ONTD

10:52 am - 12/29/2012

Former MTV VJ mistaken for Azelia Banks' abuser

dholmes

This week, Azaelia Banks took to Twitter and accused her boyfriend/manager of “trying to put his hands on [her].” Since the boyfriend/manager’s name is Dave Holmes, a good many of the world’s gossip blogs simply did a Google image search and grabbed the first picture they found, which happens to be mine. So I’ve been dealing with those blogs one by one, and with the countless strangers throughout the social media universe who now believe me to be a domestic abuser. It’s been pretty depressing, the way anybody with a data plan can carelessly wreck another human being’s reputation, the fact that no adults seem to be in charge anymore, the idea that there is no such thing as truth. And that this is all happening around a woman who may have been hit by her boyfriend makes it sicker and sadder and a better reason for me to throw my laptop into a lake and go be a fucking park ranger whose only friends are trees and clumsy bears


Anyway, now people are trying to send me beats





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dovecage 29th-Dec-2012 04:44 pm (UTC)
Yes you're the real victim in all this.
la_nostalgia 29th-Dec-2012 04:48 pm (UTC)
Yes, being carelessly pictured as an abuser is nothing to complain about at all.
ericasays 29th-Dec-2012 04:51 pm (UTC)
don't bother, dude. this will fly over their head, too.
dovecage 29th-Dec-2012 04:53 pm (UTC)
Oh please, he shares the same generic name as some douchebag, and a few lazy people with google fucked up.
paarycia 29th-Dec-2012 05:25 pm (UTC)
ikr, smh
vampireweekend 29th-Dec-2012 04:51 pm (UTC)
i really doubt he was trying to say he was
mynamehere07 29th-Dec-2012 04:52 pm (UTC)
Dave Holmes the VJ is upset that he's been ID'ed as the Dave Holmes who beat Azelia. Two different people, can't say I blame the VJ for being upset.
misscrystal 29th-Dec-2012 04:54 pm (UTC)
Yeah, that's not what he said at all.
lovedhurtlost 29th-Dec-2012 04:55 pm (UTC)
...
grammaire 29th-Dec-2012 04:55 pm (UTC)
What the FUCK..
ex_nihilo 29th-Dec-2012 05:02 pm (UTC)
Really though?
godramaclub 29th-Dec-2012 05:05 pm (UTC)
you're an idiot.
whimsical_tale 29th-Dec-2012 05:08 pm (UTC)
Oh my, this is embarrassing.

Just admit you were wrong and went overboard. The end.
fionaapple 29th-Dec-2012 05:11 pm (UTC)
lmaoooo
okgoawaynow 29th-Dec-2012 05:11 pm (UTC)
Where exactly did he say he was "the real victim" in all this? Something is legitimately wrong with you.
__nocturna 29th-Dec-2012 05:15 pm (UTC)
you're a dumbass
tigersnap 29th-Dec-2012 05:16 pm (UTC)
nothing wrong with someone clearing their name
makahakat 29th-Dec-2012 05:23 pm (UTC)
wow...
saikaro_x 29th-Dec-2012 05:42 pm (UTC)
Yes you're the real moron in this post.
logan_lerman 29th-Dec-2012 05:43 pm (UTC)
you and your fug icon should just leave tbh
backincharge 29th-Dec-2012 05:53 pm (UTC)
No, you're right. A man gets accused of being a woman beater and he should just say nothing and let people continue to think he's one.
oblika_farika 29th-Dec-2012 06:12 pm (UTC)
did you even read the post
sweet_honesty 29th-Dec-2012 06:15 pm (UTC)
You do realize that being falsely accused of abuse can ruin a person's life, right?
rctshack 29th-Dec-2012 06:15 pm (UTC)
What is wrong with you? Did you read this, he never said he was the "real" victim in this situation and truthfully he is one via these blogs. I would also complain if people took my image and posted it around as a domestic abuser.
limberwolf 29th-Dec-2012 06:40 pm (UTC)
ONTD is slowly turning into sf_d
love_nicotine 29th-Dec-2012 09:04 pm (UTC)
Lol. I hate that the social justice warriors have taken over ONTD so they can be offended by any and everything.
m_h_p 29th-Dec-2012 09:34 pm (UTC)
Your comment sullies your icon
whitegirlthin 29th-Dec-2012 10:25 pm (UTC)
LOL what an unnecessary comment. Ebmarrassing.
demi32 29th-Dec-2012 04:46 pm (UTC)
I blame the fact everyone tries to be first with the news or a photo without double checking anything. It's annoying and even many photo agencies identify celebrities with the wrong names as well. I feel for him and anyone else that has to deal with lack of research on identifying the wrong person.
grammaire 29th-Dec-2012 04:57 pm (UTC)
So true. The Newton shootings are a testament to that. Everyone was just reporting random, false information for the sake of having something to talk about, when they should have been waiting for the facts.
highd 29th-Dec-2012 05:50 pm (UTC)
IA. Also Google shouldn't be the only research tool that bloggers use. I mean if they are going to play reporter, act like one and research your subject.
scriptedending 29th-Dec-2012 07:09 pm (UTC)
exactly, it has gotten out of hand. get the story right, or don't report it at all.
hollymarchosias 29th-Dec-2012 04:46 pm (UTC)
So sick and tired of journalists trying to be the first people to break a story without doing research first.
childish 29th-Dec-2012 04:48 pm (UTC)
It's appalling, I'm trying to figure out how to even get my news because I no longer want to support any main news source.
hearthecity 29th-Dec-2012 05:01 pm (UTC)
yeah you would think what happened with Ryan and Adam Lanza would make them stop and take a second in the future
m_h_p 29th-Dec-2012 06:18 pm (UTC)
In fairness, that was because the authorities released Ryan Lanza's name, and the media had nothing else to go on until the mistake was discovered.
wigglybob 29th-Dec-2012 05:12 pm (UTC)
ugh this so hard, they're not even journalists tbqh
aeryn 29th-Dec-2012 05:15 pm (UTC)
I had to stop reading the news about the Newtown shooting because of all the misinformation that was being presented literally every few minutes. It was disgusting.
pastelward 29th-Dec-2012 05:44 pm (UTC)
!!!
howlcosmiclove 29th-Dec-2012 06:55 pm (UTC)
right?
ponpiri 29th-Dec-2012 07:21 pm (UTC)
I agree, but that isn't what happened here.
duckyduck92 29th-Dec-2012 04:46 pm (UTC)
Jesus, after the whole lanza brother thing and this, I just really hope no one with the same name as me does anything illegal one day.
dropitlikepluto 29th-Dec-2012 04:46 pm (UTC)
Yikes, that sucks. People really need to think first
childish 29th-Dec-2012 04:46 pm (UTC)
Okay, the idea of people trying to send him tracks is pretty jokes.
noxonesxlooking 29th-Dec-2012 04:46 pm (UTC)
Say what karaoke
__orangeglo 29th-Dec-2012 04:56 pm (UTC)
I sadly believe I spent a good chunk of my younger years watching this program

