{"id":62152,"date":"2021-07-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/62152\/people-are-confused-by-new-stars-illustrated-gebran-bassil-interview"},"modified":"2021-07-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T00:00:00","slug":"people-are-confused-by-new-stars-illustrated-gebran-bassil-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62152\/people-are-confused-by-new-stars-illustrated-gebran-bassil-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"People Are Confused By New &#8220;Stars Illustrated&#8221; Gebran Bassil Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"You&#8217;ve probably heard of a magazine called &#8220;Sports Illustrated&#8221; complete with stunning athletic people, but have you ever come across &#8220;Stars Illustrated&#8221;? Of course you haven&#8217;t! Google has barely come across this bizarre new publication.<br \/>  <br \/>  On the cover of the upcoming edition is none other than former Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil. Bassil can be seen posing with arms crossed, while the editorial is sprinkled with some hilarious tidbits like &#8220;Dr. Mireille Saba Redford explosive &#038; uncensored interview with Gibran Bassil&#8221;. <br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.giphy.com\/media\/3otPoGtwmlYfLUSX5K\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  In the interview, he makes a few outlandish statements like:<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  &#8211; I was offered to be a rock star in the US but chose sanctions<br \/>  <br \/>  &#8211; Moral assassination is much harder than the physical assassination<br \/>  <br \/>  &#8211; Lebanon in not a hotel! <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Needless to say, Twitter was abuzz with reactions. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">R these headlines for real  What a joke <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MIyePkx6pY\">pic.twitter.com\/MIyePkx6pY<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Larissa Aoun (@LarissaAounSky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarissaAounSky\/status\/1411953991525732355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gebran_Bassil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Gebran_Bassil<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rd9evy51zf\">https:\/\/t.co\/rd9evy51zf<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Adel Nehmeh (@AdelNehmeh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdelNehmeh\/status\/1411952282934165506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here are some sentences from the report on Gebran Bassil <br><br>\u201cThe man who was once called \u2018sleepless\u2019 still gets by on a few hours\u2019 sleep but manages to look so peaceful and calm.\u201d<br><br>&#8220;I was offered to be a rock star in the US but chose sanctions,&#8221; Bassil said <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8cyFGOxtfL\">pic.twitter.com\/8cyFGOxtfL<\/a><\/p>\u2014 (@OmarTamo19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OmarTamo19\/status\/1411801891206479873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">Stars illustrated <br>&#8220;&#8221;! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kB6fBw8rz5\">pic.twitter.com\/kB6fBw8rz5<\/a><\/p>\u2014 El Jeke (@Eljeke5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eljeke5\/status\/1411957566159179780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve probably heard of a magazine called &#8220;Sports Illustrated&#8221; complete with stunning athletic people, but have you ever come across &#8220;Stars Illustrated&#8221;? 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