Well I finally got to see the clip of Randy addressing the playable females petition and it was disappointing, to say the least.
They are laughing about the petition because apparently its "wrong," Bella has been on the cover this whole time, etc.
Earlier in the origin live chat interview, Brian Burleson emphatically stated no playable females.
It feels like they don't even read their own forums. I hope gearbox proves me wrong with the panel tomorrow because Pitchford really came off as condescending towards the fans and ignorant of the situation.
EDIT: ChrisF, community manager at gearbox forums spoke with Pitchford about this and what Randy was referring to apparently were the press and media reports getting it wrong by saying no females in the game. I will keep my fingers crossed for tomorrow!