After causing a big stink earlier in the week with his comments about Oscar nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe, radio shock-jock Howard Stern defended himself on his show.
Stern and his sidekick, Robin Quivers, claim they are just trying to save her life because obesity is a huge problem in the United States.
LOL@ save her life..
Like she doesnt’ know she has arms the size of folks bodies.. Imean come on be real here.
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I must say I am a 28 year old black man who is a huge fan of Howard Stern. That kike son of a b***h tells it like it is. Whether he is talking about Pamela Anderson or Jay Leno, he always hits the nail on the head. I’m going to defend him in his addressing the obesity issue. Mind you, I love thick women. However, there is a thin line between a let’s say, Buffie The Body and a Gabourey Sidibe. Buffie may be what Cosmopolitan considers “fat” but f**k them! Buffie looks like she can bench press twice her weight and her tight figure exhumes the fact that she exercises regularly. Gabourey looks like the type that dreads the gym or the trail in the park. I used to be a personal trainer’s assistant and I’ve seen many women get it in physically to save their lives. To condone morbid obesity is the same as condoning murder. It’s not always about the size, it’s the lifestyle. Ms. Sidibe unfortunately shows that her lifestyle is unhealthy. We as Americans can’t keep acting like obesity is no big deal because it really is. I don’t know Ms. Sidibe but I wouldn’t marry a woman her size. However, I think she is very beautiful. With that being said, I feel that if she truly wants to expand her career’s movie roles and wants to prolong her life, she needs to lose weight. Howard Stern is only echoing what millions of Americans black and white are thinking.
Hey Doc-V, I agree with what Howard said about obesity and the issue of diseases/sicknesses. What many of us don’t agree with is the way he said it, the name calling, and just plain disrespect he showed. He didn’t have to call her a planet and there was no point in half the s**t he said. Now for those people who think Howard is the worse person in the world, he does go after everyone in the same fashion and he never holds up.. that I respect him for. At the same time most people just can’t stand his insulting comments.
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I am not saying that Gabby is not big… But I love it how people jump on people being fat. What about people who smoke and drink? That will kill you just as fast as being a fat ass… If she has no problem with being big then what the hell right do people have to tell her to lose weight… and for those idiots talking about condoning obesity… nobody is condoning obesity… FUNNY that OBESITY bothers people so much… I really think people are mad because the HUNGRY!!! Just kidding. But for real who are we to judge? Obviously there is a problem with health and fitness education in this country because almost 50% of the population is fat!!!!!!!
Hmmm it’s interesting…Stern seems to be mellowing in his golden years. Back in the day, he would’ve come out swinging, begrudging someone even worse when he was called out on some of his comments. While he may never apologize on air for offending someone, his tone has softened somewhat – believe it or not. Stern is Stern. He’s not for the faint of heart. He’s one of the favorite Jewish sons of the talk radio era which makes him untouchable because he makes a lot of money for the billionaires who employ him. And the day Robin Quivers even comes close to opposing him on anything will be history.
Robin has some nerve making fun of this young lady yes she lost some weight BUT she’s still big as hell.Have you seen the picture of her in that black bathing suit For black woman to denigrate another black woman in public in front of a white RACIST!! like Stern is down right repulsive.Robin look in the mirror your not cute just because you have lost weight.
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when I first saw precious. I was wondering if that was a real person or not. I was asking friends and family, and turns out she was. I was like omg, she is at a dangerous weight. The last thing she needs to talk about is chik-fila
First of all let me say this. Robin is a self hating self absorbant inconsiderate b!tch. Anytime you turn on your own race for big nosed loud mouthed racist who would never say anything like this in front a some real black people that have pride in thier race you have issues. I would love to be in a room with Howard Stern 1 on 1. That’s right I give less than a f*ck about a terrosit threat. This is not a threat this is a promise if I ever see Howard Stern in person I am going to knock his a** out. I don’t give a damn about going to jail. I dont give a damn about a lawsuit. I don’t give a damn about the police coming after me. Howard Stern I’m letting you know when I see you I am going to f*ck you up. You can hide behind your microphone all day long but eventually you gotta come out sometime!!! You can run but you can’t hide. And when I catch you better pray somebody stops because I have intentions on hurting you real bad.
