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CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 08:53 PM Mar 2019

Lori Loughlin's Husband Is Apparently A Vocal Trump Supporter Who Frequently Complains About People

Lori Loughlin’s Husband Is Apparently A Vocal Trump Supporter Who Frequently Complains About People Not ‘Carrying Their Own Weight’

The fallout of Operation Varsity Blues, as it’s now being called, has been full of schadenfreude, to say the least. Actress Lori Loughlin, whose wholesome Full House image that had been the staple of the Hallmark channel (note, past-tense) for years is suddenly looking at five years in prison for shelling out $500,000 to get her ungrateful daughters into the University of Southern California — and people are absolutely riveted.

Of course, Loughlin did not act alone, as her apparel company-founder husband, Mossimo Giannulli, shares the blame for the alleged crime. And while there has been lots and lots of irony associated with Loughlin’s part in the scandal, her husband asks to kindly hold his fancy beer while he adds some hypocrisy to the whole thing.

According to Tom Arnold, just weeks before the scandal broke, Giannulli was sloshed at a Hollywood party going on about his support for President Donald Trump and how people should be “carrying their own weight.” Oh, do tell!

“Couple wks ago I got into it with for 10th time with #CollegeCheatingScandal DAD at big party cause his sloppy ass was rambling on again about Trump & people carrying their own weight & his own conservative politics being ‘right of Attila the Hun,'” Arnold, an outspoken Trump critic tweeted earlier this week. “He embarrassed Scandal Mom again.”

Page Six got in touch with another person allegedly in attendance at the same party who backed up Arnold’s account. “Mossimo was talking about how he agrees with Trump, and that people need to carry their own weight,” the spy offered. “He was saying there’s a lot of ‘takers’ out there and entitled people.”

https://uproxx.com/viral/lori-loughlin-husband-mossimo-giannulli-trump-supporter/2/

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Lori Loughlin's Husband Is Apparently A Vocal Trump Supporter Who Frequently Complains About People (Original Post) CatWoman Mar 2019 OP
We can assume that a pardon is forthcoming. Beakybird Mar 2019 #1
"Quick! Look! Over THERE! THEY need to carry their own weight. I'm talking about THEM!" struggle4progress Mar 2019 #2
Loughlin convinced judge to allow her to travel to Canada to film 2 movies and her series this year wishstar Mar 2019 #3
Sweet Beringia Mar 2019 #6
IKR. she was living in a dream world thinking Cha Mar 2019 #20
Her Hallmark show hasn't been cancelled obamanut2012 Mar 2019 #23
Right!.. it's just the shock and the Cha Mar 2019 #25
The parents were friends with a billionaire that sat on the board that controls USC. Blue_true Mar 2019 #31
That's what Ben Dreyfuss tweeted.. Cha Mar 2019 #35
OMG YOU ARE A HEARTIE CHA obamanut2012 Mar 2019 #40
lol! Yes, I's a Heartie! Cha Mar 2019 #42
Yeah, she is a wingnut, so I'm sure she loves Trump, too obamanut2012 Mar 2019 #43
Well. those two Gaslit Wingnuts Cha Mar 2019 #44
+1 Chin music Mar 2019 #51
Oh, GOOD. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2019 #37
Love it! LiberalFighter Mar 2019 #45
Good! ProfessorGAC Mar 2019 #48
Whether this is true or not, I wouldn't believe anything coming from Tom Arnold. He lies almost still_one Mar 2019 #4
... CatWoman Mar 2019 #11
This is hilarious. LisaM Mar 2019 #5
Lock him/her up sobenji Mar 2019 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author rufus dog Mar 2019 #8
Wow way to wholesale generalize everyone aquamarina Mar 2019 #14
Yeah Stephanie Miller is a USC alum 47of74 Mar 2019 #24
This poster has no fucking clue what they are talking about BlueintheSTL Mar 2019 #28
Some people just hate the idea that anyone can be rich. Blue_true Mar 2019 #32
Thanks for the reality check Hekate Mar 2019 #34
I am a pround USC alum BlueintheSTL Mar 2019 #26
I actually attended SC grad school rufus dog Mar 2019 #27
Learn the difference between "know" and "no" and maybe you will get accepted next time BlueintheSTL Mar 2019 #29
No need rufus dog Mar 2019 #30
I take anything Tom Arnold says with a huge grain of salt. n/t demmiblue Mar 2019 #9
There is corroboration. N/T LisaM Mar 2019 #10
... CatWoman Mar 2019 #12
Well, Dorian Gray Mar 2019 #13
Poor Mossimo ChubbyStar Mar 2019 #17
Stop buying Mossimo at Target. AJT Mar 2019 #15
they don't sell it anymore CatWoman Mar 2019 #16
Brand totally sold out, cheaped out, and lost it's cache ... mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #52
JHC.. the Fucking Hypocrisy! Same with Ms Cha Mar 2019 #18
It's ALWAYS projection with these fkers. Always. OMGWTF Mar 2019 #19
I found this buried in a 2016 article Celerity Mar 2019 #21
Wow, what a piece of work. Lying and stealing from your dad. catbyte Mar 2019 #36
OPeration Vasrity Blues is what it is actually called obamanut2012 Mar 2019 #22
Is USC really that elite? It's no Ivy and definitely not Stanford. Lucky Luciano Mar 2019 #33
That was my first question, too, HurricaneWarning Mar 2019 #38
Not really, other than cost (4th most expensive), a 4 year degree is around 225K usd Celerity Mar 2019 #39
Not elite, but ELITE obamanut2012 Mar 2019 #41
IKR?!?!? Only a few of those schools were anything close uponit7771 Mar 2019 #47
elite in terms of money and connections. I would put it equal to UCLA though JI7 Mar 2019 #50
Who is surprised by this? Gothmog Mar 2019 #46
Laughlin's husband enid602 Mar 2019 #49

