Tidbits 11/22

Entertainment Tonight has put Clay and Tori Spelling's hilarious AMA "Kellygate" spoof front-and-center on their AMA article. LOL. Sister infotainment show The Insider has a very similar article on their website.

A comedic highlight of the evening came when CLAY AIKEN poked fun at his "Live" spat with KELLY RIPA. Clay spoofed his hand-over-the-mouth exchange with the talk show host while he and TORI SPELLING were onstage to introduce JOHN MAYER. As Clay introduced the singer, Tori placed her hand over his mouth, saying, "And I'll tell you where that hand has been later."

• More stuff about Kelly Ripa... Inside Edition will be airing the hypocritical picture of Kelly we posted yesterday today. The show also reported that Clay sent Ms. Ripa a bouquet of flowers after the show. There's a ton of articles on this -- We're only posting a few of them - you get the idea!
  
• AP Wire story courtesy CBS News- Barbara Walters says 'flare up' now over with: "Rosie O'Donnell is one of the kindest, most sensitive people I know. And so is our friend Kelly Ripa. And Rosie and Kelly talked yesterday after the show. Rosie and Clay Aiken have talked. And all is well with the world, and all is well with them."
• Extra
  
• ABC News Local article about Ripa's conversation with Rosie O'Donnell on The View.
• Cinema Blend
• Detroit Free Press - O'Donnell spoke to Clay and Clay assured her he did not perceive Ripa's reaction as "homophobic" -- "O’Donnell later in the show said she spoke with Aiken and was apparently satisfied no homophobia on Ripa’s part was taken by the singer who was subbing for Regis Philbin."
• Another short AP Wire story.
• People Magazine -

  Aiken hasn't commented publicly on the incident – but did participate in a mini-skit about it during the American Music Awards on Tuesday night. As Aiken and Tori Spelling were introducing John Mayer, Spelling put her hand over Aiken's mouth and said, "I'll tell you where that hand's been later."

• AOL TMZ - Regis & Kelly now trying to hide Ripa's diva-like whining.
• ABC News
• ... and the broads over at LBFCA always manage to find the comedy in every situation. Check out their latest - "The Feud" - hilarious!
  
• And a bunch of AMA articles too-
• AOL TMZ
  
• Socialite's Life -- "Barry Manilow, who is--through the wonder of plastic surgery--is looking more and more like Clay Aiken, who is himself, looking more and more like someone completely different."
• All Headline News-

  Tori Spelling and the "American Idol" contestant appeared on stage to introduce John Mayer, who was performing his latest single at the awards ceremony. As Clay began introducing the songwriter, Tori cupped her hand over his mouth and said, "And I'll tell you where that hand has been later."

• CBS News - "Tori Spelling and Clay Aiken did make fun of his beef with Kelly Ripa. Spelling put her hand over Aiken's mouth as he was introducing John Mayer, saying "I'll tell you where that hand's been - later.""
  
• Access Hollywood - time to let Clay Aiken be Clay Aiken?

  Shaun Robinson and I spent some time with him here at NBC just last week. I have only met him a handful of times but before this latest incident, he seemed much more grounded and real than ever before to me. It was like the North Carolina boy had returned to his roots. He was laughing, he was joking. He wasn't surrounded by a million handlers. He was just Clay Aiken from North Carolina not Clay Aiken of American Idol fame.
  

• AP Wire - November celebrity birthdays - Clay Nov. 30.
• RCA Records Press Release about the AMAs mentions Clay.

  Last night RCA Music Group artists, Carrie Underwood, Jamie Foxx, Barry Manilow, Taylor Hicks, Tyrese, Clay Aiken, and Katherine McPhee performed and/or presented at the 34th Annual American Music Awards at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium.

• Carolina On My Mind's mid-week news round up is always an interesting read! Don't miss some of the beautiful graphics produced by some of the Clay nation's finest designers.
  
• Some more Kelly Ripa blogs today.
• Something That Really Happened, Southern Girl and Casper are shocked, like us here at CDD, at Kelly the hypocrite.
• God Forbid The Clack Skips Around, Thistle Hut- this AMA picture speaks volumes about Clay Aiken and his sense of humour. Kelly who?
• Non-Clay blog Seriously? OMG! WTF? shares our views (and hey.. .thanks for citing our post!) -

  Clay’s Daily Double and Our Daily Ripa
  Oh Kelly Kelly Kelly, before you rip someone a new one for something they did, make sure there are no pictures of you doing the same exact thing.
  Kelly Ripa takes the foot in mouth prize today.

  
  
• ClaySpots - Kelly Ripa nothing more than a lying coward--

  So what happened? Why did Kelly Ripa go ballistic on Clay's ass? What possessed her to be so unprofessional as to air this publicly? When Clay couldn't defend himself?
  
  Coward.
  
  Kelly Ripa is such a coward that she didn't or wouldn't say to his face what she used her TV show for...a bully pulpit. She deliberately used a forum where Aiken couldn't fight back. Where he had no opportunity to explain what happened.
  
  Coward.
  
  And then to turn it around and say that Clay disrespected her through out the entire show? What the fuck has she been smoking? Maybe she'd better eat a sandwich or something because, seriously, the lack of calories is affecting what little gray matter she has in that freakishly large head of hers.
  
  Coward.
  
  To compound her bullying, she called in to The View today and when Rosie called her homophobic, Ripa back-peddled so hard she left skid marks on the floor. Tried to turn it into a 'I don't want to get the flu or germs' rant. Bullshit, Ripa. Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. So, not only is she a coward, she's a liar, too.
  
  Liar.
  
  Coward.
  

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