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Ellen Gets Awkward With Justin Long (The Mac Guy)

Posted by Olivia Purnell

 

J. Long (you are welcome, Justin for the greatest nickname of all time. Thank us later; we accept flowers, candy, and cash gifts).  Anyway, J. Long is making the promotional rounds for the common-sense meets chick-flick cruelty film, He’s Just Not That Into You. Drew Barrymore, J. Long’s ex-lady, also happens to star in He’s Just Not.

Hmmm . . . what could Ellen DeGeneres possibly bring up during Justin’s appearance on her show that would result in an uncomfortable silence . . .

 



Yup.  During this afternoon’s episode of The Ellen Degeneres Show, Ellen asks Justin:

"Is that hard? Now you're on a press tour with someone you were in a movie with, in a relationship with and now you're seeing each other. And if it's not I've just made it more awkward."

Long gamely replies, "Up until this point it's been not awkward at all" (people.com).



Oops.  But to be fair, J. Long, you’ve gotta expect it. You broke up with our late nineties icon of choice. Drew is unflinchingly awesome, and Ellen, we assume, like the rest of us, would love to see you two crazy kids get back together.  She’s not trying to make you feel awkward.  She’s just trying to make you think. Think, J.Long! With your Mac sheepishness, and her insistence on producing all things mass-marketable and girly, you two could take over the pre-teen world.


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