All posts containing the tag: "Michael Savage"
Posted Apr 10th 2007 10:43AM by TMZ Staff
"Nappy-headed hos" and "Get AIDS and die" -- both were said by personalities on the MSNBC airwaves -- one got a two-week suspension; one got canned. Does that sound right?
Don Imus received a two-week suspension yesterday from both CBS Radio and MSNBC (which simulcasts his radio show) after he referred to the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos." But four years ago, Michael Savage, who had a weekend show on MSNBC at the time, referred to a caller as a "sodomite" and said he should "get AIDS and die." Savage was fired in what was referred to at the time as any "easy decision" by MSNBC spokespeople.
Imus and his crew have a long history of making comments that might be considered inappropriate; they once called the New York Knicks a group of "chest-thumping pimps."
As part of his suspension yesterday, an MSNBC statement said, "Our future relationship with Imus is contingent on his ability to live up to his word."
Does he even deserve a future? Vote.
Filed under: Train Wrecks
Tags: don imus, DonImus, michael savage, MichaelSavage
Posted Mar 1st 2007 6:58PM by TMZ Staff
Just two days after announcing they were representing him, CAA has given homophobic radio host Michael Savage the ax! Adios, hater!
As TMZ earlier reported, on the heels of being signed to the high-profile talent agency, Savage made disparaging and homophobic remarks aimed at fellow CAA client Melissa Etheridge. Well, that didn't fly at the agency, because, according to Planet Gossip's Marc Malkin, CAA is no longer repping the conservative hate-monger -- and has unceremoniously dropped him from their client list!
Looks like Savage will now have something beside the private lives of A-list Oscar-winning lesbians to whine about.
CAA confirmed to TMZ that Savage is no longer their client.
Filed under: Celebrity Feuds
Tags: Melissa Etheridge, MelissaEtheridge, Michael Savage, MichaelSavage
Posted Mar 1st 2007 1:26PM by TMZ Staff
Hollywood powerhouse talent pimps, Creative Artists Agency, has signed nationally syndicated homophobic radio host Michael Savage for representation in all areas.
Savage, whose real name is Michael Alan Weiner, hosts the conservative radio program "Savage Nation," and just this week, he lashed out against breast cancer survivor/Oscar winner Melissa Etheridge -- for thanking her wife, Tammy Lynn Michaels and their kids during her Academy Awards acceptance speech. Savage said, "I don't like a woman married to a woman. It makes me want to puke. I want to vomit when I hear it. I think it's child abuse."
He further commented on homosexuality saying, "There are people who are sexually confused, who think that they're men when they're women. They're not normal."
Savage's anti-gay tirade, although typical for his radio show, is especially troubling considering Etheridge is also a CAA client! Besides Savage and Etheridge, CAA reps some of the biggest names in the business, including Julia Roberts and Tom Cruise.
Calls to CAA reps were not immediately returned.
Filed under: Celebrity Feuds
Tags: Melissa Etheridge, MelissaEtheridge, Michael Savage, MichaelSavage
