> If someone said something about me that was patently laughably untrue, something that no sane person would believe, I'd just shrug it off. If it were one ord

> If someone said something about me that was patently laughably untrue, something that no sane person would believe, I'd just shrug it off. If it were one ordinary person making those accusations to a small group of their friends and acquaintances who also knew you and could see for themselves that those accusations were false, that'd be one thing. When the person making those accusations is a celebrity, broadcasting those accusations to an audience of millions who know nothing else about you, that's quite another matter.