I think one of the worst things Diane ever did, that she never got called out for, was using Penny’s story as a plot point in Philbert, just to rip Bojack a new one. I do understand he needed to be called out since he hadn’t really faced any real consequences for it yet, but making it into a plot point in a show that aired publicly was a shitty thing to do. Yes, the circumstances in that story were slightly different, but on the off-chance Penny or her mother happened to see that, it’s her trauma being aired without her permission. That wasn’t Diane’s story to tell and if she really was that angry about it and so determined to go after Bojack, she should have done it differently. I also hated the reporters who pried so hard into Penny’s story without any regard to how it would affect her, but they were already established as shitty people who didn’t care at all. Diane knew better and still did what she did.
I just got so angry about this and had to vent. I get why it happened, but I still hate that it happened and that no one called her out for it once they all learned about what Bojack did. Not that I can think of a way they would all find out it was her that made that plot point in the script, aside from maybe PC or Bojack connecting the dots since they were there for it.
I mean, it was a horrible moment in BoJack’s life because he tried to do a horrible thing. Let’s not “oh poor baby” him here when his horrible moment was the consequence of his actions. No, you are not obligated to tell your friends every moment of your life, but your motivations for doing so absolutely say a lot about you. He didn’t want to tell her, or anyone else, because he felt guilty and knew it would change the way people saw him. Not just because it was a traumatic moment.
I think people don’t understand nuance here. Saying BoJack was wrong doesn’t mean I think Diane handled the situation right. All I’m saying is, I would absolutely drop a friendship with a person who’d attempted to have sex with a minor in their fifties. And them choosing not to tell me would cement to me that they knew it was wrong.