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Oh, hell no!
Kelly Ripa shared a cute story on TV about one of her kids learning about politics in school, and how she said that elephants represented the republicans and donkeys represented…the Dominicans.
Innocent and funny mistake for a child.
No harm done…BUT then Regis said ‘She’s pretty close’.
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Cody Alaniz wrote:
What a digusting thing to say! and he even smiled about it! I am not Dominican but I still find this very offensive
10.31.2008 | 1:43 pm | Link
ninalatina wrote:
OMG! get over it… it was a kid’s mistake!
10.31.2008 | 1:53 pm | Link
Cody Alaniz wrote:
“OMG! get over it… it was a kid’s mistake! ”
I am not talking about the her child’s story I am talking about the comment Regis made you dumbass
10.31.2008 | 2:15 pm | Link
Jocie wrote:
HOW CAN HE SAY SOMETHING SO IGNORANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HE NEEDS TO APOLOGIZE ASAP!!!!!
ninalatina, its obvious that the story isnt about what the little kid said, but what Regis said read the story fully before you make any comments.
10.31.2008 | 3:42 pm | Link
aury wrote:
kelly ripa is very ignorant just regis are so ignorant just because they talk about how dominicans are donkeys well they should maybe get an education to stop being so dumn nand ignorant. and isent her husband dominican too they are fucking stupid.
10.31.2008 | 3:43 pm | Link
V wrote:
How is that offensive… in what way? So the kid was close from saying Democrat. A simple mistake. Regis was just feeding the conversation.
Now Cody what offensive is you calling ninalatina a dumbass. That offensive or im a close….
P.S. & I am a dominican
10.31.2008 | 3:48 pm | Link
Cody Alaniz wrote:
“How is that offensive… in what way? So the kid was close from saying Democrat. A simple mistake. Regis was just feeding the conversation.
Now Cody what offensive is you calling ninalatina a dumbass. That offensive or im a close….
P.S. & I am a dominican”
He was not just “feeding” the conversation, you can tell by the way he said it and the look on his face just HOW he meant his comment. What he said was no different than if he would have said “Oh Donkey and Dominican, what is the difference anyways?”
Sheesh!
10.31.2008 | 4:00 pm | Link
Alexis wrote:
I am Dominican, and Regis’ statement, whether he actually meant it or not, was distasteful!
10.31.2008 | 4:41 pm | Link
V wrote:
Eeeewwww Awwww…..
Get over it, all of ya!!!…. is a joke. Is TV they need the ratings AND here we are giving it to them. Should we all democrats feel offended cause our mascot is a donkey, come on.
10.31.2008 | 5:16 pm | Link
Jocie wrote:
V, its not just a comment, what he said was offensive.
I don’t understand how you can be Dominican and not find that offensive. You should have pride in being Dominican.
There is a difference in feeding a conversation, and making an offensive comment. If you don’t know the difference, then don’t comment.
P.S. I am Dominican and I’m proud of it!!
10.31.2008 | 5:36 pm | Link
Cody Alaniz wrote:
“There is a difference in feeding a conversation, and making an offensive comment. If you don’t know the difference, then don’t comment.”
Exactly, well put Jocie!
10.31.2008 | 6:02 pm | Link
V wrote:
Tomato, tomahto, Democrat, Dominican — cut the bs off!
I took it to mean “That’s pretty close” As in, The kid was pretty close to repeating the right word. Kids say the darnest things…
Gosh, you guys are so sensitive… it was unintentional and funny.
There are so many bad things going on in the world and people pick this to be mad at. PLEASE…… Get a grip
10.31.2008 | 6:19 pm | Link
JP wrote:
Thanks for the full story. This morning they kept mentioning this on the Spanish news but they didn’t mention what Regis said.
They kept mentioning what Kelly’s daughter said and I was like ok she’s a little kid, she can make a mistake as long as, hopefully, mom spoke to her and cleared things up. I didn’t understand the big deal but now that I know what Regis said I understand the outrage.
