Don Imus’ New Sidekick Speaks
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Comedian Karith Foster had a chat with Essence and discusses her new job working with shock jock Don Imus:
Essence.com: What is it really like to work with Imus?
K.F.: He is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. He does have the grumpy old man demeanor. I’m not saying that is not who he is. That is definitely part of who he is. But he is definitely a very kind, gentle person. If I hadn’t seen that side, if I wasn’t aware of that side, then I don’t think this would be a position I would have considered. Our very first discussion—ever—was about the Rutgers situation and what he had said and my feelings about it. I’ve been in the comedy business for about ten years, and you (develop) a gauge for people; you can tell who is BSing you after the show. This man was truly, genuinely sincere and regretful for the hurt that he caused people. In that conversation he said he always made it a policy not to make fun of celebrities’ children or public figures and so forth because that’s not fair. And that (his comment) was wrong.
Essence.com: Did he call you first? I’m just curious how this happened.
K.F.: It was being at the right place at the right time. It was arranged through a manager. I remember very vividly when everything happened because my uncle had just passed away that weekend when everything broke, and he (Imus) was meeting with the Rutgers women. I remember thinking, Wow, I just wish I had been there to be able to say something. It’s kind of like the universe heard me.
Essence.com: I hear what you’re saying, but someone out there will say that you were hired to save face for Imus. Your reaction?
K.F.: (Long pause) Well, I am not here to defend the man. I am also not paid to be his policeman. I am here to contribute to a historically entertaining show. I have no issue whatsoever speaking up when I feel the need to. I feel as if I am here to represent. That is another reason I took the job. What an opportunity to be a positive role model, not just for African-Americans and not just for women, but especially African-American women.
Essence.com: Are you going to hold him accountable when he goes too far? Because sometimes he does.
K.F.: Absolutely. There is a fine line. The rules in comedy are this: All is fair in love and comedy, but it has to be funny. There is a fine line between being funny and malicious. But it’s a distinct line, and when you cross it, I think something should be said. And I think you should be held accountable.
Essence.com: Interesting.
K.F.: Listening to it and having heard the actual recording of the nappy-headed hos (incident), it was so obvious it wasn’t malicious. He was an old White guy trying to be young and hip and use the modern vernacular. And it wasn’t funny.
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I don’t give two shitloads what either one of them have to say!
I DON’T GIVE A F_CK ABOUT IMUS…AND PEOPLE WHO READY TO START MARCHING & PICKETING THIS STATION NEED TO GET A CLUE..HOW ABOUT MARCHING ON AIDS EDUCATION IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY..AND MARCHING FOR THE END OF BLACK ON BLACK CRIME!!! HELL, I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IMUS BREAKING IN MY HOUSE AND SHOOTING MY MAN!! BUT I DO GOTTA WORRY ABOUT MALIK AND THEM…(was that to harsh?? sorry but yall know last week with all those deaths was a hard one)
PREACH ON IT DROCK!!!
dont know who she is - frizz ease is all I’m saying
Drock…….that wasn’t hard at all. Hell, I doubt if it was hard enough.
Okay, I know she won’t admit it, but her job is window dressing. LOL, kinda like when the folks at my firm pull me into a presentation or proposal that needs someone of “color”. Now, they don’t state the obvious, but when you’ve been around the block for a minute, you know what’s up. LOL, I just hope she was smart about it and is getting a hefty salary ’cause you know she’s facing backlash, so she might as well make it worthwhile.
Again black folks picking the wrong battles. We need to be thinking about electing Obama and breaking the last glass ceiling instead of worrying about this ho and her master. BTW notice she is nappy headed. SMH. Should we call her steppa fetcha?
She looks like a “nappy-headed hoe” to me!!!! LMAO LMAO LMAO!!!! J/k
cosign w? DROCK!
…right place at the right time…
Token.
(W/) accedental question mark^^^
They gave this token kneegrow a script and paid her a few bucks. How insulting.
Regardless, I never made that Imus thing a big deal anyway. I think we have bigger fishes to fry, yet ain’t nobody lookin’ to fry them big fishes. We’re too preoccupied with what some ugly racist has to say.
and i spelled accidental wrong Im sleepy
Amazing…I saw she had a personal blog on MeetRich,com, a private site for millionaires&celebrities I heard of from a friend of mine. The blog is updated very often. I think it may be ture.
@Nahnah
much agreed, the issue should not be how others view us, but how we view ourselves. My mother use to say, no one can make you feel anything, you only allow them too.
She needs to stop fronting. She knows she and that black dude are getting paid top dollar to be his token sidekicks. Working for him is like working for the cigarette industry: just keep quiet and collect your checks.
