Althouse: Oh! I found the "ratbag" video!

May 13, 2026

Oh! I found the "ratbag" video!

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We discussed the Rod Stewart quote based on the text alone, yesterday, here.

30 comments:

Paddy O said...: Rod Stewart is immensely talented and has had a big impact. Yet, the irony in all this is that of the many famous musicians out there, he is among the most rodent looking. He could play a live action cartoon remake as a singer in a rat band without much makeup.; 5/13/26, 8:34 AM
rehajm said...: He’s Any Capp; 5/13/26, 8:35 AM
rehajm said...: He’s Andy Capp; 5/13/26, 8:35 AM
RideSpaceMountain said...: I'd love to hear what he thought of "No Kings".; 5/13/26, 8:41 AM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: As usual, President Trump was a gracious and generous host who praised England and King Cuck lavishly. Also as usual, leftist libtard scumbags return Trump's grace and generosity with snide, sniveling, chickenshit insults once they are far away and safely in the company of their fellow cowards and asswipes.; 5/13/26, 8:41 AM
Enigma said...: I could read this as sarcastic satire or a stage whisper. One doesn't casually say the phrase "ratbag" when speaking to the king in front of numerous cameras.

It's not clear to me that Charles did anything to put Trump in his place either.

Deadpan humor?; 5/13/26, 8:45 AM
Charlie said...: My understanding is that Rod lives in Palm Beach FL, not far from Mar-A-Lago. There's got to be photos of him a Trump together.; 5/13/26, 8:58 AM
Iman said...: OT… or is it…

Mrs B
@attackdogX
In 454 schools across England, white British children make up less than 2% of the school population.

In 72 schools across England, there is not a single white British child in attendance.

This is ethnic cleansing on a devastating scale.; 5/13/26, 8:59 AM
Iman said...: “He could play a live action cartoon remake as a singer in a rat band without much makeup.”

Rod teh Mod and Ron Wood had a running joke where they were the big-nosed book ends on the Faces.; 5/13/26, 9:03 AM
Mary Beth said...: There's got to be photos of him a Trump together.

Or maybe he's nursing a grudge from not being invited back when celebrities still wanted to be invited to parties by Trump.; 5/13/26, 9:06 AM
Lazarus said...: Love the parody public school outfit, Rod.
It doesn't make you a real toff.
However, your knighthood may.; 5/13/26, 9:16 AM
Earnest Prole said...: One man’s Ratbag is another man’s Golden Calf.; 5/13/26, 9:18 AM
Achilles said...: The British Elite are true scumbags.

Stewart needs to be forced to live in his new Muslim paradise with the poor and working class.

He only says this garbage because he lives in a mansion.; 5/13/26, 9:19 AM
Temujin said...: Great that the guy who spent 7 decades living a notoriously debauched life, finds some sort of standards in his 81st year, and has the gall to look smug about it.; 5/13/26, 9:25 AM
Howard said...: One man's golden calf is another man's orange Michelin Man. You have to admit that Rod looks pretty good for an 81-year-old dude. It must be those special protein shakes he used to indulge in.; 5/13/26, 9:26 AM
Howard said...: Yes, Rod Stewart has revealed that his wife, Penny Lancaster, banned him from being friends with and attending events hosted by Donald Trump.The Reason: Lancaster decided to end the friendship due to Donald Trump's controversial and derogatory comments about women, which she reportedly labeled a "disgrace".The Context: Stewart and Trump were previously neighbors in Palm Beach, Florida, and were friendly for years, with Stewart attending Trump’s Christmas parties and balls.The Ban: Stewart explained that while he used to go to these events, his wife put a stop to it, saying, "you're not going - he's a disgrace".Further Developments: In 2025, it was reported that Lancaster told Stewart he was "never allowed near" Trump again, citing "dangerous rhetoric".; 5/13/26, 9:28 AM
NKP said...: Re. Achilles: I'm on board with many of your views, but Rod wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth - he went out and earned his own spoon.

As for the elites, they are damn strange in nearly countless ways but it's wrong to lable them "pussies" (even when you think...).

WW I was a great meat-grinder of wars and Tommy This and Tommy That lie in great numbers beneath Flanders Fields but the English demographic who paid the highest price proportionally was the aristocracy.

Many incompetent boobs among them, but there was this thing about duty and honor that compelled them.

Of course there was also the fact that sons other than first born did not inherit. Maintaining 'status' required life in the clergy, colonies or uniform.; 5/13/26, 9:57 AM
RCOCEAN II said...: Stewart was upset that Trump dissed the UK military efforts in the Afghanistan "operation". The UK lost about 450 men during "obama's war" in Afghanistan. Given their history, you'd think the Brits would stay out of Afghanistan, but they seem drawn to the place like flies to fly paper.; 5/13/26, 10:03 AM
RCOCEAN II said...: BTW, its impossible to take these Leftwing/liberal women seriously when they talk about "Trumps comments on women". OK, so where's their disdain for Billie Bob's actions? Or Polankski or Havvery weinstein or (fill in Democrat man-pig)?

There just libtards following the party line and hating Trump because he's not part of their "team".; 5/13/26, 10:05 AM
RCOCEAN II said...: BTW, its hard to care about insults from an uneducated Rock and Roll star. Or what King Charles thinks of trump. That whole Diana thing - what a lowclass soap opera.; 5/13/26, 10:08 AM
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Aggie said...: Who'd have thought that Rod Stewart would be the one to be pussy-whipped by his third wife?

Personally I thought he was getting a mild sarcastic dig in at Charles. I wonder where Rod spends most of his time, these days.; 5/13/26, 11:09 AM
narciso said...: A fair point, although helmand was famously a slaughterhouse like the early zulu wars; 5/13/26, 12:15 PM
narciso said...: So a former lingerie model and reality show contestant ' dont get over your skies dear; 5/13/26, 12:26 PM
bagoh20 said...: So a cuck calls Trump a name. That's not news. That's following orders.; 5/13/26, 12:28 PM
narciso said...: Tampon chuck didnt seem to be agitated; 5/13/26, 12:32 PM
Achilles said...: NKP said...
Re. Achilles: I'm on board with many of your views, but Rod wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth - he went out and earned his own spoon.

Whatever he was before doesn’t matter much.

Right now he is a worthless cuck married to a cum dumpster witch begging for crumbs in Davos.; 5/13/26, 12:47 PM
Jupiter said...: I don't think there is an actual object called a "ratbag", so I suppose it must be a back-formation from of "scumbag", meaning a used condom. Or possibly "douchebag", although using that term as an insult is probably now regarded as misogyny.; 5/13/26, 1:37 PM
bagoh20 said...: The meaning of RATBAG is a stupid, eccentric, or disagreeable person.
Also: Ratbag, also known as Ratbag the Coward, is an Uruk in Middle-earth. He is a member of Sauron's Army in Udûn.; 5/13/26, 2:41 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: What's most telling about this exchange is not that Rod Stewart called Trump a "rat bag" but that King Charles was delighted by that description.; 5/13/26, 6:01 PM