Infamous coat hanger photo.
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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Very Clintonesque apology."
Very astute observation!
OutSTANDING. You owe me a new monitor and keyboard, damn you, but.............outSTANDING.
Excellent. The thought of having that cretin inhabit my bathtub, though.....piss chill.
Artist name
Whoopi Goldberg
Real name
Johnson, Caryn Elaine
Nickname
Da Whoop
Height 5' 5" (165 cm)
Birthday 13 November, 1955
Birth city New York, New York, USA
Didn't say she was fired, just that ads with her would no longer be appearing. Sounds like she will still get paid plus, as someone pointed out, they only regret her remarks offended some customers. I see this as an important partial victory.
Note to companies that hire "stars" like her - you're next if you think we will accept this type of behaviour anymore.
I'm still boycotting even if it means giving up Country Crock.
Hahahahaaaaa! Take THAT!!!
Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats, FReepers!
There they go again, those nasty Republicans, those racist bigots, denying a girl her right to free speech. I can hear it now.
I want Whoopie to raise hell over this ........scream at the top of her lungs....so we can demand Kerry release the tape and show the world what really happened.
you are being generous.
Boy, will she bitch now. LOL!
Congratulations, everyone!!! 
Hurting those Hollywood idiots right where it hurts them most, in their wallets.
GREAT NEWS!!!!
Take that Whoopie.
Way to go Freepers!
The horror.
Time to bring out the Hellmann's??? :oD
How dare you celebrate an infringement of Goldberg's freedom of speech, you Nazi!.
This was the last 5 days. It seems that today, they recouped some of their value, but not as much.
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