NOT mine, fools! Mr. Defamer’s!

That’s Mr. Defamer, mascot of Gawker Media’s famed Defamer. I thought for the longest time that it was Bob Evans, now-geriatric poster boy for Hollywood excess, workoholism, and assoholism. Then one day Defamer got a makeover and suddenly (as happens so often in these cases) I saw it in a different light. I realized that this man, whoever he was, was no more Bob Evans than he was Bob Roberts.

So I conducted an investigation, involving gruelling seconds of emailing the editor at Defamer and asking, “so who’s that guy, Mr. Defamer Guy?” After many a long minute of uncertainty, I had my answer.

from Mark Lisanti to me

Mr Defamer is Charles Boyer. God, I wish we’d used Evans. Maybe we’ll
switch him in one day.

And there you have it.