Posted Dec 14th 2009 1:00PM by TMZ Staff
If only Tiger Woods' wife was as forgiving as his alleged mistress.
Rachel Uchitel heard Joy Behar's apology on "The View" this morning loud and clear -- and she forgives the gals for calling her a hooker on last week's show.
Rachel's lawyer, Gloria Allred, released a statement that read in part, "We accept ABC's apology and this resolves the matter with ABC. Our action and this apology should also send a message to the public that Rachel values her reputation and that she will consider all of her legal options against anyone or any entity which defames her."
Filed under: TV, The View, Tiger Woods
Tags: apology, joy behar, JoyBehar, rachel uchitel, RachelUchitel, the view, TheView, tiger woods, TigerWoods
Posted Dec 14th 2009 11:20AM by TMZ Staff
Gloria Allred worked her magic again and managed to squeeze a slightly disingenuous-yet-televised apology out of Joy Behar for calling her client, Rachel Uchitel -- Tiger Woods' alleged mistress #1 -- a "hooker" on "The View."
Just moments ago on-air, Behar read the same statement that was sent out via press release last week ... and she didn't look happy about it.
As we previously reported, Rachel threatened to sue "The View" over Joy's comment -- and Allred didn't feel the written apology the show released was good enough.
Filed under: TV, The View, Tiger Woods
Tags: apology, gloria allred, GloriaAllred, joy behar, JoyBehar, rachel uchitel, RachelUchitel, the view, TheView, tiger woods, TigerWoods
Posted Dec 11th 2009 6:45PM by TMZ Staff
Rachel Uchitel -- Tiger's alleged mistress #1 -- appreciates the apology from "The View" for calling her a "hooker" ... but the show's written apology ain't enough.
Rachel's lawyer, Gloria Allred, wants "The View" to air the apology on the show -- or it doesn't count.
Rachel threatened to sue "The View" over Joy Behar's joke on Thursday's show: "Yeah, you-ka-tell she's a hooker." The show has already issued a written apology ... but Gloria says the mea culpa needs a mic.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV, The View, Tiger Woods
Tags: gloria allred, GloriaAllred, joy behar, JoyBehar, rachel uchitel, RachelUchitel, the view, TheView, tiger woods, TigerWoods
Posted Dec 11th 2009 1:00PM by TMZ Staff
The women of "The View" have caved to the mighty Gloria Allred -- because one day after Allred threatened to sue 'em for calling Rachel Uchitel a "hooker," The View has issued an apology.
A rep for the show tells TMZ: "Joy Behar made a play on Ms. Uchitel's name. This was intended as a joke. We sincerely apologize for the choice of words and for any misimpression the joke may have created."
The play on words: Joy saying "Yeah, you-ka-tell she's a hooker."
Filed under: TV, The View, Tiger Woods
Tags: gloria allred, GloriaAllred, hooker, joy behar, JoyBehar, rachel uchitel, RachelUchitel, the view, TheView
Posted Dec 11th 2009 8:18AM by TMZ Staff
Rachel Uchitel is threatening to sue the ladies at "The View" -- or at least one of them -- for suggesting she's a hooker.
Gloria Allred, lawyer for Tiger Wood's alleged mistress #1, is pissed that Joy Behar joked on the show on Thursday, "Yeah, you-ka-tell she's a hooker."
Gloria says the statement was false, defamatory and highly offensive -- and hurtful, too.
G.A. says Rachel is "not amused" because "she values her reputation and her reputation has been damaged..."
Gloria wants a retraction, or else.
Stay tuned...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV, The View, Tiger Woods
Tags: alleged mistress, alleged mistress 1, AllegedMistress, AllegedMistress1, defamation, hooker, joy behar, JoyBehar, rachel uchitel, RachelUchitel, reputation, retraction, the view, TheView, tiger woods, TigerWoods
Posted Dec 4th 2009 9:44PM by TMZ Staff
ABC has lifted the ban on Adam Lambert -- and officially booked him to perform on an upcoming episode of "The View" ... in the hopes that he sticks to the script this time.
ABC had previously dropped Lambert from two of the network's shows, in response to catching the network "off-guard" when he improvised his act at the American Music Awards -- and made out with a dude ... something ABC claims he didn't do in rehearsal.
But after taking sharp criticism for their decision, ABC is extending the olive branch -- with an invitation to perform on a December 10 episode of "The View."
