Slim-Fast Sheds Whoopi Goldberg After Bush Riff

Netscape News ^ | 7/14/04

[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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[Lauren BaRecall]

While riding on the Roosevelt Island tramway, Whoopi is suddenly, and inexplicably, gripped with thoughts on the plight of the homeless....

[ashtanga]

Michael Moore, and all the rest of the loons, are really destroying the Democrat party. Yes, I love it at some level, but I don't want the Republicans, who pull some shady business, to have an opposition party full of nuts, junkies and condom flingers. Well, we have that now, so will they ever rebuild? Don't they see their predicament?

[Future Useless Eater]

Great news, in case some of you hadn't seen this thread...

[Tamzee]

Hehehe... I was planning to head over there and peek as soon as I caught up on a couple of emails. This should be FUN :-)

And yes, I understand the need for a shower... It's probably like cleaning out a barn. No matter how careful you are not to step in it you still come out smelling like manure ;-)

[Brad’s Gramma]

Don't do it.....that place is NASTY!

[Grampa Dave]

Whoopi can now join Danny Glover, Ed Asner, Bill Maher and the Dixie Chickens as the entertainment has been untouchables.

Which Follywood POS wants to be next?

[writer33]

Thanks for the ping. I'm glad you added me to your ping list. And remember, with freedom of speech comes inherent responsibility.

Whoopi's findin' that out about right now. It's a painful experience as well.

[cyborg]

Liberals, esp. the rich ones, believe they are exempt from consequences.

[Brad’s Gramma]

THANKS for the ping! I'm thinking of going out and buying some Slim-Fast, just CUZ!

Thanks, Slim-Fast...what Whoopie did was HORRIBLE. I know you're monitoring this. So are you DU types. So? Here ya go, here's MY take....

She has the right to say what she said. We have the right to not agree. She has the right to be a total pig in her words and actions. We have the right to not agree. She has the right to be vulgar. We have the right to not agree. Wait. I said that already. She, Michael Moore and their type have the right to say whatever they want...WE DO NOT HAVE TO AGREE NOR DO WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THEM. This is the beginning ....... hang on America. Be careful with whom you associate yourselves!!!

Anyway....I'm VERY proud that Slim-Fast took a stand!!!

[Dane]

Liberals, esp. the rich ones, believe they are exempt from consequences

And also think that their feces does not stink.

[writer33]

Man. I just posted that. You must have one of them there lightnin' type computers. I've still got the gerbel running on the wheel to keep my powered up. :)

[cyborg]

Yep!

[Tamzee]

I couldn't stand it.. just peeked LOL That was the only thread I looked at, promise, and thanks for worrying about my mental health :-)

It's like sniffing glue over there, isn't it? I can feel my brain cells start dying the moment the front page loads...

[mrmargaritaville]

Cheer up-she can always get a job with Norfolk Southern-she has a face that would make a train take a dirt road.

[Tamzee]

Whoopi can now join Danny Glover, Ed Asner, Bill Maher and the Dixie Chickens as the entertainment has been untouchables.

And remember that Jeanine Garafalo lost that new sitcom that was supposed to start taping right after her Fox News debut ;-)

[Dane]

It's like sniffing glue over there, isn't it? I can feel my brain cells start dying the moment the front page loads...

LOL!

[longfellow]

Thanks a lot. I will never be able to look at a cow again.

[randog]

That picture is priceless...very clever. Downloaded and whizzing across the Internet!

[Lauren BaRecall]

I always liked this picture of me. :o)

[Grampa Dave]

Slum Fast just lost its 200 pounder, the Whoopi, as its spokesperson.

Great job all around, Freepers.

Another reason why all us need to donate regulary if not monthly to Free Republic. We have flushed another liberal POS down the toilet. Whoopsi is in the sewer pipe with Danny Glover, the Dixie CSers and Bill Maher. They join the unhireable and untouchable anti American, Ed Asner.