Posted on 07/14/2004 3:01:51 PM PDT by 11th Earl of Mar
Slim-Fast Sheds Whoopi Goldberg After Bush Riff
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comedian Whoopi Goldberg will no longer appear in ads for diet aid maker Slim-Fast following her lewd riff on President Bush's name at a fund-raiser last week, the company said on Wednesday.
Florida-based Slim-Fast said it was "disappointed" in Goldberg's remarks at last Thursday's $7.5 million star-studded fund-raiser at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
"Ads featuring Ms. Goldberg will no longer be on the air," Slim-Fast General Manager Terry Olson said in a statement, adding that the company regrets that Goldberg's remarks offended some customers.
Republicans have expressed outrage over the fund-raiser for presumptive Democratic nominee John F. Kerry and his vice presidential running mate, John Edwards, in which entertainers lined up to skewer the president.
The New York Post said of Goldberg's appearance at the event: "Waving a bottle of wine, she fired off a stream of vulgar sexual wordplays on Bush's name in a riff about female genitalia."
A spokesperson for Goldberg declined immediate comment.
Slim-Fast is a unit of Anglo-Dutch food-to-detergent group Unilever Plc .
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Ouch! That's gonna leave a mark.
150lbs. in her dreams.
Sweet!!!! Whos the big loser now whoopi!
I wonder if there's a contract that Unilever will have to buy out?
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Err...
I retract my previous comment about not buying Slim Fast.
I will make a point to buy your product (The strawberry and chocolate shake this week) tomorrow.
Good. I just started the "Zone Diet".
Thank you for your rapid and timely response, just in time for my diet.
I should let you know several thousand people in my group are also aware of this and are very appreciative of the fast action taken in this manner.
And on the matter of the Whoopie thing, I'd like to congratulate Slim Fast on it's rapid shedding of some 200lbs of ugly fat.
Your product will be welcome in our home.
I have to credit Cripplecreek for the 200lbs of fat comment.
Them folks do read emails, I am impressed.
Here's my email to Slimfast...I had a great time putting it together...
Dear Sir,
I was going to get Slimfast for my 17 year old daughter who wanted to lose weight in a sensible way. However, I'm switching to another product after hearing Whoopie Goldberg's vulgarities at the Radio Music Hall recently. She was walking around the stage in a tawdy drunken state taking swigs from a bottle of booze. Her lewd comments about a sitting president was repulsive. Should this woman be endorsing your product? It's very clear she is not on any diet except for inebriants. It's not very funny.
Rock. On.
one down, another one to go - its time to change Ketchup from Heinz to Hunts, or W - lets get started
I already ordered my CASE of W ketchup. hehe
"Ted Danson"
And what did Frank Langella ever see in her...?
I don't know what these guys were thinking.
I'd appreciate hearing which newscasters chose to cover
(or not cover) this story tonight!
Whoopi!
I emailed my displeasure along with many others here. That woman is lewd.
vaudine
Yep ! I included you and SheLion in my ping because ya'll pinged me.Way to go, Freepers !!!
I honestly had no idea that she was a spokeswoman for Slim Fast...
Thats almost like having Rosie O'fat be the spokesit for Frederick's of Hollywood or something...
The power of git rid of the beyotch or lose a customer is overwhelming. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FR.
Excellent! Love it!
Hey Whoopee, you are a big loser, just not in the way you mean it on your commercials.
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