She’s not nappy-headed, more like frizzy headed. “I” am nappy-headed.
DROCK
I DON’T GIVE A F_CK ABOUT IMUS…AND PEOPLE WHO READY TO START MARCHING & PICKETING THIS STATION NEED TO GET A CLUE..HOW ABOUT MARCHING ON AIDS EDUCATION IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY..AND MARCHING FOR THE END OF BLACK ON BLACK CRIME!!! HELL, I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IMUS BREAKING IN MY HOUSE AND SHOOTING MY MAN!! BUT I DO GOTTA WORRY ABOUT MALIK AND THEM…(was that to harsh?? sorry but yall know last week with all those deaths was a hard one)
Second^^^^^^^ not too harsh but it’s called tough love and WE need more of it.
Notice how mutha fu*ka’s like Imus ALWAYS find somebody black to say …”he is definitely a very kind, gentle person.” when they fuck up? Damn Deputy Dog Chapman or whatever the fu*k his name is, did the same thing. Had the (black)pastor of his church smile and say how wonderful he is. SMH
much agreed, the issue should not be how others view us, but how we view ourselves. My mother use to say, no one can make you feel anything, you only allow them too.
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if a lot of us didn’t subconsciously accept certain labels in our community, would we be so offended? if we as a people would more self-assured, we would not be worried about comments like that.
and all that time spent protesting this guy could have been better spent on these bloods and crypts(sp?) who are killing each other in newark, nj or elsewhere.
See Imus has just learned a valuable lesson:
When you talk about Nappy Headed Hoes they shall appear.
Now Imus has to look at this bitch for the rest of his life.
IS KARITH FOSTER AKA THE CHIN SERIOUS. BITCH PLEASE!!! WHEN OLD MISTER LEATHER FACE STARTS GOING HARD ON YOUR ASS THEN WE’LL SEE HOW MUCH OF A NICE GUY HE REALLY IS. CHINY CHIN CHIN STFU AND STFD!!!!!!!
RUBIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW, Mary Fayke, since you’re down with Carols Daughter, can you hook me up with some hair products?!?! LMAO
Frank L, your account isn’t accurate. When Dog’s pastor, Tim Storey, was interviewed by CNN soon after it happened, in not uncertain terms, he disclosed how disappointed he was w/Dog and layed into him. Even when he appeared on Larry King, it was the same story. LOL, I got the sense that the pastor “went there” because his initial conversations w/Dog were harsh. I think you’re confused because Storey has also forgiven him and has not thrown him under the bus.
It seems that she (his sidekick( is his new spokesperson and cheerleader. By speaking out on his behalf she is trying to smooth out things with the black community. Let me say this….BITCH, it ain’t workin! He is still a racist bigot and will continue to be one. I can’t wait until he gets out of pocket with her and she starts telling the behind the scenes real truth about his ass.
Oh dont start that one off again.
There arew so many more important issues than the personality of Don Imus, or why frizzy-rizzy is his new side kick. That’s all I have to say.
There’s nothing to smooth out with the black community. I doubt advertisers will give a damn whether the black community is appeased or not. All that counts is that Imus gets ratings and the sponsors are satisfied.
Lili
She needs to stop fronting. She knows she and that black dude are getting paid top dollar to be his token sidekicks. Working for him is like working for the cigarette industry: just keep quiet and collect your checks.
PULEZZ, do you really think they’re getting “TOP” dollar??
like I said Don found two “Tom’s” to try and appeal to the Black Community….what she choses to do and accept is totally up to her but don’t try and spoon feed me the B.S.
meant to say *chooses*
Seem, this is what they think they can still do…. I’ll get a black token on the show, so they’ll believe I’m not really a racist!! Don’t white folks know this is the oldest trick in the book.
This goes to show black folks that they really believe we all are dumb! He’ll be callin her a nappy-headed-ho sooner than we think!!
WHAT UP TRAYCEE!!!
Black people are becoming the most simple minded people on the planet. If we continue to let Amerikkk paint these negitive images of us we will never make progress as a people. The problem is to many black people have brought into the lies of their oppressor and we haven’t said nothing about it. We have imbraced the pimp, hoe, gangsta, uncle tom idenity and carry whatever HollyQuier tell us we are with honor. I remember seeing the Mack and I really wanted to be that type of a black man. Boys in the hood, State property, Belly, and every rap video is destroying the minds of the people and if you don’t see it then your sleep. If Imus would of called those girl some hook noise Jews it wouldn’t even had been a question of getting rid of his racist ass. Image comes FIRST, the bible says “so shall a man think so shall he BE”. And I just want my people to BE. Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water. 30+ million strong we can change this. The youth needs us on all levels.
