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Slim-Fast Sheds Whoopi Goldberg After Bush Riff
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| 7/14/04
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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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: comeuppance; fundraiser; hatespeech; johnedwards; johnkerry; kerry; mediabias; obscenity; oopi; raunchfest; slimfast; unilever; whoopi; whoopigoldberg; yourefired
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To: kayak
...they were probably persuaded by the potential effects on their finances. Well, we'll still take the win. It has the added side benefit of denying Whoopie any residuals on future play of the commercial.
To: 11th Earl of Mar
I'm A BIIIIIIIIG Loser!
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posted on
07/14/2004 3:13:35 PM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: martin_fierro
That picture will likely reappear in a nightmare. Thanks loads.
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posted on
07/14/2004 3:13:54 PM PDT
by
O.C. - Old Cracker
(When the cracker gets old, you wind up with Old Cracker. - O.C.)
To: Petronski
I thought she was a pretty poor pick for a spokesperson too. Sheesh...she was stilling wearing pants with an oversized top that was untucked. She didn't look too slim to me.
Anyway, way to go freepers!
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posted on
07/14/2004 3:14:03 PM PDT
by
Wphile
(Keep the UN out of Iraq)
To: 11th Earl of Mar
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posted on
07/14/2004 3:14:27 PM PDT
by
Coop
(In memory of a true hero- Pat Tillman)
To: 11th Earl of Mar
46
posted on
07/14/2004 3:14:33 PM PDT
by
Coop
(In memory of a true hero- Pat Tillman)
To: 11th Earl of Mar
47
posted on
07/14/2004 3:14:51 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: 11th Earl of Mar
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posted on
07/14/2004 3:15:14 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Twenty-nine Helens agree: Promptness is very important.)
To: 11th Earl of Mar
This is the actual Slim-Fast ad featuring Whoopie that Yahoo! posted with the story.
To: martin_fierro
Holy Mother of God!
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posted on
07/14/2004 3:15:36 PM PDT
by
JoJo Gunn
(Intellectuals exist only if you believe they do. ©)
To: 11th Earl of Mar
Victory for the vast right wing conspiracy (of which I am a proud part)!!!
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posted on
07/14/2004 3:15:38 PM PDT
by
Stag
To: 11th Earl of Mar
Any word from John F'in about this?
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posted on
07/14/2004 3:15:55 PM PDT
by
Jenya
(Gore, he's a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land, making all his nowhere plans for nobody)
To: 11th Earl of Mar
HMMMMMMMMM...that was awfully fast! Very suspicious!
To: 11th Earl of Mar
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posted on
07/14/2004 3:16:16 PM PDT
by
dpa5923
(Small minds talk about people, normal minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas.)
To: 11th Earl of Mar
All you evil right-wingers have caused a black woman to lose her job. I hope you are all proud of yourselves.
I know I am ... :)
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posted on
07/14/2004 3:16:23 PM PDT
by
spodefly
(I alone deciphered the underlying meaning in the article, and replied with eloquence ...)
To: 11th Earl of Mar
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posted on
07/14/2004 3:17:29 PM PDT
by
spookycc
(Never Forgive! Never Forget!)
To: Pit1
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posted on
07/14/2004 3:17:41 PM PDT
by
Krodg
To: TheBattman
I think a $1.2B gap down yesterday might have something to do with it also. :)
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posted on
07/14/2004 3:18:31 PM PDT
by
StriperSniper
("Ronald Reagan, the Founding Father of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy." - Mark Levin 6/8/04)
To: 11th Earl of Mar
Actors and entertainers have every right to state and support their political opinions, but when they engage in hate-speech, they deserve the consequences of their actions.
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posted on
07/14/2004 3:18:35 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
(After 20 years in the Senate, all Kerry has to run on is 4 months of service in Viet Nam.)
To: 11th Earl of Mar
Whoopie got her name by passing gas during her comedy routines, but what is coming out of the other end of her digestive tract these days is even more offensive.
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posted on
07/14/2004 3:18:46 PM PDT
by
rimmont
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