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11/22/2006
Clay Aiken and Kelly Ripa: Talk to the Hand
Last night on the American Music Awards, Tori Spelling and Clay Aiken mocked the morning talk show "stiflegate" controversy which inspired plenty of reaction yesterday. And overnight, this screenshot of Kelly Ripa surfaced, which proves she too has made her share of "no no's". Hopefully everybody can take a big "time out" over the Thanksgiving holiday to spread some good will, and don't forget to wash those hands before dinner.
Posted 9:00 AM EST by Andy Towle in Clay Aiken, News, Rosie O'Donnell, Television | Permalink
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I liked Kelly until she called in to The View and acted so high and mighty. What bull.
Posted by: Josh | Nov 22, 2006 9:20:28 AM
What a Ripacrite!
Posted by: jmg | Nov 22, 2006 9:28:22 AM
I don't think she came off well in the clip with Regis shown yesterday. Snooty and snide. Especially with the reference to Howard Stern's phonecall, insinuating that they were having a great laugh at Clay Aiken.
Posted by: EireKev | Nov 22, 2006 9:32:34 AM
Ripa is a hypocrite. i supported hers ide yesterday. Well, it appears that she is a homophobe anfd a hypocrite.
Posted by: jimmyboyo | Nov 22, 2006 9:32:36 AM
Damn.
LOL sorry for my typos
Posted by: jimmyboyo | Nov 22, 2006 9:33:46 AM
OMG, what a hypocrite! She needs to save face and just say she overreacted. She will come off much better if she does that. Oh, and tells Klay she is sorry.
Posted by: trina | Nov 22, 2006 9:40:22 AM
I saw that show. The day before Regis had given away the answer of one of their trivia questions. Kelly was stopping him from doing it again. They changed the format of the way they asked the questions after that.
Posted by: Lynda | Nov 22, 2006 9:44:52 AM
I thought that Clay was acting a bit as if he's been a superstar for decades. He's a jerk if you ask me. Haven't heard ggod things about him, and mostly of what I hear is that he is really vein, and a snob. Funny how stardom makes one who comes from nothing into something of diva. Show some respect for the real star which is Ms. Ripa. She has been around sooooo much longer than you Clay.
Posted by: mark | Nov 22, 2006 9:52:14 AM
Men like Regis are immune to germ, you see. And Kelly has no germs to give anyways. lol Clay was being awkwardly touchy and Kelly over-freaking-reacted with a bitchy (aiming square at his reputed "gayness") comment. So yes, it can be interpreted as homophobic, but ultimately, it's more a verbal bitch-slap!
Posted by: kc | Nov 22, 2006 9:54:14 AM
Rosie called the shot correctly on the View and Ripa totally came off as a self righteous homophobe. Add her to the hypocrite list. I never was a fan anyway...of Ripa or Clay.
Posted by: RB | Nov 22, 2006 10:09:55 AM
Is that really an add for Girls Gone Wild on the right hand side?
Posted by: Blair | Nov 22, 2006 10:11:46 AM
Omg did someone up there just call Ripa a star? Please stop that. If I laugh out loud like that again my boss might hear me. Diva much Ripa?
Posted by: trinity | Nov 22, 2006 10:14:56 AM
I have a question...
If it was'nt for all the turmoil surrounding Clay's, he is/he is'nt, gay drama.
And lets say for arguement sake he was straight.
Would this have gotten any reaction at all?
From past examples of Ripa sticking her hand in Regis' face...I doubt it.
Ripa ,and Regis for that matter, are iritating,obnoxious and full of them selves anyway.Collectivly they should both have their mouths shut.
But in this case I believe that the charge of Homophobia,lead by Rosie, is way off the beam and a little over sensitive.
As for Clay...when the little "fag" is man enough to be honest with himself and the rest of the world.
Then,MAYBE, and only then would I step up to his defence.
Why would we defend this guy...I doubt he'd step up and defend us.
Posted by: griffin1573 | Nov 22, 2006 10:21:00 AM
I can't believe no one is commenting on Jimmy Kimmel's introduction. He just compared Clay and Torie to TomKat.... Jimmy just re-Outed Clay as a closeted liar!!!!
Where are the voices of indignation?
I'm loving this whole "Honeygate" thing... especially the posts that either love kelly or hate her. We gays love our drama.
Posted by: mark m | Nov 22, 2006 10:25:01 AM
There's a big difference between putting your hand on someone you know very well and putting your hand on someone you don't know. Reg and Kel have worked together for years. They have an intimate working relationship. That was not the case with Gayken.
Let's not beat this down any further. Are we that hungry for chatter? Guess the answer is yes!
Posted by: Martin | Nov 22, 2006 10:38:31 AM
I wish this girl (clay) would just go away
Posted by: forreal | Nov 22, 2006 10:57:02 AM
Clay is a rude little shit who needs to apologize to Ripa.
