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Wendy Williams Weighs In On The Recent Marie Claire Controversy

By Alex Alvarez

Wendy Williams, host of the aptly-named “The Wendy Williams Show” decided to weigh in on the hubbub (yes, hubbub) surrounding a recent article by Marie Claire contributor Maura Kelly, on her thought abouts the overweight stars of the new CBS sitcom “Mike and Molly.” Many readers felt Kelly’s comments were insensitive and “fatphobic,” and some even threatened to boycott the magazine until she was fired. Kelly, for her part, issued an apology for her comments, writing that “Believe it or not, I never wanted anyone to feel bullied or ashamed after reading this, and I sorely regret that it upset people so much. A lot of what I said was unnecessary. It wasn’t productive, either.”

On her show Williams, posed the following question to her audience, nothing that, while Kelly apologized, the magazine itself has yet to:

Why do you accept that? I don’t accept that. We get upset about the N-word, we get upset about making fun of gay people, and paraplegics and people with Down Syndrome — but we can make fun of fat people and that’s okay? It’s not okay. Marie Claire, we’ll be waiting for your apology — how about that?

The question remains: Should a magazine, or any other media outlet for that matter, be expected to apologize when it presents content offensive or disagreeable to a portion of its readership?

2010 FlavaMen Blatino Awards Adds Celebrities to the EVENT

JUST ADDED! FANTASIA, KELLY ROWLAND & DONDRIA TO PERFORM AT THE
FLAVAMEN BLATINO AWARDS® AFTERPARTY!
Plus Adult Film Stars Wendy Williams and Breion Diamond to present along with Awards Co-Hosted by Raz-B, Shanell aka SnL, D-Woods and CJ Wright!

FlavaMen® Magazine and Wassup N ATL (WassupNATL.com) today announced additional stars to perform and present at the 2010 FlavaMen Blatino Awards®. These gay awards honor ethnic clubs, adult performers, and websites in a variety of categories and is administered by Flava Works.

Added to the presenters list are gay ethnic porn stars Breion Diamond and Baby Star and 2010 XBIZ Transsexual Performer of the year star Wendy Williams. In addition award presenters include Bloggers Adam B. Irby, Drama Dupree, Sir Daniel, Newnue, and Romeo Redwine, singers Marck Angel, Anye Ellite, safer sex activist Kenneth Johnson, and publisher Rameses Fredrick.

The after party sponsored by the mega Atlanta promotional group Wassup N ATL will feature several live performances by major recording artists including:
Dondria
American R&B singer-songwriter Dondria from So So Def Recordings performing songs from her recently released album“Dondria vs. Phatfffat.”

Fantasia
R&B singer and American Idol winner Fantasia will perform songs from her new album “Back to Me”.

Kelly Rowland
R&B singer and performer Kelly Rowland will perform songs from her upcoming new album including her new international hit single “Commander".

The celebrities that will co-host the second annual FlavaMen Blatino Awards® are Raz-B from the R&B boy band B2K, Shanell aka SnL from rapper Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment, D. Woods formerly from the group Danity Kane and CJ Wright, straight male porn actor, director, and owner of the company CJ Wright Productions.
The 2010 FlavaMen Blatino Awards® will be held on Friday, September 3, 2010 from 9:00pm – 11pm @ CLUB ATL (Atlanta Peach Ballroom) 3365 Buford Highway Atlanta, GA 30329-3735 with an after party from 11pm – 4am at the same venue.

Tickets to the award show are $10 online before August 31, 2010 ($20/at the door). Red Carpet VIP Tickets are $25.00 online before August 31, 2010 ($30/at the door) Red Carpet VIP Admission to the Blatino Awards includes seating on the main floor in front of the stage with the Award Nominees, photo ops with Porn Stars and Superstars, and hors d'oeuvres. CJ Wright will also perform a private erotic nude strip show during the after party for VIP guests. Tickets are available online in advance at www.BlatinoAwards.com.
Raz-B from the R&B boy band B2K.
Raz B is a former member of the group B2K. With B2K Raz B found success with albums like, Pandemonium!, world tours, feature film work in movies (You Got Served), and as a breakout solo actor with LGBT hit television series Noah’s Arc. Most recently Raz B has continued his career in the music industry and has created his own production company RazBeatz Entertainment.
Shanell aka SnL from rapper Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment
Shanell is a new kind of female urban/pop rock artist who has emerged on the scene – A multi-talented singer, songwriter, performer and creative visionary who is ready to set a new era in motion for female urban/pop rock. Preceded by the continued success and musical evolution of multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning artist and label mate Lil Wayne, Shanell is the female answer to the mash-ups of fun-loving rock n’ roll drums and guitar with hard-hitting hip-hop beats and a touch of sultry R&B melodies.
D. Woods formerly from the group Danity Kane
D. Woods is an American R&B singer, dancer, and actress who performed as a member of the girl group Danity Kane. On the October 14, 2008 season finale of Making the Band, it was declared that Woods was no longer a member of the group. Since her departure from Danity Kane, D. Woods has recorded several solo singles and appeared in music videos for Ludacris and Lil Wayne.
CJ Wright, is an African-American pornographic actor, director, and owner of the company CJ Wright Productions. Known as the "King of BBW", Wright specializes in directing movies with "Big Beautiful Woman."

The FlavaMen Blatino Awards ® will be broadcast live on the internet at http://www.BlatinoAwards.com and the winners announced on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/BlatinoAwards. Members of the public nominated and voted for their favorite ethnic clubs, adult performers, and websites in a variety of categories. A list of the 2010 nominees and winners from last year’s awards are available at http://www.BlatinoAwards.com

Notes from Nathan: When we met Wendy

t had been a cold and rainy weekend.  Due to the weather, I allowed myself to completely shut down.  The television was my entertainment.  I found myself watching outdated movies on Lifetime, remember they used to call it television for women?

Monday came around and it was off to the races.  Dwight and I were finally going to have the opportunity to be on the set of The Wendy Williams Show.  Neither of us knew what to expect.  We had it in our minds how we wanted it to go, but of course we were on someone else's time.  We got there just as Wendy wrapped her show for the day.  We were ushered over to her where her make up and hair stylist fussed over her prior to her time with us.  Everything happened so fast.  It was our hope to get at least 6 minutes with her, but that was chopped in half.  Never the less, Dwight jumped in and seized the day with that charm that only Dwight Allen O'neal can deliver.  I could tell he felt rushed, but it worked out in the end.

After Wendy, the staff and crew set the stage and allowed me to interview Merrell Hollis, Wendy's make-up artist.  The interview was great!  Merrell talked about how he met Wendy as well as what he thought about a few celebrities and their make up.  Ooh the scandal.  It was a great deal of fun, we shared a few laughs and concluded our interview.

Nathan