Coach suspended for Whitney Houston slur he wrote on Facebook

Coach suspended for Whitney Houston slur he wrote on Facebook.

What an idiot.

So John Kelly, the president of a suburban youth baseball team, posts a racist rant on Facebook, which includes the phrase: “I’m so sick of reading about this dumb stupid N – - – - – Whitney Houston.” Understandably, one of the player’s parents saw this post and deemed it highly inappropriate, resulting in a complaint against him. Kelly is now upset that he has been suspended over this little mishap.

Well, John, maybe you should have thought about that before posting that stupid remark. 

Here are some other priceless quotes from the article:

“Since the posting, Kelly told the Sun-Times his life has been ruined.” Hmm, ruined? At least you are still alive and well, not struggling with substance abuse, and you don’t have idiots writing racist comments about you when you can no longer defend yourself.

“He said he’s worried about the effect on his business and his kids being taunted.” Well, John, that’s why we think before we say things. And judging by what a caring soul you seem to be, I’m pretty sure you don’t worry about anybody else but yourself…

“He claims he’s not a racist and said he didn’t realize he’d used the word in the post.” A. I don’t believe that. Your fingers typed the n-word without your knowledge? Come on now. B. I’m sorry but using the n-word kind of implies that yes, in fact, you are a racist.

Kelly also says, “I do stand behind everything I said except the ‘n’-word. I regret using that adjective. Does that make me a racist? Are you kidding me? It was the farthest thing from my mind. I have some amazing friends who are black.” A. Okay, we get it… you stand by “everything you said.” Unfortunately, no one cares about your opinion at this point. B. I have noooo idea why anyone would think that an individual who uses the n-word is a racist. Are you kidding me? C. Pulling the “I have black friends” card is weak, dude. And based on what I’ve read, I highly doubt you have any friends at this point.

Disgraceful actions after the death of Whitney Houston

I really need a happy blog post, I know… everything has been kind of depressing lately. But I just had to share these stories about Whitney Houston because they make me so angry.

First, today we have learned that a picture of Whitney Houston’s body will be on the cover of the National Enquirer. It looks like a picture taken from a camera phone, but no one is quite sure exactly where it came from. This publication is definitely trash, but publishing a photograph of a dead celebrity (while the body was at a private viewing) proves that this magazine has hit a new low.

We also learned today that Bobby Brown is trying to publish a tell-all book about Whitney… and it hasn’t even been two weeks since her death. I can’t say that I’m not surprised by this, but I am extremely disappointed in him. I am shocked at how low some people will go for money.

I’ve copied an MSNBC article about the National Enquirer scandal below. I thought it pretty accurately described how most people feel about the situation:

Enquirer publishes photo of Whitney Houston’s body in casket

By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper

A photo apparently showing Whitney Houston’s body in her casket is on the cover of the National Enquirer this week, and other publications and fans of the singer are reacting with outrage.

The photo is shown both on the cover and inside the tabloid publication. It has not been verified as Houston, but shows a woman wearing a dark dress lying in a coffin. Houston’s nickname, “Nippy,” and two treble clefs are emblazoned in blue script on the white lining of the casket’s cover. Another photo shows the coffin in what appears to be an empty viewing room at a funeral home suggesting that if the photo is real, it was taken when no mourners were present. The funeral was invitation-only.

Cover headlines boast, “Inside her private viewing” and claim Houston was “buried in jewelry worth $500,000,” “wore her favorite purple dress,” and “had gold slippers on her feet.”

Houston was buried from the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, N.J., on Feb. 18, a week after she died at age 48 in the bathtub of her room at the Beverly Hills Hilton.

Reaction from around the Internet was swift and universally negative. In the Washington Post’s Celebritology blog, Sarah Anne Hughes calls the photo “shocking and disturbing.” The website Gossip Cop says it “represents the very worst of predatory paparazzi culture.”

“Oh yuck. The National Enquirer’s Whitney Houston cover is yet another low,” tweeted Lisa Fung, executive editor of The Wrap.

Comedian Jim Norton wrote a long Facebook post about the photo, a post which has been shared more than 1,400 times. “I would like the same people who perpetually whine and cry about airport security and how it ‘violates privacy’ to refrain from buying the magazine,” Norton says. “Or from even looking at the photo while standing in line in the supermarket. Ahh, that’s right; it’s only a privacy violation when it’s YOUR privacy being infringed upon.”

Last week, the Enquirer featured a photo recreation in which a model, photographed in a bathtub and then sprawled on the floor, re-enacted Houston’s dying moments. An article on their website features an interview with Tina Brown, sister of Houston’s ex-husband Bobby Brown, in which she makes disturbing claims about substance abuse with Houston.

Speaking of people who should be ashamed of themselves…

Whitney Houston Album Prices ‘Mistakenly’ Hiked, Says Record Label Sony In Apology

Sony has apologised for increasing the price of two Whitney Houston albums on Apple’s iTunes store just hours after the singer’s death on Saturday.

The wholesale price of Whitney’s albums The Ultimate Collection and Whitney: The Greatest Hits went up by about £3 each, shortly after her body was discovered in a bath at a hotel in Beverly Hills.

In a statement to Billboard.biz, Sony Music said: “Whitney Houston product was mistakenly mispriced on the UK iTunes store on Sunday. When discovered, the mistake was immediately corrected. We apologise for any offence caused.”

Fans of the singer who noticed the error took to Twitter to lambast Sony for what appeared to them as cashing in on Houston’s death. And Wendy Day, the co-founder of a not-for-profit organisation that aims to keep artists from being unfairly exploited, wrote on Twitter:

“So Sony raised the prices on all of Whitney Houston’s music overnight. I can’t decide if I’m disgusted by them being vultures or expected it”

Meanwhile, Houston looks set to storm back into the top 10 following her death.

Early sales figures show the late star could have as many as seven singles in the top 40, with the highest – former chart-topper I Will Always Love You – on target to reach number 10.