Kelly Ripa vs. Clay Aiken???

[shais_mom]

Let me say, I am not a Regis and Kelly watcher. I am not a Clay Aiken fan either.
She's upset b/c Aiken put his hand over her mouth during an interview. She feels he wouldn't have done it to another man. I think if he wouldn't have done it first and now there is such a ruckus, she would have done it to someone else at some time and thought it was funny and cute and it wouldn't be an issue.
I liked Ripa when she was on the soaps, but now I could just as simply do without her!
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[lizbud]

Well, she does yak all the time doesn't she? let me put it like this,
if she had her way, the show would be called Kelly & Regis show.

[shais_mom]

Well, she does yak all the time doesn't she? let me put it like this,
if she had her way, the show would be called Kelly & Regis show.

or maybe just
"Kelly"???

[dukedogsmom]

I can't stand her. And I agree that if given the chance, she would have done it herself. I get the feeling that she's a big attention ho and "it's all about her".

[Pam]

Let me say, I am not a Regis and Kelly watcher. I am not a Clay Aiken fan either.

Agree totally! I think Kelly is overly impressed with herself. I wouldn't like someone putting their hand over my mouth either, but I would keep quiet about it and stew silently if at all.

[Argranade]

Kelly is a little bugger to me, come on I would have laughed about it.

[Logan]

I don't even know all that is going on, but somehow Rosie got involved today, with "the View". Good heavens. What a waste of good air time.

[Marigold2]

I like Kelly and Clay but after seeing the incident on The View I think Clay has got too big for his britches. Sorry Clay but you just arent' that cool. What he did was just rude, be it man to man, women to women, man to women or whatever. I would not want anyone doing that to me.

[Karen]

Anyone who puts his or her hand over my mouth is in for some serious pain - as an asthmatic, I am hypersensitive about anything potentially blocking my airway, or even touching my neck, so I would have reacted violently, then had to apologize.

(Yes, any of you who meet me in person ever, consider it your warning. My reaction is instant, physical and instinctual, I won't mean to hurt you, but will.)


If she was so oblivious to not see his hand coming, she shouldn't be that upset.

When I first saw the title of this thread, I hadn't heard the news story, so wondered who set up the boxing match!

[shais_mom]

yea I think Kelly Ripa is full of hot air and likes to hear herself talk.
boxing match that's funny Karen!
no worries I'll stay away from your airway!

[BitsyNaceyDog]

I think Clay Aiken was incredible disrespectful to Kelly. Yes she LOVES to talk, but that's no excuse to do what he did. I would never consider doing that to anyone, especially someone I hardly knew. To top it off they were in the middle of an interview, they weren't just hanging out and chatting amongst themselves. Kelly was trying to do her job and be professional while conducting an interview.

Kelly said to Clay "I don't know where your hand has been" which Rosie on the View took as Kelly having a problem with his being gay. I find that totally ridiculous. I only saw that as meaning his hands could be filled with germs. (My mom used to say the same thing to me when I was a kid- "put that toy down, I don't know where it's been"). Kelly is married to a germaphobe and has 3 young kids, being very cautious of germs is a part of her everyday life, more so than most people. Kelly had mentioned that she'd only met Clay for the first time that morning and that he'd been shaking everyone's hand, that's enough to make most people pull back and cringe, and she's more cautious than most.

[Marigold2]

Yes Kelly does talk a lot but hey it's a talk show and that is what she is paid to do. Talk.

[Sophist]

If someone had just walked onto my job that morning and assumed they were welcome to touch me, however playfully, I would firmly and quickly put the kibosh on it much like that. I don't like casual acquaintences being very hands-on, and I don't think most physical contact is at all appropriate for the work place. In my experience, the best way to avoid real problems is to come right out the gate letting folks know your whole body is a no-touchy zone and your personal space needs to be respected. That way, you don't set up a slippery slope by tolerating hands-on behavior that makes you slightly uncomfortable and then having it veer into a gray area or worse later on, simply because you've inadvertantly lead the other person to believe it was okay or welcome.

I've never been a fan of either one of these folks. I don't think Clay made any more than a slight faux pas, I think Kelly handled it fairly well, I don't see eidence of homophobia, I think it was awkward and sorta embarrassing for both, and I don't think it deserves even a small portion of the media attention it has recieved.

[Pam]

I don't even know all that is going on, but somehow Rosie got involved today, with "the View". Good heavens. What a waste of good air time.

Now there is a show I rarely ever watched and with Rosie now on I most certainly never will. I would rather stare at the wall. Don't even get me started on Rosie.

[Marigold2]

Rosie is horrid. Enough said.