioed black guy with a green military cap in the jungle that everyone's been talking about this week: Joseph Kony. As happened in this (ostensibly real, though who knows) screen shot that's been making the internet rounds.

How You Should Feel About Kony 2012, the Campaign That's Taking Over the Internet: A Guide

Max Read · 03/08/12 03:06PM

If you have been on the internet in the last 48 hours (you have), you've probably heard something about "Kony 2012," a new campaign aimed at raising awareness of Ugandan guerilla leader and war criminal Joseph Kony. And if you're anything like me, you've probably avoided thinking about it too much. But the time has come to form an opinion. And we're here to help. Below, all the opinions it's possible to have about Joseph Kony and Invisible Children's campaign to stop him.