10.31.2008 | 6:24 pm | Link
happyfeet wrote:
All you people getting “offended” need to get a life before YOU start to offend ME. The damn kid made a mistake and to tell you the truth I doubt Regis was even listening to Kelly. He was probably just doing what I do when my girlfriend speaks to me. Nod a lot in approval, offer some half assed “youre right dears”, and think about the upcoming football games on Sunday.
10.31.2008 | 8:43 pm | Link
Eri Dorada wrote:
Omg you guys get over it, there was nothing wrong with this video, ay!
10.31.2008 | 10:31 pm | Link
alessandrajordan wrote:
Omgosh! I saw this on TMZ. The paprazzis were like asking him why he said that, the man didn’t have a response. Me personally, Im not Dominican but, if I was I wouldn’t be angry. If you know that Dominicans aren’t donkey then their is no reason why you should be mad. Dominicans are better then that!
11.01.2008 | 1:25 am | Link
fianme wrote:
sensitive and unforgiving? everything would be different if they mention african-americans instead of dominicans.
11.01.2008 | 8:01 am | Link
Cody Alaniz wrote:
“All you people getting “offended” need to get a life before YOU start to offend ME.”
LoL like we care?
11.01.2008 | 11:11 am | Link
danny wrote:
in my opinion its not just tv its not just a joke and its not just feeding the conversatin, this is called being irresponsible and ignorant!! a person with so many years on tv should know this!
sometimes these people loose the sense of things and thats a shame!
i am not dominican but what if a person from another country would hve said on tv: elephants represent our country and the monkeys represent the usa?
think about it!
11.01.2008 | 2:08 pm | Link
happyfeet wrote:
NOW IM OFFENDED….ACLU HERE I COME >=(
I’ll shut this website down!!!! Apologize to me at once for thinking that Regis called Dominicans donkeys. If thats what you interpreted his comments as meaning then its YOU that thinks that Dominicans are donkeys. IM OFFENDED!
11.01.2008 | 2:50 pm | Link
happyfeet wrote:
P.S. Some advice to the writer of this post. Invest in a DVR and post the recording to youtube. The video quality is horrendous.
11.01.2008 | 2:59 pm | Link
cubiche69 wrote:
Come bola white people de la miercoles! How stupid and in poor taste. I couldn’t stand her anyway. Married a Marc Consuelos….Marcos el Mexicano that is. Such a typical blanquita thing to say!
11.01.2008 | 3:50 pm | Link
JP wrote:
Cubiche, actually Marc is Mexican and Italian. LOL Did you read / understand what was posted? She was repeating something her little girl said and Regis was the one who made the comment that has offended some people - not her. So why you getting on her case and saying typical blanquita thing to say - she didn’t say anything.
LMAO with “He was probably just doing what I do when my girlfriend speaks to me. Nod a lot in approval, offer some half assed “youre right dears”, and think about the upcoming football games on Sunday.” That was funny and is quite true. lol
Is there any chance Regis was just being sarcastic with his comment?
11.01.2008 | 5:48 pm | Link
happyfeet wrote:
Yeah Regis was probably thinking “F@#k, I gotta listen to another one of these damn stories about her kids again. How do I get out of this sh$#. I know. I think I’ll call Dominicans donkeys. That’ll shut her up and piss off those donkey looking Domincans at the same time. BWAHAHAHAHA. I wonder if ABC will ask me to host Dick Clarks Rockin New Years with Ryan Seacrest again. God I love his frosted hair tips”
11.01.2008 | 6:02 pm | Link
cubiche69 wrote:
JP don’t be a smart ass and admit that it was wrong. Regis final comment added more pain to misery. The Mexican was prominent on Marco Consuelos ok de Italiano no tiene nada.