Who cares? Yeah, some people are going to call you a sell out. Should have anticipated that. All this interviewing is just trying to generate buzz. Be gone. Don’t care. If she’s comfortable with her decision, good for her. Do I buy the whole being a positive role model for black women? Well, if she means by doing the show and nothing else, nope. Does she have an obligation to do so? Nope. I’m not going to trash her but I’m not going to support her either. Really, Howard Stern has a black female co-host. I think more of Stern than I do of Imus.
P.S.: better get a good flat iron boo.
like I said Don found two “Tom’s” to try and appeal to the Black Community….what she choses to do and accept is totally up to her but don’t try and spoon feed me the B.S.
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the More Money we Make, The Less Power We Exercise
Let Imus bring his dead looking ass to Newark so we could “spread his fortune”
no homo…hahaha
TOKEN!!!!!!!!!
nahnah
much agreed, the issue should not be how others view us, but how we view ourselves. My mother use to say, no one can make you feel anything, you only allow them too.
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if a lot of us didn’t subconsciously accept certain labels in our community, would we be so offended? if we as a people would more self-assured, we would not be worried about comments like that.
and all that time spent protesting this guy could have been better spent on these bloods and crypts(sp?) who are killing each other in newark, nj or elsewhere.
So True^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Oh well she got to look at that werewolf looking fool every morning that is curel and unusual punishment she should march for her
WHO REALLY GIVE A SHIT ABOUT DON “RACIST” IMUS?
OF COURSE HE’S GONNA GET SOME BLACK PERSON WHO’S A WOMEN TO WORK WITH HIS ASS AS A “SIDEKICK”
AND I BET HE WASN’T TO HAPPY ABOUT RADIO STATION WHEN THEY TOLD HE BETTER GET SOMEBODY BLACK TO WORK WITH HIM!
LOOK THE BOTTOM LINE IS ONCE YOU MAKE A RACIST STATEMENT YOU ALWAYS GONNA BE A RACIST TO ME!
SO I DON’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT DON OR THE BITCH WHOS IS NOW HIS FUCKIN’ SIDEKICK!
Cosign with Drock and From the back.
@ But he is definitely a very kind, gentle person. If I hadn’t seen that side, if I wasn’t aware of that side, then I don’t think this would be a position I would have considered. “what other position did you have line up? damn quislings ain’t got no shame.
HEY 80′S
I for one think it’s great, we have two of ours working in a great job instead of being unemployed. This is what should of happened from the start. They are around to more or less censor him; it is a winning situation for all involved ( this is called diplomacy). Imus is an old guy who is set in his ways and for a long time this sort of behavior was okay, however, now everyone needs to be politically correct and be mindful of others feelings. The best to them all.
What a bleedin’ joke! Bitch please, step the fuck back. You’re not representing me, just repping yourself and your bank account.
PUSSY CAT!!! HEY HONEY!!!
Miss T
I for one think it’s great, we have two of ours working in a great job instead of being unemployed. This is what should of happened from the start. They are around to more or less censor him; it is a winning situation for all involved ( this is called diplomacy). Imus is an old guy who is set in his ways and for a long time this sort of behavior was okay, however, now everyone needs to be politically correct and be mindful of others feelings. The best to them all.
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You are being rather naive.
No, I am being realistic!
It tips me out how Imus was talking about thier hair. Have you seen your hair Imus. I look like that stringy stuff we use to put on christmas trees
SELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOUT
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“SMOKED OUT”
Damn. Why is Don Imus making jokes about black folk? Thats not right he should be fired. He should only be allowed to talk about 65-70 year old whit people. The same goes for Steve Harvey. He shouldn’t make jokes about rednecks. He should only make fun of his own race as well. Shaq should have been fired for doing that Chinese accent on Yeo Ming a fw years ago. Matter of fact we should just pretend we don’t see differences in anybody and lets just pretend we are all female rutgers basketball players.
@drock
cosign!!
I am going to give this sista and the brotha workin’ with her and Imus a pass. There is so much garbage in media today, I can’t see where else they would go. If they can feed themselves and others with the money, I say go ahead while the U.S. dollar is still worth somethin’. I think it was right to protest Imus though, we need to fight the problems both within and outside of our community.
I cosign with Drock as well, what about unemployment, Katrina, Black on Black crime, the war in Iraq, health care, the over population of minorities in prison, taxation without representation, the public school systems, come on people keep our eyes focused on the big picture!
