Being a college professor must be weird. Students are constantly telling creative, bold-faced lies straight to your face as excuses for not getting their work done on time, or at all.

But a student named Rachel Harriman at Ohio State University took a different approach: brutal honesty.

When she couldn't get an assignment done because she went through a breakup the night before it was due, she bashfully told her professor the whole story.

Then she shared the email on Twitter.

She wrote:

I am so sorry for how late I am submitting this synopsis," she wrote. "My boyfriend unexpectedly broke up with me yesterday evening and I was a complete, unfocused mess who did not account for such a time consuming hiccup to affect my Sunday productivity. This will obviously not happen again, as I am no longer 'in a relationship' and will have no one to break up with me next Sunday.

The tweet went viral and lots of people are tweeting support and encouragement. Although it seems like most just want to be her new boyfriend.

And at least one person is willing to help her get payback against her ex.

This guy thinks she could make a career out of excuse-making.

But the best part of this story is the professor's reply, which Harriman shared with Buzzfeed:

"Dear Rachel," he wrote. "Well, life happens. Seems like a good time to go to Europe."

Damn. This professor is either the coolest ever or one of those ones who seems cool until you get the paper back and find out they marked you down 50% for lateness which is so unfair because someone STOLE MY SHOES, OKAY!?!? I still can not believe that professor did not believe me.

Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden, is now dating Hallie Biden, the widow of his brother, Beau Biden. That's a lot of Bidens!

Beau passed away in May 2015 after suffering from brain cancer, and the whole family was understandably devastated by the loss. But since then, Hallie (the widow) and Hunter (Beau's brother) have found solace in each other. And Joe Biden is reportedly cool with it. In a statement to Page Sixhe said of the relationship:

We are all lucky that Hunter and Hallie found each other as they were putting their lives together again after such sadness. They have mine and Jill’s full and complete support and we are happy for them.

Hunter, while technically still married (those technicalities always seem to crop up), is separated from his wife, Kathleen. Together, he and Kathleen have three daughters, Naomi, Finnegan and Maisy. Beau and Hallie had two children together, Natalie and Hunter, which makes things extra confusing. Okay, now for the test: Please draw me a family tree! All jokes aside, everyone seems truly happy that these two have found each other through the tragedy. Hunter's statement on the relationship echoed the sentiments of his fathers:

Hallie and I are incredibly lucky to have found the love and support we have for each other in such a difficult time, and that’s been obvious to the people who love us most. We’ve been so lucky to have family and friends who have supported us every step of the way.

And if there is any confusion or tension, we know Joe Biden will smooth everything over the way he always does: with some fun gags.

Hey, can we talk about this weird tweet that Denny's posted today? Here it is:

So, I'm not sure what you're feeling, but I'm feeling freaked out. There's definitely a lot to unpack here. First, it's worth pointing out that Denny's is trying to be very internet cool by copying the "zoom in on the dog nose" tweets that were circulating Twitter last week:

The "zoom in on the dog nose" tweets were fun, mostly wholesome and a good time for everybody. This Denny's tweet starts out that way, but man does it get dark at the end. Maybe their social media intern is graduating college and going through a bit of an existential crises? I'm not sure, but people noticed.

Some folks were concerned:

While others were entertained:

A lot of fast food brands are really trying to be cool these days. Remember the Wendy's lady? And look at this weird crap IHOP is trying to pull!

And while part of me wants to say it's not working, the other part of me would totally eat a Grand Slam breakfast right now...Oh wait, that's just how I feel 100% of the time.

In case you were wondering, no, Alec Baldwin didn't spend a lot of time practicing his Donald Trump impression for SNL. Actually, he didn't prepare at all, only trying out the impersonation in the dressing room right before the first dress rehearsal, Baldwin revealed Wednesday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

But now that Alec Baldwin has become America's favorite Donald Trump impersonator, will he stand in for Trump at the upcoming White House Correspondents' Dinner? Baldwin tells Jimmy Kimmel that he "wouldn't say he's not lobbying" for the role. Fingers crossed that this will happen.

A new report from NBC4 in Washington has revealed that over the last five years, about 100 federal employees have admitted to watching porn at work. This information prompted Jimmy Kimmel to ask pedestrians on the street if they have ever watched porn while on the job, but not before he made his audience guess who has "jacked the beanstalk" based off their first impressions of them.

Spoiler: whenever a man is on screen, pretty much the entire audience agrees he is guilty of procrasturbation (procrastinating by masturbating, duh).

This just goes to show that you can't judge a masturbator by their cover.