Wonder how Elisabeth Hasselbeck will take the news...
Filed under: TV, The View, Adam Lambert
Tags: abc, adam lambert, AdamLambert, gay, glaad, kiss, the view, TheView
Posted Nov 19th 2009 2:58PM by TMZ Staff
We asked Sofia Vergara if she would explain why she cracked yesterday's rape joke heard 'round the internet -- but her only response: More laughter.
Filed under: The View
Tags: modern family, ModernFamily, rape, sofia vergara, SofiaVergara, the view, TheView
Posted Nov 18th 2009 1:05PM by TMZ Staff
Inappropriate: Sofia Vergara joking about being raped on "The View" today.
More Inappropriate: Several members on "The View" panel LAUGHING about it!!!!!
For the record -- Whoopi "rape rape" Goldberg was the only one who looked disturbed by the joke. You can hear someone on the set say, "Whoaaa!" -- but it's unclear whose mouth it came from.
Thanks to Jezebel for pointing it out.
Filed under: TV, You Might Want to Rethink, The View
Tags: rape joke, RapeJoke, sofia vergara, SofiaVergara, the view, TheView, whoopi goldberg, WhoopiGoldberg
Posted Sep 15th 2009 11:37AM by TMZ Staff
Kanye West has apologized twice on his blog and again last night on Jay Leno -- but according to Taylor Swift, she still hasn't heard a word from him personally.
Swift was on "The View" just moments ago and says she was "rattled" by West's stage rush ... but added she would be willing to meet and call a truce.
Filed under: TV, The View, Kanye West, Taylor Swift
Tags: barbara walters, BarbaraWalters, Jay Leno, JayLeno, Kanye West, KanyeWest, mtv, Taylor Swift, TaylorSwift, The View, TheView, video music awards, VideoMusicAwards, vma, whoopi goldberg, WhoopiGoldberg
Posted Sep 11th 2009 3:39PM by TMZ Staff
Mischa Barton opened up about her August breakdown today on "The View" -- saying the whole thing started when her wisdom teeth surgery went "really badly wrong."
A lucid Mischa said she was already "overwhelmed" by work when she went in for surgery, which only made things worse. Barton says she was sent to the psychiatric ward because, "If you say anything, like, negative in the hospital and they think you're a risk to yourself, they hold you, they won't let you go."
Mischa said she hit "rock bottom," but is "fine" now and called the whole ordeal a "wake-up call."
Filed under: TV, The View
Tags: 5150, marissa cooper, MarissaCooper, mischa barton, MischaBarton, psychiatric hold, PsychiatricHold, the beautiful life, the oc, the view, TheBeautifulLife, TheOc, TheView
Posted Jun 18th 2009 12:19PM by TMZ Staff
Now that Lauren Conrad's no longer on "The Hills," she's wasting no time spilling the world's worst kept secret: The show's as fake as Heidi's chest.
Conrad was on "The View" this morning, and when asked about Spencer Pratt's apology phone call to her in the season finale, she said she wasn't even on the other end of the line.
In other breaking news: The sky is blue.
Filed under: TV, The View, The Hills, Heidi & Spencer
Tags: heidi montag, heidi pratt, lauren conrad, LC, speidi, spencer pratt, the hills, the view
Posted May 29th 2009 12:15PM by TMZ Staff
Adam Lambert has been trying pretty hard to keep his sexuality a mystery, but thanks to Kara DioGuardi putting her two cents out there on "The View" this morning, dude's gonna have to try harder.
For a second there, one of the gals thought they were talking about Ryan Seacrest. Kara at least set that straight.
Filed under: TV, American Idol, The View, Adam Lambert
Tags: adam lambert, american idol, barbara walters, kara dioguardi, RyanSeacrest, the view, video
Posted May 2nd 2009 12:05AM by TMZ Staff
The women on "The View" might wanna rethink starting any more catfights with Sherri Shepherd -- because the daytime diva just got schooled on how to throw down like a WWE diva.
Filed under: TV, The View, Rosie O'Donnell, TMZ Sports
Tags: elisabeth hasselbeck, ElisabethHasselbeck, friday night smackdown, FridayNightSmackdown, Madison Square Garden, MadisonSquareGarden, mickey rourke, MickeyRourke, MSG, MVP, rosie odonnell, RosieOdonnell, Sherri Shepherd, SherriShepherd, WWE
