Was Kelly Ripa homophobic to Clay Aiken?

Rosie was right about her.

I don't watch this show but is she supposed to be attractive?

I so prefer Kathy Lee to her

Meh, people went after Kathy Lee in her day, too. They hated when she constantly talked about her kids.

Kelly then calls into the View, blindsides and attacks a lesbian for even implying that her words could be interpreted as homophobic. Turning the tables and making herself the victim of the situation. She’s fabulous at spin.

Howard Stern thought it was a homophobic comment. Who knows? Clay’s annoying and shouldn’t have done that but Kelly’s comment was over the top. She hated working with Regis.

America really gets outraged over the dumbest shit.

These morning show people talking about their children or their sex lives (which Kathy Lee also did) is intolerable.

Homophobia gets brushed off. Imagine if a straight black man did that to her and she reacted the same way…

I'm surprised they even let Kelly call in to argue with Rosie live on the air. Was Bill so happy to let Rosie look bad live on the air? Seems like the kind of thing you'd sort out behind the scenes...

I'm going to say it was homophobic and also her not getting on with Clay. Does it mean she was really trying to make him out to be a gross perv? No - I think she would have snapped at any guest host touching her. She clearly had to put up with a lot as the tiny "fun" blonde. But her not liking him and knowing he was gay was definitely the reason for her reaction and tone.

It was bitchy.

I don't think Rosie calling her out helped though. It outed Clay, made Kelly defensive and gave Bill more fuel for the "Rosie the lesbian argues with everyone" narrative.

If I were Clay I'd have been doubly humiliated.

Yes.

Clay's was America's hand that day.

Boundaries, she ain't got none. This is what happens when a person of average looks, talent and intelligence, (from New Jersey) is elevated in our society. Cringe.

That skank's hand no doubt smelled like her own filthy diseased cooze since she ain't gettin' any from her gay hubby.

She should be asking her husband where his hands have been…

Gay Aiken was still in the closet at that point, right? Hard to believe the fraus never saw or got his gayface from space. Then again David Foster's sister did impregnate herself with a turkey baster with Gay's spooge. Anything is possible!

I remember this being *the* hot topic back when I first came to Datalounge!

Gay men fist each other's shitty assholes. I don't care how many times they washed their hands afterward. That's gross.

Kelly homophobic, when most of her mail friends are gay? No, Clay acted like an entitled asshole the entire show. And I'm no Kelly fan.

R18 So says the queefing lezzie. Most gay men's rectums are so clean the Queen could literally eat off of it. Gay men never have smelly feet or dirty assholes. Janbot lives in an innercity shelter in a shitty ghetto of Baltimore. She is an exception.

[quote]when most of her mail friends are gay?

Kelly has snail mail gay pen pals?

Best part about this whole scenario was that Rosie 'outed' Clay Aiken on national television by accusing Kelly of being 'homophobic'.

Funny how Rosie - who is all about women's rights as well as gay rights - didn't find his actions sexist. As they pointed out on camera, Clay would've never ever done that to Regis or a male cohost, but he felt comfortable doing it to a female cohost.

Kelly was right on this one.

R18

No, they DON'T all fist each other. Much less enjoy shit.

Stereotype much?

Idiot.

Kaitlan at R22 , isn't Saturday your day off?

In the book about the View, Ladies Who Punch, it mentions Rosie was none too pleased with producers who put Kelly's call through.

Gay men and DLers have no love for Kelly Ripa. She's like a case of anal warts or hemorrhoids THAT NEVER FUCKING SHUTS UP. I would take Gay's hand on my face over Kelly's cunt smelling hand.

Rosie was always afraid somebody would make her look bad. She just couldn't comprehend that she did that all on her own.

Girls! Girls! You're both cunts!

R23. Well, smell you!

All I know is that she and Mark fell out with NPH and Burtka. They used to go over to Thanksgiving meals, etc., and now they're not even following each other on Instagram. Make of that what you will.

I get the feeling Kelly is just a spoiled brat. In the Michael Strahan brouhaha, Kelly was so pissed that Michael didn't tell her he was leaving the show. But Michael's bosses asked him not to tell anyone. He did what he was asked, but Kelly just couldn't handle not being on the inside.

I don't like the way Kelly dissed Regis in her book. Honey, you'd never have gotten out of Pine Valley if it weren't for Regis.

