All Ladies Love LL Cool J… except Sarah Palin

First let me say say that I am convinced that all ladies love LL Cool J.  My mom loves LL Cool J. Really, what’s not to love?  Sarah “maverick, pretend(and real) gun-shooting, chronic winker and evader of questions” Palin has a new special that’s suppose to air on, surprise, Fox News Channel called “Real American Stories”.  It is described by Fox as,”real-life tales of overcoming adversity through the American landscape.” The promos had included a clip of LL Cool J that was actually from a 2008 interview with someone else.

Rhett Usry, the artist’s spokesman issued this statement, “Contrary to what was reported, LL Cool J was never scheduled to be a guest on ‘Real American Stories’ with Sarah Palin this week. The show had planned to use an interview from 2008 that was being repurposed without LL’s permission. This statement is not a reflection of any feelings LL has toward Fox News or Ms. Palin, whom he has never met, rather a clarification of what we have seen published in the media.”

Fair enough, Fox did something that was misleading and got called out.

Here’s the rub, Fox issued it’s own statement to media outlets that did not include the Associated Press.  Fox said, “‘Real American Stories’ features uplifting tales about overcoming adversity and we believe Mr. Smith’s interview fits that criteria. However, as it appears that Mr. Smith does not want to be associated with a program that could serve as an inspiration to others, we are cutting his interview from the special and wish him the best with his fledgling acting career.”

Translation: Oops, we tried to pull a fast one by trying to imply someone was on our show but really wasn’t. When we got called out we then tried to cover our asses with some bullshit cover story that we knew the interview had nothing to do with the show but if you squint your eyes really hard maybe the BS will look like chocolate. Maybe we can convince you that we were trying to do LL Cool J a favor, but if he’s going to get his panties in a bunch we won’t. Good luck to you, loser. (Rather surprised at their formality in referencing his birth name James Todd Smith and not his stage name).

This is where I really had the problem. Now, I know it will come as no surprise that I am not particularly fond of Fox News or anything to do with Sarah Palin but I do have to ask.  Do you NOT have a PR department? Surely someone over there could have come up with something a little more, I don’t know, thoughtful than that. Some places have entire teams of people who do this sort of thing.

As for LL Cool J, you tried to be nice and they slap you in the face. I think the only thing you can do in a situation like this is take off your shirt. Do it for mom.