I bet many non Dominicans are upset and with good reason. Her kid stories are not amusing to anyone that has kids. These types of oops are made everyday by kids. I don’t go on repeating the ones that may offend someone.
In all honesty I find her to be fake and very self centered. Elizabitch from the VIEW and her should have a playdate with kids and all.
11.01.2008 | 9:17 pm | Link
JP wrote:
I don’t have to admit anything as it all depends on how a person interprets things. If you read my earlier post I stated that I understood why people were outraged. But I also know that sometimes Regis says things sarcastically and people don’t realize it / get it.
If people were seriously offended; email, write or call the station. Having a fit on here, and not directing your anger at the ones that can do something about it, will achieve nothing.
11.02.2008 | 11:38 am | Link
Jai wrote:
Ok this comment section is getting pretty heated. But the fact of it is that 1. it was a cute kid story and 2. Regis totally flipped it by saying she’s close. As a Dominican myself I am very offended by it and expressed myself with a blog post on my blog. If you can’t see (Dominican or not) how this could be offensive then you may have to watch it again. He basically compared us to DONKEYS not DEMOCRATS.
11.03.2008 | 7:09 pm | Link
Dee wrote:
aury, maybe you are the one who needs to get an education, because quite frankly, you can’t spell for shit!
Regis needs to apologize. He loves to rub elbows with our great baseball players…what a phony.
11.03.2008 | 7:25 pm | Link
P-DEZZY BAYBEH 4 OBAMA wrote:
DATS JUST RACIST! ppl tell the truth when they slip up! A DONKEY! Dats like calling black ppl monkeys, come on now! i just seen their dumb ass apoligy, Didnt even look sincere, datz sum bullshyt!
-Im Still mad fuk them, Im neva watching their gay ass show again… JOKE OR NOT, should of not been said… WERE NOT A JOKE!
And im half, oh n 4 dat ninalatina bicth, PAY ATTENTION dumb ass
11.04.2008 | 9:35 am | Link
Clarence wrote:
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No wonder there is always a war going on people get offended so freeking easy
11.04.2008 | 10:09 am | Link
Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa Apologize To Dominicanos - Latin Gossip wrote:
[…] A few days ago, Regis insulted Dominicans with THIS COMMENT that was perhaps a Freudian slip, but was not taken lightly by Los Dominicanos and all Latinos alike. […]
11.07.2008 | 10:24 am | Link
Latina and Proud wrote:
I agree with Cody… he meant that the kid was close enough to say Democrat… sad to see everyone just wants to make something out of nothing… why do people need to have drama or take offense to something that was not meant.. we are all human and please if there is someone who has NEVER did or said something taken wrongly… pleeeease stand and give yourselves a round of applause… everyone else get a life
11.07.2008 | 2:33 pm | Link
happyfeet wrote:
Im Mexican and personally I think we resemble lemurs. But thats just my opinion.
A message from Happyfeet
“It was brought to my attention that there was a portion of my comment that was offensive to the Mexican community. I’ve heard from a lot of people and I’m very sorry that this was hurtful. I apologize and would never want anyone to feel hurt by something that they saw or heard on my comment.”
furthermore
“I have great respect for the Mexican community, and we would never intentionally say or do anything to offend any of the readers of my comment because I love you.”
Happyfeet
11.07.2008 | 9:35 pm | Link
JD wrote:
Rgis, is right… Dominicans are hung like donkeys!!!
11.08.2008 | 6:10 pm | Link
JD wrote:
Rgis, is right… Dominicans are hung like donkeys!!!
11.08.2008 | 6:10 pm | Link
Josie wrote:
I love how everyone believe it okay to slam someone
culture it okay. Yes i am very upset about this and yes i stop watching the show. It is offensive and any one who does not think so should keep praying with there sheets on and you are not fooling anyone. So she married to a mix man it still justify the comments. yes this is my culture. Yes she was horrible as a soap queen and she worse in this show.
11.09.2008 | 1:03 am | Link