Paula Deen’s Posse: 10 Celebrities With Racist Tendencies [PHOTOS]
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Former cooking show maven Paula Deen got cooked, no pun intended, by Twitter after admitting her fondness for the N-Word in a court deposition. Although the one-time Food Network star went on a “I’m Not A Racist” apology tour, it all rang hollow in the end. Deen isn’t the first celebrity to show racist tendencies, however.
From cable news talking heads, to radio hosts and even Hollywood actors, several public figures have revealed a side of themselves that isn’t entirely racially inclusive.
Hip-Hop Wired takes a look at 10 celebrities who would feel right at home at a Klan rally—who all have copped pleas otherwise, of course.
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Rush Limbaugh
The conservative talk show host has shown time and again he’s OK with offending blacks, Mexicans, fellow whites, whoever. Once, the host said that the late New York Yankees boss George Steinbrenner was a, “cracker who made African-Americans a millionaires.”
Ted Nugent
Rock musician Ted Nugent has a history of talking out of line, once calling President Barack Obama a “criminal” and earlier this year saying the president is ruining black America. Nugent also compared black people to dogs after claiming he’s “anti-racist.”
Glenn Beck
Like Limbaugh, Beck gets a rise out of listeners for being outlandish. He once quipped that people should “kill President Obama” and even called the president a racist. Don’t ask.
Mel Gibson
The man who gave us The Road Warrior had a little road rage, this after a racist and anti-Semitic rant was recorded by his ex-wife.
Michael Richards
Richards, who played Kramer on popular sitcom Seinfeld, launched into a epithet-fueled tirade against hecklers at a stand-up comedy show.
Charlie Sheen
What’s fantastic about Sheen’s meltdown and voice message towards ex-wife Denise Richards was the fact the actor called her the N-word, although she’s white herself.
Amy Winehouse
Although the late singer made her mark in the world singing soul music, she wasn’t exempt from showing her racist side. A 2007 video clip shows Winehouse singing a racist remix of the childrens song, “Heads, Shoulders, Knees, Toes.”
Duane Chapman aka Dog, The Bounty Hunter
The mullet-rocking bounty hunter really put a foot in his mouth after advising his son to break up with his black girlfriend because the Chapman family was fond of using the N-word around the house.
John Mayer
Musician John Mayer was already losing fan support after publicly dogging ex-girlfriends. But a Playboy interview really sunk the singer and guitarist after saying in an unprintable fashion he doesn’t like black women. He even dissed Scandal star Kerry Washington.
Paris Hilton
After making out with actor Vin Diesel, who is part black, Paris Hilton later told author Neil Strauss that she, “can’t stand Black guys.” Now that she’s signed to YMCMB, she’s around a whole lot of Black guys she can’t stand.
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