Academic freedom, The National Enquirer and U
Issue date: 10/23/03 Section: Opinion
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On Oct. 15, students in Craig Wirth's public relations class was so lucky as to have Alan Butterfield grace them with his presence. Butterfield was invited to provide a "Hollywood publicist" inside perspective to the class.
For those unfamiliar, Butterfield is a reporter for the National Enquirer-yes, the supermarket tabloid-and is the one who "broke" the gay sex-ring story about Ed Smart and several of his brothers. The story was based on information obtained from unnamed sources. Later it became known that some unnamed sources were paid $10,000 each. In the end, the information proved to be false and two reporters, Kevin Cantera and Michael Vigh of The Salt Lake Tribune, were fired due to their involvement in the fiasco.
Several professors in the department of communication were angered by Butterfield's visit, and rightly so.
There is no question as to the fundamental importance that freedom of thought and freedom of the press have. These liberties are basic tenets of our nation. Indeed, the United States relies heavily on the marketplace of ideas that results from the exercise of such liberties.
However, it is important that such liberties be placed into context and not be applied recklessly. The liberties afforded citizens in the Constitution are not given with an accompanying free license of application. Unfortunately, that seems to be the assumption made by Butterfield and many of his supporters.
Allowing Alan Butterfield to speak to a public relations class, and justifying such in the name of intellectual freedom, is analogous to The Wall Street Journal printing neo-Nazi manifestos in the name of freedom of the press. Just as The Wall Street Journal has a responsibility to print news and not destructive or inflammatory rhetoric, institutions of higher learning have the responsibility to teach students in a nondestructive manner.
Obviously, drawing the lines between what is and what is not destructive is an exercise in subjectivity, to say the least. Yet it does not seem appropriate to bring in a guest speaker who makes a living telling lies and exploiting people. The world of journalism needs to be built on integrity, not sensationalism.
Yes, tabloid journalism is part of the American journalistic landscape. But so are racism, sexism, classism and other deplorable ideologies. Needless to say, Larry Flynt will not be asked to speak to photography students, so why should Alan Butterfield speak to communication students?
**Compliments of Ticked.
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And here is one of the best posts of the day so far after a few reviewed both the January NE Article and the newest one:
TRUTH RULES said.....
".....This article calls into question the prior article's statement, quoted by stalkerboy, that Clay had already come out to his mother and close friends early in 2005.
I love it when one liar outs another liar."
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**I LURVE IT TOO. The new informant outs NE and Butterfield outs JP and we "OUTED" them all as liars months ago. To them all I would just say.... When Karma comes a knocking, bend over.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
TRANSLATION 101
For all the stalkers, male and female, who made an intense effort to ruin a decent person simply because you couldn't get in his pants or make him something he's not:
HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU !!!!!!!!!
For all of Kelly's and Ruben's fans who supported, promoted, financed, fed the beast and assisted with the tabloid scams with your made up stories and your photoshopped webcams:
UP YOURS !!!!!!
All week and especially in today's 45 minutes with Larry King, in case you didn't understand superior intelligence, Clay has your number and he ain't dialing.
HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU !!!!!!!!!
For all of Kelly's and Ruben's fans who supported, promoted, financed, fed the beast and assisted with the tabloid scams with your made up stories and your photoshopped webcams:
UP YOURS !!!!!!
All week and especially in today's 45 minutes with Larry King, in case you didn't understand superior intelligence, Clay has your number and he ain't dialing.
Friday, September 22, 2006
13 Freaking Times and 2 for Good Measure
...and Clay put his own size 13s down to say NO MORE. If people STILL can't understand this then I'll be happy to take off my double-barrelled sling shot, put bolders in the cups and perform a double lobotomy...and if that doesn't work, the Equalizer Bloggers are creating the NEW DICTIONARY FOR IDIOTS so they can look up two simple words: NOT GAY.
#1 – Star Mag - 04/26/03
Star magazine reports that despite the constant rumors that he’s gay, 'American Idol' finalist Clay Aiken insists otherwise. An insider says, "Finally, after weeks of wondering, a couple of the girls on the show decided to confront him and ask point-blank: 'Are you gay, or what?' Clay didn’t hesitate. He insisted that he is straight."
#2 - Rolling Stone – 07/10/03:
Some people, for example, seem to think that because he is slender, has long, fluttering eyelashes, and currently doesn’t have a girlfriend, he must be gay.
...This kind of stuff seems to amuse Aiken more than it upsets him.
"One thing I’ve found of people in the public eye," Aiken says, "either you’re a womanizer or you’ve got to be gay. Since I'm neither one of those, people are completely concerned about me. They’re like, 'What are you then?' I’m sure it has to do with being raised by women. I wouldn’t want somebody gawking at my mom and grabbing her butt and catcalling at her, trying to hook up with her at a bar. I’m not saying I’m not going to look. Hello! But you know what I mean?"
He’s also a good sport and fun to spar with.
"So, what’s your position on pre- marital sex?"
"My own personal position is that it’s much more special to wait for the person who you’re married to."
"Are you a virgin?"
"Well, this morning, while getting my manicure and pedicure, I watched a biography of Britney Spears on TV. In it, she said that she regrets ever saying anything about it. So, I hate to repeat myself, but: I think it’s much more special to wait for the person who you’re married to."
"Masturbation?"
"Are you kidding me? I hope that’s a question and not a proposition! Anyway, I don’t think it makes you go blind."
"And you know that from personal experience?"
"You stop right now!"
#3 - Prime Time Live with Diane Sawyer - 10/09/03
Diane: In Rolling Stone he hinted he’s a virgin and denied what’s asked him over and over again. Is he gay? He says no.
Clay: "Somebody asked it right after the finale of the show, in the press conference with Ruben and I. I think the problem is people don’t know who...what to do with me. They don’t know anything about me. I’m not completely blind and stupid. I’ve got a southern accent which people say is...uh..."
Diane: All southern people are gay...
Clay: "Well, that and English people, too."
Diane: Oh, well that...I mean...
Clay: "I have some very effeminate qualities, you know, I try to make sure I’m clean. I was raised by my mom and my two grandmothers really for a long time. I’m not completely blind to it. I...I have gotten used to people asking the question. They think, ok, he doesn’t drink; he doesn’t go out and have sex with...with every woman that he sees. I think it’s high time there’s somebody who represents people who aren’t gay, but doesn’t sleep around with everybody...you know. If I’m supposed to carry the banner for all the nerds in the world I’m fine with that, too, so..."
#4 - J14 – Fall 2003
(under photo)Q: True or False...that Clay Aiken is gay? A: False
Clay insists he is not gay, but he understands why people think he is.
