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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Great pic ! I agree with Caipirabob (#437) about it looking more like "Beauty and the [Whoopi] Beast". :^D
I'm pleased, but only middling pleased. Slim-Fast's statement was almost Clintonesque in its clever neutrality, and I saw nothing in it about them invoking any sort of "morals clause" in their contract with Goldberg and hurting her where it counts - in the pocketbook next to her protruding butt. I hope the sum total of the drunken harpy's "punishment" was more than simply Photoshopping a new face in new print and TV ad buys.
Yes, I would have felt much better if Slim-Fast had made a public, blanket condemnation of Goldberg's despicable behavior at that function. But failing that, this is a start and I won't look a gift horse (or swine in this case) in the mouth.
For now, Hellman's Mayo is back on my grocery list. For now.
Slim·Fast selected Whoopi Goldberg as its spokesperson because of her commitment to losing weight, which we applaud.
We are disappointed by the manner in which Ms. Goldberg chose to express herself and sincerely regret that her recent remarks offended you. Advertisements featuring Ms. Goldberg will no longer be on air.
We appreciate you sharing your views with us and we hope you will continue to use Slim·Fast
as your partner in healthy weight management.
Sincerely,
Beverly Verga
Consumer Services Representative
Thanks for the ping.
Someone fall down, go boom! ;)
She blames us for her economic loss...Isn't that delicious! I heard her "statement" read.
Everyone together say
F'in LOSER!
OK, maybe they lack sincerity in their choice of words in the press release, BUT, you can't argue about the speed with which she was canned.
I am sure he was in the audience laughing harder than Kerry, and proud of his association with ther!
Good, but after I found out that Suave was made in America, I decided to keep buying it... not to support unilever but to support American workers.
We have a voice and it is heard - Praise God!
My remark to an apolitical coworker this morning is that Goldberg's removal should *prove* to her that we all do indeed have a voice. Maybe she will think twice about staying home in November.
As to Unilever.....I am still thinking about whether or not I will support their products. I need to do more research.
I'll stick with *Miracle Whip* thank you!
The VRWC strikes again! Cheers!
Good riddance to bad rubbish - thanks for the ping.
Hot damn! We are beginning to have a real impact on the lives of people who trash others. Remember the Reagan movie? Way to go Freepers!
Nope. It's a real picture, taken by Annie Liebovitz, I think. It's more than 10 years old.
LC
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/27252.htm
It's funny- The DUmmies are going to boycott slim-fast BECAUSE they fired Whoopi! Now we have to get John F'in Kerry to release the tape!!!
LC
bump to read later
Thanks!
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