Columbus Short Gives First Interview About Arrests

Joan Rivers Calls Michelle Obama A “Tranny”

At this point in Joan River’s career, we’re not really surprised by much that comes out of her mouth considering she’s been telling jokes for 50 years and she’s almost ancient. However, we didn’t find ourselves laughing when we heard what the “Fashion Police” host said recently about First Lady Michelle Obama.

Rivers is knee-deep in controversy (see what I did there) for calling Michelle Obama a “tranny.” How did this controversial statement slip off her lips? She was approached by paparazzi on the street who asked, “Do you think the United States will see the first gay president or first woman president?,” to which, she responded, “We already have a gay president with Obama, so, let’s just calm down — you know Michelle is a tranny.”

Not only is the word “tranny” considered offensive amongst many in the transgendered community, but Rivers used it against the FLOTUS AND called President Obama gay. Now we can take a joke, but some things should not be said out of respect!

UP NEXT: Man Reads Kim Burrell For Filth On “Sunday’s Best”

Man Reads Kim Burrell For Filth On “Sunday’s Best”

Can’t say we didn’t see this coming…

If you’ve ever tuned in to BET’s gospel talent competition “Sunday’s Best,” you know just how sassy the judges can get if they aren’t feeling a contestant. Well, one hopeful winner, who came back for a second chance at the grand prize, found himself being laughed at by Kim Burrell, who whispered things to Donnie McClurkin, in the middle of his performance. The contestant held it together, but as soon as he ended his rifts, he scolded the legendary gospel singer for being so rude…and we can’t say we don’t blame him. Kim wasn’t being very godly!

“Kim Burrell, I want to let ya’ll know this. I think it is very rude and disrespectful for ya’ll to be up there laughing like that because I used my rent money and everything for ya’ll to be sitting up here disrespectful like that and laughing, that is so wrong,” he said. Kim responded, “The laughter was not toward you.”

The rest of the judges, Yolanda Adams Kiera Sheard and Donnie McClurkin watched on in horror as the contestant continued his read.”Kim Burrell, I been stopped liking you since last year when you told me ‘No’ and you wasn’t even listening.” He went on to tell every other judge how much he loved them, particularly Yolands Adams who gave him the good word when he auditioned last season.

As much as we love Kim Burrell, we agree with the young man who was auditioning. She was being extremely rude.

Chile, God don’t like ugly…

UP NEXT: Columbus Short Is In Denial

Columbus Short Is In Denial

Columbus Short is on the road to destruction and we’re wondering when his management team is going to step in and get him some help. In case you missed it, Short (on top of a slew of other legal run ins) was arrested this weekend for a getting into yet another bar fight. Short was recently charged with misdemeanor spousal battery and aggravated assault. He lost his job and wife Tanee McCall-Short and still manages to blame it on his magnitude as a celebrity.

Short revealed his struggles in an interview with Access Hollywood. ‘I think there’s a time when your personal life gets magnified by who we are as celebrities,” he told host Billy Bush. He opened up about his recent arrest saying “There’s something visceral that happened inside of me, and yeah, I’ll say it, even as a black man in handcuffs on the ground, for no justifiable reason at all. I wasn’t acting intoxicated. I had had a couple of drinks, but whatever, I was angry and I used my vocabulary to kind of fight that….I didn’t get into a fight.”

There must be tons of people lying on Columbus because he said, he’s never been in a fight with his wife either. “Me and my wife, we’re going through problems. Serious, serious problems. However, the domestic [violence] part of it… I’m not a physically violent man…. I’ve never put my hands on a woman, physically, ever, and would not. I was raised by women.”

He went on to say, about his marriage, “This chapter is closed. There’s a new chapter, and I’m not the author of this, God is…. But I know that chapter is closed and I’m excited for the next one.”

So he’s just going to act like he doesn’t have an alcohol problem? OK, we’re done.

UP NEXT: Serge Ibaka Goes Nude & We’re Like Zamnnnn

Serge Ibaka Goes Nude & We’re Like Zammmm

Ish just got real!

Oklahoma City Thunder star Serge Ibaka brought his ball(s) to the cover of ESPN’s annual body issue and we’re just in awe. What a man!

Ibaka’s muscular and toned frame leads the “Bodies We Want” section (among 21 other athletes). “If I had my way, I’d be in the gym all day. I love to lift. When I don’t have basketball practice, I’ll be in a gym for 2.5 hours – 30 minutes abs, 2 hours lifting,” he said. “It’s not because all basketball players have this body, no. I have this kind of body because I put a lot of work into it. I work out a lot.

Yes honey, all that work…Keri Hilson is a lucky woman.

UP NEXT: Sherri Shepherd Served Papers At Essence Festival

Sherri Shepherd Served Papers At Essence Festival

While most people were attending the 2014 Essence Festival to witness the musical magic of Prince, Sherri Shepherd was reading legal documents after being served before walking to the stage.

“It’s been crazy. I got served right before I went on stage,” she told Tom Joyner this morning after so-hosting the “Tom Joyner Morning Show.” “I had the summons and complaint in my jokes. I was getting mixed up. I didn’t know who had served me. I get them mixed up. One’s attorney is on Inside Edition, the other is on Access Hollywood. What’s going on? Lord, you got a big blessing for me.”

“Then I went onstage and killed,” Shepherd says. “That’s what comics do. You gotta perform. They paid me to make people laugh. Plus I spent the money so if I didn’t make them laugh…I had paid my attorney with the money they paid me with so I couldn’t give the money back. You get on that stage, you make them laugh, ‘cause that’s what we do.”

We’re really feeling bad for Sherri. She’s not having a great 2014. After news broke that she was being divorced by her estranged husband Lamar Sally who is demanding child support for her surrogate baby, she announced her departure from “The View.”

Sigh. We wish her well and our prayer books are open.