Celebrity Justice
Tommy Still Can't Hilfiger Out Racist Allegations

Frank Fuller ClassicOprah Winfrey and Tommy Hilfiger cleared up one of the oldest Internet rumors around -- but not to the satisfaction of one clothing company.

Frank Fuller Classic took out a recent magazine ad that exclaims they aren't "racist like Tommy Hilfiger." Yikes! The ad references a false rumor that dates back several years, which Tommy and Oprah both shot down earlier this year.

Attorneys for Tommy sent a cease and desist letter to the magazine that ran the ad and Frank Fuller Classic. A rep for Hilfiger tells TMZ, "This is nothing more than a hoax concocted months after Oprah and Tommy put to rest the tired, baseless yet intolerable rumor, declaring it a 'big, fat lie.'"

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16. Hilfigler should sue. These old rumors are not true or just. The same old rumors of urban legend that started for Proctor and Gamble and Gloria Vanderbilt are stil laround too. RIDICULOUS!!! ThESE ARE NOT TRUE. LIES.

Posted at 7:20PM on Dec 31st 2007 by Super Duper

17. Harvey-are a guy who stirs up trouble?? HAHAHAHAHA!

Posted at 6:57PM on Dec 31st 2007 by Bunnie Blondie

18. omg! tommy is racist...to black, white,red,yellow.....i didnt nooo....

Posted at 8:07PM on Dec 31st 2007 by sls

19. I DO NOT CARE if the rumors are TRUE or FALSE!!! Tommy Hilfiger clothes is SO DEAD!! It is ugly and is very very poor in quality!! Everything that I brought of his line during the early 90's is either ripped up or damaged. Thank God!!! I personally think that Ralph Lauren spread the rumor because he thought that Tommy was challenging him. I personally do like the Ralph Lauren Polo line better because of the better quality in the fabric.

Posted at 11:37PM on Dec 31st 2007 by TommyHilfigerClothesisCheap

20. Oh sweet lord. Have you looked at the Frank Fuller website? It's a JOKE, PEOPLE..

Posted at 12:56AM on Jan 1st 2008 by DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH!

21. I love the fact that it is 2008 and we still feel the need to play the race card. It is ridiculous. Find something else to bitch about and not something that happened 150 years ago when you weren't even here.

Posted at 4:03AM on Jan 1st 2008 by Nic

22. Racist? What did Tommy do...grab some white girl's boob? Oh wait, wrong story....

Posted at 6:16AM on Jan 1st 2008 by oh brother

23. Hilfiger a racist? I never heard that rumor. I just know he's the designer of choice for our local gangsta' drug-thugs; emphasis on those blues and reds, so you know if you're dealing with Crip or Blood affiliates. When I see Tommy Hilfiger, it's stretched over prison muscle; biceps bigger than your head. I don't think style, I think "Head down, keep walking."

Hilfiger is actually taken seriously? I had no idea. I would have assumed he was a reverse racist, pitching gangsta' class to drug thugs with more money than sense.

Posted at 10:38AM on Jan 1st 2008 by mcdanel

24. If he is not racist I want my money back.....by the way Sharpton U suck big time!

Posted at 3:34PM on Jan 1st 2008 by Sam45

25. This rumor came out wayyyyy back in the day! I believe he did say it then but now I am sure he wished hadnt and it would just go away (lol) Clothing is the hottest market. And from the mouth of BIGGIE RIP You never thought that Hip Hop would make it this far! But who wears Hilfiger anymore weve moved on (lol)

Posted at 1:24PM on Jan 19th 2008 by itsugurl

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