R30: Kelly was probably jealous that she wasn’t included in their 3 way. She put Mark back on his leash.

My initial feeling about Kelly Ripa was that she was dumb. I have never been proven wrong. Loved Kathie Lee.

This happened years ago, and you queens are just discussing this?

Kelly Ripa has courted more controversy since...

And for the record, she's talented and entertaining.

She's also 100% supportive of gay men and our rights.

he should have said "nowhere worse than your mouth has, I'm sure" and that would have taken care of that

@r22, "Best part about this whole scenario was that Rosie 'outed' Clay Aiken on national television"

Like who didn't know? Isn't that like "outing" Richard Simmons?

She's not dumb, she's from New Jersey

Kelly is a subversive bitch, which is the worst kind of bitch. She's all sugar and liberal spice to the outside world, but behind closed doors she hates everyone 😠

Ask Micheal Strahan

No black male can make disparaging, personal remarks about his white female colleague and have a job afterwards. Don 🍋 is finding this out right now (although he's convinced he's a white girl trapped in a black man's body).

R10 says it all.

R16, We all knew (well, most). But the Fanboards we belonged to back in that day had martinet admins who demanded that members "take Clay at his word."

I was in that studio audience. Clay acted, seemingly spontaneously, out of frustration. Kelly was showing him and the audience of mostly Clay fans who was in charge, as the earlier response to him was greater than for her.

She twisted that knife later when Clay sang his Christmas song and, honestly, needed another take. But it wasn't allowed.

You really think they'd let a white guy get away with behaving like Diva Don, R40? If anything, Don's gotten away with MORE.

If Kelly and Mark had some issues with NPH, that still leaves Bruce Bozzi, the Andys and David Tyler Muir.

It was a physical assault no matter how 'playful' Clay intended it. No gay man needs to put his hand on a woman's ANYTHING to get her to shut up. Any reasonably proficient gay man would have read the bitch until she cried. Mean-spirited and vicious? Yes...but that's how we get down.

R44 Sure, lil girl. And all the countless times that witch did it to Regis also weren't assault. STFU, queefing idiot.

Daytime talk shows are the dullest crap ever. Just endless babble and self-promoting crap products. And all the hosts seem like phony narcissistic bores with their blinding veneers. The only time I watched that shit is when I was at an old person's home or when I was waiting for the doctor.

Yes, she's always seemed like a bitch.

Team neither. Both are insufferable.

R47 is right. They are both fucking assholes.

that’s a funny flex considering it’s rumored in hamptons circles she slept with Stacey Griffith the butch soul cycle instructor that always dates straight socialites

R37 Everyone suspected, but he never publicly came out on his own. That's his personal news to share when he's ready. And Rosie supposedly was / still is a big proponent for those who are gay to come out on their own terms, when they're ready for it. (She didn't like when the tabloids tried to out her, and never liked it when the tabloids outed other celebs who weren't ready to come out).

So here she is - outing Clai Aiken on national television, before he was ready to come out publicly. Lovely, Rosie.

Rosie was just pissed that despite Kelly's lesbian tendencies, Kelly would not bump pussies with her.

R52 In fairness to Kelly, who the hell would look at Rosie and think "I want to fuck her"?

R53 That crazy woman Michelle Rounds who not only fucked her, but married her, adopted a kid with her, and then committed suicide.

r54 Kelli Carpenter, too. Minus the suicide part.

"I don't know where THAT hand has been" would be interpreted as something dirty or sexual if said to anyone. It seems rude.

But it is rude to cover someone's mouth when you barely know them and aren't close with them.

I don't think it was about germs. It seems shady about him being gay. But she was pissed. It's not that big a deal.

At least, r49, Clay is a good Democrat, even running (twice) for office.

Rosie wrote years later she was at a Madonna concert, front row of course and a few seats down was Kelly. Rosie went to approach her and Kelly turned her back. Rosie tweeted "Kelly Ripa the girl can hold a grudge". And you know if they had made up Rosie would have taken her backstage while Ripa claims to idolize Madonna.

@r57, Well, I declare, what makes a young homosexual think he's suitable for public office? He should stay in his nicely decorated closet

No, Kelly wasn't homophobic. Does Kelly even have one male friend who is straight?

