Sarah Palin’s new Fox show is having a spectacular flame-out before she’s even begun her first show. Her show was supposed to feature inspirational stories of Americans and is called “Real American Stories.”
Rapper LL Cool J hit back at reports Tuesday that seemed to imply a one-on-one sitdown with conservative media darling Sarah Palin, accusing the Fox News network of “lifting” an old interview for its own promotional purposes.
“Fox lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone else & are misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sarah Palins Show. WOW,” the rapper wrote on his Twitter feed.
So, Fox tried to play this off as a little dispute between LL Cool J and Fox News, and even put out a snarky/rude statement:
A Fox spokesperson told TV Newser LL Cool J will be cut from the show.
“Real American Stories features uplifting tales about overcoming adversity and we believe Mr. Smith’s interview fit that criteria.” the spokesperson said. “However, as it appears that Mr. Smith does not want to be associated with a program that could serve as an inspiration to others, we are cutting his interview from the special and wish him the best with his fledgling acting career.”
Country singer Toby Keith threw cold water all over Fox by saying that he, too, was not interviewed by Palin:
Keith, a registered Democrat, also said he was unaware that he was appearing on the show.
“We were never contacted by Fox,” his rep tells Hitfix.”I have no idea what interview it’s taken from.They’re promoting this like it’s a brand new interview. He never sat down with Sarah Palin.”
Does Sarah Palin ever do any real work? She doesn’t write her own books and apparently doesn’t even work on her own show. She’s just a talking head in between pre-taped interviews. I wonder if Fox planned on cutting in shots of Sarah nodding and pretending to do the interviews.