honestly some of yall focus on other ppls problems and issues way too much. Some of you are just ignorant and wrong to talk about her like that she see herself in the mirror everyday.. losing weight isnt cut and dry like he makin it seem, and just cause u overweight doesnt mean you eat too much, it can be genetics steroids for medical conditions, thyroid problems etc.. just because your small doesn’t mean you wont avoid health problems. I feel like if you wanna help her yall should encourage her instead of discourage her, azzholes like y’all is the reason why ppl go into depression stage, because of pure ignorance, criticizing and putting her down dam she know she big; its NOBODY’S place to put her down like that. Its ok to be concerned, but everyone should look at and evaluate themselves and their problems before trying to talk about anyone else.
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Howard is always be the overpaod. racist f**ker and Robin is an O-R-E-O (she loves WHite men, maily that giant turd); she wouldn’t take that if Howard was Black. She lost weight, but I rather take Satcy Dash or Toni Braxton over her B-U-T-T-A-F-A-C-E ass…..
It is one thing to say that Gabourey should lose weight for health reasons, and it’s another thing to say someone will die if she doesn’t lose weight. You are not God, you don’t know anyone’s destiny or future, you have no right to say what will happen to someone because you simply don’t know. It would be wrong for me to say to you or anyone will die because of whatever reason. Why did he have to make a point of calling her a fat “black” chick??? I’m quite sure if his but kissing sidekick robin quivers or anyone in hollywood would called an actress “a fat jewish chick” they would lose their jobs and be on the Hot seat. Maybe Gabourey is trying to lose weight, we don’t know what’s going on in her personal life. She is confident and she doesn’t care what anyone says or thinks and I applaud women with this attitude because they are not buying into this media hype of what is supposed to be beautiful and accepted. You don’t have fake blond stringy hair like beyonce, get countless surgeries like Heidi Montag and get Gastric Bypass like Carnie Wilson to feel beautiful and accepted. Learn to love yourself and change for personal growth, not for the world.
I have to agree with what Howard Stern said. I know a lot of black people are coming up to defend Gabourey, but she is obese, nasty, and gross to look at. That is my opinion. The only roles she might get is in some coonery Tyler Perry movie.
Howard says it like how it is. He talks about anyone no matter is they are black, white, yellow, brown, or purple.
When I saw Precious, the one thing that came into mind when I saw her was that damn this chick looks like Jabba The Hutt!!!
To all the women that defend this wilderbeast, usually they are the ones that are obese as well.
I cannot stand when fat people (men and women) who talk smack and live unhealthy lifestyles say love me for me but not caring about their own personal health. And yes I believe they should tax on sugar and fatty foods as well. This country has the most obese people in population. Don’t get me wrong, some fat women have pretty faces but Gabby is at the border from the missing link to human.
Oh yeah, tell Chewbacca (Monique) to shave those nasty legs!!!
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How are they trying to save her life? Like theyre soooo worried about her life by talking crap no theyre just trying to cover their asses now. Please robin cant even get a decent hair do or stop telling everyone wholl listen about her father molesting her and Howard cant even get his effin huge ass nose in check(not too even mention his sea donkey looking wife’s face).
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It’s not what he siad, it’s how it said it. It was tasteless, and Robin to not say nothing when her a$$ had surgery to get thin, should be ashamed…You don’t mistreat people because they are overweight. This young lady is on the high of her life, why say something so mean. And those who think it’s right, what if it was your mom, sister or child he said this about??? Both of them are a$$holes…Period!!! Live and let live…Worry about your own damn health…He might die in 2 years from being so damn frail…
Yes we can all agree that Howard Stern can be or is an A$$hole?? But at the end of the day what he said for the most part is TRUE!!! Some of you just mad cause his white ass said it as oppose to someone of color??