What people fail to realize is its an on going attack on the African race. You will or haven’t seen no other race victimized like our people. This country goes above and beyond to keep us down and their main weapon is Mass Media. We as a African Nation are getting weaker by the day. Dr. King said “a man who won’t stand for somthing will fall for anything”. We can fight the oppresor on all fronts. Yes we have some serious problems but we got to start with the way we view ourselves and the way others view us. Ask some of the people you know of other races how they or their family and friends veiw black people. You will be shocked. Study yourstory and educate the youth not history. Black men stop being PUNKS and defend our nation. Niggas care more about your favorite sports team than your own Race. SAD. And know more about them to. Play times over and Imus do matter.
So they are basically Condeleza and Colin Powell to George Push, put a person of color up front while cutting programs that benefit the AA community. While the ignorant negroes are like we have one of our own in office!
@ From the Back, do not get me wrong I am not saying that Imus does not matter, however we need to start respecting our selves before anyone else will respect us. Ho, chicken head and bitch has become staples in the lyrics of songs. He (Imus) does matter, however, I do believe he is on the right track now (he has been hit in his pocketbook) and there are so many urgent matters that need to be addressed.
Miss T
I feel you 100% but do we continue to let HollyQuier make us out to be a bunch of low life COONS?
Drock
That black doll, white doll test still got lil black girls running to the black doll. You can have all the education in the world and still hate yourself. Crips and Bloods kill each other because they been taught to hate THEMSELVES. Our hair aint kinky its KINGLY.
I mean white doll. Hotep
But if Imus would have never hired anyone black, he would have been a racist for sure. Seems like we were our happiest in the hands of the slave owner. Makes me wonder sometime.
He would go hire a Black woman to try to repair his image. As a fellow “Nappy Headed Hoe” a.k.a Black Woman, I say F%$# Imus and the people who support him. Calling us Nappy Headed is one thing but on top of that you called us Hoes. Yo’ Momma!!!
@From the Back, first of all we are not a one dimensional people, we have many dimensions and for every one of our “coon pictures” there are at least three decent black movies. Also look at all the “coon pictures” that are white movies; Caddyshack (the white version), Porkies, Duece Bigalow etc. Remember the Three Stooges or Laurel and Hardy. When Amos and Andy (a black comedy) was put on tv black people protested and the show was taken off of the air resulting in more unemployed black actors. What one might call “coonish” another may call comedy. There weren’t Too many Sidney Poitiers’ back in the day. It is a wonderful thing that now we have Denzel, Blair, Larry, Wesley, Will etc as well as the Martins, Eddies, Chris’s, Daves etc. We are making progress however we have a long way to go.
Just Sit And Be Pretty-
Look here, honey. Frank L. is not confused. And my account is on point. Perhaps you get all YOUR news from CNN. But TMZ quoted this Tim Storey mutha fu*ka as sayin’ “…I know he’s not a racist. He’s been to black churches with me to help inner-city kids.”
Nice touch with the ‘black churches and inner-city kids’. Amazing how Storey ‘knows he not a racist’, in spite of what came out of that mutha fu*ka’s own mouth. SMH
Same sh*t with Imus and this Foster chick. Better pay attention…
OK! IT SOUNDS LIKE MY PARENTS ARE RIGHT. WHEN BLACK PEOPLE WERE SLAVES (MOST BLACK AMERICANS), WHITE PEOPLE WERE VERY GENIUS IN THEIR STUFF. WHITE PEOPLE OR MASTER TOOK ONE BLACK MAN TO MISTHREATS OTHERS BLACK SLAVES. THAT MEAN CONTINUES TO DAY. NOW BLACK HUMOURISTS SINGING IN PRESS TO PROCLAM THAT IMUS A GOOD MAN. MONEY BUYS THE BRAIN. HERE IN FRANCE, A JOKE TELLS THAT IF YOU ARE BORN FROM A SLAVE PEOPLE YOU WILL CONTINUE HAVING A SLAVE MANNER IN YOUR LIVE. FOR ME MY FAMILY ARRIVED WITH THEIR MEANS IN EUROPE, NEVER A SLAVE IN MY FAMILY.
agree with nah nah
That broad is a sellout. Betcha she’ll be buying that new Nas album entitled N*gga!
All whites are evil!
Ugh, all she is a female sambo, if her “massa” told her to jump she’d jump, If her “massa became sick” she’d be like “massa we’s sick?”.
she is a dick rider for her w**** massa.
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On Point I totally agree. This bitch just wants a paycheck, period.
Frank L, by your excessive use of expletives, I can tell that your intellect is limited…AND the fact that you would so grossly disrespect a pastor speaks volumes about your character. Conversation over…
She’s nothing more than a token.