There are rumors. Speculation. Gossip. But Clay wants people to know: He is not gay. Though the American Idol runner-up says he understands why people might think he is gay, since he has some "effeminate qualities," he is definitely attracted to women. Not that he’s currently dating anyone. "I’m so busy right now," he says. "I don’t have time." He does, however, "need someone to go to award shows with." But the 25 year-old singer doesn’t consider himself to be a heartthrob. When women throw their underwear on stage, "I laugh, right there in front of them," he says. "How can you not laugh?" Clay thinks the idea of anyone thinking he’s alluring is "frightening. I try not to think of myself as a sex symbol. I think it’s kind of hilarious. I think of myself as geeky and gangly and dorky and kind of hicky from North Carolina."
#5 – Elle Magazine – 09/06/03 - Allison Glock
"...Ruben always jokes with me that I could have any woman out there. He says, ‘You need to hook up with somebody before you leave the tour.’ But I try and explain that that’s not what this is about for me. The reason women like me, I think, is because I don’t threaten them. I realize Ruben’s right, I probably could"—he pauses, blushes—"you know, but I respect women more than that."
He wrinkles his brow, and then shakes his head. "I am extremely flattered. There are some gorgeous women who are, quote, in love with me. But I think taking advantage of that is wrong..."
...Besides, Aiken is a man who takes sex seriously. "I was raised by my mother and grandmothers, and a lot of what I am is because I wanted to be different from my birth father. He was a womanizer. When I had to go visit him, there would be a different woman over every time. I thought that was really tacky."
When it’s suggested that not many young men would forgo voluntary, anonymous sex with beautiful, knickerless girls, Aiken shrugs.
"If anything, women want to take care of me, to mother me. I think that’s part of the reason I’ve sold a lot of records..."
...Aiken is nothing if not chivalrous. Considerate. Polite. He’s the guy who asks you questions and actually listens to the answers—and even asks follow-up questions hours later, thereby proving that he finds you worth his attention. And he notices things. Like that the empty Burger King bag is rattling at your feet on the floor of the van, so he picks it up. Or that the air conditioner is too cold, and turns it down. It’s this empathy and inherent graciousness evident in every press appearance and performance that leads many men to speculate that Aiken is gay (he has denied it) and even more women to say, Who cares?
"I don’t think people know what to do with me," Aiken says. "I’m interesting because they don’t know what to do with me..."
#6 - Reality Blurred – 01/13/05
American Idol 2
Clay Aiken won’t talk to a gay magazine, his publicist told a columnist for a gay magazine. In Next Magazine, Matt Bell writes, "We tried to get an interview with the sexually ambiguous pop star... but his publicist told us he’d ‘never talk to a gay magazine!’"
#7 - Reality Blurred – 08/30/05
Clay Aiken thinks jokes about him are "funny...half the time," but gay questions are "insulting."
Clay Aiken has a sense of humor about the jokes that often make him their target. And they’re not all that unfamiliar. "I spent years and years in middle school getting picked on, so I’m kind of used to it," he tells The Calgary Sun. "First of all, I usually don’t watch (the talk shows) and someone else will tell me about them. And, heck, half the time, I think it’s funny."
He also says that when people ask him about his sexual orientation, it’s "insulting." Jokes about him being gay are "just as insulting as when someone like you interviews me and asks a question like that, no matter how you word it," he says. But he’s also resigned himself to the insults: "It’s part of the game. You just do it."
#8 - Fly Magazine – December 2005
In other words, even after selling millions of albums and becoming one of America’s biggest pop stars, it appears that Clay Aiken is still the same lovable goof we first met three years ago. There’s something strangely comforting about that.
FM: In a position like yours, everybody’s so interested in your personal life. Suddenly I’m reading things about you, everything from stories about your childhood pets to speculation on your sexual orientation and everything in between. Does that weird you out?
CA: It’s tough. At the very beginning of the process, it’s quite a shock. You don’t understand why people are asking these things. I had a goat – who cares? And I didn’t tell anybody that. There are times that I look on the internet or read a message board and they’ll know things about me that I didn’t know. [laughs] I never told anybody that! How did they find out? So at first it’s a shock. And then later on it’s not as shocking but still upsetting. And then after a while, it’s just like having a gnat in your nose. You just want to kill it. [laughs] It becomes unfortunately a negative part of what you do, and you need to kind of live with it. But if you could get up your nose and kill it, you would do it. [laughs] It’s not so easy sometimes.
#9 - Charlotte News & Observer – December 2005
Matt Ehlers
He lost in the show's final sing-off in 2003, but the zealous fans he won assured the kind of success that makes you think of a latter-day Tom Jones without the innuendo.
All of it -- the record contract, the money, and the panty-tossing fans -- could have gone to his head. Instead, as two days on the road with him reveal, the Clay Aiken who left North Carolina three years ago as a purposeful young man on a mission has returned that same man, only with better hair and more mettle.
#10 - The News Tribune.com – 11/04/05
Ernest Jasmin
What I really wanted to know was how he felt about the people who were really mean to him – namely the likes of Conan O’Brien, "Mad TV," "Saturday Night Live" and others who have made Aiken the subject of gay jokes since he graduated from "Idol."
"A lot of times I don’t find out about these things unless I read them online," Aiken said. "I guess there’s a compliment hidden deep within there. If they weren’t talkin’ about me, I guess it would be worse, wouldn’t it? At least when people say mean things they’re admitting we’re important enough to mention."
#11 - Today’s Christian – Nov/Dec 2005
Holly Vicente Robaina
...But celebrity hasn't been all roses. He jokes that the paparazzi know his schedule better than he does. Details of his life regularly appear on newsstands and the Internet, from what he eats for breakfast (his favorite cereal is Cinnamon Toast Crunch) to his bad habits (he used to bite his toenails). Speculation swirled about his sexuality. (No, he's not gay.)
[Note: A reputable magazine would not print such a strong statement without having first discussed it off the record.]
#12 - Qnotes – 02/11/06
At a press conference May 21, 2003, Aiken pointedly ignored a question from Advocate reporter Alonso Duralde: "A lot of your fan base thinks you’re gay. Any comment on that?"
According to Duralde, Aiken had no response whatsoever — he simply moved on to the next reporter for another question. "He froze me out," said Duralde.
#13 – Amazon.com
Gossip has always surrounded celebrities--and one of the most common bits is about sexuality. In the past, rumors of homosexuality have been a career-killer; that is less true today, but even so most celebrities still go out of their way to deny it.
CLAY AIKEN - Pop singer Clay Aiken has often ignored the question, but he flatly stated that he was not gay to The Rolling Stone, Primetime Live, and The Kansas City Star.
#14 - USA Today – 08/07/06 12:34 PM
Clay Fires Back!
Aiken, in a statement issued by RCA Records, said Monday...
