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They say there's nothing like a mother's love.And that's a good thing for one of Hollywood's most raved about break-out actresses.
Gabourey Sidibe's mom is dismissing controversial remarks made by syndicated radio personality Howard Stern about the Oscar-nominated actress' weight.
Alice Tan Ridley, a powerhouse vocalist who performs in New York City subway stations for a living, said that the legendary shock jock should "get a life" during an interview with the TV show 'Inside Edition.'
Sidibe, the star of the Lee Daniels-directed drama 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire,' was nominated for Best Actress but lost the award to Sandra Bullock on March 7.
As previously reported by BV Newswire, Stern and his sidekick Robin Quivers incited a firestorm of controversy for their comments about the 26-year-old actress.
"She's the most enormous, fat black chick I've ever seen," Stern proclaimed, in reaction to watching Sidibe on the star-studded award show. "People are out of their minds... we are the only people telling this girl the truth," Quivers furthered, in response to the media attention their remarks garnered.
"I see it over and over again. Back to Nell Carter, who used to say that 'I love being fat' and then she got sick and died," she added, after mentioning how Mo'Nique and Sherri Shepherd suffered from diabetes.After the producers of 'Inside Edition' replayed the hard criticism for her, Ridley said: "He can see, you can see, I can see Gabby is a big girl. She's a big woman, so what's wrong with that? She's not like everyone else in the world."
"I don't see him giving jobs out to anybody so why should we care what he says? He might not hire her, but someone else will," she added.
Ridley went on to say that her daughter will keep her head held high despite what anyone may say about her. "You're going to be who you are no matter what anyone has to say about it ... They didn't make you, don't let them break you."
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By: Mimi on 3/15/2010 1:06PM
I THINK SOME PEOPLE DID NOT REALLY LISTEN TO WHAT HOWARD STERN WAS SAYING. YES HE TALKED ABOUT GABBY'S WEIGHT BUT WHAT DID OPRAH AND MONIQUE DO THAT CAUSED HOWARD STERN TO BASH THEM IN HIS JEALOUS RANT AGAINST GABBY?
HOWARD STERN CAN SEE HOW GOOD AND HOW SUCCESSFUL BOTH OPRAH AND MONIQUE ARE.
HOWARD FEARS THAT GABBY WILL BE JUST AS SUCCESSFUL.
I AM SURE THAT BOTH OPRAH AND MONIQUE HAVE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT WEIGHT TO GABBY CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT BOTH OF THEM HAVE HAD THEIR STRUGGLES WITH WEIGHT.
GABBY IS BEAUTIFUL AND HAS A SWEET PERSONAILTY. GABBY WILL LOSE WEIGHT IN TIME.
THE REMARKS MADE BY HOWARD STERN WERE BASED UPON JEALOUSY OF OPRAH, MONIQUE AND GABBY.
HOWARD STERN DOES NOT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT GABBY'S HEALTH...WHY WOULD HE?
THE REMARKS MADE BY HOWARD STERN WERE DONE BASED ON PURE JEALOUSLY OF OPRAH WITH HER BILLIONS, MONIQUE WINNING HER OSCAR AND HAVING A TV SHOW, MOVIES AND HER COMEDY TOUR....WHICH IS ALL SOMETHING THAT UGLY DEAD HORSE FACE STERN DOES NOT AND WILL NOT HAVE.
THE BOTTOM LINE: OLD DEAD HORSE FACE HOWARD STERN IS JEALOUS OF GABBY'S OVERALL SUCCESS POTENTIAL IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.
INSTEAD OF HOWARD STERN WORRYING ABOUT GABBY'S WEIGHT HE SHOULD TAKE THAT TIME AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO SOME RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY TO HIS FACE. HE NEEDS SOMETHING DONE ASAP!
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By: Denirofan on 3/16/2010 10:03PM
Mimi
What the f**k are you talking about with all this "Howard is afraid" bulls**t? Afraid of what exactly? This woman hasn't got a snowballs chance in hell of EVER reaching Stern's level of success! So to imply that Stern is threatened by someone having success, especially someone in a completely different field of entertainment, is ludicrous! Stern isn't "afraid" of the woman's success....he's afraid that she won't live long enough to enjoy her success. Stern wasn't making fun of her, he was speaking the truth about obese women being embraced for their morbid obesity! He doesn't sugar coat his opinions, so of course it sounds strange. Everyone else is too busy being politically correct to be honest and say that they agree with Stern!
