Give celebrities a platform or shove a mic into their faces, and they’ll say anything. This week in celebrity quotes, Rae Dawn Chong likens Oprah to a field slave, Dwyane Wade responds to his ex-wife homeless stunt, and Erykah Badu needs a lesson in Geography 101! Plus, Lil’ Mo shades Stevie Wonder over his Florida boycott. And Holly Robinson Peete said what?! AND I QUOTE …
“Detroit filed for bankruptcy today. The whole state.”
Erykah Badu letting the world know that the STATE not city of Detroit has officially filed for bankruptcy protection, via Twitter.
“If you looked at the way she looks, she looks like if it was 60 years ago she would’ve been a housekeeper, luckily. She would’ve not been a house n*gger, she would’ve been a field n*gger…so I give her props.”
Rae Dawn Chong ripping former Color Purple co-star Oprah Winfrey, claiming the billionaire is jealous of her, on Matty P.’s Radio Happy Hour.
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“I popped something but it wasn’t no damn Molly!”
Ginuwine clearing up the rumors that he was on drugs while performing live with his TGT group members Tyrese and Tank, on WLNY’s morning show “The Couch”.
“If the coin was right, would HIS staff accept or deny the gig? And if so how would he know? They could say it’s sumpter, sc or nah?”
Lil’ Mo, who is currently on TV One’s “R&B Divas: LA”, trying to discourage artists, especially Stevie Wonder, from boycotting Florida due to the Zimmerman-Martin trial, via Twitter.
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“Took POTUS almost a week to show up and express mild outrage. And still, it was as weak as pre-sweetened Kool-Aid.”
Tavis Smiley criticizing President Barack Obama’s delayed remarks on race and the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin verdict, via Twitter.
“I had my headphones..Did ya’ll hear something????.. #stopit #dontbefooled #storiessellpapers #movingon “
Dwyane Wade finally addressing his ex-wife’s homeless allegations, though she receives $25,000 a month in spousal support, via Instagram.
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“We had like a lesbian lacrosse team, that’s all we had.”
Holly Robinson Peete assuming that every female on the Sarah Lawrence College lacrosse team was gay, during an interview with ESPN’s “First Take”