"As a so-called 'celebrity' I have become used to scurrilous (vulgar) allegations and untruths (lies) being made about me and my work. I have always taken the path of not reacting to these matters and have accepted them as, somehow, coming with the 'job.'
#15 - GMA - Diane Sawyer 9/23/06
"For a long time you want to let everybody be a part of your life.....you know what , this is ridiculous, it doesn't matter what you say, certain people are gonna believe this, certain people are gonna believe that....I'm just not commenting anymore there's no point, I've answered before (*see 1 - 14 above). I feel like a kid who is in trouble in school and is called in, did you do this? did you cheat on that test? and, of course no, but it doesn't matter what you say." - Clay Aiken
By Courtesy of Polly Graf
#1 – Star Mag - 04/26/03
Star magazine reports that despite the constant rumors that he’s gay, 'American Idol' finalist Clay Aiken insists otherwise. An insider says, "Finally, after weeks of wondering, a couple of the girls on the show decided to confront him and ask point-blank: 'Are you gay, or what?' Clay didn’t hesitate. He insisted that he is straight."
#2 - Rolling Stone – 07/10/03:
Some people, for example, seem to think that because he is slender, has long, fluttering eyelashes, and currently doesn’t have a girlfriend, he must be gay.
...This kind of stuff seems to amuse Aiken more than it upsets him.
"One thing I’ve found of people in the public eye," Aiken says, "either you’re a womanizer or you’ve got to be gay. Since I'm neither one of those, people are completely concerned about me. They’re like, 'What are you then?' I’m sure it has to do with being raised by women. I wouldn’t want somebody gawking at my mom and grabbing her butt and catcalling at her, trying to hook up with her at a bar. I’m not saying I’m not going to look. Hello! But you know what I mean?"
He’s also a good sport and fun to spar with.
"So, what’s your position on pre- marital sex?"
"My own personal position is that it’s much more special to wait for the person who you’re married to."
"Are you a virgin?"
"Well, this morning, while getting my manicure and pedicure, I watched a biography of Britney Spears on TV. In it, she said that she regrets ever saying anything about it. So, I hate to repeat myself, but: I think it’s much more special to wait for the person who you’re married to."
"Masturbation?"
"Are you kidding me? I hope that’s a question and not a proposition! Anyway, I don’t think it makes you go blind."
"And you know that from personal experience?"
"You stop right now!"
#3 - Prime Time Live with Diane Sawyer - 10/09/03
Diane: In Rolling Stone he hinted he’s a virgin and denied what’s asked him over and over again. Is he gay? He says no.
Clay: "Somebody asked it right after the finale of the show, in the press conference with Ruben and I. I think the problem is people don’t know who...what to do with me. They don’t know anything about me. I’m not completely blind and stupid. I’ve got a southern accent which people say is...uh..."
Diane: All southern people are gay...
Clay: "Well, that and English people, too."
Diane: Oh, well that...I mean...
Clay: "I have some very effeminate qualities, you know, I try to make sure I’m clean. I was raised by my mom and my two grandmothers really for a long time. I’m not completely blind to it. I...I have gotten used to people asking the question. They think, ok, he doesn’t drink; he doesn’t go out and have sex with...with every woman that he sees. I think it’s high time there’s somebody who represents people who aren’t gay, but doesn’t sleep around with everybody...you know. If I’m supposed to carry the banner for all the nerds in the world I’m fine with that, too, so..."
#4 - J14 – Fall 2003
(under photo)Q: True or False...that Clay Aiken is gay? A: False
Clay insists he is not gay, but he understands why people think he is.
There are rumors. Speculation. Gossip. But Clay wants people to know: He is not gay. Though the American Idol runner-up says he understands why people might think he is gay, since he has some "effeminate qualities," he is definitely attracted to women. Not that he’s currently dating anyone. "I’m so busy right now," he says. "I don’t have time." He does, however, "need someone to go to award shows with." But the 25 year-old singer doesn’t consider himself to be a heartthrob. When women throw their underwear on stage, "I laugh, right there in front of them," he says. "How can you not laugh?" Clay thinks the idea of anyone thinking he’s alluring is "frightening. I try not to think of myself as a sex symbol. I think it’s kind of hilarious. I think of myself as geeky and gangly and dorky and kind of hicky from North Carolina."
#5 – Elle Magazine – 09/06/03 - Allison Glock
"...Ruben always jokes with me that I could have any woman out there. He says, ‘You need to hook up with somebody before you leave the tour.’ But I try and explain that that’s not what this is about for me. The reason women like me, I think, is because I don’t threaten them. I realize Ruben’s right, I probably could"—he pauses, blushes—"you know, but I respect women more than that."
He wrinkles his brow, and then shakes his head. "I am extremely flattered. There are some gorgeous women who are, quote, in love with me. But I think taking advantage of that is wrong..."
...Besides, Aiken is a man who takes sex seriously. "I was raised by my mother and grandmothers, and a lot of what I am is because I wanted to be different from my birth father. He was a womanizer. When I had to go visit him, there would be a different woman over every time. I thought that was really tacky."
When it’s suggested that not many young men would forgo voluntary, anonymous sex with beautiful, knickerless girls, Aiken shrugs.
"If anything, women want to take care of me, to mother me. I think that’s part of the reason I’ve sold a lot of records..."
...Aiken is nothing if not chivalrous. Considerate. Polite. He’s the guy who asks you questions and actually listens to the answers—and even asks follow-up questions hours later, thereby proving that he finds you worth his attention. And he notices things. Like that the empty Burger King bag is rattling at your feet on the floor of the van, so he picks it up. Or that the air conditioner is too cold, and turns it down. It’s this empathy and inherent graciousness evident in every press appearance and performance that leads many men to speculate that Aiken is gay (he has denied it) and even more women to say, Who cares?
"I don’t think people know what to do with me," Aiken says. "I’m interesting because they don’t know what to do with me..."
#6 - Reality Blurred – 01/13/05
American Idol 2
Clay Aiken won’t talk to a gay magazine, his publicist told a columnist for a gay magazine. In Next Magazine, Matt Bell writes, "We tried to get an interview with the sexually ambiguous pop star... but his publicist told us he’d ‘never talk to a gay magazine!’"
#7 - Reality Blurred – 08/30/05
Clay Aiken thinks jokes about him are "funny...half the time," but gay questions are "insulting."
Clay Aiken has a sense of humor about the jokes that often make him their target. And they’re not all that unfamiliar. "I spent years and years in middle school getting picked on, so I’m kind of used to it," he tells The Calgary Sun. "First of all, I usually don’t watch (the talk shows) and someone else will tell me about them. And, heck, half the time, I think it’s funny."
He also says that when people ask him about his sexual orientation, it’s "insulting." Jokes about him being gay are "just as insulting as when someone like you interviews me and asks a question like that, no matter how you word it," he says. But he’s also resigned himself to the insults: "It’s part of the game. You just do it."