aaameeting 29th-Dec-2012 05:06 pm (UTC)
90s fashion though.....
iheartfamke 29th-Dec-2012 05:16 pm (UTC)
Oh the 90s...
missedith17 29th-Dec-2012 05:35 pm (UTC)
How could I have forgotten this MTV gem
innocentanalyst 29th-Dec-2012 05:49 pm (UTC)
lol I can't believe I forgot about this show.
cabernet 29th-Dec-2012 06:09 pm (UTC)
omg I miss this MTV

and lmao at these early 00s fashion disasters

Edited at 2012-12-29 06:13 pm (UTC)
sprinklebell 29th-Dec-2012 08:23 pm (UTC)
WHY IS THIS NOT STILL ON MTV?

srsly it looks like it cost a buck fifty to produce and it was cute!
vampireweekend 29th-Dec-2012 04:50 pm (UTC)
can people do their research before they nearly ruin innocent people's lives or
tebtosca 29th-Dec-2012 04:52 pm (UTC)
Being falsely accused of something really terrible (especially like the Lanza brother fiasco) can be a long-lasting problem in the internet age. I bet a year from now, someone will google this guy and see something that says he beat up Azaelia Banks.
lothlorienbow 29th-Dec-2012 04:52 pm (UTC)
lol at those douches sending him beats even though the reason they know who he is is b/c the guy who shares his name abused Azealia. I can't even...
sunredskyblue 29th-Dec-2012 04:52 pm (UTC)
sucks he's getting harassed. that last part made me lol tho.
whop__dedooo 29th-Dec-2012 04:58 pm (UTC)
right? it was like serious/sad serious/sad serious/sad annnd cackling.
rara8777 29th-Dec-2012 04:53 pm (UTC)
Aw, I remember watching when he came in second place in Wanna be a VJ on MTV. Then they gave him a job anyway and he ended up staying on longer than the person who won.

I can't remember who it was though..
misscrystal 29th-Dec-2012 04:55 pm (UTC)
The only VJ winner I know of was Jessie.
__orangeglo 29th-Dec-2012 04:57 pm (UTC)
It was Jessie, he was ick. nast.
rara8777 29th-Dec-2012 04:57 pm (UTC)
There was actually two more, the second was a woman named Thalia DaCosta (thanks wikipedia).
vampireweekend 29th-Dec-2012 04:58 pm (UTC)
remember when he tried to be a musician
grande_latte 29th-Dec-2012 05:28 pm (UTC)
and Thalia
sastra_fuss 29th-Dec-2012 05:52 pm (UTC)
i wonder if he went back to his trashcan
beetlebums 29th-Dec-2012 05:00 pm (UTC)
How could you forget this flawless man and this jam?

mynamehere07 29th-Dec-2012 05:03 pm (UTC)
I remember that too. Didn't some friends or fans of Jesse organize to spam the voting.
tx5mym5 29th-Dec-2012 08:49 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I became a big fan of Dave's because they asked a dumb question, "Which celeb would you want to be President?" and he gave a great answer. I think he said something like, I want a politician who knows what they fuck they're doing.
gangsterdorothy 30th-Dec-2012 04:54 am (UTC)
I remember that too. Jesse was special snowflake.

I also remember Hilarie Burton, who did one segment (something with the MTV VMAs) and they liked her so much they gave her a permanent job
misscrystal 29th-Dec-2012 04:56 pm (UTC)
Wow. Poor guy.

Anyway, now people are trying to send me beats

IDK whether to shake my head or laugh.
etoile_amore 29th-Dec-2012 04:57 pm (UTC)
aw :(
pantless_deacon 30th-Dec-2012 04:50 am (UTC)
Being from Baltimore, this post made me crack up. I must admit when the story first hit, I was like "NO FUCKING WAY! GERRY!?".
sihaya09 30th-Dec-2012 05:31 am (UTC)
Same. Poor guy.
marmar627 30th-Dec-2012 10:57 am (UTC)
I was in Baltimore back in October and I was like DID THEY REALLY JUST SAY "AND SPORTS WITH GERRY SANDUSKY? omg
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