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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I sent an E-mail to slim fast to bring their attention to Whoopi and they were polite to answer within the half hour.......
That's why they aren't apologizing for what she said...only apologizing "that it offended somebody".
Oh well, $$ talks.
Not so fast, considering that I had promised to quit buying my four boxes of slim fast every two weeks. BWAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAAAAAAA....ROFL.
Just emailed today.
It was my email to Unilever that did her in.
What did they say if I may ask..
Wow! Whoopie, us conservatives are no longer silent. We are letting our voices be heard. And by the way Whoopie, along with Freedom of Speech comes responsibility.
Of course it's Clintonesque. They dont' want to offend the libs, and they want us to still buy Slimfast.
"CONGRATS, FREEPERS! You CAN make a difference, folks!!!!!
Whoo-Hoo!!"
Plus theres the added bonus of knowing that the DUmmies are enraged about it.
The only fair thing they can do now is to contribute a matching 1.2 million dollars to the Bush Campaign and conservative organnizations.
garafaaaaaaalo eats crow, rosie bites the kmart bullet, natalie does france, and whoopie schticks bush .
all peeing on an electric fence. interesting.
It's the President's fault. If only he had changed his name like Whoopi did, none of this would have happened. /sarcasm
hehehe I guess money talks..... louder than BS.
Desent and freedom of speech is a thing of the past...unless you are a bu$h loving brownshirt nazi. Gaawd,I hate those people.
They's a thing of the past! I'm just stuned!
Can you hear Tim Robbins and Susan Sarrandon shrieking now?
Series Desent .
Sure actors and entertainers have the right to say what they want....
....they just don't like having to face the consequences of the publics reaction.
Yep I sent one too
Whoopi = owned! $
"We did it!"
Yep. *slapping hands*
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