Did you make it through the Snorefest that was the 2015 Oscars? I admit I tried, but failed. I did, however, catch sight of Scarlett Johansson. Didn't she look stunning in an emerald-green Versace number, with a hairstyle channelling Pink and Miley? She looked so ravishing that John Travolta, coming up behind her, seized both the moment and her waist, before planting a supremely lecherous kiss on her cheek.
Poor man couldn't help himself and poor ScarJo, who didn't see it coming, found herself in the supremely awkward position of having to laugh off Travolta's totally inappropriate play for the cameras.
The Saturday Night Fever and Grease star didn't stop there. While onstage, his hands also got busy fondling the face of Idina Menzel, whose name he memorably botched during last year's Academy Awards ceremony.
#AskHerMore on the Red Carpet
This sort of occurrence seems harmless enough on the face of it, but it left me seeing red. How many times have we been in ScarJo's position, having to put on a poker face while humouring the flirtations of men, who feel it's somehow excusable and acceptable for them to place their hands on our bodies or to steal kisses?
Shame on you, Travolta, for being so shamelessly handsy and putting both Menzel and Johansson in a compromising position while all the cameras flashed. It's as though he missed out on those early "quiet hands" lessons we teach preschoolers...
Keep those hands to yourself. They don't belong on any body who is not your lover and who has not given you permission. Nor do they belong on a pregnant woman's belly, either. Just because there is a baby in there doesn't make it ok.
A woman's body is not public property that you gain access rights to simply by virtue of being older and supposedly wiser.
Not even if you are John Travolta.
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