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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We were FReepin, FReepin, FReepin the night away....
No fair Lauren, don't you remember? What goes in Vegas, STAYS in Vegas.
You nailed it... crash dummy does it :-)
Can I be the one who sets off the cars?
tickled pink in the homeland
I dunno, but stay tuned.
It feels like we're proud members of Dubya's rapid response team!
I've heard of bird-brains not being able to tell their **s from their elbow, but this is ridiculous.
nite nite
I love the smell of capitalism in the morning...it smells like victory.
[vote with your wallet; money speaks louder than words]....;))
I can sleep happy tonite!
A B S O L U T E L Y !
But who has a copy? Maybe no one filmed it. Maybe those that brought their digicorders have already been . . 'contacted' by the Dem.
I wonder if gloating over this is necessarily the only thing to take from it? The 'whoopie' isn't going to get comped her slim-fast regimen, from this point on. It's not that's she is poor. Clearly not. But she might need some encouragement to stay 'on the wagon'.
I wonder how she'd take it if people generously offered to send her some Slim-Fast, maybe a lot of it, just to let her know that people are still with her, and wishing her well?
Wow, pretty cool. Still, the photo is more reminiscent of "Beauty and the Beast" than "A Mid Summer Night's Dream."...
ever escape Santa Cruz?
Second, you guys are seriesly slippin' here - I got ZERO PINGS on this little gem!Pardon the pun, but "Whoops!" :^)
I pinged my BIG General Interest ping list, but forgot "Our Gang" list.
Shall I add you to the Gen. Int. list, Happy ??
Teddy Kennedy for Sears Driving School ...
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