What's Trending 6/10/20: Bravo Fires Stassi Schroeder, Others After Racism Backlash; Music Is Helping Quarantine Crowd

Stassi Schroeder
  • #StassiSchroeder
    • Bravo has fired her, Kristen Doute, Brett Caprioni and Max Boyens from “Vanderpump Rules.”
    • The shakeup comes less than a week after Schroeder and Doute came under fire for allegedly calling the police on Faith Stowers, the only black cast member to appear on the show.
    • Stowers said in an Instagram live chat that they saw a photo in the Daily Mail of a very light-skinned woman who had tattoos that was robbing people and they called the cops and said it was her.
    • Schroeder was also accused of making racist comments on her podcast, while racist tweets from Max and Brett resurfaced, prompting apologies from all four.
  • #Music
    • Survey: 81% of Americans say music has helped them through self-isolation during the pandemic.
    • In fact, it’s helping so much that people are listening to music an extra 38 minutes a day.
    • 58% of people said it is their go-to coping mechanism in any stressful situation.
    • People turn to music for a variety of reasons, 79% say it helps them to be more productive while nearly half said it helps them sleep better.
  • #MTV
    • The MTV Movie & TV Awards have been postponed indefinitely due to coronavirus.
    • Variety is reporting that they are considering moving it to December.
    • Many awards shows are going virtual during the pandemic but MTV has decided against it.
    • If the event does not take place this year, it will be the first time it has been skipped since the MTV Movie Awards launched in 1992.
  • #Gin
    • The Apollo Bay Distillery in Australia is asking people to not drink their gin!
    • They had to issue a recall after they accidentally shipped gin bottles containing hand sanitizer.
    • The distillery had previously converted some of its facility to hand sanitizer production to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.
    • They said the bottles are not correctly sealed and they can be identified as having no shrink wrap seal.
    • They say the bottles will not kill you if consumed but can cause nausea, headaches, dizziness, vomiting and diarrhea.