#8 - Fly Magazine – December 2005
In other words, even after selling millions of albums and becoming one of America’s biggest pop stars, it appears that Clay Aiken is still the same lovable goof we first met three years ago. There’s something strangely comforting about that.
FM: In a position like yours, everybody’s so interested in your personal life. Suddenly I’m reading things about you, everything from stories about your childhood pets to speculation on your sexual orientation and everything in between. Does that weird you out?
CA: It’s tough. At the very beginning of the process, it’s quite a shock. You don’t understand why people are asking these things. I had a goat – who cares? And I didn’t tell anybody that. There are times that I look on the internet or read a message board and they’ll know things about me that I didn’t know. [laughs] I never told anybody that! How did they find out? So at first it’s a shock. And then later on it’s not as shocking but still upsetting. And then after a while, it’s just like having a gnat in your nose. You just want to kill it. [laughs] It becomes unfortunately a negative part of what you do, and you need to kind of live with it. But if you could get up your nose and kill it, you would do it. [laughs] It’s not so easy sometimes.
#9 - Charlotte News & Observer – December 2005
Matt Ehlers
He lost in the show's final sing-off in 2003, but the zealous fans he won assured the kind of success that makes you think of a latter-day Tom Jones without the innuendo.
All of it -- the record contract, the money, and the panty-tossing fans -- could have gone to his head. Instead, as two days on the road with him reveal, the Clay Aiken who left North Carolina three years ago as a purposeful young man on a mission has returned that same man, only with better hair and more mettle.
#10 - The News Tribune.com – 11/04/05
Ernest Jasmin
What I really wanted to know was how he felt about the people who were really mean to him – namely the likes of Conan O’Brien, "Mad TV," "Saturday Night Live" and others who have made Aiken the subject of gay jokes since he graduated from "Idol."
"A lot of times I don’t find out about these things unless I read them online," Aiken said. "I guess there’s a compliment hidden deep within there. If they weren’t talkin’ about me, I guess it would be worse, wouldn’t it? At least when people say mean things they’re admitting we’re important enough to mention."
#11 - Today’s Christian – Nov/Dec 2005
Holly Vicente Robaina
...But celebrity hasn't been all roses. He jokes that the paparazzi know his schedule better than he does. Details of his life regularly appear on newsstands and the Internet, from what he eats for breakfast (his favorite cereal is Cinnamon Toast Crunch) to his bad habits (he used to bite his toenails). Speculation swirled about his sexuality. (No, he's not gay.)
[Note: A reputable magazine would not print such a strong statement without having first discussed it off the record.]
#12 - Qnotes – 02/11/06
At a press conference May 21, 2003, Aiken pointedly ignored a question from Advocate reporter Alonso Duralde: "A lot of your fan base thinks you’re gay. Any comment on that?"
According to Duralde, Aiken had no response whatsoever — he simply moved on to the next reporter for another question. "He froze me out," said Duralde.
#13 – Amazon.com
Gossip has always surrounded celebrities--and one of the most common bits is about sexuality. In the past, rumors of homosexuality have been a career-killer; that is less true today, but even so most celebrities still go out of their way to deny it.
CLAY AIKEN - Pop singer Clay Aiken has often ignored the question, but he flatly stated that he was not gay to The Rolling Stone, Primetime Live, and The Kansas City Star.
#14 - USA Today – 08/07/06 12:34 PM
Clay Fires Back!
Aiken, in a statement issued by RCA Records, said Monday...
"As a so-called 'celebrity' I have become used to scurrilous (vulgar) allegations and untruths (lies) being made about me and my work. I have always taken the path of not reacting to these matters and have accepted them as, somehow, coming with the 'job.'
#15 - GMA - Diane Sawyer 9/23/06
"For a long time you want to let everybody be a part of your life.....you know what , this is ridiculous, it doesn't matter what you say, certain people are gonna believe this, certain people are gonna believe that....I'm just not commenting anymore there's no point, I've answered before (*see 1 - 14 above). I feel like a kid who is in trouble in school and is called in, did you do this? did you cheat on that test? and, of course no, but it doesn't matter what you say." - Clay Aiken
By Courtesy of Polly Graf
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
GREAT CLAY AIKEN IN THE MORNING!!!!
NEWS FLASH !!!!!!!!
We interrupt this program to bring you the latest and greatest. "We Support Clay Aiken" has jumped back into the fight for TRUTH and JUSTICE. If you didn't get to see John Paulus's lies get busted earlier this year well here's your chance to see it.
Words cannot express how much their efforts were and are appreciated.
All we can say is THANK YOU for bringing your blog back. Here's the link to see an artist at work:
http://wesupportclayaiken.blogspot.com/
We interrupt this program to bring you the latest and greatest. "We Support Clay Aiken" has jumped back into the fight for TRUTH and JUSTICE. If you didn't get to see John Paulus's lies get busted earlier this year well here's your chance to see it.
Words cannot express how much their efforts were and are appreciated.
All we can say is THANK YOU for bringing your blog back. Here's the link to see an artist at work:
http://wesupportclayaiken.blogspot.com/
JP and Haters: Take a Suck on THIS!
Well, here we have it, folks! The little gossip queens, the little stalker queen, Cafe Allegro (main entree: Sour Grapes), and the Kelly Clarkson and Ruben Studdard fans at Tinfoil Village who put their heads together to run a diabolical 9 month long smear campaign to stunt Clay's numbers might be in for a surprise.
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Here's the way it stacks up from the Insider site:
www.theinsideronline.com/celeb/4677/
"Crazy for Clay!
His newest CD dropped yesterday to big numbers, so how is CLAY AIKEN feeling today? He's in our studios today talking to LARA SPENCER about his latest success!
Featuring 10 cover songs from the "Idol" runner-up, plus four new tunes, Clay's latest collection has one driving theme behind it: L'amour!"
~~~~~~~~
Love is such good medicine. It's a shame the folks listed above refuse their doses; hate is so much easier in their world.
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Here's the way it stacks up from the Insider site:
www.theinsideronline.com/celeb/4677/
"Crazy for Clay!
His newest CD dropped yesterday to big numbers, so how is CLAY AIKEN feeling today? He's in our studios today talking to LARA SPENCER about his latest success!
Featuring 10 cover songs from the "Idol" runner-up, plus four new tunes, Clay's latest collection has one driving theme behind it: L'amour!"
~~~~~~~~
Love is such good medicine. It's a shame the folks listed above refuse their doses; hate is so much easier in their world.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN, DON'T THEY?
Ok, so I took a nap around 5:30PM and didn't wake up until 10:30PM and I've been reading about Paxilgate. Soooooo? So what! One of the problems that Paxil is prescribed for is anxiety and Heaven knows that this MESS has caused us all a great deal of that.
