<p>I was watching this live on TV, and my jaw dropped. Beer Summit!!</p>
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<p>He said, “Going from two Super Bowls in Pittsburgh to the winless Detroit team – that’s like going from dating Beyonce to Whoopi Goldberg.”</p>
<p>how true! LOL… guy will need to make a public apology and maybe he saves his job. How UN-pc !</p>
<p>I thought this was going to be about what Whoopi said on The View this morning. They were discussing Serena’s outburst and Whoopi kept defending her saying that everybody loses it once in a while. I have enjoyed The View a lot more since Rosie left and Whoopi took over, but wholeheartedly disagree with her on this one. There is no excuse for that kind of behavior.</p>
<p>I missed the View today. Did Whoopi say anything about Chris Myers and the Beyonce-related slam? As true as it is, it was a cheap shot by Myers. Thank God his simile used two black women. If he’d said something like “it’s like going from Megan Fox to Whoopi Goldberg,” Sharpton and Jesse would be dusting off their Don Imus scripts.</p>
<p>Chris Myers has small eyes, a big nose, and a receding hairline. He could NEVER get Beyonce to even look at him. Whoopi would reject him as well. She doesn’t seem like the type who would waste any time on a shallow person.</p>
<p>BTW - you are freaking hillarious, Schmaltz (the way you phrase things).</p>
<p>You’re too kind, spideygirl.</p>
<p>sometimes I wish we could give karma to posts here !</p>
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She did not mention the incident. Probably didn’t want to give him any publicity. Whoopi did seem to be in a bad mood though.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure the game was only televised in the Detroit and New Orleans markets, so it’s possible she didn’t get wind of it this morning. It was the kind of comment that sure didn’t sound spontaneous…like the guy knew the topic of that one player’s change of teams would come up, and he had been thinking of something “cute” to say about it.</p>
<p>I was looking for a picture of Chris Myers’ wife on the net, in order to post a link here. I thought some folks might want to add some “cute” remarks about her.</p>
<p>(No, I wouldn’t really do that. I was tempted, though)</p>
<p>What the announcer said was true. Beyonce is gorgeous, Whoopi is a hag. I don’t see any reason for Myers to apologize until Whoopi apologizes for all the horrible things she has said over the years. </p>
<p>I really fail to see why people like Whoopi, She is ugly, dresses poorly, isn’t funny, can’t act, and is boring. I can go to any grocery store and find people more talented than Whoopi.</p>
<p>(And for what’s it’s worth, Schmaltz is funnier than Whoopi)</p>
<p>^I don’t agree. I dislike some of her politics, but I enjoy her as a performer. </p>
<p>What is relevant in this matter is the stereotypical male bashing a woman based on looks or age. I am just sick of ugly middle-aged guys getting away with it. It’s just so damn old. When are we going to to stop objectifying women? </p>
<p>Myers is entitled to his free speech of course, but so is everyone else. That is why I took the opportunity to comment on his looks. I also hope his rudeness hurts him in his pocketbook by decreasing speaking engagements or endorsement offers.</p>
<p>Mean people suck.</p>
<p>As for Schmaltz being funnier than Whoopi, I have to agree with you on that one.</p>
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<p>How was he objectifying women? He was comparing the attractiveness of two women. That is not objectifying women based on society’s current standards of objectivity. It is simply a fact that a women’s physical appearance is more important than a man’s in our society and just about everyone in the world. American women buy cosmetics to improve their appearance, men don’t. Women get plastic surgery like there is no tomorrow, men don’t. A woman’s youth is far more significant than a man’s youth. I didn’t make these stupid rule but that is what they are. If it had been up to me, I would have made different rules of human nature, but no one asked me.</p>
<p>Are women’s beauty contests objectifying woman? Are movies with only pretty leading ladies objectifying women? Are fashion shows with pretty skinny models objectifying women? Myers wasn’t saying anything more objectifying then what happens every day as a regular course by millions of people.</p>
<p>Razor, as long as ones plays by these “stupid rules”, they will remain in place. </p>
<p>The sportscaster was judging the worth of each respective football team by their performance (win/loss) which is the purpose of playing football afterall–to win. Comparing women mearly on their looks, however, is superficial and diminishing. It is as if, in his opinion, a woman’s arm ornament appeal is paramount. Get it??</p>
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<p>But he didn’t compare them based on their looks. He didn’t mention their looks at all. He could have been referring to their talent or personality. Everyone assumes (and probably rightly so) that he was referring to their looks because Beyonce is so beautiful and Whoopi is so ugly.</p>
<p>Now you are being intentionally obtuse–even in your earlier post you said they were “comparing the attractiveness of the two women.” (Do you understand at all what I was getting at in my previous post?)</p>
<p>ELY, I read your post and think I understand it. I don’t agree with you. Comparing women based on appearance may be tasteless, but it is not objectifying them (based on what we do on a daily basis in America). Did you read the original comment by Myers? He did not mention looks at all, but you assumed that is what he was referring to. How do you know he was referring to their looks?</p>
<p>C’mon, razorsharp. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I did not use the term “objectifying” and no, I did not hear or read the sportscaster’s remarks (beyond what was posted in this thread). I was reacting to your post #13 and pointing out the unfairness in judging a team on its win/loss and women on their looks. I believe it is this juxtaposition of evaluating “worth” that makes the sportscaster’s remarks provocative.</p>
<p>I’m a guy (last time I looked) and I’d say there is approximately zero chance he was referring to anything other than looks. He wasn’t talking about age, hair style, talent, height, or anything else.</p>
<p>I’ve never understood all the “objectifying” stuff (seems like women put a lot of time and money into looking hot), but it was just a cruel and nasty thing to say. I’ve heard people slam Rush Limbaugh for being fat, and George W.Bush for being stupid. But for some reason it doesn’t seem as hurtful to say such things about a guy. Maybe it’s a carryover from centuries of women really having ONLY their looks to go on, but it seems like a total cheap shot to slam a woman’s looks in public that way…ANY woman, even if she’s dead. In other words, I’d be just as irritated if he’d said “That’s like going from dating Jackie Kennedy to Eleanor Roosevelt.”</p>