How Stupid Do You Have to Be?
October 11th, 2008 by wendie
In 2005, Charlize Theron entered into a contract with watchmaker giant Raymond Weil for 20 million dollars. The requirement: She was to wear one of their watches when appearing publicly from October 2005 through December 2006. Any other jewelry worn during the contract time had to be approved by Raymond Weil. Instead she appeared in print ads and at a high-profile event wearing a Dior watch and jewelry. RW sued. This week a judge ruled that the case will go to trial; a decision largely based on 10 pages of contract terms that were initialed by Charlize.
I’m embarrassed to say what I’d do for 20 million dollars (think Carrot Top) but it extends a hell of a lot further than just wearing a fucking wristwatch. Charlize had a seriously tit gig going…how she risked 20 million dollars just leaves me…flummoxed.
Also, just learned that using “tit” as an adjective is apparently specific to New England & Upstate New York? Weird. So anyway, tit=small.
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October 11th, 2008 at 6:47 am
Wait. All she had to do was wear a watch from the company? 20 million dollars? And she DIDN’T DO IT????????? WTF??????????????????
October 11th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Charlize Theron is a tit (tit = idiot, in Britain)
October 11th, 2008 at 7:28 am
<~~is from upstate ny and thinks you’re just insane.
October 11th, 2008 at 7:32 am
ban lover’s ip. hate those spam idiots, waste of space.
October 11th, 2008 at 7:40 am
i’m from upstate and thought that ‘tit’ was something great, i.e. “it’s the tits”. i am however 4 million years old and probably more out of touch than i could ever even contemplate. plse advise wendie. by the way, (btw — see i have a little game) good job!
October 11th, 2008 at 7:46 am
what a stupid, stupid woman. 20 million dollars and all she has to do is wear their watches (and not even one specific watch but her choice of their entire line) each time she goes out in public/appears in magazines for 14 months. and she can’t even do that? hope she still has that 20 mil laying around ’cause there’s no chance she doesn’t lose this suit and she’ll have to return any money she received from them.
also, lived in upstate new york for five years and never heard that expression. and your definition doesn’t make sense in that context. she had a small gig going on? it’s a sweet gig, but i don’t understand what you mean by “small gig”.
October 11th, 2008 at 7:49 am
<< Is from New England and has always been surrounded by friend who use tit to refer to something cool. (i.e. That’s tit!)
October 11th, 2008 at 8:44 am
i was under the impression that it meant/means cool, awesome, great, etc. used like sweet. but always plural, and without ‘the’ in front of it <<”that car is tits” at least that’s the california usage. but i understand why you could think that tits=small, at least in relation to charlize theron.
October 11th, 2008 at 9:05 am
I’m originally from NY and never heard anyone say the word “tit” unless they were referring to the big mounds on my chest
October 11th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Screw the “tits” part. Charlize Theron is a fucking idiot. Makes my day to see her getting sued for this when she had this opportunity to make money doing jack shit and now she’s losing it and then some because she wouldn’t wear a damn wristwatch. In honor of all the people in the world doing without homes, food, health care, etc., that Raymond Weil could have helped with that money instead of giving to that useless bubble-head, I am laughing my ass off.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Are you kidding me?! For 20 mil. all she had to do was wear their watch?! If that were me I’d wear 10 watches on each arm and 10 more on each leg! She breached the contract and will loose this lawsuit. 20 freaking million?!
BTW - I hail from the “Tax You to Death State” = Connecticut. I’m not kidding - we are taxed to even breath here. Anyway, “tit” here refers to the beautiful, large mammary glands hosted on my chest.
Mireee’s comment made me smile! Thanks for the chuckle Mireee!
Wendi - you are doing a fantastic job!
October 11th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Jeeze, what happened to my avatar?!
October 11th, 2008 at 10:30 am
I grew up in Upstate NY and have never heard that phrase =P
October 11th, 2008 at 11:12 am
I’m from New England, too and the only thing I ever heard tit used for, besides the obvious, was “titmouse,” a small bird.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:23 am
I really don’t understand why she did it,
considering this is all true
October 11th, 2008 at 11:25 am
i’ve called a person a tit to refer to them as being stoopid. good times.
there must be something more going on here, who doesn’t wear a watch for a 20 mill contract? I would peirce my fricken nose with a watch for that kind of moula
October 11th, 2008 at 11:50 am
OMG, Rayne your post made me laugh so hard I spit out my soda! I agree, I’d pierce my nose with a watch and wear a watch as a headband too!
October 11th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Cool! My avatar is back!
October 11th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
tit is also a type of bird.. i just never heard anyone say “flip the tit” though
October 11th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
CATLASS just took my words.
bth i’m from Connecticut and Charlize is a tit tit tit imbecile!!
Im laughing my fucking ass off as well.
October 11th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
re; miree
just curious; what does ‘fucking numb nuts’ mean in britain? is that some kind of cake with almonds that the queen and prince phillip eat during afternoon tea? also, please explain the word ‘loo’ to all of us anxious, iditioc, americans that hang on your every word like you’re from another planet.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
People say tit? In Australia they are boobs. That’s all.
October 12th, 2008 at 12:22 am
It would appear that she’s arrogant and oblivious to what a signed contract means. I like Weil watches actually, I would totally only wear Weil free watches, and give me 20 million and I am so onboard I wouldn’t TOUCH another watch for the rest of this life or the next life.
What. was. she. thinking.
October 12th, 2008 at 5:27 am
oh please… its clear that after she got the contract with raymond weil, she was offered a bigger one with chanel… more money, more exposure, better name… so she just ditched the contract instead of cancelling it. yeah, waste of $20 mill, but shes prob getting $50 mill from chanel or something like that anyway…
October 12th, 2008 at 8:48 am
That use of “tit” must be specific to a very very small area indeed. I’ve lived in various parts of New England a long time now, and it is nothing I’ve ever heard of. Even if it means what you say it means (small?) it makes no fucking sense in the sentence you used it in.
So Charlize Theron is stupid and/or careless and/or arrogant — whatever. It’s not like she needs the money, and are we shedding any tears for Raymond Weil? Of course not. Because: Who cares?
Yawn.
October 13th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
she is a dumb bi-atch, obviously. snobby, but stupid is as stupid does!
October 13th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Try and get your facts correct. Charlize was NOT paid $20m for the 15 month deal. It was $3m. The preliminary judgment has thrown out all claims by Raymond Weil except one. She appeared at a press junket for about an hour wearing a Dior watch. A mistake she called regrettable. A photograph taken by the press was used by a swiss company in it’s catalog. Raymond Weil also violated terms of the agreement in the same catalog. One of the claims by weil was for a charity event Charlize participated in. A company donated $250000 but used a poster featuring Charlize wearing their jewelery at a booth at a swiss trade show. That claim was dismissed in thee judgement.
October 14th, 2008 at 12:09 am
God, there’s some dumb comments here. Read the judgment (pdf at the WSJ). In the judges opinion Weil receive nearly all of the benefits it paid for (Usage of images in print etc) and parts of Weils claims were ‘dumb’. RW initially claimed that the one hour mistake destroyed the entire advertising campaign costing them $20m. They dropped the claims to $3m plus interest. They are just pissed that Theron decided to not extend the agreement and has gone with Breil Milano instead. Breil just renewed their contract with her (actually DDF, Therons production company)