But C’mon son,her nasty ass better enjoy it while it last cause big girls get noooo luv in Hollywood!!! Real Talk!
Stern is simply a vitriolic, acid tongued, evil shock jock. Its his job. I’m not agreeing/disagreeing w/the validity of his “claim”, what he said, or his “concern”. I don’t care. I’ve always felt, the right thing, said in an attempt to help, but said with negativity, and hate in the heart, will fall on deaf ears. So, whether he said it out of concern, malcontent, or what-thee-f**k-ever made him make the ignorant statements he has, its still achieving no possible end that he “claims” to mean. He’s simply, and idiot spouting something to be popular. Period.
I don’t know why you guys are getting mad at what stern said because it’s people on these threads that said why more messed up stuff about her than what he did!!!! why are you mad because he’s white? it is not okay to be this big!!! period….it would be just the same as if someone had an addiction…be it alcohol or drugs…food isn’t looked down upon as much as alcohol or drugs because..it’s a slow process…it’s sending the wrong message to the youth of today…i mean it’s one thing to be overweight…i mean face it most of america is overweight…this the reason why we have to take high blood pressure medications, do dialysis, and have joint problems…don’t act like it’s not true…just because she was in a movie and she’s in hollywood doesn’t make it okay…all of us can stand to lose a few pounds!! don’t get mad at stern and robin for telling the truth…the body was not meant to take all that…i mean the woman can’t even walk…the truth hurts sometimes…just because she has money now doesn’t make it alright to be this big…hollywood could care less about her or her health…she’s the ‘it’ girl for the moment…they don’t care that she is a walking heart attack or stroke waiting to happen…all they care about it the revenue she’s going to bring into her new roles….
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Sunshyne, you hit the nail right on the head. You are very articulate and a ray of sun. Sorry, I could not resist that one.
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cubsfan1973 you must be the most ignorant mf on the planet. I dare you to look in the mirror. Matter of fact I dare all of you have nothing better to do than point out Gabby’s flaws to take one good look at yourselves. Do you see that nasty, gross, person lookin back? As for Howard and his sidekick if you wanna save someone how bout a campaign for all the little white boys and girls in Hollywood who drink and drug themselves to death. Leave Ms. Sidibe alone! She seems to be doin’ just fine!
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Reeallly… how many people and groups spoke up against to the bad body images that the media gives us in these rail thin models, and changed nothing about what faces they sell to us. His comments were an attempt at the same out crys but for the other end of the body image spectrum? LAME
howard stern maybe you should try to gain some weight. I’m sick of hearing this story. If the young lady is happy, let her be. Dam. I don’t see your name on the bigscreen any where.
F**k that you ass kissing, muhf**kas! She’s big, black, and unattractive! WTF!? I’m sick as s**t of this politically correct bulls**t. I don’t care if she’s Empress of the Universe you f**ks, she is not attractive, and large as f**k. You don’t like what I said? Become sick from it and die! F**kers!!!! Keep it real Howard!!!!
They came down kind of hard but telling the truth, america obesity problem is at a all time high, I’m big and its hard losing weight for me i’m like a yo yo i must eat right and stay in the gym. This issue is right up there with the race issue and needs to be resolved we must keep it real.
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this is what “shock jocks” do…howard stern has always been an a*****e…dats what made him famous…really and truly Gabby need to tell howie and robin to eat her p***y!!!!
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HOWARD STERN & ROBIN STFU!! PPL KNOW THEY F*KIN NEED TO LOOSE WEIGHT THAT AINT NO NEW NEWS.. IM THINKIN ROBIN WAS WHITE THIS HEFFA IS BLACK…BLACK ON BLACK CRIME SMH.
