Two months ago the internet went into overdrive when Burger King prematurely released a commercial featuring Mary J. Blige. Fans and critics instantly harped on the ESSENCE Music Festival headliner. But Blige tells Angie Martinez the negative comments didn't feel good at all. "It just broke my heart," said Blige. "People were just going crazy and I understand the laughter and the jokes and the stuff happening. That's all good. You're supposed to do that when something like that happens. It made people's websites go up. It made people get more ratings on their radio stations but the thing that hurt me is when people started saying vicious negative things that didn't happen." Blige confesses she didn't immediately respond because she didn't feel like she could change anyone's opinion. "Everyone was doing what they were doing and saying what they were saying and I just felt that there was no need for me to say anything," Blige admitted. "Everyone was running with it and just crucifying me and going crazy. I said it's too much going on for me to try and stick my head out there and say anything, so i just pulled back and I watched everyone and everything." Above all, through this ordeal Blige learned who her real friends are. "What this did was expose everyone and everything that was in my life and it showed me who my friends are," said the superstar. "But so many people reached out to me on a level of we knew what you were trying to do. We saw how it went terribly wrong." If that wasn't enough, Blige did issue an apology to those who hurt by the ad. "I want to apologize to everyone who was offended who thought that I would do something that was so disrespectful to our culture. I would never do anything like that. I thought I was doing something right."
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On what seemed to be the hottest day of the year, curly cuties gathered at the Karen's Body Beautiful store in Brooklyn for a natural hair meet-up to kick off the summer! The event was co-hosted by Myleik Teele of curlBOX and Karen Tappin, owner of Karen's Body Beautiful, two natural hair enthusiasts who have touched the lives of curly girls coast to coast through their hair care businesses. The line swept around the block as naturalistas awaited their chance to pick up luxurious bath, body and hair treatments, sip champagne and snag a free sample pack of hair goodies. Not only was the weather hot, but the coils, kinks and waves we spotted were sizzling, too! Kyle Massey Sues I Got Screwed Out of Bristol Palin's Reality Show Former Disney star Kyle Massey claims he and his brother Christopher CREATED a reality TV show specifically for Bristol Palin ... only to get cut out of the project at the last minute ... this according to a new lawsuit. In the suit, filed today in federal court in L.A., the Massey brothers claim they met Bristol on "Dancing with the Stars" ... and developed the idea for a show in which the brothers help Palin meet the challenges of child rearing while adjusting to life in L.A. In fact, the Masseys claim they had even picked out a name for the show -- "Helping Hands." But according to the suit, a producer named David McKenzie hijacked the project, cut the Masseys out of the show and repackaged the program as "Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp" ... which is set to premiere tonight on Lifetime. The Masseys are demanding monetary compensation -- claiming they were not properly compensated or credited for creating the show. Bristol is not listed as a defendant in the lawsuit. Mike Tyson is making the popular move from the big screen to Broadway with his one-man show, “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth.” The production, under the direction of Spike Lee, will play at the Longacre Theatre for six nights only starting July 31. According to a website for the show, “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth” is “a rare, personal look inside the life and mind of one of the most feared men ever to wear the heavyweight crown.” The site also assures ticket holders that they’ll be treated to a “riveting one-man show [that] goes beyond the headlines, behind-the-scenes and between the lines to deliver a must-see theatrical knockout.” Tyson performed the show in Vegas earlier this year, and he told CNN at the time that “Undisputed Truth” is compiled from “the stories of my life that were basically in the headlines,” but also “the underlining story: My relationship with my wife, my conviction, my upbringing, the death of my mother … just who I was as a child back then, and who I am now.” According to Playbill.com, “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth” was written by his wife, Kiki Tyson, and director Randy Johnson, and shows the good and the bad of Tyson’s history. The boxer said in a statement that to share the “highlights and lowlights of my life with New York is especially important to me as I was born and raised in Brooklyn.” And according to director Lee, Tyson is a “great storyteller,” as he said in a statement. “Human beings want to hear stories. Whether it’s a play, a documentary … a song, a musical, a novel or a movie, we love to hear stories,” Lee said. “And, with Mike Tyson on stage, you are going to hear a great American story.” Tickets for the 90-minute show, which runs July 31 through August 5, are on sale now via Telecharge.com as well as by phone. You’re a single guy and a woman comes along that posseses all the qualities any man would want, she’s cute, smart, funny and has a good job. She’s perfect!! So what could be the problem that is making you question whether or not you should date her? She has children. It’s normal for people to question whether of not they should date someone, male or female, who has kids. What role do you play in their family? How will you fit in? How will her kids affect the way your relationship goes. What ever decision you make must be very well thought out, because there are children involved. The only way to find out is to give it a shot….or will you? Here are some of the challenges you might face when dating a woman with children. You have to think all these questions through. It’s not just you now. Remember there are kids involved. Do you even like kids? If you have no interest in kids whatsoever, then how are you going to handle a relationship with a woman who has them? You may think that the kids won’t be that big of a deal, but think again. These kids are most likely this woman’s entire life and there is no way that you can be in the relationship with her if you don’t like kids. You won’t be used to this. When you start dating someone new, it’s usually all about going out and having a good time together quite often but when you date someone with kids, it won’t be that easy for her to leave whenever she wants, she’ll have to find a babysitter and that isn’t easy. You might have to spend more money. Instead of just going on a fun date with your girlfriend, you’ll have to bring along her children and that can get to be expensive when you have to go to arcades, amusement parks, the zoo, and things such as that to please the children. All your dates will not be fun dates for just the two of you. On many occasions, if it’s anything exciting you’ll find that the kids are right there with you the whole time. Sexual frustrations. Imagine a situation where the mood is right and you’re ready for sex, things start heating up and just as you’re about to dive in, the baby starts screaming. The mood dies! Intimacy may not come as easily as with a woman without children. It gets even more difficult when you’re dating a stressed out single mother, with a child in the house that doesn’t like going to bed when they are supposed to. You won’t get to have sex whenever you want to because there will always be the kids. THE BABY DADDY!!!! Nobody likes knowing that their children are hanging around with someone their ex is dating. If you had children, would you like some guy being around them all the time? I think not. It’s very important that you think about how often you are going to hear about this guy, see this guy and maybe even hear from him yourself. This man will always be in this woman’s life because he’s the children’s father and there is no way around that. Can you deal with that? What if you become attached to the children, or the children become attached to you? This is the most important point here. If it doesn’t work out with you and this woman, not only do the adults get hurt, but more importantly, the kids are devastated and that’s not what anyone wants. There are many things you’ll need to consider before dating a woman that has children, but I guess what it all really comes down to is.. Do you care about her enough to put up with how much will be thrown at you? What are your thoughts on this? |
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