It’s being reported in Yahoo News that Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones are blackballing CNN after their son was humiliated earlier this month by Scott Jennings.
They are furious and claim it was “unfair and exploitative” or something.
Here’s more from Yahoo:
Michael Douglas and his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, are reportedly very displeased over the manner in which their son Dylan was humiliated during a roundtable discussion on politics with CNN commentator Scott Jennings.
Young Dylan was left stuttering incomprehensibly midway through the interview, which has seemingly become a source of mockery behind the scenes.
Now, according to sources, his parents, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, intend to blacklist the entire network, as they believe CNN crossed the line.
The couple is said to be so “furious” with the media outlet that they intend to “blacklist the whole network” moving forward.
On Zeta-Jones’ part, she has reportedly been ranting to her friends about how the interview was “unfair and exploitative,” seemingly referring to how her son was left stunned and stuttering at some of the questions he was asked.
Meanwhile, Douglas shares the same opinion and has told his close circle that the outlet “crossed a line.”
Part of the reason the couple is so angered by the entire situation appears to be that they knew their son wasn’t prepared for such a heated debate.
“Dylan’s never been spoken to like that in his entire life. He’s always been the golden boy — adored, protected. CNN gave him a taste of the real world, and his parents hated every second of it,” said a source.
Dylan’s appearance on CNN was during a roundtable sit-down with commentator Scott Jennings on Monday’s News Night, per the Daily Mail.
The duo discussed the recent news of the Senate passing a funding bill to reopen the government.
Dylan appeared to place the blame on Republicans for the record-long shutdown, while Jennings argued it was the Democrats’ fault.
For a while, the two continued engaging in a back-and-forth, but when Jennings began hitting Dylan with statistical figures and facts, the young politics enthusiast was left stunned and unable to defend his stance.
This became especially apparent when the conversation shifted toward the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits, which Democrats said were the reason they would not pass the funding bill.
The politically active son of the Hollywood favorite began stuttering incomprehensibly, a sign that he seemed unsure of what to say.
Scott Jennings tweeted out this article and said: “The public’s out there throwing darts at boards, Sport. I don’t throw darts at a board. I bet on sure things. Read Sun-tzu, ‘The Art of War.’ Every battle is won—before it’s ever fought.”
Here’s a clip of the interview: