Woman Sues 'Ellen' Over Joke About Her Name

[RockaFowler]

While traveling to a funeral in Florida earlier this year, Titi Pierce, a Warner Robins Realtor, began receiving what would become a string of harassing phone calls from people, some who laughed uncontrollably and ridiculed her about her name.

Pierce contends the callers had viewed a segment on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” that’s called “What’s Wrong with These Ads … and These Signs?” The show aired Feb. 22.

A picture of one of Pierce’s real estate signs — bearing her name and cellphone number — was shown just after a sign reading “Nipple Convalescent Home,” which is unrelated to Pierce.

While showing the sign with Pierce’s name, DeGeneres paused and said, “Titty Pierce, sounds like she might have spent some time in that nipple home, I don’t know,” according to a federal lawsuit Pierce filed against Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. on Thursday.

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[Bucky]

1. That can't be the first time someone's joked about her name

I mean, people shouldn't be assholes, which apparently they were, but shouldn't she sue the callers being assholes instead of the person who made fun of the name that she herself put out in public?

[PoliticAverse]

2. I think she may be a victim of the "Streisand effect" with this lawsuit. n/t

[Nye Bevan]

5. That could be her plan.

Free publicity for her realtor business.

[PoliticAverse]

6. Well at this point I think her best plan may indeed be to cash in on the publicity train.

Maybe she could make an appearance on Ellen?

[Quantess]

3. Bad move, Ellen!

I liked everything else in this clip, but yeah, making fun of a private individual's name on TV is not cool.

[PoliticAverse]

7. I think if your name is on a sign you place in public you're not quite a "private individual"

anymore. They should have blocked her phone number though.

[Quantess]

8. It might actually help a realtor to have a memorable name

but the phone # should definitely have been blurred out.

[Phentex]

11. at least she should have asked her first and NOT put the phone number...

This seems odd to me. I incorrectly assumed they got permission for this kind of thing.

[spanone]

4. lighten up, francis

[WillowTree]

9. I think making fun of someone's name on TV is at a minimum mean.

I'm a little surprised that Ellen would do something that unkind.

[Kentonio]

10. I hate this kind of thing.

The women will have had plenty of mockery at her expense over the years, mocking her on national TV too is just cruel.

[Blue_Tires]

13. Yeah, I mean it's not like she could have

changed her name or used her middle name like most others would or something...

[Kentonio]

17. So not changing her name makes her fair game for mockery on national TV?

[Blue_Tires]

19. She takes her risks just like anybody else...

I mean come on... I can't be the only person who still remembers Jay Leno's wedding announcements...

Instead of some silly lawsuit she'll almost certainly lose, a smart woman might have found a way to capitalize on this and draw more business...

At the bare minimum she can change her phone number...

[Kentonio]

21. Well let's just say we have very different views on how the world should be.

I don't think any normal person should be fair game for unpleasant mockery on a national broadcast just to give the host a cheap laugh.

[Blue_Tires]

22. It shouldn't be, but that's the way it's been for awhile now...

[RobinA]

16. Well, And How

did this get past lawyers? Seems pretty obvious it could cause problems. And yeah, it's kinda mean. Sure, she could change her name, but why should she have to to avoid smirks on national TV from the junior high crowd.

[Bluenorthwest]

12. Both the phone number and the crack about her being in a nursing home are not my idea of funny.

Not all that crazy about the 'joke' itself either. It really feels more Howard Stern than Ellen.
Ellen 'Dice' DeGeneres?

[Blue_Tires]

14. How is this any different than Jay Leno's wedding announcements?

or other funny names he saw in the local news? Just asking...

[Islandurp]

18. The name thing I don't really mind, but putting up her phone number is pretty bad.

Especially when you know she's going to get a lot of prank calls. Should've just blurred it out.

[Blue_Tires]

20. ok, that I can agree with...

[Heeeeers Johnny]

23. Wouldn't have mattered anyways

It took me all of 5 seconds Googling to find her direct and work phone number, and her email address.

Actually, displaying the number might have been better than not displaying it.
By showing it on TV, most likely the prank callers would have dialed that number and left it at that.

If it was blurred out, they would have Googled it (like I did), and gotten both phone numbers and email
addy to harass her with

[Nuclear Unicorn]

15. This seems like a set-up. One might even say -- a boobie trap

[romanic]

24. Sounds like a huge tit.

Heehee