Mir: Neil Gaiman, *63yo, insists that his sexual relationship with his live-in nanny,*23, which started on her first night at his home, was consensual. It’s not the 80’s sir. The power imbalance & her dependency on you for employment & housing, make this at a minimum coercive & far from consensual.

Neil Gaiman, *63yo, insists that his sexual relationship with his live-in nanny,*23, which started on her first night at his home, was consensual. It’s not the 80’s sir. The power imbalance & her dependency on you for employment & housing, make this at a minimum coercive & far from consensual.

Hard to believe the guy who married Amanda Palmer would turn out to be a piece of shit.

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people keep saying this, but who the hell is Amanda Palmer

A musician with a questionable reputation She argued that it’s cool to just ask people to do things for you for free… which isn’t inherently bad if you’re struggling at the start of your career, but this was after she was well established and married to Gaiman

And had just had a huge kickstarter, iirc

I did love that particular instance of unnecessary digital panhandling.

oh gross!

"The Art of Asking"

A singer of no great renown who once had an Australian dance group perform with her and revised to pay them so they were stuck begging at shows with a boy for our spare change…

With a BOOT they begged for us to fill BOOTS work spare change. No boys were intrinsically harmed with this exchange

i was imagining a victorian orphan boy holding out his hand for coins, now he’s holding out a boot

What? Didn't pay her musicians?? Oh, fuck her then.

The more you learn the grosser you will find her. Better to remain in the glow of unknowing

Oh God keep it that way, honestly

One of the worst people, planet sized ego.

i love the unironic use of “and everyone clapped”

suddenly feeling a lot better about how annoying i am.

Salt this thread and forget!

tw: suicide She also faked her own suicide, recorded her bf's reaction to it, and used that recording in later projects. She played at being a conjoined twin for another of her projects She's been known to use the N word. Lots of other just really bizarre shit. (I did a deep dive a few years ago.)

Wasn’t she the murder victim in Twin Peaks

If only

This is the best possible response

My brain has got to stop confusing Amanda Palmer and Laura Palmer bc I keep thinking everyone’s saying Gaiman was married to the murder victim in Twin Peaks 😩

They did that "Who Killed Amanda Palmer" project together, so it's understandable. Cut your brain some slack.

I was about to say, you mean the man who spent years with a partner who knowingly and unapologetically use the N-word has poor judgment?

it’s stunning he thinks that would fly. i can’t believe he started on the 23 year old within hours of her being employed to him

It’s disgusting and deeply insidious.

it’s the behaviour of a man who is used to getting his way and to getting away with it. these allegations are probably just a snowflake on the tip of the iceberg

absolutely , there’s a very clear pattern here. no way he’s doing it within hours to one lady ever

According to a lot of anecdotes it’s a well known secret

during a pandemic, no less, when 1) people were less financially secure and 2) less able to be social

And another layer of depravity is added

Holy shit how recently did this happen? Not trying to suggest any time makes it ok, I just assumed it was a long time ago

There is another similar incident from the early 2000s you might be thinking of too. 40-ish Gaiman met early-20-something fan at a con, she is accusing him of rape/assault during their "relationship"

Geez no I hadn't heard about that But I suspect there will be others speaking up now

As many have pointed out, it's creepy-arse behaviour *even if* it turns out everything he did had formal consent (Which I'm not saying is the case)

For sure

2022 I think it said

What a disgusting creep he is Revolting

If I remember the article said something like 'he insists they only cuddled in the bath and it was consensual' in reference to his child's nanny's first night there and... man wtf that doesn't make it sound better, now you confirmed it and removed all doubt for me at least

Yeeeep he told on himself so hard

Oh gross

It just gives at the very LEAST creepy vibes, and at the very worst "Total control over someone" vibes. Neither of those are good vibes... -V

It gives at a minimum coercion and at the worst rape. There are no vibes. This is clear cut and we have victims testimony

Sorry, yeah. No absolutely you're right there. -V

277,000 followers and hasn't posted here since this broke Hope he doesn't come back And if he does I hope he gets tarred and feathered and ran out of here (Metaphorically speaking)

I would hope so

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