Modified On November 3, 2004
The New York Daily News reports that Larry The Cable Guy got into some minor hot water by making a crack about American Idol Clay Aiken during a recent appearance on The View:
Hey, it wasn’t that bad. I said I was on the Clay Aiken diet. That’s where you pop in a Clay Aiken CD and try to keep food down,” said Whitney.
“I mean, is someone actually sitting at home bent out of shape because I did a joke about Clay Aiken,” he asked incredulously. “It’s like, all the crap goin’ on in the world and that’s what floats your … boat.”
The lesson here? We can’t decide. Either you don’t go on The View if your act has any sarcasm in it, OR, if you do, you must take care not to make fun of someone whose fans have the time and the wherewithal to make your life miserable by inundating you with hate-email (Housewives? Children? Teenage girls?). Read the gory details here. (Thanks to Sharilyn for the tip!)