No one wants a person they just met to put their hand over their mouth. It's weird behavior and isn't acceptable just because Aiken is gay.

As for Rosie, she is just a bitter person and no doubt felt jealous of Kelly who has been way more successful in both her personal and professional life.

Many women pick their vaginas to put in and remove tampons, apply creams for various purposes, which is also gross. People in general are gross. Nose picking, toenail picking in public. I once saw a married couple picking their toes at an outside eatery. In public. That’s why we wash our hands and practice other forms of hygiene and sanitation. Everyone loves to look at gay men as if we’re grosser than the general population. Fuck you.

Couldn't Rosie O'Donnell have called Kelly Ripa and given her heads up about the comment she was about to make? They were Neighbors in that apartment building and had a friendly relationship beforehand. Seems like Rosie ambushed Kelly and Kelly is a feisty Jersey Girl had every right to defend herself. Before the thing with the hand on the face clay was being especially b***** to Kelly because she had impersonated him on the show.

R61, what is your point? You think it's okay to put your hands over a stranger's mouth because you wash your hands?

She reacted and said something after someone did something unexpected. It's not her fault that people with low self-esteem want to think that she was implying Aiken had been pleasuring himself or something before wrapping his hands around her mouth.

R62 is correct. Aiken was unhappy with Kelly. His action towards her was not friendly. It was done out of some anger.

Clay’s an asshole. It was not homophobic on Kelly’s part. Fuck off forever Clay.

I don’t know where that hands been

Rosie wasn't a part of Kelly's gay A-list friend group and it probably annoyed her. Kelly could see that Rosie was unbalanced and probably wanted to keep a friendly distance. Rosie then used the homophobia claim to try to drive a wedge between Kelly and her gay pals.

I don't believe for a moment that Rosie gave a crap about Aiken. As someone pointed out, she actually publicly revealed to the world that he was gay just to make Kelly look bad. Aiken was very upset about it. And if Aiken had put his hand over Rosie's mouth she would have amputated it on live TV.

Hasselbeck should have put her hand over Rosie's mouth during their big fight. FWIW, Rosie made much better points during that fight, but she's just so damn hateful in her delivery.

R68 Rosie would have snapped Liz's arm like a twig.

You guys sort this out. I’ll be drinking with Hoda over at NBC.

If Andy Cohen had done that instead of Clay, it would have made perfect sense and they would have laughed about it.

Exactly r71. She’s the biggest hag on TV!

R71, Andy wouldn't have done it. At least not on live TV. And he knows her really well. He didn't just meet her.

I remember learning in kindergarten, "keep your hands to yourself". And that's just what I've been doing for the last 50+ years...

1. He shouldn’t have put his hands over her mouth, like she did to Regis many times before.

2. She was totally being homophobic.

She's not homophobic. Even Rosie admitted that.

Not homophobic but insufferable nonetheless.

Clay is an ugly gay.

[quote]She's not homophobic. Even Rosie admitted that.

She's not homophobic, but the joke was.

Only if you read into it unnecessarily, r79. Normally it just means wiping one's butt.

Clay would never have risked his "nice Southern boy" image if he weren't angry and frustrated at not having more air time as Kelly's co-host. He might also have a touch of misogyny.

Her name is in the title. It doesn't matter if she clapped her hand over Regis's mouth a million times. A guest doesn't do that to the host, and a man certainly doesn't do it to a woman. Clay was lucky Kelly didn't backhand him one!

A grainy video of the moment:

The Queen of the Fraus

R80 Screw you, queefing moron. A girl touching a man is just as much of an assault as vice versa. You bitches ain't special because of that queefing thing between your legs.

Kelly should have punched that annoying fag Clay in the face. When you are guest hosting the show, you don’t put your hand over the mouth of the real host. Clay’s a fucking idiot.

Kelly did it all the time.

R27 I don't think she was afraid as much as aware they were trying to make her look bad.

She stood her ground and took the call amd was respectful in telling Kelly "I see you".

Clay at heart was a spiteful guy. I remember him making disparaging comments about Adam Lambert. What type of "nice" Southern boy does that?

,,,,

Gay Aiken has aged horribly. He looks worse than Betty White AFTER she died. Poor girl.