Clay has admitted that he's human (imagine that) and that he gets ill like the rest of us. So what? This seems to be an issue twisted to fit the agenda of the low lives at the Swamp, Cootieville, Tinfoil Village and the CessPool Palace of PH. I find it odd that the biggest bruhaha is coming from two little queens who wish they were taking Mydol for Cramps. Maybe a miracle will happen and they'll get their wish. Let us pray!
Clay has admitted that he's human (imagine that) and that he gets ill like the rest of us. So what? This seems to be an issue twisted to fit the agenda of the low lives at the Swamp, Cootieville, Tinfoil Village and the CessPool Palace of PH. I find it odd that the biggest bruhaha is coming from two little queens who wish they were taking Mydol for Cramps. Maybe a miracle will happen and they'll get their wish. Let us pray!
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Clay Aiken's "A Thousand Different Ways"
Some of our bloggers wanted something a little upbeat and more celebratory. I think I found it and I borrowed it. This was taken from the Liner Notes of the new CD. It's a message to US from Clay. How is it possible to love this man more and more everyday?
***
"To My Fans: It's fitting that this album is all about love and the different ways it can be expressed. After so many opportunities I have had to be on the receiving end of such abundant love and support from you all, I am so thankful for the opportunity to try to give something that can express my gratitude and love for you. This album is yours in A Thousand Different Ways."
***
My Liner Note to Clay: EVERYTHING WE DO, WE DO IT FOR YOU!
***
"To My Fans: It's fitting that this album is all about love and the different ways it can be expressed. After so many opportunities I have had to be on the receiving end of such abundant love and support from you all, I am so thankful for the opportunity to try to give something that can express my gratitude and love for you. This album is yours in A Thousand Different Ways."
***
My Liner Note to Clay: EVERYTHING WE DO, WE DO IT FOR YOU!
Sunday, September 10, 2006
HERE HE COMES AGAIN! DAYUM!!!!!!
Okay...so I was a little under the weather yesterday and I was slugging down the Pepsi, Sprite and Coca Cola to keep from yacking on my keyboard and monitor (I'm not a very good little "DoBee" (tm Romper Room) when it comes to medicine). There was something in the air and I could feel it so I just hung in there playing with all my friends poking the pickle and Perez with the truth (and BOY did it come flying out).
First was the cellcert at a few of the message boards. The numbers of members, visitors and anonymouses who were logged in proved that, except for the small handful of vile creatures that used to be fans who are posting on JP's & Tinfoil's, everyone is still here and then some. Well, KICK ME IN THE ASS! You mean JP and Groucho lied? Again?
So back to the good stuff and I won't rehash the whole cellcert. What was interesting is that when Clay Aiken was given his nice introduction at David Foster's Star Search where he was a guest judge..... the audience BLEW THE ROOF OFF the venue. Sure sounded like Clay is still hot to me.
A few pages into the cellcert someone discovered that Clear Channel had already put up the Preview streaming Clay's new CD and then we became like the statue of Lady Justice..you know.. you have scales dangling from your hands and you don't know which way to tip them so you end up streaming WHILE reading then beating a path back here to give your report on either or both.
BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ALL NIGHT LONG. We find out that Clay will be on the Cover of PEOPLE, BRAVO will broadcast Clay; oh yeah, they'll be broadcasting the whole Star Search event but who gives a piss about anyone else!? Then the cellcerters start reporting in that ABC is there filming the object of our obsession for GMA and/or PrimeTime. Now mind you, some of us are still streaming at the CC link because we can't get enough of our NEW FAVORITES of all time sung by our guy...and the PHOTOOOOOOOOOOOS start coming in of Judge Clay. Natural Clay, Red Hair, Stubble, Eyelashes and that one-of-a-kind SMILE.
To say the least, someone(s) became more insignificant in our lives than they ever were before in these past 9 months. They all put us and Clay through hell but now the Cafe girls can take their sour grapes at not getting control of BAF and Clay, JP can take his lies and celebrity scams, Groucho and the KCE FREAKS & Soulful Sisters with NO souls can take their jealousy and criminal activity, PH and BINA can take their VPB antics of 3 years and shove it all up their tab-loids.
One of our bloggers probably said it best:
~~~~~
"Anonymous said...
He hasn't changed one bit. He's our Clay. Our Clay and he's back with us.
Screw the haters......screw you!
9:00 PM
~~~~~
And because it can't be said enough (I'm not as clean spoken) to the haters and scammers: "FUCK YOU"
~~~~~~~
Now let's go back to discussing what's important: Album/CD = Masterpiece
First was the cellcert at a few of the message boards. The numbers of members, visitors and anonymouses who were logged in proved that, except for the small handful of vile creatures that used to be fans who are posting on JP's & Tinfoil's, everyone is still here and then some. Well, KICK ME IN THE ASS! You mean JP and Groucho lied? Again?
So back to the good stuff and I won't rehash the whole cellcert. What was interesting is that when Clay Aiken was given his nice introduction at David Foster's Star Search where he was a guest judge..... the audience BLEW THE ROOF OFF the venue. Sure sounded like Clay is still hot to me.
A few pages into the cellcert someone discovered that Clear Channel had already put up the Preview streaming Clay's new CD and then we became like the statue of Lady Justice..you know.. you have scales dangling from your hands and you don't know which way to tip them so you end up streaming WHILE reading then beating a path back here to give your report on either or both.
BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ALL NIGHT LONG. We find out that Clay will be on the Cover of PEOPLE, BRAVO will broadcast Clay; oh yeah, they'll be broadcasting the whole Star Search event but who gives a piss about anyone else!? Then the cellcerters start reporting in that ABC is there filming the object of our obsession for GMA and/or PrimeTime. Now mind you, some of us are still streaming at the CC link because we can't get enough of our NEW FAVORITES of all time sung by our guy...and the PHOTOOOOOOOOOOOS start coming in of Judge Clay. Natural Clay, Red Hair, Stubble, Eyelashes and that one-of-a-kind SMILE.
To say the least, someone(s) became more insignificant in our lives than they ever were before in these past 9 months. They all put us and Clay through hell but now the Cafe girls can take their sour grapes at not getting control of BAF and Clay, JP can take his lies and celebrity scams, Groucho and the KCE FREAKS & Soulful Sisters with NO souls can take their jealousy and criminal activity, PH and BINA can take their VPB antics of 3 years and shove it all up their tab-loids.
One of our bloggers probably said it best:
~~~~~
"Anonymous said...
He hasn't changed one bit. He's our Clay. Our Clay and he's back with us.
Screw the haters......screw you!
9:00 PM
~~~~~
And because it can't be said enough (I'm not as clean spoken) to the haters and scammers: "FUCK YOU"
~~~~~~~
Now let's go back to discussing what's important: Album/CD = Masterpiece
Friday, September 08, 2006
MR. GOOD DEEDS GOES TO WASHINGTON
Just want to borrow a couple of excerpts from the Official Qualifications of what an applicant for a Government Committee has to undergo before he/she is approved and finally sworn in:
****Most applicants under serious consideration for an appointment will go through a full FBI background check in which their employment, professional, personal, travel, medical, financial, legal, military and educational histories will be reviewed and scrutinized. The financial holdings and sources of income for most applicants under serious consideration must be disclosed for review for possible conflicts of interest, and any conflicts must be remedied by divestiture, the creation of special trusts, etc.****
****...all aspects of your personal and professional life, including organizations to which you belong or once belonged; speeches you may have given and books, articles, and editorials you may have written; legal, administrative and regulatory proceedings to which you may have been a party; in short, anything that might embarrass the President or you if he should choose you for a position in his administration.*****
~~~~~~~~~
So what does this tell us? It tells us that somebody actually DID their homework and it wasn't just ANYBODY; it WAS NOT someone who cuts and pastes a couple of facts and a lot of "fiction" to suit one's "Agenda". It was the US Government checking out our guy to make sure he is qualified and clean of anything that would "embarrass" the President or himself.
NOW...what does THIS tell us? It tell us that our Government and the President KNOW that Clay Aiken doesn't go "trolling the internet" for gay hookups as a handful of vile humans would have the public believe.
Who are these "vile humans" (do they even qualify for being human)?
1. They are Clay's KNOWN and spurned female stalkers.
2. They are gay activists who "out" anybody, gay or NOT, if one doesn't play
by their rules and be their advocate in some way.
3. They are a few lusty "queens" with their own fantasies (PH, we SO KNOW).
4. It is the little gay guy, Purple Gherkin Paulus, who can only DREAM up shit.
5. They are the Cafe Allegro ladies (gag) who THOUGHT they were ENTITLED to run BAF
and get in Clay's pants.
6. They are Groucho, Shannon and the Pips from Kelly Clarkson Express who think
Clay has a chance to overtake their gal in CD sales and popularity.
7. They are Emach and a militant few (formerly known as "Soulful Ruben") who are
known for some pretty crass and borderline criminal activities to hurt Clay
and his fans.
These people joined forces for ONE reason: SMEAR CAMPAIGN
All our efforts to keep these people exposed to the public as LIARS and to expose Pickle Pussy Paulus (who NEVER met Clay Aiken) for the scam artist he is has been upstaged by the PRES. By Swearing In Clay Aiken next Thursday the PRESIDENT of the US is declaring, after a thorough investigation, that Paulus NEVER existed in Clay Aiken's life.
Everything JP wants people to believe DIDN'T happen, but WE faithful fans already knew that and so did the above. Their goal is to stunt the sales of Clay's new CD so he doesn't surpass Kelly's sales and if they can ruin his reputation in the process then their life's mission will be over. Does accomplishing this mission mean they will bless us by curling up to die? NO... I'm sure they'll go after Taylor next because he poses the next biggest threat to Kelly and Ruben. The gay faction already got a head start via Perez planting the seed of doubt on his blog.
Well.... this is it in a nutshell. The President declares Clay "The Good Guy" by virtue of his Crystal CLEAN record.
Those involved in the 9-month long smear campaign may soon be welcomed by Sheriff Joe in Tent City. See ya there guys, gals and 1 queen; I'll be the one doing the Scorpion Toss as the "no messing around" lawman parades you down the dusty trail to your tents and ..... BUBBA!
****Most applicants under serious consideration for an appointment will go through a full FBI background check in which their employment, professional, personal, travel, medical, financial, legal, military and educational histories will be reviewed and scrutinized. The financial holdings and sources of income for most applicants under serious consideration must be disclosed for review for possible conflicts of interest, and any conflicts must be remedied by divestiture, the creation of special trusts, etc.****
****...all aspects of your personal and professional life, including organizations to which you belong or once belonged; speeches you may have given and books, articles, and editorials you may have written; legal, administrative and regulatory proceedings to which you may have been a party; in short, anything that might embarrass the President or you if he should choose you for a position in his administration.*****
~~~~~~~~~
So what does this tell us? It tells us that somebody actually DID their homework and it wasn't just ANYBODY; it WAS NOT someone who cuts and pastes a couple of facts and a lot of "fiction" to suit one's "Agenda". It was the US Government checking out our guy to make sure he is qualified and clean of anything that would "embarrass" the President or himself.
NOW...what does THIS tell us? It tell us that our Government and the President KNOW that Clay Aiken doesn't go "trolling the internet" for gay hookups as a handful of vile humans would have the public believe.
Who are these "vile humans" (do they even qualify for being human)?
1. They are Clay's KNOWN and spurned female stalkers.
2. They are gay activists who "out" anybody, gay or NOT, if one doesn't play
by their rules and be their advocate in some way.
3. They are a few lusty "queens" with their own fantasies (PH, we SO KNOW).
4. It is the little gay guy, Purple Gherkin Paulus, who can only DREAM up shit.
5. They are the Cafe Allegro ladies (gag) who THOUGHT they were ENTITLED to run BAF
and get in Clay's pants.
6. They are Groucho, Shannon and the Pips from Kelly Clarkson Express who think
Clay has a chance to overtake their gal in CD sales and popularity.
7. They are Emach and a militant few (formerly known as "Soulful Ruben") who are
known for some pretty crass and borderline criminal activities to hurt Clay
and his fans.
These people joined forces for ONE reason: SMEAR CAMPAIGN
All our efforts to keep these people exposed to the public as LIARS and to expose Pickle Pussy Paulus (who NEVER met Clay Aiken) for the scam artist he is has been upstaged by the PRES. By Swearing In Clay Aiken next Thursday the PRESIDENT of the US is declaring, after a thorough investigation, that Paulus NEVER existed in Clay Aiken's life.
Everything JP wants people to believe DIDN'T happen, but WE faithful fans already knew that and so did the above. Their goal is to stunt the sales of Clay's new CD so he doesn't surpass Kelly's sales and if they can ruin his reputation in the process then their life's mission will be over. Does accomplishing this mission mean they will bless us by curling up to die? NO... I'm sure they'll go after Taylor next because he poses the next biggest threat to Kelly and Ruben. The gay faction already got a head start via Perez planting the seed of doubt on his blog.
Well.... this is it in a nutshell. The President declares Clay "The Good Guy" by virtue of his Crystal CLEAN record.
Those involved in the 9-month long smear campaign may soon be welcomed by Sheriff Joe in Tent City. See ya there guys, gals and 1 queen; I'll be the one doing the Scorpion Toss as the "no messing around" lawman parades you down the dusty trail to your tents and ..... BUBBA!