wishstar

(5,270 posts)
3. Loughlin convinced judge to allow her to travel to Canada to film 2 movies and her series this year
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 09:00 PM
Mar 2019

She had succeeded in convincing the judge to reluctantly agree to let her keep her passport until December so she could spend much of this year filming her Hallmark movies and shows. But almost immediately after the court hearing, Hallmark not only fired her from all of those projects but announced they would not even air any of her previous movies and shows.

Poor Lori is now stuck in LA with her ass of a spouse and the two bratty daughters instead of those fun jaunts to Canada.

Cha

(297,378 posts)
20. IKR. she was living in a dream world thinking
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 10:03 PM
Mar 2019

she wouldn't get fired. She not only screwed up her life but those of her co-workers.. only not even close as much.

Netflix fired her ass, too.. their Lori project.. "Fuller House".

obamanut2012

(26,083 posts)
23. Her Hallmark show hasn't been cancelled
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 10:20 PM
Mar 2019

She's just been fired. They are recasting it, as per industry scuttlebutt.

Which makes it even more delicious.

Cha

(297,378 posts)
25. Right!.. it's just the shock and the
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 10:31 PM
Mar 2019

writers have been getting busy writing her out of the show. That's gonna be interesting.

I'm a big fan of When Calls The Heart.. and I'm obsessed with what's happening now.

And, now.. we find out her husband is a trump supporter! omg.

There was also another Loughlin project with Hallmark.. "Garage Sale Mysteries" that the plug has been pulled.

Like the headline said.. she "committed career suicide" and for what?

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
31. The parents were friends with a billionaire that sat on the board that controls USC.
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 10:55 PM
Mar 2019

How clueless and arrogant are they? They could have gotten their daughters in the old fashionec way, have a person of influence with the university put a bug in admission's ear, and presto resto, the kids were in and safe from being kicked out.

Cha

(297,378 posts)
35. That's what Ben Dreyfuss tweeted..
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 11:08 PM
Mar 2019

.. he got in the old fashioned way.. by his father's name.

