Meet the ‘new’ Elizabeth Holmes: She’s ditched the turtlenecks, deserted the bizarre voice, and desires you to name her Liz
There is a new Elizabeth Holmes on the town, not less than in line with The New York Instances — however nobody’s actually falling for it.
You in all probability know Holmes because the throaty-voiced, black turtleneck- and purple lipstick-wearing founding father of blood-testing startup Theranos. , the one convicted on 4 counts of fraud and conspiracy, and sentenced to 11 years in jail.
A Might 7 profile of Holmes in The Instances, nevertheless, presents the world with the picture of “Liz.” She’s a loved-up mom of two who wears a “bucket hat and sun shades” and walks in regards to the San Diego Zoo speaking to a reporter about her unbelievable life in a “comfortable, barely low, however completely unremarkable voice.”
The piece makes an attempt to attract a parallel between the Elizabeth who was convicted of 4 counts of fraud and conspiracy in January 2022 and who’s now attempting to delay the beginning of an 11-year jail sentence, and the “actual Elizabeth.”
In a single occasion, whereas talking to the Instances’ Amy Chozick about actress Jennifer Lawrence pulling out of portraying Holmes in a film — titled “Dangerous Blood” — the entrepreneur additionally pointed to her completely different personas.
“They don’t seem to be enjoying me. They’re enjoying a personality I created,” Holmes informed the Instances.
However not everybody’s shopping for her story — or the rebrand.
The Instances’ story was met with swift backlash, from Jezebel operating a narrative headlined “Cute! New York Instances Helps Elizabeth Holmes Launder Her Fame Earlier than Jail” to folks placing the story on blast on Twitter.
Todd Schulte, the president of pro-immigration lobbying group FWD.us, wrote in a Sunday tweet: “Media retailers make selections on daily basis on how they cowl folks within the felony justice system. This story, by the numbers: 95 paragraphs(!); 0 makes use of of the time period convict, felon, offender; 1 picture of the household on the seashore; 1 subheader with “devoted mom.”
—Todd Schulte (@TheToddSchulte) May 7, 2023
Former CNN host Soledad O’Brien wrote on Twitter: “Good to be a fairly white woman working your allure on a nyt reporter.”
“Reminder that she is a convicted felon who’s quickly to begin a sentence of greater than a decade in federal jail,” wrote one other Twitter consumer.
—chris evans (@notcapnamerica) May 8, 2023
Holmes’ story did draw some sympathy on-line. “God forbid I get in any extra forwards and backwards on right here right now however I…..did not hate the Elizabeth Holmes profile? wrote one user.
To be truthful, Chozick herself wrote within the profile that she acquired “swept up in Liz as an genuine and sympathetic individual.”
Elizabeth Holmes didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s request for remark despatched through her authorized consultant Lance Wade after common enterprise hours. The New York Instances didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.