Gavin McInnes tells conservatives: Stop ‘pearl-clutching’ over Kimmel’s 'expectant widow' joke



Two days before the White House Correspondents' Dinner, late-night comedy host Jimmy Kimmel, parodying the upcoming event, made a joke that Melania Trump had “a glow like an expectant widow.”

Many found the joke insensitive and inflammatory, especially given the repeated assassination attempts against President Trump — the most recent of which happened at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, during which a gunman rushed a security checkpoint and fired multiple shots in hopes of killing Trump and other administrative officials.

Kimmel doubled down on his joke in the wake of the WHCD assassination attempt, insisting that the widow joke wasn’t about assassination but Trump’s old age.

President Trump, Melania, and many other prominent conservatives are actively calling for Kimmel’s firing.

But some conservatives are pushing back. One of them is Canadian writer, podcaster, and political commentator Gavin McInnes.

“We got to drop the pearl-clutching,” he told Glenn Beck on a recent episode of “The Glenn Beck Program,” “because you lose the youth if you clutch the pearls, and if you don’t have youth on your side, you’re done, and we have the youth on our side right now.”

Further, McInnes believes that Kimmel really was joking about Trump and Melania’s age gap.

“The joke was way before the [White House] Correspondents' Dinner, and he always jokes about their age gap,” he says, encouraging conservatives to learn how to “take [a joke] on the chin.”

There are limitations though.

When people are “calling for violence,” that’s where we draw the line, says McInnes, citing multiple examples, including comedian Kathy Griffin’s 2017 stunt where she held up a prop that looked like a bloody, severed head resembling Donald Trump.

But Kimmel, he argues, made a genuine, albeit “cruel,” joke.

He calls conservatives out for spinning a narrative about Kimmel’s “expectant widow” comment that just isn’t true.

“That's what the left does. That's propaganda. They twist things, and I don't want to join that club,” he says.

To hear Glenn’s response, watch the video above.

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'Start to plan': Kathy Griffin calls on her followers to 'find out' if their neighbors are MAGA supporters



While the Trump administration has been making every effort to resume control over Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations following a couple of fatal shootings earlier this month, leftists have continued to press their foot on the proverbial accelerator in their race to chaos.

On Thursday afternoon, a clip of self-described "comedian" Kathy Griffin urging her followers to follow in the footsteps of violent agitators in Minnesota went viral.

'Sorry, but we have to know who's on our team, and start to plan.'

Addressing those in her audience who are "awake," Kathy Griffin refers to the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both of whom provoked law enforcement in the minutes leading up to their death, as "murders." She uses these examples as well as the immigration detention centers, which she calls "concentration camps," as proof that it is time to take action.

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"So take that in, and I know you don't want to participate in something radical. I don't either. I wish I could just go on the road and do my funny stories about celebrities or making fun of politicians, but not even have to acknowledge this. But it is happening all around you."

She goes on to talk about ICE enforcement in her hometown of Los Angeles, suggesting that the resistance model in Minnesota is something to follow:

And I think it's time to talk to your neighbors, find out if they're MAGA or not. Sorry, but we have to know who's on our team, and start to plan. Is there a way we can do something as a community? When I hear from my followers in Minnesota, they describe a very sophisticated channel of a system of things that they do to help one another. And they use encrypted apps, and like I said, everyone has whistles and honks their horn. But they organize in small groups. And they've told me that they learned this from the George Floyd incident.

Griffin was apparently referring to the leaked alleged Signal chats in Minneapolis that independent journalist Cam Higby exposed within the last week.

"Live your life, but be conscious of this. And if you're silent, you're complicit," Griffin says near the end of the clip.

The clip posted by Libs of TikTok garnered nearly 600,000 views by Friday morning.

Kathy Griffin has 1.7 million followers on X and 864,000 followers on Instagram.

