Either TMZ has a crazy vendetta against Dr. Jan Adams or Dr. Jan Adams is a crazy. But probably both, right? Consider the evidence: since Stereohyped’s post a few hours ago about TMZ’s tireless coverage of Donda West’s death, there have been nine new posts on Adams and West. They uncovered a variety of malpractice suits, a patient who claims he got her pregnant, a TV clip of him saying that most complications happen weeks or months after surgery, and his DUI mugshot.
Are we done yet?
It’s all Donda West all the time over at TMZ today, where the illustrious editors have shifted their focus to Dr. Jan Adams, the black plastic surgeon who conducted Kanye West’s mom’s tummy tuck and breast reduction. They report that Adams, who has made appearances on Oprah and is the host of the Discovery Health Channel show Plastic Surgery: Before and After, is not certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and almost had his license revoked by the California Medical Board after a series of DUIs.
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• New York magazine noticed a little too late that we weren’t ready to be cynical about Donda West’s death just yet. [Jossip]
• Also, TMZ does its best to honor that privacy request the West family made. [TMZ]
• In case you missed yesterday’s Breaking Into Fashion forum. [SYB]
• Usher’s new song sounds like the final cries of a mortally wounded robot. [CL]
• Right. I wish them all the happiness. [C&D]
Look, I’m not going to pretend I don’t get a lot of stories and videos from TMZ, so I am saying the following with a small dose of hypocrisy.
TMZ sucks.
Exhibit A: this post about Eve.
The posts are usually written properly, but, suddenly, since they’re discussing a black person, the writers revert to “black speak” and describe a paparazzi shot of the rapper at a hair salon as a photo of Eve “caught getting her hair did on Tuesday. Oh no they di’int!”
When you lack creativity, racial stereotypes are always a great writing tool to fall back on.
When Kanye West writes a blog post about a TMZ blog post about his new blog, you know that this whole blog thing has gotten out of hand. Still, I’m pleased to note that Kanye finds this sparkly YouTube gem as funny as I do.
It’s looking like Don Imus will be back on the air within a few months, and Al Sharpton, who almost single-handedly engineered his ouster, couldn’t care less.
My position is that we never called for him to be permanently barred from being on the air,” he says. “We’ll see when he comes back, and if he comes back, what are the boundaries and what is the understanding. We’ll be monitoring the situation, but we wanted him to pay for being a repeat abuser, and he paid. We never said we didn’t want him to make a living.”
I suppose he has a point. If the Imus utters the words nappy, headed, and ho in the same sentence ever again, he’s just got a death wish. Plus, Sharpton’s got bigger fish to fry. Has TMZ gone offline yet as a result of their “roboho” comment? Nope? Well then, Rev’s got some more work to do.
Meanwhile, Hot Ghetto Mess continues to plug along.
[Jossip]
Too busy getting his hair done or something, Al Sharpton missed the Jasmyne Cannick-fueled protest of TMZ’s BET Awards fashion coverage — they called Beyonce’s outfit “roboho” and Eve’s “streetwalker chic.” Now he’s on the bandwagon, sending letters to the gossip Web site condemning the words they used to describe black women. And when Sharpton alleges racism, people respond.
Thank you Rev. Sharpton. In response to your statement questioning TMZ’s use of the term “roboho,” first and foremost, please note that we called Beyonce’s performance outfit “roboho” not Ms. Knowles herself. There is a difference. One need not know a celebrity personally to have an opinion on their wardrobe. Joan Rivers created an entire industry based on this fact.
As to accusations that our comment was racially motivated, TMZ has humorously called into question many celebs for wearing racy outfits — regardless of their race. In the past, TMZ referred to Victoria Beckham, aka Posh Spice, as “poshtitute,” Hulk Hogan’s daughter a “working girl” and called Lindsay Lohan’s trashy ensemble a “HO-rror.” A tight mini-dress is a tight mini-dress! Even Kid Rock got a humorous “ho” reference in a December 2006 story, and last we checked, he was neither Black nor a woman.
Feel better, Al Sharpton and Jasmyne Cannick? Black women aren’t hoes. Women (and Kid Rock) are!
[TMZ]
Criticize the fashion choices of Beyonce and Eve all you want — they deserve it much of the time — but at least one woman draws the line at hooker comparisons. Columnist and activist Jasmyne Cannick is highly displeased with TMZ for calling Beyonce and Eve’s BET Awards outfits “Roboho” and “streetwalker chic.” Does that remind you of Imus? Cannick thinks it does.
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