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  • Monica Lewinsky Joins a Slew Of Celebrities To Support Fat-Shamed ‘Dancing Man’ Sean O’Brien

    Monica Lewinsky was just one of a slew of celebrities to celebrate Sean O’Brien, the man known as the “Dancing Man” who was cyber-bullied on the 4chan website, at an epic party in Los Angeles on Saturday..

    Musician Hope Leigh and writer Cassandra Fairbanks decided throw a huge huge party for Sean O’Brien in the wake of fat-shaming. After seeing the photo that went viral of the man who loves to dance, they flew him out from London to Los Angeles Saturday for a dance party in his honor.

    Sean O’Brien’s plight came to the attention of celebrities after 4chan posted a photo of him dancing, with the caption, “Spotted this specimen trying to dance the other week. He stopped when he saw us laughing.”

    The photo went viral.

    On Saturday, the surprises for Sean just kept coming in the form of Hollywood celebrities, including Monica Lewinsky, Moby, Andrew W.K, who wanted to show their support to the anti-bullying movement.

    “Keep that in mind. As we’re going through life, we encounter hardship,… adversity, we don’t turn against them,” Andrew said on the stage to address bullying issue. “We don’t let them hurt us who use them to make ourselves better, bigger and stronger people.”

    Pharrell Williams taped a message that was shown during the event.

    “When that first came out and they were teasing you, I bet you thought, ‘Man, this is not cool.’ But there was a miracle in it. Because some people saw it, and those people decided that they needed to stand up for not only you, but for anyone in your position that just wants to trust themselves and is criticized or ridiculed for it,” said Pharrell Williams. “And they did the exact opposite – they wanted to encourage you to dance more, dance free.”

    After Pharrell’s message, Moby began a DJ performance, and that’s when the party really got started as partygoers took to the dance floor.

    Monica Lewinsky, who is part of anti-bullying group Bystander Revolution, presented $30,000 check to the Trevor Project, PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, Cybersmile, and Kidscape.

    “Sean was brave – he stepped forward and said, ‘I am dancing man.’ We’re here tonight to celebrate Sean… celebrate dancing understanding compassion and bravery,” Monica Lewinsky told the partygoers.

    Sean O’Brien danced the night away and said it was a night to remember.

    “I’ve never danced so much, it’s been the best night of my life, unbelievable,” he gushed.

    The after-glow from the party continued as Sean O’Brien took to Twitter to express his joy and gratitude.

    “A last massive thanks to all those who were there last night to help make it so memorable,” he wrote. “and everyone who has supported and followed for last two months to help make it happen. So much love in the world @DanceFreeMvmt.” The event apparently was able to restore faith in humanity amid the growing number of hatred and troll in social media.

  • Lady Gaga Tweets About Manning’s Sentence

    Lady Gaga Tweets About Manning’s Sentence

    Facebook and Twitter are blowing up with varying comments on the recent sentencing  of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning. And it’s become evident that the buzz isn’t dying within the celebrity circle either.

    During a recent MTV Video Music Awards prep, pop sensation, Lady Gaga tweeted out a very unhappy text in regards to the sentencing of Manning.

     

    Manning was sentenced to life in prison along with another 21 additional charges. sharing more than 700,000 government files to the website Wikileaks nearly three years ago.

    Apparently it’s not only Lady that’s going “Gaga” over the recent sentencing of Manning. Big time musicians from Roger Waters to Moby are even involved in a brand new campaign backing Manning called “I am Bradley Mannning.”

    The Campaign which has joined forces with dozens of celebrities and public figures has created a video that simply asks the audience what they would do if they were in Manning’s situation, holding signs that say, “I am Bradley Manning.” Even Pentagon Papers Leaker, Daniel Ellsberg has a small cameo saying, “I was Bradley Manning.”

    The video traces along the details of Manning’s trial as well as word-by-word retellings of what he leaked that now has him now behind bars.

    While the campaign video hasn’t exactly gone viral, Gaga’s original tweet has certainly done well with 4,620 retweets and a whopping 3,065 people marking it as a favorite.

    Gaga’s known for the dramatic flair so perhaps she’ll make a statement about the Manning sentencing at her opening performance of the 2013 MTV Music Video Awards this Sunday? Stay tuned.

    Watch the “I am Bradley Manning”