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
We're Sooo Proud of Our MAN
Proud of your boy
I'll make you proud of your boy
Believe me, bad as I've been, Ma
You're in for a pleasant surprise
I've wasted time
I've wasted me
So say I'm slow for my age
A late bloomer, Okay, I agree
That I've been one rotten kid
Some son, some pride and some joy
But I'll get over these lousin' up
Messin' up, screwin' up times
You'll see, Ma, now comes the better part
Someone's gonna make good
Cross his stupid heart
Make good and finally make you
Proud of your boy
Tell me that I've been a louse and loafer
You won't get a fight here, no ma'am
Say I'm a goldbrick, a goof-off, no good
But that couldn't be all that I am
Water flows under the bridge
Let it pass, let it go
There's no good reason that you should believe me
Not yet, I know, but
Someday and soon
I'll make you proud of your boy
Though I can't make myself taller
Or smartter or handsome or wise
I'll do my best, what else can I do ?
Since I wasn't born perfect like Dad or you
Mom, I will try to
Try hard to make you
Proud of your boy
By Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice
From the Movie Aladdin
Sung by Mr. Ambassador, Clayton Aiken of whom we are so very proud.
Idea by Aiken4Clay (Thank You)
I'll make you proud of your boy
Believe me, bad as I've been, Ma
You're in for a pleasant surprise
I've wasted time
I've wasted me
So say I'm slow for my age
A late bloomer, Okay, I agree
That I've been one rotten kid
Some son, some pride and some joy
But I'll get over these lousin' up
Messin' up, screwin' up times
You'll see, Ma, now comes the better part
Someone's gonna make good
Cross his stupid heart
Make good and finally make you
Proud of your boy
Tell me that I've been a louse and loafer
You won't get a fight here, no ma'am
Say I'm a goldbrick, a goof-off, no good
But that couldn't be all that I am
Water flows under the bridge
Let it pass, let it go
There's no good reason that you should believe me
Not yet, I know, but
Someday and soon
I'll make you proud of your boy
Though I can't make myself taller
Or smartter or handsome or wise
I'll do my best, what else can I do ?
Since I wasn't born perfect like Dad or you
Mom, I will try to
Try hard to make you
Proud of your boy
By Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice
From the Movie Aladdin
Sung by Mr. Ambassador, Clayton Aiken of whom we are so very proud.
Idea by Aiken4Clay (Thank You)
Saturday, September 02, 2006
How Adults Deal with Temper Tantrums
The amazing Ms. Polly Graf provided us with a few links so we could get an idea of the mentality of certain individuals who are directly or indirectly responsible for the full-of-lies smear campaign on Clay Aiken. The Gawker link is especially telling
http://www.gawker.com/news/bloggers/perez-hilton-makes-
us-hate-ourselves-153068.php
IMDb profile for Perez (Mario)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491768/
IMDb profile for Billy Masters
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Billy+Masters
Here are some excerpts, mostly from Perez, for those who don't want to give Gawker hits. This is email banter where the recipient tries to blow off a pissed Perez. Why is PH pissed? Because he didn't get invited to a party. Holy Chit! PH not invited? Wonder why?
PH: "I never claim to be objective. In fact, I reslish in my perspective and point of view. That's why people visit my site, so much that I get more visitors in ONE day that visit me than read Star or OK in one week."
PH: "In the mean time I am free and will continue expressing my thoughts about H.... S... to all of my publicist friends, media friends and your current clients that I know."
Other Guy: "Im not going back and forth with you over this. It's just lame to lie it's like get a life... And BTW -I don't respond to threats."
PH: "Thanks cupcake!
Look for me on E! News tomorrow night talking about every party expect yours."
PH: "And on your way to work, be sure to listen to me on Star 98.7, where I am also a regular correspondent and will be doing my Super Bowl wrap-up."
From: Perez Hilton
To: Jxx Mxx
Cc: xxxx@peoplemag.com, xxxx@usmagazine.com, xxxx@ok-magazine.com, xxxx@amilink.com, xxxx@bauerpublishing.com
Sent: Monday, February 6, 2006 3:15 PM
You know, I can afford to be unprofessional, because I make probably a lot more money than you do. You, on the other hand, can't afford to be as crass and reckless ad crazy Perez.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As you can see, PH starts CCing HIS "fernids in high places" (tm Pickle); he spells just like the Purple Gherkin and Groucho too.
Judging from the email exchange, the recipient of PH's pissy attitude handled the situation as an adult while Perez displays all the characteristics of a preschooler. Quite a few anti-fans and JP like to spin Clay's silence into what it is not. What his silence is indicative of is this: Clay's instinct and training as a teacher kicked in and he has ignored these children with their 5 year old mentality whose only joys in life include temper tantrums, lies and one upmanship.
I stated in my blog comments section that I was SURPRISED that people I thought were shrewd assholes are really children who need to be treated as such and that is what Clay has done. Imagine having to deal with this kind of ridiculousness from these "ME ME ME" individuals on a daily basis when you're in the entertainment industry.
Artists cater to these blackmailing FUCKwads in order to avoid the smear campaigns (as Gawker verified in the above blog link); Clay simply says, "UP YOURS!" with his silence. Since they are neither his children nor his students, he turned his back on them completely and walked away leaving them on the floor kicking and screaming.
I LOVE CLAY AIKEN WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE BRAVEST MAN I'VE EVER SEEN. I love it that he gave them the double-barreled middle finger.
~~~
** More dirt on Perez & friends maybe tomorrow or the next day.
http://www.gawker.com/news/bloggers/perez-hilton-makes-
us-hate-ourselves-153068.php
IMDb profile for Perez (Mario)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491768/
IMDb profile for Billy Masters
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Billy+Masters
Here are some excerpts, mostly from Perez, for those who don't want to give Gawker hits. This is email banter where the recipient tries to blow off a pissed Perez. Why is PH pissed? Because he didn't get invited to a party. Holy Chit! PH not invited? Wonder why?
PH: "I never claim to be objective. In fact, I reslish in my perspective and point of view. That's why people visit my site, so much that I get more visitors in ONE day that visit me than read Star or OK in one week."
PH: "In the mean time I am free and will continue expressing my thoughts about H.... S... to all of my publicist friends, media friends and your current clients that I know."
Other Guy: "Im not going back and forth with you over this. It's just lame to lie it's like get a life... And BTW -I don't respond to threats."
PH: "Thanks cupcake!
Look for me on E! News tomorrow night talking about every party expect yours."
PH: "And on your way to work, be sure to listen to me on Star 98.7, where I am also a regular correspondent and will be doing my Super Bowl wrap-up."
