Comedian Jay Mohr Calls Michelle Obama A Man
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12:15PM, Wednesday May 20th 2009
Is it “Hate on Michelle Obama” week? Supermodel Iman told Parade Mrs. O is “no great beauty.” Now, comic Jay Mohr is adding his two cents. During a call-in on “The Jim Rome Show” on ESPN, he went off on a mean-spirited monologue about the First Lady.
Some of the low-light’s:
“Michelle Obama—that is a big dude. When Barack plays pick up games at the White House, you know he picks Michelle as his forward, maybe his (center) depending on who’s in Congress that day.”
“That has to be like being married to Elton Brand. She is a big dude.”
“I like when she put her arm around the Queen of England and she put her in a headlock and said, ‘I’ve been waiting 200 years to put my arms around you lady.’”
We know Jay considers himself a comic, but these comments are not funny at all. They are disrespectful and cross the line, especially considering the First Lady is not an elected official. Listen to the call—he starts in on Michelle at about 1:54 minutes—and let us know your thoughts. Ha-ha or hell no?
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cattgirl813
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 01:10 pm: [report]
As an accomplished and beautiful woman, Ms. Obama’s more man than Jay Mohr could ever hope to be. More successful and funny than him too.
retro chic
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 01:13 pm: [report]
That’s right, catt, he doesn’t realize he paid her a complement, the dummy. Everyone *knows* women are the *real* men in this world. He’s projecting—the worst thing a man wants to be called is a Woman.
retro chic
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 01:15 pm: [report]
^ that’s *compliment* (dummy)
cattgirl813
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 01:23 pm: [report]
@retro chic: That’s okay. I knew what you meant. Jay Mohr insulting someone is kind of like being buzzed by a mosquito - harmless, but annoying and noisy until you swat it away without a second thought.
retro chic
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 01:32 pm: [report]
Yes, yes, mosquitoes. In fact, there have been a few times I’ve reflexively waved my hand dismissively at a phantom gnat, only to realize I was in a real-life convo.
cattgirl813
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 06:39 pm: [report]
@retro chic: And while you can use a can of “Off” to ward off pesky bugs, there’s still no convenient “F—- Off” in a can to ward off the pesky socially inept we sometimes find ourselves around.
magz
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 06:42 pm: [report]
Jay Mohr’s always whining about other people. Isn’t he the one that wrote a “tell-all” book about SNL, and complained that everyone was picking on him during his short tenure there? Grow up Jay. No one thinks you’re funny.
retro chic
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 07:23 pm: [report]
right-o, catt… altho, being dutiful, irreverent designer, one time I mocked up a can of some smelly spray at work with a new “Please Be-Gone” label with giant type making claims it repels unwanted advances at work, nosy bosses, petty office thieves and uncharming/inept people (humming, bad jokes, stinky, etc). Maybe we can call this next can “Jay No Mohr.”
cattgirl813
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 07:47 pm: [report]
@retro chic: Sign me up for the first case, and if you can throw in a can of that “Please Be-Gone,” you’ll have a friend for life.
retro chic
wrote on May 20 2009 @ 10:28 pm: [report]
catt, Done! Thanks!
JB41
wrote on May 21 2009 @ 04:08 am: [report]
I wonder if it was as mean-spirited as all the attacks on George Bush’s CHILDREN? And she’s not an elected official, but she has voluntarily entered the public arena and engaged in politics, so she’d kinda fair game.
And another thing. Maybe, just maybe, if the media didn’t spend so much time trying to convince everyone that this gargantuan sasquatch is one of the Most Beautiful Goddesses in the Universe, comedians wouldn’t feel the need to point out the obvious (which is what comedians do): she may be beautiful to Obama, but the rest of us wouldn’t notice her on the street. Unless she tried to mug us. Or unless we were starting a pick-up basketball game.
Save the indignation.
Michael
wrote on May 21 2009 @ 04:46 am: [report]
comedians were all over Todd Palin during the election calling him a redneck, what’s the difference?
MM
wrote on May 21 2009 @ 11:28 am: [report]
I don’t know what kind of site this is, but I’m sounding off….....
As a previous comment stated, a lot of people are growing tired of being beaten over the head with the “Michelle Obama is the hottest chick ever” meme. Some of us are starting to point it out…..
1) She isn’t hot
2) She has a forehead the size of Montana
3) She’s manly to the point that it’s gross
4) She tends to sport an 80’s rock band hairdo.
It’s pathetic to watch everyone just go with the idea, which by the way is completely irrelevant, that she is gorgeous solely because they’re probably afraid that the pc police will call them racist or some #&@$% like that.
It’s also ridiculous to see people fawn over her $500 shoes or her thousand dollar dresses. If Laura Bush had even *thought* about presenting herself this way, the same people that are up Michelle’s ass would be ripping LB to shreds.
What we have in the White House is nothing more than an “American Idol Administraton.” They’re a well-crafted act. Both he and his stuck-up, snotty, amazon-bitch wife.
beanie
wrote on May 21 2009 @ 12:27 pm: [report]
MM, why is she stuck-up? I’ve truly haven’t seen any evidence of being a female dog, or the appearance of having a condescending attitude. Also, Maybe I’m not understanding the meaning of beauty. It depends on how you define beauty. In my book it not only encompasses the external but the internal as well. Everyone has their opinion but I just don’t understand the harshness of your comments.
BY the way, American Idol is a GREAT SHOW, so why not have an administration the mimics the excitement of CHANGE!!!
wild-ting
wrote on May 21 2009 @ 07:57 pm: [report]
I didn’t listen to the call. I only read what was written above. No it wasn’t nice, but I’m not all bent out of shape about it. Does anyone remember how the First Mrs. Bush—Barbara Bush was ripped on HARD! OMG! She was called George Washington and various other men constantly. No comedians showed her any mercy.
Ms. Obama can handle it. If worse comes to worse she can arm wrestle Jay and twisted his scrawny little arms out of their sockets. :D :D
landesign
wrote on May 21 2009 @ 09:09 pm: [report]
Heck I thought Jay Mohr’s comments were funny. She does look like she could kick Baracks ass.
I also thought all the Bush is dumb jokes were funny, all the jokes about Bill’s sex life and Hillary’s pantsuits were funny, and then there was Cheney’s shooting skills.
Remember the jokes about Cheney’s daughter, Palins family,
and McCains daughter?
Why should the Obamas be treated any differently?
CreoleInDC
wrote on May 22 2009 @ 08:05 am: [report]
He got out of it what he wanted to get out of it. Press. He knows the love most of us have for Madame Obama and to attack her he will get his name mentioned more than a few times this week.
When we’d previously hardly EVER heard of him.
*BLINK*