After rewatching the video @ r81, the homophobic part was Kelly's overly dramatic delivery of "I don't know where that hand's been hunny!". Totally implied in a homophobic manner.

What does Clay do for a living? He moved from a mansion he lost money on, to someplace smaller that he's selling or sold.

Whatever Gay is doing he looks worse than a dead Betty White at 99.

R90, no, there was no implied homophobia. She would have said the same to a straight guy which at the time was what Clay was claiming to be.

No homophobia. She's just a hateful cunt to all men.

Now Ryan Seacrest is bailing on the show after 6 years. Kelly just caint get along with anyone. This show should be canceled.

Well, we don’t exactly know where that hand has been

Why would ABC cancel the #1 daytime talk show? Frauen evidently love Kelly.

She had to deal with Seacrest for years so she can’t be that homophobic

r93 if it was a straight man she wouldn't have said it in the manner of a drag queen, ie "I don't know where that hand's been honey!". She never spoke like that until she was addressing him. It was her delivery that made it homophobic.

R99, nope, she would have said it in the same way to a straight guy who was a nobody who she just met.

She is an A-list celebrity. She's not taking that from a nobody.

Gay men couldn't care less about anorexic Rippa.

She would not r100.

Which is why there have multiple threads on Kelly here.

R83, Gee, you might just ponder for a moment: Did Kelly and Regis ever REHEARSE? And after one clap, do ya think Regis might have let Kelly know never to do it again? OR that he was OKAY with it because the action brought the laughs?

You complete and utter vulgarian.

This happened 16 years ago. I have more pressing matters.

[quote]This is what happens when a person of average looks, talent and intelligence, (from New Jersey) is elevated in our society. Cringe.

Things have reached a pretty pass when someone pretty lower-class, graceless and vulgar, uninspired can be accepted and admired.

They need to just cancel her ass, she's long worn out her welcome. Other long running daytime shows are ending the spring.

I like the fact that Sherri and Elisabeth totally agreed with Kelly and Joy stayed neutral. No one agreed with Rosie. That didn't go well for Rosie.

And she kept saying Clay was in a 'precarious situation' and 'she felt bad for him', he became a 'star overnight', blah, blah, blah. Hasslebeck was smart enough to retort - "Didn't he audition to be on American Idol? Didn't he want to be on American Idol ?" shutting Rosie up.

Its interesting how every other time when Kelly Ripa, Sherri Shepherd, Elizabeth Hasslebeck have been brought up here over the years, DL has done nothing but shit on them. But when it comes to discussing a 16 year old dispute with a gay man DLers take their side. Mysterious!

Kelly will ride this as long as she can. Who wouldn't? 20+ million a year for a couple hours a day, and plenty of vacations.

Gay Aiken could only dream to be Kelly Ripa. Kelly works about 120 days a year and gets $20 mil. Jealous, bitches?

Yet, Kelly is okay with being married to a gay man?

Not homophobic.

Mark isn't gay.

She has a gay son.

R109 We call'em as we see'em, Rosie.

I would say she was more b***** rather than being homophobic. Kind of like what we have here.

These comments are showing the queens out in full force. Kinda proving her point and SO effeminate. Poor bitter eunuchs

Calling that "homophobic" says far more about where Rosie's mind is (was) than anything else. It's an insincere manipulation to jump to "homophobia" here.

She wasn’t homophobic to Ryan, for reasons well known to HER.

Kelly is still smarting.

Speaking of Kelly RIPA, the guy who played her boyfriend Brian on “All My Children” was really hot. I was just hitting puberty, and I thought it would have been awesome to have a boyfriend like him.

Can't believe this crapfest is still on the air.

I'm not a fan of Kelly Ripa. But I know she has always had gay friends and coworkers and I suspect she would have said that at a brunch with her gays. Throwing some shade. Being sassy. I seriously doubt she has an issue with gay men. Isn't she married to one?

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Rosie outed Harvey Levin, at least to me. Someone tweeted about him, and she replied He's gay. I had no idea, but I thought that was odd coming from a licker.

R126 well HL is a reprehensible person who basically runs a business selling blackmail back to celebs and politicians, so he deserves zero respect. Allegedly.

R111, Yes, he did so dream; that's the crux of the matter. Clay's frustration at not being allowed to speak more, in what very well could have been his on-air audition, boiled over into his intemperate expression.