Shawn Johnson -- The Worm Turns

1. This girl is a sluttly lill rat face..hahaha

Posted at 12:28PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by what a ho

2. Give kids a break TMZ! It is funny though..

Posted at 12:29PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by Kelli

3. Funny but please TMZ.....This baby does not deserve this.......Use your mainstream celebrities.

First?

Posted at 12:29PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by elo

4. SNL backed off Chelsey Clinton until she was of legal age, Britons backed off the royal kids until they were of legal age, but leave it to TMZ in the good ol US of A to bash one of their own underaged gold medal olympians. If you want me to say - Good for you - it was funny, you'll have to wait until.............mmm......never! Simply a classless act.

Posted at 12:32PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by local

5. After YOU saw a similarity? That's not what Will Lee said on TMZ TV a few days ago... give the reader who submitted the idea some credit, you douche bags!

Posted at 12:35PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by John

6. Gawker was right in their article recently about Harvey Levin driving
TMZ into the ground. A story about Shawn Johnson and Topo Gigio?
Seriously guys?

No wonder Gillian and Alan have both departed. Look at the crap you
report on... but I guess Harvey is set in his editorial ways, which
in turn is producing low staff morale. So sad. TMZ had a lot of
potential.

According to Alexa, your website traffic is in the gutter too... way
down from a few months ago.

AOL should sell off this entity while it still can. What really hurt
you guys was the debut of TMZ TV in Sept. '07... that was a big mistake.

Posted at 12:36PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by John

7. Topo Gigio is an adorable little mouse. I loved him when I was a kid. Are there are videos of him around? Then people would see just how adorable that little mouse character is. The problem, I think, was in calling cute little Topo a rat, which he's not. That made it sound like it was meant as an insult and what I think caused the uproar in the first place. I don't think it's funny. The word I'd have used was a "cute" comparison.

Posted at 12:39PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by Leslie

8. Shawn Johnson is ADORABLE and so is the cute little mouse :)

Posted at 12:40PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by elly

9. To everyone sticking up for the mouse.......remember.....TMZ called it a "RAT"!?!?!

Posted at 12:42PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by local

10. you guys are dispicable... drop it already and apologize

Posted at 12:42PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by last time i will visit this site

11. I'm Kay, but I'm not the loud-mouth Kay TMZ showed in the emails. I think Shawn is amazing, cute, and a terrific rep for the USA. Topo is cute and happy, too. What's the problem? I think TMZ should ask Shawn for a comment on this one.

Posted at 12:50PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by Kay

12. I think the part that got to people was the title "You Little Rat". I know it was not necessarily meant to be mean spirited but I understand the angry peoples side of it to because this is someone to be proud of. She is a very adorable young lady.

Posted at 12:51PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by Rafael

13. Geez people, lighten up. TMZ meant no dis-respect. They're just having fun!
I'm sure Shawn wasn't offended by it. Besides, Topo Gigio is cute, so is she.
I LOVE TMZ, you guys rock!

Posted at 12:57PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by sheri

14. Wow, you guys are really milking this one aren't you? Quiet weekend for stalking?

Posted at 1:00PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by Overt

15. even if it was funny... TMZ still sux.

(See Judith Light, and not being able to tell the guy from Lost from a random Asian guy walking down the street, and asking a man whose father has been dead for 10+years how is father is doing, and asking the hard rocking, man/woman kissing, tattooed dude what he thinks of Dancing with the Stars.)

Posted at 1:03PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by Mayu