On Tuesday M.I.A. met O.P.R.A.H. at the "Time 100" dinner honoring the year's most influential people outside of 4chan (marblecake, also the game, guys). That's the new BFFs with Maya's fiance/Seagram heir Benjamin Brewer. According to a Gayfish-style all caps recap on M.I.A.'s blog, Oprah complimented the Oscar-nominated hip-hop artist on her cheap jacket and squeezed her hand so hard, M.I.A. "was convinced she cared." The new mom ends with a plea that her new influential friend do something about the devastating conditions at Sri Lankan refugee camps...
TIME 100
LAST NIGHT , I WENT TO THE TIME 100 EVENT COZ THEY ADDED ME TO THE LIST OF 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2009,
I SAW TAVIS SMILEY WHEN I WALKED IN AND SAID THANKS FOR STICKING YOUR NECK OUT AND BEING A REAL JOURNALIST, HIS PROGRAM WAS THE FIRST PROGRAM TO VOICE THE TRUTH ABOUT WHATS GOING ON IN SRI LANKA, WITHOUT FEAR OF CONSEQUENCES.
THE NEXT PERSON I MET WAS OPRAH!!!!
SHE SAID SHE LIKED MY JACKET FROM THE MAGAZINE (THE ONE MY BROTHER GOT FOR ME FROM THE SIDE OF THE STREET AT SXSW 09) SHE SQUEEEEZED MY HAND SO HARD , I WAS CONVINCED SHE CARED.MICHELLE OBAMA GAVE A SPEECH AND THERE WAS MAD SECRET SERVICE IN THE AIR SO I DIDNT GET TO THROW A PAPER PLANE AT HER SAYING " STOP THE BOMBING OF THE TAMILS IN SRI LANKA"
Sri Lanka government admits bombing civilian safe haven - Times Online
THE TWITTER GUYS SAID THEY FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER@ _M_I_A_ILL TWITTER
SHOUT OUT TO THEM AND STELLA MCCARTNEY, NICE TO MEET A FELLO BRIT IN NYC ASIDE FROM THE GIRLS AT TOP SHOP.
I MET MANY MORE PEOPLE , SOME KNEW ME , SOME DIDNT ....... I WASNT SURE ABOUT MY INFLUENCE BUT........IF I DO HAVE ANY INFLUENCE, I WISH I COULD GET THE MEDIA TO SPOTLIGHT THIS:
THANKX TO BRITISH PRESS WE GET THIS MUCH
Grim scenes at Sri Lankan camps - Channel 4 News
OPRAH CAN YOU DO SOMETHING BOUT THESE CAMPS PLEEEEEEEEEEASE?
(Via Mayaspace.)
Oprah can't even give away grilled chicken, but let's hope M.I.A. ends up on the show. Maybe with Dr. Oz. Very reassuring, that man.