Ho
Sit
Down
I don’t give two horse tails what she has to say..
She and the other negro are SELL OUTS!!!!
Imus should’ve offered the new job to Just Sit and Be Pretty I don’t know if she’s a h*e, but she is NO doubt nappy headed.
awww man ya’ll need to shut up and get a grip. MAAAN i was born with a lotto ticket being white! AHAHAHAAA
LOL Brawler from the boogie down…you got that right, nappy and lovin’ it!!
Yeah, I heard about this. Don’t hate. A sista’s makin’ money. Whatever!
couldn’t even read past the 2nd sentence. I think Imus’s black sidekicks show effort on his part, but I just don’t care for the guy.
Damn…sellouts got no shame these days….and regarding the sellouts making money so do the drug dealers and the hos in a hood near you but I dont hear you giving them props…oh wait, cause they hurt the black community…but so does that frizalicious Mac Tonight ass mammie and the rest of those sellouts… and for people talking about Katrina/AIDs etc, this is BOSSIP…get a grip…we’re supposed to be talking about Entertainment/media pop culture so take your bougie asses to Jack and Jill Politics and have a nice tall glass of STFU….sorry…I hate when people who aint about nothing anywhere else try to get all Hezekiah Walker on folks on a damn gossip blog
i agree with lili and frank l. and think anyone who said this sidekick is “just making money” is a fool - if you knew your boss called a black person a n*igga would you still be happy to work with her/him? get real! (and if you would you’re an even BIGGER fool)
imus knows damn well he would never have called his daughter or mom or wife that shit if they came home with a teased out 80s-esque hairstyle? cut this idiot off and let him rely on his senior citizen’s checks! hes a dumbass and his sidekicks are bigger dumbassses for pretending that they dont know it.
next!
All yall keep dissing on this woman for trying to build a bridge yet every single damn day BET NETWORK portrays us as ignorant fools, pimps, low life, who name it. These images began with Mr. Johnson who owned BET then sold it to whites and now they simply carry on as usual. I swear to God we need to pick our battles better. This shit from BET spreads these images about us all over the world on a daily basis and yall still whining and moaning about what some old white man said months ago.
Now WHY you wanna start wit’ me?…
The fact that you would overestimate a mans’ character JUST because he’s a pastor shows YOUR intellect is limited. Blinded by the light. SMH
Tell it to all the little boys being molested by Catholic priests.
The fact that you would underestimate a mans’ intellect JUST because he uses expletives further exemplifies that point(plus, how else do movie gangsters talk?).
Maybe I’m just mutha fu*kin’ mad!
Reverend Tim Storey is a Hollywood climber. Like Bishop Don Juan and others before him. Better pay attention.
And NOW(regardless of your feeble retort), conversation over…
The above is for ‘Just Sit And Be Pretty’…
She looks like a cross between Richard Prior and Wanda Sykes.
She looks like a Nappy Head Hoe…no Hoe-Mo(homo)
Why is it that when Black people are dead wrong about something, they try to justify their wrongdoings by comparing themselves to a white person’s wrongdoings?
Why do I care about negative images circulated about or stereotypes perpetuated about white people when I’m not white?
You can protest about Don Imus all day, and when you lose your job because your boss saw you picketing on the 10:00 news when you called in sick, don’t say boo. Imus was saying what a lot of white Amerikkka thinks, which is why he rebounded so quickly. (They should change his name to Don Rodman.) Imus was probably told to “lay low” so he and his program director could embark upon another station with a new and improved, culturally sensitive/PC version of his show, as not to offend the coloreds.
Anyone with 2 good eyes or a correct prescription can see that the “nappy headed ho” in that equation was none other than Imus. He needs a relaxer, a press and a flat iron. *sings, “Just for meeeeee.”
His new “sidekick” is just that. She looks like the lost member of Floetry. She probably can’t sing, so she’ll float her “biracial” ass over to Howard Stern’s father’s studio and wax nostalgic about negroes. This chick will be to Imus what black ass Robin is to Howard.
People can talk shit about Wendy Williams, but with all of her fame and education, she never laid an acrylic nail on a white boy. And Wendy would never let a white dog drag her down or cause her to sell her soul for a paycheck like a lot of her [black female] counterparts in radio.
It’s damn near 2008, Black folks. Let’s return to the days of assuming responsibilities for our actions as well as taking responsibility for our loved ones. (That means pay your child support on time and let your rims roll where they may.) Equal is an artificial sweetner, not something they will ever consider us to them.
Can we all say, ” Nose job”?