Posted by: Astro | Nov 22, 2006 10:57:06 AM
I agree that by showing a clip of Kelly's hand on Regis' mouth, it seems hypocritical, but EVEN if this wasn't to prevent the game-show give-away again(which I sadly seem to remember), Regis is someone she has known for years! In one of her comments, she said how she had just met Clay that day supposedly...even if she hasn't, there is a much different line that I hold that can be crossed with my friends (years known) versus someone that I either just recently met or know only superficially. I would never enjoy having a random person walking down the street touch my mouth, etc, however my best friends for years can do it all the time! ...even then, the joke (to gay AND to straight friends) when needing to share chapstick is "where have your lips been recently". This is so far from homophobic, and Rosie, who I enjoy in general, does need to come back down to reality, and start focusing on more important causes again, such as her children's issues. Rosie says this is just "her view" and she's on "her show", however she DOES need to be careful and think before she speaks, and THINK before she makes characterizations such as calling someone or what they did as homophobic---those are not small accusations, and are unfair. Clay is a big boy, and though I rarely agree with Eilsabeth, did CHOOSE to be on American Idol, and at no point opted out, so therefore: welcome to Hollywood!
Posted by: JonJon | Nov 22, 2006 10:58:23 AM
3 Diva's(?)I use the term lightly, let us remember the talent required for the correct application of that term. A storm in a tea cup, a distraction worthy of the Bush administration. Have we not got more important battles to fight? I hesitated to post a comment as it contradicts my view that we have bigger fish to fry (not in 50 years time though according to scientific evidence).
Why is it we get our selves to the point of rioting over television personalities & the release of play station 3 consoles, but when it comes to the safety of our troops, our fundamental human rights, our hard won, but easily lost civil liberties, and the continued well being of our planets flora & fauna we sit complacently by as they leach away? Well as long as the mall is open on Black Friday!
Posted by: matt | Nov 22, 2006 11:00:37 AM
Mark M,
Good call. That joke went completely over my head because unlike the rest of America I have completely shut down anytime I come across any "news" regarding TomKat.
Posted by: mikey d | Nov 22, 2006 11:05:11 AM
Ha. I totally knew Kelly was overeacting and just pissed off that Clay was actually SPEAKING as a Co-host. I like that: Ripacrite. Hilarious!
Posted by: vance | Nov 22, 2006 11:07:31 AM
I like Rosie, I'm not a huge fan of Kelly, but Clay is a total jerk and I agree that he had no business covering her mouth. Rosie's right to say Kelly would have reacted differently if it were a different person—and Rosie would have had a different reaction if someone besides Kelly had made the "where your hand has been" comment...so what? It WAS Clay who made the gesture, Clay is a huge jerk, not likeable in the least, and obviously rubbed Kelly the wrong way. He deserves every bit of scorn he receives. I don't blast Rosie for sensing homophobia, but I don't agree it was there. At all. You can be anti-Clay without being anti-gay. And the whole "let's make fun of my scandal" garbage that Clay did with Tori is so expected and tired. Gay people shouldn't stick up for Clay when he refuses to stick up for gay people.
Posted by: Matthew Rettenmund | Nov 22, 2006 11:15:18 AM
Kelly had every right to verbally bitch-slap Clay. I've only watched these clips on towleroad, but I interpret her reactions as indignation about the lack of respect a celebrity guest showed her. That was HER show, and for Clay to demean her in that way was completely inappropriate. Forget about being unhygienic, it was sexist--he would have never done that to Regis because he'd have felt an intrinsic respect/fear for him, and for some reason he didn't feel the same way about Kelly and tried to put her in her place/control her on HER show. If Clay were more professional (and wiser about his reputation) he'd let Kelly off the hook by apologizing publicly and saying what he did was out of line.
I seriously doubt Kelly meant the put-down to tap into real homophobics' feelings about "gay sanitation". This is like the current mini-outrage over Carol Channing. Wtf? Do we just pick names randomly out of a hat now? Let's go after Sarah Silverman next! No, wait! Jimmy Carter! Albert Brooks! That bitch Maya Angelou!!! Let's get 'em!
I do hope, however, that there is more live celebrity telephone throw-downs on "The View," or for that matter on every morning show. In fact, I'd like to see all morning programming replaced with a giant celebrity party line kind of concept, where people just call each other back and forth and complain/gossip/whine about that day's cruelties. I would Tivo that. At least for a while.
Posted by: Chris | Nov 22, 2006 11:28:52 AM
Please. Kelly Ripa called Aiken unclean and we all know why.
Kelly's lucky that Rosie jumped right in because Rosie has so many haters who changed the subject right away.
The real issue is why Kelly finds Clay to be unclean. Symbolically, it's no different from Kramer guy.
Posted by: bambambama | Nov 22, 2006 11:36:49 AM
I want to make sure I get this straight.
Clay Aiken is not gay.
Kelly Ripa doesn't like to have someone place their hands on or over her mouth.
Rosie defends Clay (who has not come out)because she thought Kelly's scolding of Clay was homophobic.
Gay's hate Kelly.
Gay's hate Rosie.
Gay's hate Clay.
and
* 4.3 MILLION MORE PEOPLE GOT HIV THIS YEAR ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS AIDS EPIDEMIC UPDATE REPORT*
It's good to know that we have a priorities in order!
Posted by: Mike | Nov 22, 2006 11:40:27 AM