Oh, brother. People are calling Emma Watson a "hypocrite" for being a feminist AND posing braless in the March issue of Vanity Fair. As if the two were mutually exclusive.

The actor, who stars as Belle in the new Disney live-action version of Beauty and the Beast, is featured on the cover of Vanity Fair; the corresponding interview talks about Emma Watson's path from child star to adult actor. It also includes photos of Watson in various high fashion getups, including one in a Burberry shrug and (gasp) no bra or shirt under it.

But some people think that feminism and breasts don't mix. Like, for example, radio presenter Julia Hartley-Brewer, who tweeted an article with the picture called "Beauty and the breasts" (sigh). She included the text, "Emma Watson: 'Feminism, feminism…gender wage gap… why oh why am I not taken seriously… feminism… oh and here are my tits!"

And, as they are wont to do, other people weighed in.

But most of them were in support of Emma Watson (and feminism), not against.

This one sums the controversy up pretty well:

A woman named Polly Bartlett tweeted, "Lol everyone calling Emma Watson a hypocrite for exposing *part* of her breasts are by doing so highlighting exactly why feminism is needed."

Emma Watson is not even showing much in the braless pic—just the fact that she (OMG) has breasts. Imagine the horror! She should be ashamed!

Sorry if you're upset that Hermione Granger had the nerve to grow up and have a mind (and body) of her own.

Comedian John Caparulo, who frequently appeared on Chelsea Lately, found himself on the wrong end of a shattered glass after making a dick joke about President Donald Trump.

The dick joke was about the Washington Monument:

Somebody got paid to design that shit? It's a fucking pencil. That shit, it's just a big fucking cement pencil. Some people think it looks like a dick, but I think they're saving that design for Trump's monument.

Warning: The following clip is riddled with NSFW language and adrenaline.

The altercation began when the heckler yelled "fuck you." John Caparulo returned the favor, before asking, "What, am I the first person to dislike Trump? Oh my god, I must have invented disliking Donald Trump... On your way out, remember, you can suck my balls..."

As the crowd applauded, the heckler threw a glass at Caparulo, who briefly picked up a stool and seemed to consider retaliating. He then regained his composure and continued his set.

"That hurt a little bit. I'll admit it. That hurt."

According to TMZ, "the woman left the club without any further incident."

Jimmy Fallon and Jennifer Lopez faced off in an epic dance battle on The Tonight Show on Wednesday, and it proved that Jenny from the block has definitely still got it.

PS: "It"=heaps of sex appeal and a lot of neck mobility.

The two invented dance moves based off random words and phrases drawn from a bag like "putting on skinny jeans" and "washing machine on spin cycle." Fallon definitely fell back on his comedy chops while Lopez, who admits that she gets rather competitive, defaulted to some sexy hip-swinging and light gyration.

In the end, both dancers came together for a pas de deux of sorts, except with much more dabbing.

It's only a matter of time before "Seeing Yourself on the Jumbotron" becomes the next dance craze to sweep the nation, or at least an exercise in an improv class or something.

In today's trashy text message news, a woman made the common mistake of accidentally sending a text to the person she was trying to talk about. We've alllllll done it.

Unfortunately for this woman, she texted her boyfriend about her sidepiece and her detailed plan to cheat on him. The now-sad man shared her text on Twitter.

Trying to ask her friend for advice, she spilled every last bean:

I'm literally so anxious right now... I've been seeing this guy behind Jordan's back and we had really important plans TOMMORROW bc Jordan was suppose [sic] to be at work and then he texts me and says I don't have work TOMMORROW and I don't wanna let my other guy down and I told him and he was like "I knew you wouldn't come" and I feel so bad BC I'm letting them both down BC I'm a stupid whore and I'm so sad and I already waxed my entire fucking body to fuck this dude HELP

What can you say to this, as a bystander, except "sad face emoji lolol bad bad bad cheat sad sad text awww wow"? Well because this is the internet, and Jordan Mcnelly's tweet went mega-viral, people were quick to shame Zoe, any Zoe, and scream their own demons at an already obviously bad situation.

DO NOT TWEET AT RANDOM ZOES ON THE INTERNET.

And that's not even a rule just for this tweet. In general, don't tweet at random people named Zoe on the internet, unless you're asking them a question about having a name that starts with Z, because that's novel and interesting and they'll probably just ignore it.

Another acceptable response is to make a light joke about Spongebob. This is always an acceptable response, to any scenario.

Meanwhile, Zoe tried to claim it was all a dream she was trying to tell her friend about, her boyfriend Jordan Mcnelly said some things he'll eventually regret, and the couple that was never meant to be are almost certainly no longer together.

