This Account Rates The Rooms Of Famous People On Video Calls And Here Are 30 Hilarious Observations
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Everyone’s streaming from home these days. You put on a decent-looking shirt, take the laundry out of sight, and rely on your kids to not ruin it all. But it doesn’t end there. There’s one sharp-tongued critic who zooms in on your backdrop. And trust me, there’s a lot going on there.
Claude Taylor started the Twitter page “Room Rater,” which does exactly what it says. The 57-year-old shares the screengrabs from video calls and grades them from 0 to 10. Politicians and celebrities are particularly susceptible to the hard-to-please room arbiter. From Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden to Michael Jordan and Celine Dion, Claude is not letting them off easy. With almost 100K followers since its launch on April 11, the page is destined to become a hit where the tiniest detail can make it or break it in the room game.
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I love the bookcase. He also has a glowing globe in front of his desk. And the best job ever.
I like this one. A good mix of things and books. Messy and neat. Looks real.
Man and room perfectly suited... would have put an open pad of paper and a pen on the desk to make it look less staged?
I'd say this one looks real. The books don't looked staged. You don't see a brand new complete set of encyclopedias. I like this guy. Watch all his shows.
Center bookcase, right above his head: I wanna know what that string of notes says. As far as the desk goes... I'd never get any work done for fear of knocking something over.
The 'string of notes' looks like it could be a Buddhist prayer flag, possibly.
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Why can't he have eclectic shelves? Why are you handing out slaps for how someone arranges their study?
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Best Saturday Night Live sketch in years. Thanks to Brad Pitt for fulfilling Dr. Fucci's wish. He truly deserved it.
The man behind the account, Claude Taylor, is a “veteran of presidential campaigns who served as a White House staffer for Bill Clinton.” He also runs the controversial Twitter account TrueFactsStated and is a founder of the Mad Dog Pac campaign, which “engages in high-impact and non-violent activities to fight fascism and defeat Donald Trump.”
Claude, aka the Room Rater, shares rating duty with Jessie Bahrey, who tends to give higher scores. Taylor told Vanity Fair that “she’s Canadian, so we’ve made the kind of obvious point that she’s the nicer one.”But there’s a step-by-step guide for you to follow if you wanna score a solid 10. “
Bored Panda contacted Claude Taylor and Jessie Bahrey to find out more about the Room Rater Twitter. Claude told us that “we all love the unexpected view into pundits' and celebs' homes.” So he and Jessie started tweeting their ratings of what they saw of their home broadcast space.
But scoring a top-notch score is easier said than done. “It’s hard to get and requires perfect visual representation,” explained Claude. 10 points is given only when “there’s nothing to change.”
Meanwhile, presidential historian Michael Benchloss has won Claude’s and Jessie’s hearts and “it's their favorite room so far.” The worst setups are the so-called “hostage videos” that are shot against a blank wall.A common item found in most of the background setups is a bookshelf. Claude is certain that shelves “can be overdone/done wrong, but when used effectively, are successful.”
I don't like white walls. Reminds me of my first apartment I couldn't paint.
He's been a better interviewee/interviewer since leaving the obese pathological lying vindictive narcissistic imbecile with the emotional maturity of a toddler (AKA tRump).
My husband would go totally apeshit over that model boat. Wouldn’t even know the rest of the room existed.
Julie Andrews could be sitting in front of a dumpster and she'd still rate an 8/10 at least!
He's opted for the clever corner shot... hence the singular bookcase and no wall hangings.
That plant can't possibly be in that spot or you can't open the cabinet
Pasty and washed-out... the wall and the man. I expected a better lair, filled with cool gadgets from Mr Zuckerberg.
Note: this post originally had 60 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
Oh, they take the time to tag in who they're rating which is awesome. it means the dozens of opinions are also tagged in and everyone gets to make sure their unkindness is seen by the person. Would be awful if someone was oblivious to the fact people don't like their wallpaper.
The commentary on their rooms might be even less relevant than the “famous” status of mostly normal people who got interviewed in their homes (most of them were not classically famous but like reporters, doctors, security council, etc.). Get a plant/lamp/art... in the middle of a pandemic when millions are out of work, thousands are dying and it's ridiculous to go buy that stuff... And then when they have the stuff, the comment is it's a bit formulaic. Really? Lol. Somebody seems really bored. That's cool, but I'm definitely not bored enough to get through this list. Have a plant? Good for you? Don't have one? That's ok too. Right now we're all doing the best we can to get by and if you're on tv with useful information that is helping people, or on there because you've done something decent for humanity, than thank you and who cares if the bookcase is too narrow or the lamp is the wrong style.
Not to say that any or all the people were unimportant; some fluff pieces and such likely included and likely some important pieces and work too. Just meant not all celebrities and the normal "famous" people that seem to be getting the majority of society's angst at the moment (a few A listers in there).
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Most of these people aren’t famous really, they’re just people who are being interviewed on the news like politicians and business owners, analysts and stuff. The only cheesy celebs were Robert Downey and Alicia Keys.
Load More Replies... Not to say that any or all the people were unimportant; some fluff pieces and such likely included and likely some important pieces and work too. Just meant not all celebrities and the normal "famous" people that seem to be getting the majority of society's angst at the moment (a few A listers in there).
I'd like to quiz people on the books in the background. So pretentious, and I guarantee that less than 1/3 of them have been read.
Why so? Most of these people are over 50, most of them have jobs that imply reading (actors, who read preparing for roles, mostly). I expect them to have read quite a few books.
Load More Replies... Oh, they take the time to tag in who they're rating which is awesome. it means the dozens of opinions are also tagged in and everyone gets to make sure their unkindness is seen by the person. Would be awful if someone was oblivious to the fact people don't like their wallpaper.
The commentary on their rooms might be even less relevant than the “famous” status of mostly normal people who got interviewed in their homes (most of them were not classically famous but like reporters, doctors, security council, etc.). Get a plant/lamp/art... in the middle of a pandemic when millions are out of work, thousands are dying and it's ridiculous to go buy that stuff... And then when they have the stuff, the comment is it's a bit formulaic. Really? Lol. Somebody seems really bored. That's cool, but I'm definitely not bored enough to get through this list. Have a plant? Good for you? Don't have one? That's ok too. Right now we're all doing the best we can to get by and if you're on tv with useful information that is helping people, or on there because you've done something decent for humanity, than thank you and who cares if the bookcase is too narrow or the lamp is the wrong style.
Not to say that any or all the people were unimportant; some fluff pieces and such likely included and likely some important pieces and work too. Just meant not all celebrities and the normal "famous" people that seem to be getting the majority of society's angst at the moment (a few A listers in there).
Load More Replies... No need to worry about the empty tequila bottle. That's a normal find in a writer's home.
Most of these people aren’t famous really, they’re just people who are being interviewed on the news like politicians and business owners, analysts and stuff. The only cheesy celebs were Robert Downey and Alicia Keys.
Load More Replies... Not to say that any or all the people were unimportant; some fluff pieces and such likely included and likely some important pieces and work too. Just meant not all celebrities and the normal "famous" people that seem to be getting the majority of society's angst at the moment (a few A listers in there).
I'd like to quiz people on the books in the background. So pretentious, and I guarantee that less than 1/3 of them have been read.
Why so? Most of these people are over 50, most of them have jobs that imply reading (actors, who read preparing for roles, mostly). I expect them to have read quite a few books.
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