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By: Mimi on 3/15/2010 1:21PM
OMG!!! GABBY'S MOTHER HAS AN AWESOME VOICE!
WHAT A TALENTED FAMILY.
I LOVE IT !!!
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By: Janet Leland on 3/15/2010 3:08PM
IN THIS WORLD, WE SHOULD ALL WORRY ABOUT OURSELVES INSTEAD OF DICTATING WHAT OTHERS SHOULD DO. GABBY'S WEIGHT GAIN OR WEIGHT LOSS IS SOLELY HER BUSINESS. HOWARD NEEDS TO WORRY ABOUT HIS OWN SLEEZY, TRIFLING, NASTY SELF.
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By: thoughtso on 3/16/2010 10:54AM
HOWARD NEEDS TO WORRY ABOUT HIS OWN SLEEZY, TRIFLING, NASTY SELF.
Uh, aren't YOU "dictating what others should do"???
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By: Q on 3/15/2010 3:27PM
What the hell is wrong these people,all you so called producers,sport owners and reality-show mf's need to get a grip and let real people make decisions and call out you dumb ass people for a change.Yall worrying about how some1 looks and not looking for talent or history being made.What about Souljaboy,Hurricane Chris,and these spacedout whiteboys that look like a fkn bus hit they stupid asses.Without rhyming and sounding like you about to go through a wall cause your girl left you these fkrs are ugly as hell but no one is talking about that.Worse of all they are making a diff.nowhere except their pockets but you are still paying their bills.
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By: dbchef1 on 3/16/2010 3:36AM
Hey Q, I did'nt quite understand what you were trying to say, was it something about you needing to go back to the second grade? How exactly do some of the idiots on here have access to computers?
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By: Elaine on 3/15/2010 4:06PM
Why in the world would Howard Stern be jealous of Gabby?
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By: Mimi on 3/15/2010 5:30PM
HOWARD STERN IS JEALOUS OF GABBY FOR THE SAME EXACT REASONS HE IS JEALOUS OF BOTH OPRAH AND MONIQUE. MONIQUE HAS AN OSCAR, A TV SHOW, DOES MOVIES AND IS A COMEDIAN. OPRAH....WELL WHAT CAN I SAY SHE HAS BILLIONS. HOWARD DOES NOT.
GABBY HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE AND HOWARD STERN KNOWS THAT SHE DOES.
HOWARD STERN IS OLD UGLY AND DRIED UP. GABBY IS YOUNG, VIBRANT AND CAN LOSE WEIGHT OR HAVE SURGERY TO GET RID OF IT. GABBY HAS CHOICES WHILE HOWARD DOES NOT.
CARNIE WILSON OF WILSON PHILIPS WAS HUGE WHEN THE GROUP STARTED SINGING. SHE EVENTUALLY LOST THE WEIGHT THROUGH SURGERY. GABBY CAN DO THE SAME.
THAT'S WHY HOWARD STERN IS SO UPSET. HE KNOWS THAT GABBY'S WEIGHT IS TEMPORARY AND THAT SHE HAS A SWEET PERSONALILTY AND EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT HOW NICE OF A PERSON SHE IS. HOWARD STERN KNOWS THAT IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME AND GABBY WILL BE MAKING THE BIG BUCKS. I ACTUALLY THINK THAT GABBY COULD REPLACE OPRAH ON HER TALK SHOW.
GABBY HAS A GREAT PERSONALITY AND HOWARD STERN KNOWS IT. HER EARNING POTENTIAL IS FAR BETTER THAN HIS AND THAT'S WHY HOWARD STERN IS SO JEALOUS OF GABBY. WHEN HOWARD STERN SEES GABBY HE SEES MONIQUE AND OPRAH AND THAT'S WHY HE'S JEALOUS OF GABBY.
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By: sheila on 3/15/2010 4:39PM
Howard stern needs to get a life. Unfortunately he does make money in his ignorant statements that he puts out. Those who listen to him are contributing to his salary. As for Gabby, I think she is a beautiful and strong model for women who are big everywhere. Some people have a different standard of beauty and that's fine. But don't knock someone else's opinion of what beauty is. Besides, I don't see Howard making comments about the skinny actresses and singers who smoke ( which also not good for your health) and for those alcoholics who keeping getting busted for dwi. Being overweight is not the only health risk out there. One can lose weight but one can't lose ugly. Have you looked in the mirror lately Mr. stern?
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