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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>>Slim-fast company president F. Daniel Abraham is a major Democratic donor who, with his wife, has given $1.2 million to groups working to defeat Bush.<
So one hand doesn't know what the other is doing. Slim-Fast can go jump.
Frankly, I would prefer to think that it had to do with their own sense of decency and propriety but that's probably hoping for way too much. In the absence of any standards of their own, they were probably persuaded by the potential effects on their finances.
Are we GOOD Or what??? I emailed them. Saw the request here on FR asking everyone to email Slim Fast. Heard on TV the other day that Slim Fast was being bombarded with emails, etc. WE WIN! This feels SO GOOD!
Holy Crap...is she the snake crawling out of toilets?
What a picture. I have to go clean my lunch off the floor.
"So - do you think the massive reaction and email flooding had anything to do with the decision?
I GAROWNTEE you that it did.
buh bye you (insert obscenity here)!
Way to Go Freepers! How can we get the tape out? Does anyone have it?
SLIM FAST REALLY WORKS.....IT JUST SHED 200 LBS OF UGLY FAT....IN ONE AFTERNOON
Remember of course that while we do have freedom of speech in this country, people should also keep in mind that what they say has consequences: boycotts; being fired by your
employer, and so on. Presumably she has more than enough money to go around and this is no biggie to her. But maybe some celebs will learn a lesson from this--especially if their "gig" matters enough to them. (Much like Pepsi with Madonna and later Ludacris...)
It's really in their best interest anyway. I can't believe the Whoopster could sell anything but anti-ugly salve.
Wow, this is the Dems worst nightmare. Since Slim-Fast did fire her now people are going to want to see why she was fired.
This is going to get interesting.
Not only were her filthy remarks offensive to President Bush but I, as a woman, was very embarrassed.
{{Does Toyota Jump, clicks heels}}
Calling all spinmeisters.
WOWWWWPIEEEEE...WOOOOPIEEW WOOOW...haha...
May she be forever sidelined like the Dixie Chicks.
Thank goodness I don't have to give up Best Foods mayonaisse. I had to buy the store brand today for my potato salad for the GWB party tomorrow and I know it won't be as good.
NO$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
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