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Jimmy Kimmel and late-night hosts torch comedy with Epstein and anti-Trump rants



Whether it’s Jimmy Kimmel’s increasingly unhinged rhetoric or carbon-copy monologues from all the late-night hosts accusing President Trump of having a relationship with Epstein — comedy has taken a serious nose dive.

And BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere is among those getting a little tired of it.

“Late-night hosts have come to this place where now they seemingly, anytime Trump does anything, they just accuse it as being somehow tied to the Epstein files,” BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere tells film critic and reporter Christian Toto on “Stu Does America.”

“Jimmy Kimmel ... he’s one of the smallest, and he obviously had this big back-and-forth with the president where he tried to be Mr. Tough Guy, and he was praised by Hollywood and the left for this,” he continues.


“He’s calling him a maniac for not only just killing people overseas but killing an unarmed 37-year-old woman during the ICE operation. He put a shirt on TV that said Donald Trump is going to come kill you. This is a man who’s almost been assassinated multiple times,” he adds.

“Yeah, squint all you want. You’re not going to see comedy,” Toto responds. “That’s not even the point at this point.”

“You know, the thing that makes me really sad about the culture at large is that I think it was 2017, Kathy Griffin put up that fake Trump head, you know, it was bloody, it was disgusting. And collectively, as a culture, we recoiled, and her career just vanished overnight,” he continues.

However, while Griffin's move was career-ending, Toto points out that today no one would bat an eye.

“I think people on the right would blink for sure, and they’d be upset about it, but I think center-left people, people who just go about their day-to-day business, I don’t think anyone would bat an eye. ... And Jimmy Kimmel is part of the reason why,” he says, adding, “And what he’s doing is wildly irresponsible.”

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One babble after another: A-list antifa can't stop trashing Trump



The walls are closing in!

Celebrities are turning up the rhetorical heat on President Donald Trump, proving once more that they didn’t learn their lesson from the last election.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s film oozes Oscar-season buzz. It’s a celebration of political violence and a mash note to anti-ICE attacks.

“Hacks” star Jean Smart just gave a shout-out to the latest No Kings rally, suggesting that President Trump is a dictator in waiting, or Hitler or, well, fill in the blank.

The current resident of the White House thinks that he has everybody fooled, but he has made it abundantly clear that he admires dictators and wishes to be one. And ironically this country was founded on a rebellion against having a king. So it’s ironic. The most patriotic thing that you can do is say, "No Kings." A king does not belong in the United States of America. So please, find a peaceful No Kings protest near you.

Peaceful? Now, that’s funnier than any “Hacks” subplot.

Not to be outdone, former D-list doyenne Kathy Griffin joined the conspiracy mob in alleging that Donald Trump didn’t win the 2024 election fair and square. Her proof? Hey, who needs proof?

Griffin used Trump’s former bestie, Elon Musk, to explain the theft.

Anyway, he's a, but he's a professional Nazi in my humble opinion, and he's good friends with Trump, and at one point, I don't know if you remember, but he was giving out million-dollar checks to people if they would vote for Trump. That's illegal. It's unconstitutional and illegal, so that was happening, and the fact that Trump won all seven swing states, which has never happened in the history of the U.S., makes it all very suspicious to me.

It's Fake News with a heaping helping of hysteria. At least no heads were severed along the way.

And then there’s singer/actress Renee Rapp. The “Mean Girls 2.0” star shouted “F**k ICE” and “F**k Trump” at a recent concert.

Gosh, Trump better resign before it's too late …

Squander lust

A million dollars here, a million dollars there, and all of a sudden, you’re talking about real money.

That’s Hollywood accounting, and it explains why Warner Bros. won’t sweat losing a cool $100 million on “One Battle After Another.” That’s despite endless fawning media coverage and a star-studded cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s film oozes Oscar-season buzz. It’s a celebration of political violence and a mash note to anti-ICE attacks.

