A Picture Speaks A Thousand Words!
November 22, 06 by Ballz!These screen captures from Regis & Kelly on October 30, 2006 show Ripa putting her fingers in her mouth and then putting eye drops in Regis’ eyes–with a highly unusual technique involving the hand over the mouth and slathering her fingers all over Regis.
Do you think Kelly Ripa is a hypocrite or is her behaviour acceptable as the two have known each other for a very long time and have an established comfort zone?
Alissa Says: 22.11.06 at 7:10 pm
I think it’s appropriate for a couple of reasons and yes, one is because they have an established relationship and also because not everyone is a germ phob and she’s probably aware of whether he is or isn’t. SHE on the other hand, may truly be (I could see that about her- and I don’t mean that deragatorly). Her comment was NOT homophobic- I simply just don’t believe that for a second. It’s being made into a far larger deal than what it actually was. It’s all stupid- Rosie needs to RELAX and stop personalizing everything that may somehow reflect her own insecurities.
Bibi Says: 22.11.06 at 7:57 pm
I think is appropriate, they have known each other for a really long time and there is a comfort zone there.
I do not agree with Rosie’s view that it was a homophobic comment, she felt she was disrespected, you could tell in her face she did not like it at all.
Elena Says: 22.11.06 at 11:28 pm
I think it is ridiculous! I think that stature that Kelly has acquired should have reflected her behavior. Clay is a young one starting out in the business, possible a little immature. She should have acted like a mature person and spoken to him privately and not made a media specatcle out of it. There are far too many problems in this world to be concerned about other than his clammy hands. If she was on a soap she’d be kissing many different men.
Michelle Says: 23.11.06 at 6:58 pm
Dear Kelly,
Your disrespectful, ill-mannered and hostile treatment of Clay Aiken, while he attempted to co-host on Friday, November 17, was surpassed by your even more disrespectful, ill-mannered and hostile treatment of him on Monday, November 20. Shame on you! Almost from the moment last Friday’s show began, you did everything you could to humiliate, embarrass and insult him. Since then, I have seen the homophobic “Halloween costume†episode in its entirety. Let me refresh your memory. You dressed up to look like Clay, “sang,†and then proceeded, as Clay, to smother Regis, who was dressed as Bo Bice, with a face full of kisses. Is that little homophobic event coming back to you now? Do you have a conscience? What had Clay Aiken ever done to you personally to warrant your ridicule and rumor mongering? I’m disgusted with everyone associated with LWRK for allowing that homophobic event to occur two years ago.
On Friday, you were sitting next to a young man highly committed to making this world a better place for children with disabilities and those otherwise in need. Instead of focusing on the good he is doing, you chose to harass him with a photo of a cat, shabbily exploiting his phobia. It was obvious from the start of the show that the audience was not “your†audience, but Clay’s. Amazingly, you even became hostile toward the audience. You capped off your personal attacks against Clay by verbally elbowing him out of most of the rest of the show.
Did you expect Clay to just sit back and take your abuse? If you did, then you are also guilty of not doing your job. If you had bothered to find out anything factual and true about Clay, instead of relying on totally discredited sources like Howard Stern (more on HS later), you would have known that Clay is anything but a pushover or anything else suggested by Howard. You know now that Clay is quick-witted, well informed and challenging, but never mean-spirited. Too bad that such a little taste of your own medicine was so bitter for you. At no point did Clay pray on your fears, make fun of your appearance, slander your character or spread lies about you. No, that’s your exclusive MO.
I wish Clay had not teasingly put his hand over your mouth as you have done to Regis on at least three separate occasions documented by screen caps on your fan site. But, nothing Clay said or did on Friday came even close to warranting your vicious attack of Monday. Everything you accused him of you are guilty of yourself. If you already disrespected him so much, why did you have him on the show? Just to humiliate, embarrass and insult him? None of this is really about Clay, is it? It’s about what’s inside you, Kelly.
If Howard Stern ever called me, I would keep it a shameful secret and take it to my grave. On Monday morning, your studio audience was palpably appalled and stunned by your vicious and unwarranted attack on Clay. Neither your studio nor your viewing audience has ever before witnessed such a personal vitriolic spewing forth of hatred by one entertainer for another. That your target was Clay Aiken is incomprehensible! There was no chance of empathy or credibility for your irrational and mean-spirited rant, but had there been, you would have stamped it out for good when you mentioned Howard Stern and the morally reprehensible “amusement†he provided you at Clay’s expense.
Finally, I hope that as you ponder the events of Friday and Monday, you will find it in yourself to critically examine your attitude, motives, agendas and behavior. You need to own why it’s in your best interest to treat others as you clearly wish to be treated. Clay Aiken is too fine a person to treat you as poorly as you treated him. Your next guest/co-host might make a different choice.
Clay sent you flowers with a note of apology during your show on Wednesday, November 22. When do you plan to mention his apology on your show? However wronged by your hypocrisy, it’s no surprise that he held to the standard of the consummate gentleman he is. Maybe, from now on, you’ll know one when you see one.
SPACEKITTY Says: 24.11.06 at 10:19 am
ROSIE JUST SHUT THE FVCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!