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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HIGH FIVES, ON MISSION COMPLETED. I am going to have to buy some Slim Fast....:-)
Now that is good news!
Can you post that to the thread??I might try, it won't last long though, guarantee that.
I'm a little reluctant to post that link as a PIC/Image,
but I'll gladly repost the link to it here again:
Warning: "Parody pic" - not very nice …..
Marines Express THEIR opinion of Whoopi!
MOORE, MOORE....MOORE...TAKE HIM DOWN!
Free speech! Censorship! First Amendment! Orwellian McCarthyst nightmare! A dark cloud of fascism! (Did I miss anything?)
Freedom of Whoopi's speech versus freedom to boycott and fight back. We won, Whoopi lost. Does anyone doubt the power of the internet, FreeRepublic or the vast right wing conspiracy?
hee hee hee hee hee hee hee ...
[sorry...]
GReat job..kudos..BTW..maybe Slim-Fast dropped her because of truth-in-advertising concerns...LOL
LOL!
You know, you are right.
If we pound them for their bad actions, we owe them to reward their proper acts.
I guess I'm back on Slim Fast. I do diet and excerpcise but now Slim Fast will be help me keep my youthful figure.
We owe them that, folks.
Yes! ... and it's pronounced:
AAAAAAIIIIEEEEEEGGGRRRRRHHHHH!!!!
Here is the Customer Comment website address from the Slim-Fast website. It is http://www.slim-fast.com/contact/comments.asp
I posted a thank you message for Terry Olson, General Manager of the Slim-Fast Company.
I suggest other FreeRep folks follow suit and send him a congratulations message for having a great strength of character to dump the vile woman (sic).
You know..I thought the same thing, JUST MAYBE..Slim Fast needed a reason to drop pudgy Whoopie, because she was not a making folks want to buy slim fast. I mean they dropped her PRETTY FAST...hhahaha...whatever the reason..I love it.
Too bad Chevy Chase isn't sponsered by anybody so we could get his sorry ass fired too.
Nah, it's better to flush the filth down the Johns.
Hi Lauren! Good to see you too~!
You've got a point too, about that photo...
http://www.wketchup.com/
Unfortunately, I don't think its in the stores yet. Maybe you could call the company and ask for overnight delivery. I understand they have been swamped with orders, but it might be worth a try.
Even if you can't get it for the weekend, I still encourage you to order some, it's great!
I bet she never gets her "Bush" mixed up with President Bush again. LOL
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