Celebrity Apprentice

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23. GLSEN responds to Aubrey O’Day’s comments about Arsenio Hall

... O’Day had this to say about Hall: “Arsenio is the biggest girl on this show, so I don’t know why he doesn’t like tap dancing or wearing cheerleading outfits. We all know he does it at home.”

Mixed message, anyone? Isn’t that exactly the type of intolerance O’Day claims to be fighting against? And how would the charity O’Day is representing on the show, GLSEN, feel about such a statement? We went ahead and asked them, and GLSEN director of communications Daryl Presgraves responded with the following statement: “We recognize everything Aubrey has done on Celebrity Apprentice to raise awareness about GLSEN’s work to create safe schools for all. And we know people can use phrases without understanding their real meaning and true impact, and we can only hope that was the case here. GLSEN created the Think Before You Speak campaign with the Ad Council to alert teens to the harmful effects of disrespectful language, and thinking before you speak is an important principle for everyone on reality television.”

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/04/30/glsen-aubrey-oday-arsenio-hall-celebrity-apprentice/