Kirstie Alley calls out David Letterman for 'fat' jokes

 

The weekend is all about catching up on important things we missed during the week. Or napping. Anyhow, this falls into the first category: On Thursday (July 28), Kirstie Alley stopped by the "Late Show" to take David Letterman to task for a series of fat jokes he told while she was competing on "Dancing with the Stars" in the spring.

"I feel like I'm a little estranged from you," says Alley in the clip above. "I thought you loved me madly, but then you talked about me being a little 'chub'."

Letterman admits to having poked fun at Alley's weight, at which point the actress produces a list of said jokes to read back to Dave:

"Kirstie Alley joining Dancing with the Stars. If you don't already own one, now might be a good time to get a wide-screen TV."

"Last night on 'Dancing,' Kirstie Alley fell on the dance floor. How many of you felt it? However, the judges scored her an 8 -- on the Richter scale."

"I did these because I felt like I had your tacit approval," says a none-too-concerned Letterman.

"I said it was okay," Alley replies, "So that was like go ahead and tell 50 of them?"

Yup.

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George Lopez Revealed Dark Side with Prejudiced Jokes About Kirstie Alley

Kirstie Alley made her "Dancing with the Stars" debut on Monday, March 21. She rocked it, according to the judges, audience members, and viewers who called in and voted.

In spite of the popular opinion that Kirstie was the belle of the evening, unfortunately, the ugly reality of fat prejudice was not far behind. George Lopez to his late-night talk show on TBS and made crude jokes about Alley. He compared her to a pig.

He stated, "She did a nice job, her little hooves tapping away. Before the show, she went to the market, and then she had roast beef and this is her going all the way home..." The show then cut to a squealing pig, as Fox News reported,

Lopez's fat hate continued the next night. Instead of apologizing to Kirstie, he made fun of Kim Kardashian's weight...as well as Shaquille O'Neill's. Some people justify fat hate, seeing it as a choice, but that is an uneducated and narrow-minded view of the reality that people who are not a small size face.

Contrary to popular belief, scientists have proven time and again that body size or shape is usually not a choice, as indicated in several studies, including one from the NCBI. .It's complex. Even if it was a choice, would that justify a prejudice? I think not! All sizes can be hot, and it's time people of all sizes got respect, celebs or not.

George eventually decided to apologize. He didn't apologize on-air, as his jokes had been, though. He made a small, 60-character (of the 140 characters Twitter allows) apology to Kirstie via Twitter, stating that he misjudged the joke. He tweeted on his @georgelopez account, " I misjudged the joke. No malice was intended, and I apologize to Kirstie." This left many to wonder...If you're going to insult someone on the air, shouldn't you apologize to her there?

Kirstie likened the apology to a man saying he simply misjudged infidelity. As she jokes on Twitter (via her @kirstiealley account) to George in response to his half-hearted apology, " I don't need or want your apology...I want your kidney, dude. On behalf of your ex and all the women you've insulted, give it back."

However, Kirstie posted on Thursday that she did forgive George, offering fans the advice that you should take life as lightly as you can, and then move on. I look forward to a day when we can all move on from prejudices against one another!

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Kirstie Alley Rejects George Lopez's Apology

Kirstie Alley doesn’t forgive George Lopez for the insensitive comments he made on his late-night show on TBS.

Lopez made several jokes about the 60-year-old Alley following her performance on the latest episode of Dancing with the Stars. Most jokes were comparing the mother of two to a pig, which is a sore subject for anyone when it comes to weight.

In an effort to apologize to Alley, Lopez posted on his Twitter page, “I misjudged the joke. No malice was intended and I apologize to Kirstie.”

However, Monsters and Critics reports that Alley was none too happy with his apology and has no intention of accepting it.

She fired back with a Twitter post as well, writing, “I don't consider 'I misjudged the joke' an apology. sort of like a husband saying, 'I misjudged putting my d*** in a whore'...sorry hon...hehe.”

The Hollywood Reporter added that Alley then got personal and made a comment about Lopez’s ex-wife, who donated a kidney to the talk show host.

"I don't need or want ur apology...I want your kidney dude..on behalf of ur X and all the women uv insulted...give it back," Alley wrote.

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Kirstie Alley jokes about turning 60

Friday, March 25 2011, 19:00 GMT

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Kirstie Alley has joked about turning 60 at the beginning of this year.

The actress was congratulated on her birthday, which she celebrated on January 12, during an appearance on NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Thursday.

"I turned 42!" she quipped. "No, I'm totally lying. I turned 60."

Leno then asked if that age had bothered her, to which she laughed: "Honest to God, everything after 30 is old to me so I didn't even care. Whatever!"

However, she then admitted that it was a "sort of scary" prospect, saying: "I like to tell people that now I'm living the second half of my life... I guess I am if I live to be 120. It's scary."

Leno then suggested that she could no longer get pregnant, to which she joked: "No, that's why I'm really promiscuous now. I'm all over the place!"

Alley was on the show to promote her role on Dancing with the Stars, which airs Mondays and Tuesdays on ABC.

Watch more of Kirstie's interview with Jay below...

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