Let us now praise awful men: C’mon on down Jensen Huang! The latest in this week’s roll call of dickheads

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P oor old Jensen Huang – one minute you’re Charles-in-charge of a super-bougie tech co, the next minute the world is sniggering at your midlife crisis leather jackets. Poor Lo ...

Jensen Huang’s misdemeanors lean towards corporate rather than carnal, but it’s the odour of his entitlement that stinks. Photo / Getty Images

Poor old Jensen Huang – one minute you’re Charles-in-charge of a super-bougie tech co, the next minute the world is sniggering at your midlife crisis leather jackets. Poor Lori Huang, many a commentator is writing: husband of 40+ years outed as a philanderer, now being marched off to Washington to answer uncomfortable questions about his relationship with Alice Huang (no relation), alleged to be a Chinese spy. Mrs Huang, you’re well rid. I hope your lawyer is already six screens deep in your trust asset sheet.

Ol’ fancy pants Huang is accused of inappropriate relationships with women who are not Mrs Huang and one of whom may be a honeytrap from the pages of Ian Fleming. A spy who pretended to love him or not, at least Alice Huang (49) and another woman he’s linked with are within cooee of his age (63) and the allegations pertain to whispered secrets and workarounds of sales of AI-powering computer chips to the banned bogeyman, China.

Then there’s “comedian” David Walliams. Cringe-funny back in the day as half of Little Britain, TV talent show judge (until that came unstuck), author of books kids seem to love, parents not so much. Walliams went to great efforts to stop the Guardian and ITN publishing a cache of testaments to his proclivity for coming on strong to teen girls. The time to appeal lapsed, the “well-known celebrity” description, dropped and Walliams named.

It’s important to note Walliams has not been charged with any crime. What he might be guilty of is grooming girls as young as 15. No charges have been laid. He is definitely guilty of being a total arse whose sense of celebrity rights saw nothing wrong with his offers of mentorship – “he said he would help me develop comedy scripts” – or inviting teenage girls backstage to hang out in his Britain’s Got Talent dressing room.

As with all these celebrity trainwrecks…

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