French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, filed a defamation lawsuit against conservative podcaster Candace Owens.  Candy claimed that Mrs. Macron was born male in her series Becoming Brigitte – which I thought was about the former Mrs. Stallone!  The Macrons said in their lawsuit that Owens has waged a “campaign of global humiliation”.  I would believe that if I actually knew who Candace actually was.  Frankly, I couldn’t pick her out of a police lineup – but here’s to hoping.  I’m calling Owens’ allegations Bullshit.  I’m also calling the Macrons’ lawsuit Bullshit – only ‘cause I hate that they gave Owens any publicity.

Many people are pissed off at Rahm Emanuel.  In a recent interview, Megyn Kelly asked, “Can a man become a woman?”  Rahm thought for a second.  “Can a man become a woman?  Not…no.”  When Megyn said, “Thank you.  Why don’t more people in your party just say that?”  Rahm said, “Because we’re…I’m now going to go into the Witness Protection Program.”  I’m calling Bullshit on the question and the answer.  While I know it’s politically correct in our community to distill gender down to body parts, that’s just window dressing to me.  And I support that.  But no matter the procedure, the chromosomal coding of sex remains unchanged.  So, strictly speaking, one cannot totally change genders.  Both Rahm and Megyn know better, so shame on them.

I’m also calling Bullshit on all forms of AI.  Actually, I’m embarrassed for the people who blindly believe it.  I can’t tell you how many people have contacted me regarding bogus stories that were confirmed by various bots.  The most ridiculous was that Céline Dion and Josh Groban got up and did an impromptu performance at Connie Francis’ funeral.  There’s even a photo!  It’s a nice story, but Bullshit.

There’s absolutely no Bullshit in my friend Marga Gomez’s performance of The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.  I’m told she’s superb – which comes as no surprise.  Gomez is one of the most talented performers I’ve ever met.  And a helluva dame.  So who else would San Francisco’s Aurora Theatre Company turn to when they needed someone to take on all the daunting characters Jane Wagner originally wrote for wife Lily Tomlin?  You won’t want to miss this show, which closes on August 10^th.  Get your tickets at AuroraTheatre.org.

Lily and Jane are two of the producers on the Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s world premiere production of Billie Jean – about Billie Jean King (not to be confused with the chick in that Michael Jackson song).  The company says that this new play by Lauren Gunderson is “the theatrical event of the summer”, and who am I to call that Bullshit?  It also closes on August 10^th, so you better grab your tickets quickly at ChicagoShakes.com.