You know how Facebook has those "memories"? Well, two years ago, English model Poppy Dadd came out on Facebook. This week, a screenshot she took of her coming out message went viral when it popped up on her Facebook memories on her coming-outiversary. Not just because it's brave to come out, but because the way she announced it is so funny.

Poppy Dadd's tweet has now been retweeted over 60,000 times and liked almost 284,000 times.

Speaking to the Huffington Post, Dadd, now 20, said she realized she was gay at about the age of 16. “And Santana on ‘Glee’ definitely helped out. I 100% loved her so much," she said.

Poppy Dadd explained that she kept quiet about being gay for about two years. At the age of 18, she told a few friends one night, only to find out later that, to her horror, one of the friends had blabbed.

“Then I found out a week later that one of them had spread it around. I was so mad at him because I just did not feel ready. I hated the thought of people discussing my secret that was private," she told the Huffington Post.

After that, though, she decided to officially come out. “I thought, ‘It’s fine.’ I’m a strong person and I’m not embarrassed of who I am."

As for the way she chose to do it, Poppy Dadd told Huffington Post,

I thought it was funny and not too serious and that’s how I wanted it to be. I didn’t want it to be emotional or dramatic — just light-hearted because it’s not a big deal.

When asked what advice she'd give to people who are thinking about coming out, Dadd said, “I would say that you shouldn’t do it until you’re ready because it can be scary and you might get nasty comments so you need to prepare for that."

But she added, "There are so many people going through the same thing. Don’t be afraid to reach out for help. It’s good to have someone to talk and relate to."

And when you're ready, Poppy Dadd said, "Being part of the LGBTQ community is a wonderful thing.”

Inspiring words from an inspiring (and funny) person.

We all need to face our fears at some point, but sometimes you're just not ready yet. This little boy knows what I'm talking about.

A video of 4-year-old Isaiah Lineberry facing a 5-year-old girl in a wrestling match back in December has been making the rounds on the internet recently. Isaiah apparently wasn't quiiiite ready to face his opponent, though. And so, he did what anyone in his situation would do: RUN AWAY!

Ah, our fight or flight instincts at work.

"I asked him afterwards, 'So why did you run?'" Isaiah's mom Alexis Slayers told ABC News. "And he said, 'I don't know, Mommy, but it was silly.'"

Hey, buddy. It's cool. We all mess up sometimes.

Slayers said that Isaiah has since bounced back, taking top four placements in several of his other tournaments. "It was just a fluke match," she says.

I'm sure Isaiah will grow up to be a great wrestler someday. Also, I'm pretty sure that little girl just became a feminist icon.

It's the ultimate buddy comedy: two powerful figures from different political parties and vastly different administrations form an unlikely friendship at funerals. President George W. Bush can't contain his affection for Michelle Obama, gushing to Peoplemagazine, "we just took to each to each other."

For many, their public displays of affection give hope for finding common humanity between Democrats and Republicans.

Bush can hardly contain his joy when he gets to see Michelle Obama.

Who wouldn't get psyched? It's Michelle Freakin' Obama.

“When I saw her, it was a genuine expression of affection," Bush said of this moment at the grand opening of the National Museum of African-American History.

Promoting his first art book and exhibit,Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors, Dubya attributed their bond to his goofiness.

“She kind of likes my sense of humor. Anybody who likes my sense of humor, I immediately like,” he said. Same.

George W. Bush's goofiness has lead to some awkward moments with his BFF, though. At the funeral for murdered police officers in Dallas, he couldn't help but jam to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."

Another big thing these two have in common: being against President Donald Trump.

All in all, the two are bipartisan #squadgoals.

Twitter user Itati Lopez hit the viral motherlode when she caught her mom discreetly taking a selfie when she thought she was alone. In the process, she captured seven of the funniest seconds of video that Twitter has ever seen.

In less than four days, Lopez's video has been retweeted almost 12,000 times, and received almost 16,000 favorites. It's hard proof that the only thing people love more than moms is seeing a mom be embarrassed (as long as it's in good fun).

Before Sean Spicer was picking fights with Dippin' Dots on Twitter or toting "alternative facts" as the White House Press Secretary, he held one of the weirdest jobs on Capitol Hill—playing the Easter Bunny for the annual White House Easter Egg roll.

According to The Washington Post, Spicer played the Easter Bunny during the George W. Bush Administration. In those days, Spicer was the Republican National Committee communications director and moonlighted as the oversized rodent. Not unlike his current job, Spicer donned oversized clothes and paraded around as a mascot for something that most people don't believe in.