Liberal film critics love it, of course, but the inconvenient truth is that the movie will lose a fortune at the box office. The budget is just too big, and normie moviegoers would rather watch “Black Phone 2.” At least that film understands that the franchise’s child-killer, played by Ethan Hawke once more, is the bad guy and we’re meant to root against him.

For most companies, a loss like that would be catastrophic, but movie studios are perfectly fine with that kind of a fiscal gut punch. Why? The film is going to earn endless Oscar nominations and countless awards-season hosannas, and it’s the perfect Resistance storytelling.

Remember, it’s show "business," with an asterisk …

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Hamas helpers

Who knew there were adults in the room within the Hollywood community? Paramount recently punched back against nearly 4,000 stars blacklisting Israel-linked projects. Now, it’s Warner Bros.’ turn:

Our policies prohibit discrimination of any kind, including discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, or ancestry. We believe a boycott of Israeli film institutions violates our policies. While we respect the rights of individuals and groups to express their views and advocate for causes, we will continue to align our business practices with the requirements of our policies and the law.

It's no accident that the announcement came after the Trump administration’s historic peace agreement in the Middle East. Still, we’ll applaud any baby steps toward a steel spine in La-La Land …

West wingnut

Bradley Whitford isn’t a big name like Griffin or Rob Reiner, but his TDS can stand toe to toe with the best of the worst. The "West Wing” alum raged against ICE and the GOP in toto this week, out-hyperbolizing even “The View” crew.

“I am living in a world where we have internment camps. … And the thing that's very upsetting to me right now, and we're giving these internment camps funny names. Like, they're some fun to be had in the inhumanity of it all. It's a very strange time for me.”

Maybe he’s mad because he thought of "Alligator Alcatraz" first but didn’t copyright it?

Elon Musk reinstates Babylon Bee, Jordan Peterson, and Kathy Griffin on Twitter – decision on Donald Trump ban hangs in the balance



Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced that several formerly suspended accounts have been reinstated. However, a decision regarding repealing the ban of former President Donald Trump has yet to be made.

Musk announced a "new Twitter policy" regarding freedom of speech that would penalize "negative" and "hate" tweets by diminishing their reach on the social media platform.

"New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach," Musk tweeted on Friday. "Negative/hate tweets will be max deboosted & demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter. You won’t find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, which is no different from rest of Internet."

Musk noted that only the "negative" tweets would be deboosted, but not the entire Twitter account.

Musk did not specify what qualifies a tweet to be "negative" or "hate" and did not say who would determine what tweets are harmful.

Musk then revealed that the Babylon Bee, Jordan Peterson, and Kathy Griffin "have been reinstated."

However, he added, "Trump decision has not yet been made."

\u201cKathie Griffin, Jorden Peterson & Babylon Bee have been reinstated.\n\nTrump decision has not yet been made.\u201d
— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1668796307

The Babylon Bee – a satirical political website – was suspended in March for posting an article titled: "The Babylon Bee's Man Of The Year Is Rachel Levine."

Levine is President Joe Biden's assistant secretary for health in the Department of Health and Human Services. Levine is a biological male who is now openly transgender.

The post was flagged as "'hateful conduct," and the account was suspended.

The Babylon Bee responded to its reinstatement with a tweet that read: "We're back. Let that sink in."

The tweet references a pun Musk made last month when he first entered the Twitter headquarters while carrying a sink.

\u201cWe're back. Let that sink in.\u201d
— The Babylon Bee (@The Babylon Bee) 1668795937

Peterson was banned in July for "hateful conduct" regarding tweets mentioning Elliot Page. The professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Toronto called Page the previous name before the transgender transition or what is known as deadnaming. Deadnaming is referring to a transgender person as the name that was used before the transition.

Griffin was suspended earlier this month for impersonating Musk. Even before Musk took over Twitter, it was against the social media network's terms of service to impersonate someone.

Trump was banned from Twitter in January 2021. Twitter said Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter "due to the risk of further incitement of violence" surrounding the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building.

Glenn Beck interviewed Trump on Election Day and asked if he plans to return to Twitter.

