Geez ladies, by now we should all know that referring to anything other than rape as "rape" is just a bad idea. It trivializes what rape actually is and manages to make you look like a complete buffoon. And that's exactly what Courtney Love did when she claimed the Muppets — the friggin' Muppets! — "raped" the memory of Kurt Cobain by using Nirvana's song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in their movie.
Well, it's a little more complicated than that. According to TMZ, half of Courtney Love's rights to Cobain's music was sold to a company called Primary Wave Music, which gave the Muppets movie permission to use the song. Also, the two surviving members of Nirvana, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, gave their permission as well. And Dave Grohol is in the movie. This sounds like another case of What The Hell Are You Talking About, Courtney Love? [TMZ]
Courtney Love is only the latest in a long and tacky line of celebs who've used the word "rape" insensitively. Click through our gallery of shame!
