David Spade Streisand Effects Controversy Into Existence

David Spade Streisand Effects Controversy Into Existence

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There was something of an emergency podcast situation this morning on David Spade and Dana Carvey’s Fly on the Wall podcast. Honestly, I don’t listen often unless there’s a particularly good guest, but I tuned in today because Spade and Carvey added a segment ahead of the regular show to address a “controversy” that had popped up mostly on Reddit (not even Bluesky is making a big deal out of it, except as an excuse to make fun of Spade).

Basically, here’s what happened: Marc Benioff is the CEO of Salesforce. He used to be a major Democratic donor back when Hillary Clinton ran, has a history of supporting LGBTQ rights, and has donated heavily to homelessness initiatives. But like a lot of rich