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Country music legend Dolly Parton has blasted US 'shock jock' Howard Stern after he broadcast a radio segment that made her sound racist and sexually explicit.
The controversial DJ aired a manipulated audio clip from one of Parton's new audio books on his Howard Stern show
last week, and the singer says she's been left "shocked and humiliated" as a result.
Stern's edited clip made Parton sound as if she was making derogatory and sexually graphic comments about Linda Ronstadt, Burt Reynolds, Kenny Rogers and herself.
But the 'joke' backfired. Big time.
Parton is furious over the whole affair and has just issued the following statement: "I have never been so shocked, hurt and humiliated in all my life. I cannot believe what Howard Stern has done to me. In a blue million years, I would never have such vulgar things come out of my mouth. They have done editing or some sort of trickery to make this horrible, horrible thing.
"Please accept my apology for them and certainly know I had nothing to do with this.
"If there was ever going to be a lawsuit, it's going to be over this," she continued.
"Just wanted you to know that I am completely devastated by this."
No comment as yet from Stern's camp.
I've heard the audio clip in question, and I have to say it's pretty offensive and obscene - way too blue to repeat or even link to from this blog.
What gets me is the fact that Stern actually thought he was being funny when he broadcast the vile clip.
Some say that Parton should have kept schtum and not commented on Stern's antics, arguing that it's only fuelled the fire, so-to-speak.
But having listened to the clip, I can only conclude that its overly racist content went way beyond the boundaries of taste and decency.
If you want to listen to the audio clip, a five second search on Google is all it takes to find the beast.
Have a listen and tell me what you think.
Tom Cruise and Kate Holmes in asbestos scare
TomKat has been advised to seek medical help, after deadly asbestos was discovered on a cruise ship they were sailing on with fellow Scientologist John Travlota.
Details here.
Twin talk
So Angelina Jolie has finally confirmed what we've known all along: she's expecting twins.
Actor Jack Black inadvertently let slip the happy news during an interview in Cannes this week.
Video here.
Update:
According to entertainmentwise.com, Jolie is due to pop on August 19. Mark your calendars, folks.
Dunzo
Shania Twain and her husband are to split.
Twain's publicist has just issued this statement:
"Shania Twain and her husband, music producer Robert 'Mutt' Lange, are separating after 14 years of marriage... This is a private matter and there will be no further comment at this time."
Quote of the day
"I don't have birthdays, I have anniversaries - I'm eternally 12 and that's part of the reason I'm late; because, as a 12 year old, how am I expected to get it together on time... It's in my DNA (to be late), I cannot help it."
Mariah Carey. She's a strange bird.
Kiss of death
Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty seem to be getting along very well these days. Some might say a little too well...
If you're of a weak disposition, whatever you do, don't click here or here.
Enjoy your lunch!
Gyllenspoon to wed?
Lovebirds Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal are rumoured to be planning a trip down the aisle.
Several news reports claim they're planning to get wed very soon.
A supposed source close to the pair tells OK! Magazine:
"They've been talking marriage for a while. They'll be formally engaged any day now. They want to spend the rest of their lives together."
But I wouldn't buy a hat just yet... it all sounds like wishful thinking to me.
Love don't live here anymore...
Jodie Foster has reportedly broken up with her partner of 14 years, Cydney Bernard.
The news comes only months after Foster first publicly acknowledged their relationship.
Sad.
Manorexia!
You'd be forgiven for thinking that Irish actor Colin Farrell's legendary boozing has led him to look like this.
Apparently his skeletal look is all in aid of a new film he's working on.
Farrell has reportedly lost a staggering three stone to play the part of a war photographer in new flick, Triage.
More images of the manorexic star here.
He's looking worryingly thin if you ask me.
Miserable cow
Victoria Beckham has finally admitted what we all knew anyway - that she's a miserable cow.
Beckham was interviewed on a British TV show this week and admitted that she often looks like a "miserable cow" in pictures.
She said: "When I see pictures I do sometimes think, 'You miserable cow!'"
But the best news of all is that she claims to have hung up her microphone for good - no more warbling from the pouty one.
There is a God.
Bill O'Reilly: The remix
I shamed Fox News host Bill O'Reilly in Wednesday's blog by linking to a video clip of him behaving like a petulant child. Well, there's more...
Here's the remix.
Warning: The clip contains swearing (NSFW).
Money don't grow on felled trees
Anne Heche claims that she can no longer afford to cough up child and spousal support because she's unemployed.
Heche recently starred in hit TV show Men in Trees until it was unceremoniously cancelled earlier this month.
The actress now says she's too poor to pay support payment to her ex Coley Laffoon, 34, reports people.com.
See you Monday, folks.
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