Rosie O'Donnell, Kelly Ripa Tangle over Clay Aiken Remark

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It all started innocently enough.

Clay Aiken co-hosted Live with Regis and Kelly Friday morning. We assume the American Idol runner-up was simpy playing around when he stuck his hand over the mouth of Kelly Ripa - but Kelly saw nothing funny about the incident.

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Our gal responded: "I don't know where that hand has been!"

It was a seemingly innocuous remark, especially coming from the (beautiful) mouth of a mother of three kids during cold and flu season.

Tell that to Rosie O'Donnell, however. Reviewing the incident on The View today, Rosie claimed:

"To me that was a homophobic remark ... If that was a straight man, if that was a cute man, if that was a guy that she didn't question his sexuality, she would have said a different thing. I was very offended by that ... I guarantee, if that was Mario Lopez, she would not have said the same thing."

Such an absurd statement prompted Ripa to call into the show to defend herself, saying she has no fear of gays.

"You have to be more responsible," she told Rosie. "Not everybody is homophobic."

Amen, Kel! We're sure Lindsay Lohan isn't. She'd probably take it from any guy.

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    ANITA

    kelly rippa is an untalented brainless woman, and in order to have landed the job she has, must have connections, she is conceded and strange looking, and has bad manners, and leave tom hanks alone, he has talent and you dont, and your looks is not all that great, under all this makeup is not much, chickenlegged and weird, stay home and do all of us a fvaor, and dont talk so much, the regis show would be a very good show, and a classy show without u there to shoot off your mouth,. you have no talent, and u cant sing, can trelate to people and u have no manners, and wha tis your iq?O?

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    anita

    kelly rippa is an untalented chicken legged loudmouth and conceded, and i dont know why, there is nothing to see exept makeup and no talent, and not much brain, she must have connections to have a job wher she is the public eye, many of us dont watch the show because of her strange and bizarre behaviour. she has the napoleon complex and no talent no looks and no brain., stay home girl, do us all a favor, .. and leave tom hanks alone, he is talented, nice and has a

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    john

    Holy Crap! Clay Aiken is gay?! Seriously, unless it is overtly connected to it, to assume an action is taken due to someone's 'special status' is in itself predjudicial. It is like saying that anyone that disagrees with Obama is a racist, because white people would hate the black part of him and black people would hate the white part of him, and everyone else would hate both. To assume there is no other reason to disagree with him would be ridiculous. The same is true here. To assume that Kelly Ripa is gay bashing because of a statement about a dirty hand only reveals your own assumptions that gay people are dirtier than non-gay people. Nothing she did connected her statement to his sexuality - only Rosie's comments did. She should stick to feuding with Trump - it is way more entertaining.

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    Shirley

    I saw the show that morning and Clay was never rude or disrespectful. The peoples who say he was are bald face liars. I'm not a claymate, but I can't stand liars. If you care more for Kelly, then at least come up with a better excuse. After she said, that was a "NO NO". The rest should had been taken care off screen. I found her actions to be very umprofessional. I have stopped viewing the show. And Rosie, comments were very wrong. Clay, should had slapped a law suit on her fat ass, then she would think before she speak. The whole thing was ugly and blown out of proportion.

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    Terri

    My first visit to such a website while just looking to see if anyone mentioned who Kelly Ripa's trainer is and had no idea this was going on! I guess I thought since Kelly called Rosie live and put a stop to her crap that is was over. Rosie seemed to pretty much know she was out of line and no one really heard more about it - so congratulations Ripa!