The Gossip Party: Rosie vs. Ripa, No Britney/ FedEx Sex Tape, Too much drinkin'

Rosie vs. Ripa: 
Kelly Ripa has been on a soap box over Clay Aiken putting his hand over her mouth while the two were interviewing dancing the stars winner Emmit Smith.  If you missed it, Clay put his hands over Kelly's mouth because (I guess) he felt like she was monopolizing the interview.  “I don’t know where that hand has been,” Kelly blurted out.  If you ask me, its not that big of a deal.  I wouldn't want Clay Aiken's hands on my mouth, and Ripa handled it very tactfully and jokingly during the show.  Ripa has bitched about it this week on her show.  Today, Rosie O'Donnell ripped Ripa on her show, the View.  Rosie said that Kelly's comment was offensive and homophobic, basically outting Aiken.  “To me, that’s a homophobic remark,” Rosie said. “If that was a straight man, if that was a cute man. If that was a guy who she didn’t question his sexuality, she would’ve said a different thing. I was offended by that … I guarantee if that was Mario Lopez, she would not have said the same thing.”  Even though most of Rosie's co-hosts defended Ripa, Kelly called in to the View and defended herself.  “You know how I feel. You have to be more responsible. Not everything is homophobic,” Kelly scolded Rosie.  Kelly insisted the comment was based on the fact it was “cold and flu season” and Clay had been shaking hands with audience members.  “It was outrageous, it was out of line and unprofessional. I treat my co-hosts with dignity and respect and that was never shown to me,” Kelly said of Clay’s behavior. “From where I sit as a gay person in the world, that’s how it came off to me,” Rosie explained. Rosie and Ripa claim to still "love each other."  This could be the battle of the daytime divas!!

Can Fed-Ex really afford a lawyer?
Kevin Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, released this statement in regards to the rumors that Fed-Ex plans to sell a sex tape starring he and estranged wife, Britney Spears:

"There is not a sex video of Kevin and Britney in existence. It goes without saying that the stories of Kevin attempting to sell such a video are patently false and anyone who reports that they have information of such attempts is either lying or reporting the lie of someone else. It would be impossible to comment upon and correct all of the other misinformation about Kevin that appears on a daily basis and consequently no attempt has been made, or will be made, to do so. I hope that the public and media will keep this in mind before assuming accuracy of facts from Kevin's silence."

And the world sighs of relief.

Is Kim Stewart sick from drinking too much?
I'm left wondering if Kimberly Stewart is really drinking herself to death.  Her pop, Rod Stewart, told Rolling Stone magazine that "She just discovered that she had a very serious liver illness from drinking too much," Stewart was reported as telling the magazine."  According to the magazine he joked, "she said to me, 'Dad, I'm half Scottish - I thought I was allowed to drink a lot.' I said, 'No darling, it doesn't work like that'."  Kim Stewart says it isn't true.  "I love my dad but sometimes he has a big mouth - and not just when he's singing," Kimberley was quoted as saying in the UK's Daily Mail. "I don't have a liver disease. I was exhausted and feeling sick from burning the candle at both ends, and my doctor told me to cut back on drinking and smoking, which I have, and I feel so much better." I know Kim rolls with Paris Hilton, Brandon Davis and the rest of the stinky crew; so maybe she really has drank herself sick!

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