Spike Lee Explodes: I'm So Much Better Than You!

Spike Lee went completely ballistic on our photog last night in New York, calling him a "hack" and backing his argument with one of the lamest lines we've ever heard: "What films you made? Did you make 'Do the Right Thing?'"



For the record: No, we didn't. But we also didn't make "She Hate Me" either ... and we're damn proud of that.



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1. I wonder if he knows how much of a D bag he is.

Posted at 9:35AM on Mar 20th 2009 by Moi

2. TMZ is so racist.

Posted at 9:37AM on Mar 20th 2009 by I Love Obama

3. Are you kidding? How did you skew it into a racial issue? I am getting so tired of black people pulling that crap! Spike Lee is the racist!!!!! Oh yeah I forgot black people are never racist......... just whites......

Posted at 9:48AM on Mar 20th 2009 by bqgirl

4. Spike will always have the short man complex.

Posted at 9:49AM on Mar 20th 2009 by Luke Warmwater

5. Spike Lee is a douchebag.

Posted at 9:52AM on Mar 20th 2009 by SugarCookie

6. get a rope

Posted at 9:55AM on Mar 20th 2009 by daxon

7. Spike Lee is a racist, along with Rev Jackson and Al Sharpton....
They all make money off of their hate..Evil Black men.

Posted at 9:55AM on Mar 20th 2009 by Lassie

8. Of course blackpeople are never racists. Thats true. However, Spike Lees is a very good film maker, doth eright thing, white men can't jump, the documentary about hurricane katrina etc. Of course he made some bad one too but that aside, he is good. It is lame thought to try to use that to put down someone else. Its iek saying "do you know who i am". Real lame spike. If the photogs bother you, just stay quiet and keep walking.

Posted at 9:55AM on Mar 20th 2009 by Angel

9. You can't even sit on the sidelines at a basketball game with talent. You're an immature being.
Stick to commercials - long form is obviously not your bag.
I'll give you 10 for over-rated.

Posted at 9:56AM on Mar 20th 2009 by NYT

10. Barack Obama encompasses what black people aspire to.
Spike Lee encompasses how black people percieve themselves.

Posted at 9:56AM on Mar 20th 2009 by Winsome Davis III

11. Spike Lee , like Kanye West , have made people feel like if you dont like their movies / music then you dont like African - Americans.

I am mixed race and I dont like Spikes movies, and I dont like Kanyes music - and it has nothing to do with being Black- I dont find the movies/music enjoyable.

I also find the music/movies of Elvis, Neil Diamond, Madonna and Woody Allen irritating, so I dont listen to it if I can change the station, if its on TV I change the channel. If you dont know these people - these people are white and I am still mixed race.

I know what Ive said is SO not PC. If you want fame sometimes you dont please everyone , like sometimes its got to be easier to just say HI to the pap instead of fighting them.

Everything is so damn HARD these days, it really doesnt have to be.

OK,IM done..........

Posted at 9:58AM on Mar 20th 2009 by Buttercup321

12. No offense people... but Spike's gotta point. Not about his movie credits... that was just arrogant. But.. paps ARE hacks! Hey... I like to read the gossip as much as the next guy, but the cameramen/reporters on this stuff are doing it for two reasons... the almighty buck, ... and because they don't have the talent for respectable jobs in the field. On the flip side though... this guy didn't ask spike for his advice, or to be judged. And he was very polite to Spike too! ;)

Posted at 10:01AM on Mar 20th 2009 by justsayin

13. what a jerk! I lost respect for him when he went after Clint Eastwood.

Posted at 10:01AM on Mar 20th 2009 by Lucy

14. Anyone who thinks Spike only did Do the Right Thing and She Hate Me doesn't know a lot about his career. Spike has done many films that were well received. Spike has done a lot of amazing films and is a visionary when it comes to film making.

Posted at 10:00AM on Mar 20th 2009 by Jennifa O Jenny

15. WHAT A DOUCHE BAG!!!! I HATE WHEN PEEPS CANT WIN AN ARGUMENT AND THEY HAVE TO ATTACK YOU PERSONALLY. AD HOMINEM ATTACKS, NICE SPIKE!!!!! TOO BAD THE JACKASS ISN'T RELEVANT ANYMORE. AND WHAT HAS HE DONE IN HIS CAREER THAT NEVER PLAYED DAMN THE RACE CARD. YEA ALL HE DID WAS EXPLOIT THE BLACK BRUTHAS FOR SAKE OF HIS POCKETBOOK AND I'M SURE HE THINKS OJ WAS INNOCENT CUZ HE'S A "BRUTHA". SMDH. BYE GIRL FLY GIRL. YO MAMA!

Posted at 10:01AM on Mar 20th 2009 by 3 hot chics and 1 pimpin gangsta

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