In an interview with Politicothat recently resurfaced, Sean Spicer admits that the suit "gets very hot" and that signing up for the morning shift is key. Spicer also says that he has been passing out candy as the Easter Bunny for two years, though he probably hoarded all the gum for himself.

The only difference between Spicer's former gig and current job is that instead of scaring little children, he now scares adults.

By now we've all seen the controversial photo of Kellyanne Conway kneeling on the couch in the Oval Office.

It was only a matter of time before some dude made a crude joke about it. And it wasn't just any dude. It was Democratic congressman Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana.

The Washington Postreports that Rep. Richmond made the following remarks regarding the photo of Conway at the annual Washington Press Club Foundation congressional dinner:

You even mentioned Kellyanne and the picture on the sofa. But I really just want to know what was going on there, because, I won't tell anybody. And you can just explain to me that — that circumstance, because she really looked kind of familiar there in that position there. But don't answer. And I don't want you to refer back to the ’90s.

Yep! That's right! A congressman joked that Kellyanne Conway looked "familiar" on her knees. (Note to dudes: This is never an okay thing to say about any woman, let alone a woman who works for the president.)

Richmond's remarks came right after Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina made his own joke about the photo. "Has anyone seen the controversy around Kellyanne Conway and the couch in the Oval Office?" he said. "Come on, people. You remember the '90s. That couch has had a whole lot of worse things. Come on now."

The Post reports that while the crowd "cracked up" at Sen. Scott's remarks, they did not seem amused by Rep. Richmond's joke.

Richmond's "joke" rightfully angered a lot of people.

Following the outrage, the congressman's office released this statement to The Washington Post:

Since some people have interpreted my joke to mean something that it didn’t I think it is important to clarify what I meant. Last night was night of levity. Where I grew up saying that someone is looking or acting ‘familiar’ simply means that they are behaving too comfortably.

I decided to use that joke due to the large social media backlash over her inappropriate posture considering there were more than 60 HBCU Presidents in the room.

Come on, dude! What happened to "When they go low, we go high?" I'm all about the Kellyanne Conway jokes, but this one went way too far.

On Thursday morning, Washington was rocked by revelations that newly-minted Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak twice in 2016, despite the fact that he testified under oath in his confirmation hearings that he had spoken to no Russian officials while he was serving in Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

While there's no evidence that anything untoward was discussed in those meetings, Democrats and some Republicans are calling for Sessions to be fired—especially considering how similar this story is to the scandal that ended General Michael Flynn's short tenure as Trump's national security adviser.

These revelations have also led commenters on Twitter to pile on Sessions with brutal jokes at his expense. Here are the funniest ones we could find.

America's Dad Tom Hanks is looking after his children. As the White House Press Corps face a hostile work environment under Spicey, Tom Hanks is sending the troops the equipment they badly need to keep up the good fight against "alternative facts": an espresso machine.

Zoom in on the note:

To the White House Press Corps

Keep up the good fight for Truth, Justice, and the American Way.

Especially for the Truth part.

Tom Hanks

Thanks, Dad!

Former Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe is sticking up for the ladies.

In a Twitter exchange on Monday, the eleventh Bachelorette alleged that she was approached to join the cast of Dancing With The Stars in 2015, but Mike Fliess, the creator of The Bachelor, wouldn't allow it. Bristowe claims Fliess told her "he didn't want people wanting fame after his show." Fliess responded to her allegations the next day.

Bristowe's tweets come on the heels of Dancing With The Stars' announcement that the cast of the upcoming season will include current Bachelor star, Nick Viall.

In addition to Viall, Bachelors Chris Soules, Sean Lowe, and Jake Pavelka have appeared on DWTS. According to Cosmopolitan, only two Bachelorettes have ever competed on the show, the last one in 2012.

In a statement to Entertainment Tonight, Bristowe revealed why she felt she needed to go public with her story about Mike Fliess and the Dancing With The Stars saga.

“I had an offer to do Dancing With The Stars and was told by [Bachelor creator] Mike [Fleiss] I could not," she said. "I was told by Mike that it is bad for his brand, and that he is sick of people wanting fame from his show.”

Bristowe continued:

I am a dancer and wanted to do it, [my fiancé] Shawn [Booth] wanted me to as well. He even wrote Mike emails. I told Mike it was my passion. I was told Shawn should be my only passion… My hope in speaking out is that future Bachelorettes are given the same opportunity as Bachelors. Whether it be a wedding, to dance, or another show. (Ben [Higgins] had the decision to do dancing or his own show). Just to be treated the same – to choose whatever will make them happy.

LET THE GIRL DANCE!