Instead they paid purportedly $ 1/2 a mil

obamanut2012

(26,083 posts)
40. OMG YOU ARE A HEARTIE CHA
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 12:18 AM
Mar 2019

*runningawaylaughing*

Oh, they had three more of the Garage Sale movies in the can, and she was set to film a couple Xmas movie and "run" the Xmas countdown again. I used to have a huge crush on Aunt Becky until she went on the 700 Club and I realized she was a wingnut!!!

I have been appalled so many #hearties on twitter have been defending her.

I'm glad the rest of the cast aren't losing their jobs.

Cha

(297,378 posts)
42. lol! Yes, I's a Heartie!
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 12:30 AM
Mar 2019


She was never my fave on When Calls the Heart.. that would be Erin Kradow and Daniel Lissing( ) but I liked her.. and now.. uh uh. Didn't know she was a 700 wingnut and her hubs a trump supporter. I wonder if she is?

I read an interview she had awhile back defending Candace Cameron Brue on The View who is a trump supporter.

They're all stupid.. how can you be a "Christian" and support the Anti-Christ".. Think People!

And, what is the rational for defending Loughlin?

obamanut

still_one

(92,273 posts)
4. Whether this is true or not, I wouldn't believe anything coming from Tom Arnold. He lies almost
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 09:06 PM
Mar 2019

Last edited Fri Mar 15, 2019, 09:38 PM - Edit history (1)

as much as trump

CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
11. ...
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 09:29 PM
Mar 2019

Page Six got in touch with another person allegedly in attendance at the same party who backed up Arnold’s account. “Mossimo was talking about how he agrees with Trump, and that people need to carry their own weight,” the spy offered. “He was saying there’s a lot of ‘takers’ out there and entitled people.”

LisaM

(27,815 posts)
5. This is hilarious.
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 09:07 PM
Mar 2019

Who knew that Tom Arnold, of all people, would one day emerge as a voice of reason?

Response to CatWoman (Original post)

 

aquamarina

(1,865 posts)
14. Wow way to wholesale generalize everyone
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 09:34 PM
Mar 2019

Who went to USC. I happen to be an alumna who came to SC from the Midwest. My parents were solidly middle class. I sat for my own ACT and SAT tests. I paid for my schooling with scholarships, money from my parents, loans and working about 25 hours a week at the general counsel’s office. On top of that I was an RA for my final two years. My friends came from a mix of backgrounds. I am disgusted over this as well as other scandals that have been in the news. But to suggest everyone who went it goes there is a privileged asshole is really not fair.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
32. Some people just hate the idea that anyone can be rich.
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 10:59 PM
Mar 2019

To them being rich automatically makes a person an asshole. But the truth is something else.

 

BlueintheSTL

(135 posts)
26. I am a pround USC alum
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 10:38 PM
Mar 2019

1. I am from St. Louis and worked my ass off to get in there.
2. Just about everyone who gets admitted to USC has done the same thing.
3. USC is a very liberal university.
4. You clearly got rejected from there (I can see from your post why you did) and to this day are envious of those who attended or attends there.
5. It's pretty cowardly of you to call a bunch of people who post on this board who attended USC "assholes." What a tough guy you are.

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
27. I actually attended SC grad school
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 10:43 PM
Mar 2019

So no reject letter for me.

Not all people from SC are assholes, but no other University has anywhere near the number of assholes that SC puts out.

I actually no some very fine people who attended SC, also know some major assholes who attended SC.

So I will take the criticism that looping all together is bad.

CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
12. ...
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 09:29 PM
Mar 2019

Page Six got in touch with another person allegedly in attendance at the same party who backed up Arnold’s account. “Mossimo was talking about how he agrees with Trump, and that people need to carry their own weight,” the spy offered. “He was saying there’s a lot of ‘takers’ out there and entitled people.”

Dorian Gray

(13,497 posts)
13. Well,
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 09:30 PM
Mar 2019

I guess he'd know first hand how many takers there are out there... and entitled people.

He's living it and raising it.

The Schadenfreude....

CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
16. they don't sell it anymore
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 09:39 PM
Mar 2019

from the linked story:

Meanwhile, as Loughlin and her daughters are being dropped from projects and partnerships left and right, Target is making sure to put distance between itself and Giannulli. Mossimo’s budget menswear line had been a staple at Target stores from from 2000 until 2017, when the brand was phased out due to declining interest. The chain issued an official statement on Thursday to the effect of “I don’t know her.”

“We haven’t had a working relationship with Mossimo Giannulli in over a decade and we no longer carry any Mossimo branded products at Target,” the company said in a statement.

That has got to sting, but is also the least of the couple’s worries at this point.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
52. Brand totally sold out, cheaped out, and lost it's cache ...
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 09:30 PM
Mar 2019

Prior to being sold at Target, Mossimo was considered relatively high-end and trendy ... now everyone knows it as 'Target' and it's not remotely cool anymore. Not surprising it got dumped from Target. Next stop: Walmart (if it not already there).

That move was about like if Lucky Brand decided to put their stuff into Target. Might be good for short term profit but it'll kill off the value of the brand entirely.

That move is the opposite of, say, Quiksilver, another 'beach attire' outfitter who've never sold out, never gone cheap on quality, and have maintained their status on the scene for 50 years now. Hell they have 'Pro' men's surfing shorts that go for $300/pair. You can't pull that off without being seen as 'Quality'.

Cha

(297,378 posts)
18. JHC.. the Fucking Hypocrisy! Same with Ms
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 09:59 PM
Mar 2019

Lori. Goin on about how pious she is when the whole time she cheated by bribing to get her daughters into USC. And, apparently they weren't even that interested in being there.

All because she and hub's greed wanted the prestige and now they're crash and burning in humiliation. Fair dinkum.

trump is a nasty vile poshite.. and his fans' have blood on their hands.

Fucking trump supporter

Celerity

(43,435 posts)
21. I found this buried in a 2016 article
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 10:04 PM
Mar 2019
https://thehundreds.com/blogs/bobby-hundreds/the-man-the-myth-giannulli-mossimo-interview

A lot of us go to college without ever going to class, but Mossimo went to USC without being enrolled at all. He not only convinced his dad that he was a student by falsifying report cards, Mossimo got him to fork over fees with fake tuition bills. In fact, Moss used this seed money to initiate his foray into the T-shirt biz. “SC was expensive, so that was how I was starting my company. I used all that cash,” he declares unapologetically. He handled basic screenprinting jobs for campus organizations and then his ambition triggered. “I used to have hundreds of thousands of cash in my top drawer in my fraternity house. And I was like, ‘this is kind of too easy. I need a bigger platform. If I had a bigger account base, I could really kill it…’”

catbyte

(34,412 posts)
36. Wow, what a piece of work. Lying and stealing from your dad.
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 11:27 PM
Mar 2019

I hope he does time. He probably won't, though. They never do.

Lucky Luciano

(11,257 posts)
33. Is USC really that elite? It's no Ivy and definitely not Stanford.
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 11:01 PM
Mar 2019

Last edited Fri Mar 15, 2019, 11:46 PM - Edit history (1)

It’s not even Berkeley or UCLA. At least one level down from UCLA.

Celerity

(43,435 posts)
39. Not really, other than cost (4th most expensive), a 4 year degree is around 225K usd
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 11:54 PM
Mar 2019
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities?_sort=tuition&_sortDirection=desc

22nd in the US, 63rd in the world (and other ratings have it lower).

It is very hard to get into though, as it is a funnel into many corridors of wealth. I could have went there and passed.

obamanut2012

(26,083 posts)
41. Not elite, but ELITE
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 12:23 AM
Mar 2019

USC = University of Spoiled Children

That rep is unfair to the many kids who go there who aren't like that, and it is less like that than it used to be, but the rep isn't wrong. For certain folks in certain circles in SOCAL and NORCAL, going to USC/having your kids go there gives them a certain social status.

Loughlin is getting the bulk of the attention, but the rest of the list is full of this circle of folks.

JI7

(89,254 posts)
50. elite in terms of money and connections. I would put it equal to UCLA though
Tue Mar 19, 2019, 09:10 PM
Mar 2019

in terms of academics.

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