There are pretty much two reasons why a 92-year-old celebrity would trend on Twitter. Either that celebrity said something that sparked public outrage, or they bought the farm. With Angela Lansbury it's the former (at this point in the day, anyway).
Lansbury's comments that brought about the unenviable listing on the side of the Twitter screen came during an interview she gave to the Radio Times, where she spoke on the string of famous person sexual misconduct stories that have come out since Harvey Weinstein'smany alleged transgressions were put on public record.
"There are two sides to this coin. We have to own up to the fact that women, since time immemorial, have gone out of their way to make themselves attractive. And unfortunately it has backfired on us—and this is where we are today," Lansbury said. "We must sometimes take blame, women. I really do think that. Although it’s awful to say we can’t make ourselves look as attractive as possible without being knocked down and raped."
While that's not exactly an enlightened outlook on life (she's 92) that last sentence would suggest she hedged a bit. Indeed, she went on: "Should women be prepared for this? No, they shouldn’t have to be. There’s no excuse for that. And I think it will stop now—it will have to. I think a lot of men must be very worried at this point.”
Regardless of that she got dragged, though it's unclear if she's even aware because she doesn't seem to have a Twitter account because, again, she's 92.
At some point the world passes you by and outdated concepts die out. Here's some people who seem to have kept that in mind:
Decide which side you want to be on. Though I would suggest not boiling otherwise complex people's entire careers down to their most regrettable quotes.
