Celebrity we deserve. But if I remember that story correctly, she really wanted the best. No malice was involved. Just overconfidence and, I suppose, a few bottles of wine :)
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She'll definitely be remembered.
I love that story and the resulting image/painting
Alright Jesus you have the opportunity to do something so fucking funny here that it might make up for the crucifixion and 2000 years of atrocities in your name
The 94-year-old's death was confirmed by Borja's mayor, Eduardo Arilla, in a Facebook post, in which he recognised her as a "great lover of painting from a young age".
great lover of painting
Hey you can love something and be shit at it.
I love driving race cars, some of the best days of my life had me coming in last place.
The woman became famous enough that she held her own art exhibition.
I can't process how that makes any sense.
It makes sense to me. I remember the incident, it was intriguing if nothing else. Why was this allowed to happen? And from there people just keep looking into it further
It’s like when American Idol lifted that terrible Asian boy to insane popularity because he was so unashamedly awful.
13 years already? I didn't think I was that young when it happened.
Oh... wait, I was not.
I can't see the words "Ecce Homo" without hearing the choir from the Mr. Bean intro.
I haven't seen that painting in years. I just had a look again to cheer me up. It is very funny!
Haha. I remember the pics going around at the time and never really read the story. I always thought it might be someone just trolling/gaslighting people from the inside. Or malicious compliance or whatever.
I mean I'm not offended it's bad, because points at name, but I'm confused at why people give a shit about someone who was bad at something.

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