From: Perez Hilton
To: Jxx Mxx
Cc: xxxx@peoplemag.com, xxxx@usmagazine.com, xxxx@ok-magazine.com, xxxx@amilink.com, xxxx@bauerpublishing.com
Sent: Monday, February 6, 2006 3:15 PM
You know, I can afford to be unprofessional, because I make probably a lot more money than you do. You, on the other hand, can't afford to be as crass and reckless ad crazy Perez.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As you can see, PH starts CCing HIS "fernids in high places" (tm Pickle); he spells just like the Purple Gherkin and Groucho too.
Judging from the email exchange, the recipient of PH's pissy attitude handled the situation as an adult while Perez displays all the characteristics of a preschooler. Quite a few anti-fans and JP like to spin Clay's silence into what it is not. What his silence is indicative of is this: Clay's instinct and training as a teacher kicked in and he has ignored these children with their 5 year old mentality whose only joys in life include temper tantrums, lies and one upmanship.
I stated in my blog comments section that I was SURPRISED that people I thought were shrewd assholes are really children who need to be treated as such and that is what Clay has done. Imagine having to deal with this kind of ridiculousness from these "ME ME ME" individuals on a daily basis when you're in the entertainment industry.
Artists cater to these blackmailing FUCKwads in order to avoid the smear campaigns (as Gawker verified in the above blog link); Clay simply says, "UP YOURS!" with his silence. Since they are neither his children nor his students, he turned his back on them completely and walked away leaving them on the floor kicking and screaming.
I LOVE CLAY AIKEN WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE BRAVEST MAN I'VE EVER SEEN. I love it that he gave them the double-barreled middle finger.
~~~
** More dirt on Perez & friends maybe tomorrow or the next day.
Friday, September 01, 2006
The Sum of Many Parts
I promised some fun and games for the month of September and September has arrived. There have been many players in this online and tabloid "Smear Campaign" and we're going to start exposing them right here on the front page. I may have developed a sinister side after all this smearing but I'm going to enjoy what is to come.
One of our brilliant regulars took the information we've been discussing for months and has come up with the best summary I've seen yet. I'm going to make it the blog for the day because it's the perfect lead which will be followed by details in the next week or so.
August 31, 2006 (8th Month into the Smear Campaign)
"Anonymous said...
You know, I had forgotten about the rumored phone calls between Clay and Reichen and how coy Reichen was whenever he was asked about them. It wasn't Clay on the phone with Reichen, it was Lance Bass, the "spiky-haired popstar." Reichen was trying to protect Lance. Additionally, Reichen was filming a movie at the time and having his name linked with Clay's would provide lots of free publicity. When the movie aired, the director thanked Clay in the credits. Then Reichen denied he knew Clay as did his mother on his blog, and she said it was all a publicity stunt. How nice.
PaulASS saw how Reichen, who's backstory is similar to his own, was parlaying it and his AR win into an acting career and was considered somewhat of a celebrity, if only for 15 minutes. PaulASS wanted a taste of that and even latched onto Reichen's idea of writing a book about gays in the military. PaulASS had nude photos of himself on gay porn websites that also had as members certain gay tabloid bloggers with an axe to grind. He would be an easy recruit, someone desperate for fame, celebrity, notoriety (it's all the same to him) and a chance at a porn career. What was there to lose? Nothing except a job with ReMax selling lower-end properties in a rural area south of Raleigh. Not very lucrative and certainly not as exciting as what he hoped to experience as a pseudo-celebrity. Since Clay was moving back to Raleigh and was rumored to be gay by those same gay bloggers, it would be the perfect set-up. They finally found someone willing to allow his face and name to be attached to the scam for credibility. The added plus was that PaulASS was broke, had no assets and lousy credit, so he wasn't worth suing. BM acknowledged that Clay wouldn't sue and he was right, because it would cost too much and the end result would be lots of negative publicity at a time when the press should be focusing on the new CD.
I would think that as an employee (am I wrong here,or is he not an employee of American Media, as is PH?)BM would know that the NE fabricated the DNA evidence, as was admitted to by PaulASS to a writer who was contemplating a story.
The reports coming out of the Quality Inn tell a different tale than that told by PaulASS, and the valleyprettyboy designation was formally and legally traced back to one of these gay tabloid bloggers as the original source of the trolling rumors, leading one to suspect this gay blogger was doing the trolling in Clay's name for hits to his own blog and/or to set the stage for this smear campaign.
2:35 PM"
One of our brilliant regulars took the information we've been discussing for months and has come up with the best summary I've seen yet. I'm going to make it the blog for the day because it's the perfect lead which will be followed by details in the next week or so.
August 31, 2006 (8th Month into the Smear Campaign)
"Anonymous said...
You know, I had forgotten about the rumored phone calls between Clay and Reichen and how coy Reichen was whenever he was asked about them. It wasn't Clay on the phone with Reichen, it was Lance Bass, the "spiky-haired popstar." Reichen was trying to protect Lance. Additionally, Reichen was filming a movie at the time and having his name linked with Clay's would provide lots of free publicity. When the movie aired, the director thanked Clay in the credits. Then Reichen denied he knew Clay as did his mother on his blog, and she said it was all a publicity stunt. How nice.
PaulASS saw how Reichen, who's backstory is similar to his own, was parlaying it and his AR win into an acting career and was considered somewhat of a celebrity, if only for 15 minutes. PaulASS wanted a taste of that and even latched onto Reichen's idea of writing a book about gays in the military. PaulASS had nude photos of himself on gay porn websites that also had as members certain gay tabloid bloggers with an axe to grind. He would be an easy recruit, someone desperate for fame, celebrity, notoriety (it's all the same to him) and a chance at a porn career. What was there to lose? Nothing except a job with ReMax selling lower-end properties in a rural area south of Raleigh. Not very lucrative and certainly not as exciting as what he hoped to experience as a pseudo-celebrity. Since Clay was moving back to Raleigh and was rumored to be gay by those same gay bloggers, it would be the perfect set-up. They finally found someone willing to allow his face and name to be attached to the scam for credibility. The added plus was that PaulASS was broke, had no assets and lousy credit, so he wasn't worth suing. BM acknowledged that Clay wouldn't sue and he was right, because it would cost too much and the end result would be lots of negative publicity at a time when the press should be focusing on the new CD.
I would think that as an employee (am I wrong here,or is he not an employee of American Media, as is PH?)BM would know that the NE fabricated the DNA evidence, as was admitted to by PaulASS to a writer who was contemplating a story.
The reports coming out of the Quality Inn tell a different tale than that told by PaulASS, and the valleyprettyboy designation was formally and legally traced back to one of these gay tabloid bloggers as the original source of the trolling rumors, leading one to suspect this gay blogger was doing the trolling in Clay's name for hits to his own blog and/or to set the stage for this smear campaign.
2:35 PM"
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