We know ppl thats over weight need to LOose weight it aint UP TO NOBODY BUT THE PERSON THATS OVERWEIGHT NOBODY CANT TELL NOBODY WHAT TO DO ITS UP TO THE PERSON ..SO SIT BACK N SHUT UP.
Yall need to cut Howard a break its not like he lying. He size is gonna cost her SOME roles. Being that size is going to cut her out of being a leading lady MOST times, but that ain’t even important.
They are right being that size leads to HEALTH PROBLEMS. What’s up with my black people always wanting to be so damn stubborn. Like just because a white called it out now suddenly he’s just making it up or because he white and the person he’s talking about is black then all black folks must defend her, that’s BS.
If the girl is comfortable with her size and there was no chance of her having health problems then, i’d be all for her staying that size if you wanted. But the human heart can handle only so much stress and being that big puts strain on it.
All you so called fans (if you are REALLY fans) should be spammig her with calls and emails telling her to drop the weight, not too “look better” for Hollywood purposes but to actually stay alive. I’m with you Howard, hopefully MORE media personalities will get at her so she will listen.
Itz funny ta me how defenders on this very touchy subject all have the same or very similar arguements that only change slightly in variation. It’s usually “If she happy, just let her be!”. Those defedning Gabourey need to understand something. Just because you say your happy being big, fat, obese, whatever the case is, DOES NOT mean your heart will automatically cease to feel the strain the extra weight is putting on it. You act like just because you call somebody ignorant and compare the “problems” of obesity to a major issue such as race, it means your body will be 100% healthy despite the size. Here’s the truth for those who obviously don’t want, or most likely don’t understand the actual situation.
Take an avid weight-lifter. A gym rat. The guy who walks in hulking over everyone else. In a sense they are just as big as the obese in america but here’s the difference. Forgetting the sheer size of their muscles, the strength of their muscles is much higher than that of an obese person. What does this mean?? Their body and heart are able to handle more strain as they bulk more because they are strengthening the muscles in their body to handle this type of strain and become stronger. Their joints are stronger and they don’t have sheer weight and size crushing smaller joints and parts of the body because they are just “happy” being big and obese.
An obese person is someone who has acquired a dramatic imbalance of body fat to muscle. Since these same muscles haven’t been strengthened whatsoever and the joints are still just as weak as they were after maturing, the added weight begins to put a lot of strain on the heart and the weakening joints. You can argue that your “happy” all damn day but the fact of the matter is your heart and body don’t give two fuks. This is why bigger people develop certain pain problems and brush them off as due to labor or some form of accident they’ve had recently. Even if that was the case that only makes it worse because an injured part of the body has to fight the injury as well as the strain of the sheer weight on the body.
Howard stern said it in a VERY harsh way and probably could’ve re-phrased it better. But he told the fukin truth. EVEN IF YOU DON’T FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THE STRAIN, I PROMISE YOU IT IS HAPPENING SLOWLY AND YOU ARE GEARING TOWARDS A TERRIBLE FUTURE. I’m not trying to get at anybody nor am I trying to force the big community to lose weight. Hell, even my girlfriend is big but she wants to exercise with me because she is already feeling those joint pains and the effects of strain. I’ll say it again. EVEN IF YOU DON’T FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THE STRAIN OF YOUR WEIGHT, IT IS IN FACT AFFECTING YOU.
This has nothing to do with black or white either. There are PLENTY obese white people, latina, Asian etc. If you don’t believe go look up some big girl porn and tell me just how many of them are white and latina versus black. Now I already know I’m gonna get hate for saying this because it’s true that blind hatred will follow the pure truth no matter who it is spoken from. And the arguement will still be “OH I’M HAPPY SO STFU!” OR “IF YOUR NOT BIG IT’S NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS!” or “OBESITY IS BECOMING AS BIG AS RACE NOW, YOU JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND!!”. It doesn’t matter because all that arguement doesn’t change the truth that if you remain at an imbalance in body fat to muscle you will feel the effects in your lifetime eventually. You don’t have to be a bodybuilder but you should at least try to lean towards a positive balance.