"You know, I have something that I think you're familiar with," Trump told Beck. "I have something called 'Truth [Social],' and Truth has been amazing. Actually, I like it better ... and I own Truth also, to be honest with you. So, it's become quite valuable. We have, you know, millions of people on there — millions — and it's gaining rapidly."

Kathy Griffin uses her dead mother's Twitter account to resume war with Elon Musk after getting suspended from platform for impersonating him



Comedian and left-wing attack dog Kathy Griffin began using her dead mother's Twitter account to continue doing battle with new Twitter owner Elon Musk after she was suspended from the social media platform Sunday for impersonating him.

\u201c@elonmusk I\u2019m back from the grave to say\u2026\n#FreeKathy \n#TipIt\u201d
— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1667775222

"I'm back from the grave to say ... #FreeKathy ..." the account for Griffin's late mother read Sunday evening. That was followed by the following message: "Apologize in advance for all the comments you’re gonna have to read about how ugly I am, and they’re probably gonna throw you in there, too. Oh, by the way this is KG. I’m tweeting from my dead mother’s account. She would not mind."

Musk, as he is wont to do, expertly trolled Griffin, noting on Twitter that "actually, she was suspended for impersonating a comedian" — a quip that's garnered nearly 450,000 likes and counting since Sunday evening.

He wasn't done:

\u201c@bennyjohnson @kathygriffin For $8\u201d
— Benny Johnson (@Benny Johnson) 1667777736

Griffin gets all worked up

Griffin can be a relentlessly surly soul when she's offended. We're talking about someone who accused a non-celebrity of attending the Jan. 6 riots and reported the person to the FBI — all after this everyday individual called Griffin "despicable."

So you know she's obsessed with digging into Musk with her myriad claws.

After Musk joked that Griffin was "suspended for impersonating a comedian," she got predictably fired up:

\u201c@elonmusk @bennyjohnson @kathygriffin I mean\u2026 you stole that joke, you asshole. People have been posting that joke for hours, you hack.\nLook, please do a better job running this company. It used to mean something. \nThis is KG btw\u201d
— Benny Johnson (@Benny Johnson) 1667777736

“I mean… you stole that joke, you asshole,” she wrote from her deceased mom's account. “People have been posting that joke for hours, you hack. Look, please do a better job running this company. It used to mean something. This is KG btw.”

Some other tries from Griffin:

\u201c@saraschaefer1 I honestly think it\u2019s because it\u2019s me, and because the tweets I was trying to write in his voice were pro democrats and had hashtags like #VoteBlueToProtectWomen and #voteblue and pro @BetoORourke etc.\nOh Sara, this is KG btw.\u201d
— Maggie Griffin (@Maggie Griffin) 1667791219
\u201cElon, this is Maggie contacting you from the spirit world tell u\u2026you\u2019re a douchebag. This is not parody. This is the actual ghost of Kathy Griffin\u2019s boxed wine loving mother saying I\u2019m gonna get tipsy & throw my bingo cards at you! NOT A PARODY. \nTo the moon, a**hole. #FreeKathy\u201d
— Maggie Griffin (@Maggie Griffin) 1667835391

The New York Post noted that Griffin "risks getting her mom’s account suspended too because Twitter’s 'ban evasion policy' clearly states that 'Twitter reserves the right to also permanently suspend any other account we believe the same account holder or entity may be operating in violation of our earlier suspension, regardless of when the other account was created.'"

Griffin's long line of nastiness

Back in 2017, Griffin was granted a short respite from her life on the D list after infamously posing with a fake bloody head of then-President Donald Trump during a photo shoot. She soon apologized in the wake of massive backlash, and the stunt earned her a visit from the Secret Service. Later that year, Griffin took back her apology.