Let the hate and anger of the big community commence. I’m ready and I could give two shyts. BTW, I am black myself and I already know I’m 19 and my girl is big. Get at me.
SHE IS A BIG GIRL A VERY BIG GIRL, GUESS WHAT NO MATTER WHAT SHE SAYS SHE IS NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT HERSELF!!!
WHILE MONIQUE USED TO JOKE ABOUT HATING SKINNY BROADS!!
THE POINT IS LOOK AT HERSELF AND QUEEN LATIFA, LOOK AT STAR THEY ALL LOST WEIGHT AND LOOK GREAT!! ORPAH WILL BE LOOSING WEIGHT AGAIN SOON SO LETS’ FACE IT FAT IS NOT IN NOR IS IT GOOD ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT!!!
Howard Stern has always been controversial. SO WHAT… people need to get their panties out of the bunch. Anyone making this a race issue is a MORON… I dont see anyone calling Jamie Fox a racist for calling her Notorius Precious. All he is doing is speaking honestly. She is a Obese [possibly morbidly obese] and she is a black woman. YOU DONT LIKE IT DONT LISTEN TO IT!
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OKAY ITS HER LIFE JUST SHUT DA F**K UP!!!! SHE’S FEEDING HER DAMM SELF!!!
I KNOW YOU ARE A D*MN FOOL… BUT I GET IT NOW HOWARD STERN… GABOUREY IS YOUR MEAL TICKET… YOU’RE A D*MN LOSER FOR REAL… YOU GOT TO MAKE YOUR MONEY OFF OF BAD MOUTHING GABOUREY… YOU ARE A POOR EXCUSE FOR A SNAKE SWEETHEART…
First of Gabourey will be recieving a Master Degree.If someone want to help Do not attack because what you said is hurtfull. I’m not a full figure I fill bad when you have a coon toming for massa. Thats the danger. I remember when Robin started she knows exactly what Gabbie going through.Hate Begats Hate.Cooning becomes you Robin. Bend over for Howard. I remember Howard pull your breast out and sucked them on your show in the earlier days.
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Who cares if Gabbie is getting a masters? WTF does that mean? Nothing, especially not to rich azz Howard Stern. I’m just surprised that many more women have not become up in arms over the attacking of this woman, because she’s fat. The public outcry should at least earn her a few shows on the Lifetime channel.
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Anyone that says its okay to be fat, leave her alone, etc, etc, obviously has never been that way; speaking from experience carrying more weight than your body can handle is a death sentence, it weighs on you emotionally, physically, and mentally; loving yourself is one thing but being content and using that to make a statement is just plain stupid!!!! I was 50 lbs overweight and i always portrayed myself as big and sexy, but behind close doors i hated the way i looked, the way i felt and one day i just woke up and said “no more”! It wasnt easy but it was so worth it and plus I did for me, not for what others wanted me to be……..thank you!
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I know one thing . . . Gabby can lose weight, but there’s only so much Howard can do with that UGLY ASS FACE!!!! (There’s a reason he’s on the RADIO . . . )
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Man f**k Howard stern and that lame b***h in the background. Nobody even knows who she is. Gabby knows she’s obese she’s grown. How are you tryna help her? You’re just being plain evil and being a hater. So kiss her fat ass! Ugly a*****e lmao
Stern and his sidekick, Robin Quivers, claim they are just trying to save her life because obesity is a huge problem in the United States——–Call her and help her instead of degrading her publicly you sorry sack of poop!
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wow these people are ridiculous are you serious that girl know she can lose weight she choose not to so can we fault her no we can’t. for the female in the back ground has to shut up, howard stern is on crack himself so…..
How in the hell were they tryin to save her life by talking down about her? Some people end up killing themselves over too harsh comments..What happened is people finally stepped up and let them two know a few things they needed to know and it didnt have a laugh to it. Everything not funny!
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