As readers of TheBlaze know all too well, Griffin's nastiness is legendary:

Kathy Griffin's Twitter account gets suspended after impersonating Elon Musk, new CEO announces strict rules against impersonations



Comedian and progressive activist Kathy Griffin had her Twitter account suspended on Sunday after violating the social media platform's terms of service. Griffin had been impersonating Elon Musk on Twitter.

Griffin altered her Twitter account to make it appear that it was Musk's official page. She changed her feature image to the same photo that Musk has and renamed her account to "Elon Musk."

Screenshots show Griffin was also impersonating Musk in her tweets. In the impersonating tweets, Griffin instructed people to vote for Democrats in the midterm elections.

\u201cThese celebrities impersonating @elonmusk to attempt and influence people on how to vote is the weirdest celebrity trend. The latest is d lister @kathygriffin.\u201d
— Russian Bot Barbie \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udc71\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f (@Russian Bot Barbie \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udc71\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f) 1667762910
\u201cWelp, Kathy Griffin is about to be deleted from Twitter for impersonating @ElonMusk. And of course, she is trying to manipulate people to think he wants them to vote for the Democrats. Typical dirty tricks. #Midterms2022 #Election2022 #MAGA\u201d
— Gays For TRUMP (@Gays For TRUMP) 1667763547

Griffin's Twitter account was suspended.

\u201cBREAKING: @KathyGriffin has been permanently suspended from Twitter for impersonating @ElonMusk\u201d
— Benny Johnson (@Benny Johnson) 1667777736

Even before Musk took over Twitter, it was against the social media network's terms of service to impersonate someone.

You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on Twitter.

We want Twitter to be a place where people can find authentic voices. That means one should be able to trust that the person or organization featured in an account’s profile genuinely represents the account owner. While you are not required to display your real name or image on your profile, your account should not engage in impersonation or pose as someone who doesn’t exist in order to deceive others. Accounts that use deceptive identities can create confusion, as well as undermine the integrity of conversations on Twitter. For this reason, you may not misappropriate the identity of another person, group, or organization, or create a fake identity for deceptive purposes.

Accounts that impersonate others face profile modifications, temporary account suspension, and permanent suspension.

On Sunday, Musk issued a stern warning for anyone thinking about impersonating other accounts.

"Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying 'parody' will be permanently suspended," Musk tweeted. "Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning."

"This wil l be clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue," the Twitter CEO stated.

\u201cPreviously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning. \n\nThis will be clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue.\u201d
— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1667775222

Griffin previously besmirched Musk as a "white supremacist."

"Think of the damage Zuckerberg has done. Musk is a Piers Morgan level media thirsty, vindictive, white supremacist who is looking to convince you he is an innovative disruptor," Griffin said in April.

Musk replied, "The extreme antibody reaction from those who fear free speech says it all."

Musk added, "By 'free speech', I simply mean that which matches the law. I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law. If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect. Therefore, going beyond the law is contrary to the will of the people."

Comedian Kathy Griffin declares, 'If you don't want a Civil War, vote for Democrats,' but 'If you do want Civil War, vote Republican'



Comedian Kathy Griffin posted a tweet on Tuesday declaring that people who do not want the U.S. to descend into civil war should support Democrats during the 2022 midterm election, while those who want a civil war should back the GOP.

"If you don’t want a Civil War, vote for Democrats in November. If you do want Civil War, vote Republican," Griffin tweeted.

Some on social media suggested that Griffin's post represented a threat, though the comedian pushed back against that idea.

"This is WRONG. Crazy Hollywood Leftie threatening 'Civil War' if Dems don’t win. Sadly, this is today’s Left: angry, hateful & violent," GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas tweeted.

\u201cThis is WRONG.\n\nCrazy Hollywood Leftie threatening \u201cCivil War\u201d if Dems don\u2019t win.\n\nSadly, this is today\u2019s Left: angry, hateful & violent.\u201d
— Ted Cruz (@Ted Cruz) 1662496987

"So the logic of this tweet is that the left will start a civil war if Republicans win?" tweeted Vince Coglianese, who hosts a radio program and is the Daily Caller's editorial director.

In 2017, Griffin posed while holding an object meant to resemble a bloody version of President Donald Trump's head.

An individual replied to Griffin's "Civil War" tweet on Tuesday by sharing that bloody head photo and commenting, "We had your civil war for six years now. We're used to it." Griffin responded by posting clown emojis.

\u201c@Ron4California \ud83e\udd21\ud83e\udd21\ud83e\udd21\u201d
— Kathy Griffin (@Kathy Griffin) 1662484916

Responding to Griffin's post about the 2022 elections, Kristina Wong of Breitbart remarked that the tweet "sounds like a threat."

Griffin responded to Wong's post by writing, "You guys. The maga blue checks are at it again. Because they are constantly threatening Civil War, they are now trying to suggest that I am the one who is threatening a Civil War. Because you know, that’s my thing," the comedian wrote, adding in an eye-roll emoji.

\u201cYou guys. The maga blue checks are at it again. Because they are constantly threatening Civil War, they are now trying to suggest that I am the one who is threatening a Civil War. Because you know, that\u2019s my thing. \ud83d\ude44\u201d
— Kathy Griffin (@Kathy Griffin) 1662493678

Griffin retweeted and thanked an individual who wrote, "People purposefully misconstruing what Kathy Griffin tweeted is so 2022. She means that Reps WANT civil war and Dems don't. It's not a threat, it's an observation."

\u201cThank you. \ud83d\udc95\ud83d\ude4f\u201d
— Kathy Griffin (@Kathy Griffin) 1662505910

Earlier this year Griffin described billionaire business magnate Elon Musk as "a Piers Morgan level media thirsty, vindictive, white supremacist who is looking to convince you he is an innovative disruptor."

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Comedian Kathy Griffin calls Elon Musk a 'white supremacist'



Comedian Kathy Griffin called business magnate Elon Musk a "white supremacist" in a tweet on Monday.

While attacking Musk, Griffin also took a swipe at media figure Piers Morgan who fired back, referencing Griffin's controversial decision years ago to pose with an object that looked like the bloodied head of then-President Donald Trump.

"Think of the damage Zuckerberg has done. Musk is a Piers Morgan level media thirsty, vindictive, white supremacist who is looking to convince you he is an innovative disruptor," Griffin declared.

"I don't think @elonmusk should take vindictive lectures from someone who gleefully posed with a mocked-up model of a US President’s severed head, then played the pitiful victim card to get herself out of any accountability for such a vile stunt," Morgan responded.

I don\u2019t think @elonmusk should take vindictive lectures from someone who gleefully posed with a mocked-up model of a US President\u2019s severed head, then played the pitiful victim card to get herself out of any accountability for such a vile stunt.https://twitter.com/kathygriffin/status/1518621795569438721\u00a0\u2026
— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1650929386

Musk has reached a deal to buy Twitter and plans to make the platform a place where people can engage in free speech.

"The extreme antibody reaction from those who fear free speech says it all," Musk tweeted on Tuesday.

"That was quick," Griffin tweeted in response to Musk's post.

Musk later added, "By 'free speech', I simply mean that which matches the law. I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law. If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect. Therefore, going beyond the law is contrary to the will of the people."

Shaun King has said Musk's desire to buy the company is "about white power."

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts claimed that the "deal is dangerous for our democracy."

"Let us be clear: It isn’t free speech Elon Musk is defending. It is truly free speech he fears — a society in which the chance to be heard is abundant and free and equitably distributed," Anand Giridharadas tweeted on Tuesday.

Howard Dean, a former Vermont governor and former chair of the Democratic National Convention, tweeted on Monday that "If Musk takes over Twitter I will be off within a few hours."

Dean's account "no longer exists," according to the platform.

Twitter announced on Monday that the company "entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk, for $54.20 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately $44 billion. Upon completion of the transaction, Twitter will become a privately held company."