King James Kong
Posted by Bossip Staff
The cover of Lebron James and Gisele Bundchen on the cover of Vogue has caused quite a stir. Here is a bit from an article from Page2 of ESPN.com:
LeBron’s image clearly means a lot to him, maybe even as much as pursuing a championship. And that’s why I can’t understand why he would allow Vogue to feature him with supermodel Gisele Bundchen in such a distasteful manner. LeBron has Gisele in one hand and a basketball in the other. LeBron is dressed in basketball gear, with his muscles flexing, tattoos showing and bared teeth. Gisele, on the other hand, is wearing a gorgeous slim-fitting dress, and smiling. But Vogue’s quest to highlight the differences between superstar athletes and supermodels only successfully reinforces the animalistic stereotypes frequently associated with black athletes.
A black athlete being reduced to a savage is, sadly, nothing new. But this cover gave you the double-bonus of having LeBron and Gisele strike poses that others in the blogosphere have noted draw a striking resemblance to the racially charged image of King Kong enveloping his very fair-skinned lady love interest. Vogue deserves criticism, but more blame should go to LeBron and other black athletes, who need to exercise stricter control of their images. If LeBron is brave enough to wear a Yankees cap at an Indians playoff game, picking up a history book and educating himself shouldn’t cause a strain. As it is, LeBron was the first African-American male to grace Vogue’s cover. Too bad it will be memorable for the wrong reasons.
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i get the gist of why this is so controversial, not sure how to feel on the issue tho
here we go….
Disgusting! This cover is in very bad taste indeed. Reminds of that Terell Owens Superbowl ad with the white lady from Housewives. Why can’t you stick to your sports and leave white women out of it eh?
Is it possible…that Vogue was simply highlighting exactly what the title of the mag is??
Best Bodies? If it was Shemar Moore/Boris Kujoe and Gisele, what conspiracy theory would “they” come up with then???
I swear sometimes black people always want to make something out of nothing.
Jamele Hill of ESPN wrote the story. A black female..I wonder if this is a case of her disliking the fact that a “white” Giselle is in his arms??
this is ridiculous and lebron is a fool. but really vogue is the culprit. anna wintour and whoever is the creative director over there really need to get a clue. the real problem is that there is not one person on vogue’s edit staff in a high enough position to say: “hey, this is really playing in to some stereotypes here, let’s rethink this.” they need to start hiring black folks. also, what’s up with andre leon talley. he didn’t have anything to say about this? i didn’t want to believe it but apparently he IS just anna wintour *****.
The ignorance of people on this site never ceases to amaze me.
aww hell…here we goes again…i bet this post reaches at least 400 comments…any takers?
@bria and strongest
i cosign w/both of you…i didn’t see this and immediately think racist…
what the hell? its just a freaking magazine cover for fashion!!
Im sure the athletes are even worst in the locker rooms!!
did they expect him to be wearing a Gucci gown and Louboutin heels? the man is an athlete!!
his bread and butter is physical activity!! SMH at this nonsense and that pointless article!
I wonder why no one says anything about those female models on the cover of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED!!
they should have both had “milk mustaches”…that ***** would have been hilarious!
i cant beleive that bossip can look at the cover of a magazine and comes up with this story, why does everything has to consider as racism ..why dose vogue deserve critism ….is a photo on the cover of a magazine…when are you guys ( bossip) is gonna get over stupidity.
This website here (bossip) only encourage people to fight against each other….
I REALLY THINK THAT THIS POST HERE IS REALLY POINTLESS
Can’t we just let LeBron enjoy being on a high fashion mag cover where in any other situation he wouldn’t even make it on the back cover’s ad?!?! White woman or not.. We need to be happy that a brotha can get some shine in a market that has so many standards that are sexist and racist.
vogue tried for ambiguity with this cover..
on one hand its jus a cover highlightin 2 ppl in their element..
on the other had it could b that whole.. black male athletes r animalistic..
did they make a comment on how the cover is perceived.. i wanna hear what they have to say..
but ido agree with the espn bit.. iwas taken back when i first saw the cover.. offended? no.
Amen to the preacher I saw the cover and I new there was somenthing wrong with, i couldnt point out . its true ,its, true. im sorry but whoever wrote the article is right.
Would they have *****ed about a cover with Serena Williams and Gabriel Aubry (halle berry baby father)???
I am mad now. Hill you have disrupted my day. I would like the omsbudsperson to acknowledge this, but it probably won’t happen. It’s pretty sad really. Hill gets a job with one of the most widely read media outlets in the UNIVERSE, and still has to make these pathetic attempts to call attention to herself. The funny thing is LeBron has way more to be proud of than Hill does. He is at the TOP of his chosen profession. There a list of about 5 people that have the effect on the game that he has had. I hope he laughs all the way to his high rise. ESPN, please fire Jemele Hill. Your Page 2 crew is one of the best lineups of writers ever, it’s an all-star team, and she is the Vince Carter that gets attention for reasons only god can understand.
OMG HERE THIS ***** GOES AGAIN! DO YOU FOOLS ACTUALLY THINK THAT THEY DIRECTED LABRON TO ACTUALLY POSE LIKE A MONKEY??
MAGAZINE: HEY LABRON, WE WERE JUST WONDERING..WHEN YOU POSE NEXT TO MANSELE..CAN YOU BY ANY CHANCE…ACT LIKE KING KONG?? YOU KNOW WE JUST LOVE BLACK MASCULINE ATHELETES AS YOURSELF ACTING, AND LOOKING LIKE A APE..WITH OUR TOKEN WHITE MODEL
LABRON: NO PROBLEM! I LOVE POSING LIKE A APE! YES SIR!
REALLY! YOU PEOPLE WOULD TRY TO MAKE ANYTHING OUT OF NOTHING!
He plays basketball and she’s a model….so she’s in a dress and he’s in his gear.
WTF is the big deal?
Because she’s white. Nothing about that cover reminds me of King Kong
Bossip just likes to start sh*t and it’s getting old.
those of you that don’t see this as racist are really crazy. it’s an image of a few very degrading stereotypes. animalizing black men. he’s clasping the prized white woman. why couldn’t he look sophisticated with a suit on? why couldn’t it be a black woman/white man? why is he baring his teeth? he looks like an ape! and above all of that, Vogue has a history of racism. get a clue.
Wow that is a beautiful cover. It only recalls TO’s ad in a positive way. In many ways you could say this photo is the manifesto of the swirl.
With full erotic contrast we find the white woman is elegant, divine and very feminine while the black man exudes strength and power. Perfect halves of God’s union, ying and yang.
For those who do not think this is a racial issue, please open the magazine and view the difference on how the White athletes are portrayed. This does play into the stereotype of black atheletes being beastly/animal like.
@Jahpson, There are always lots of protests every year when the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues comes out.
I’m so tired of everybody critizing this dude’s every move. Everybody made a big deal when he did the baby dunking thing when he hosted the ESPYS now this. Its just the cover of a damn magazine – why *****yze it like that??? People really gotta let him live and make his money.
Yeah okay. Have you seen king kong?
BOSSIP, you better shut the hell up. You guys are the ones calling Djimon Honsou “Amistad” all the time. If Denzel Washington or Will Smith starred in the Amistad movie, will you guys called them Amistad call the time? the answer is no. Djimon gets treated like that simply because he is African and as an African, I am gravely offended by now.
When it concerns Lebron James, an African American, you guys are raising eyebrows. If this was Djimon, I wonder if you guys will bother. I am sick of this double standard
HMMMMmmm THIS IS STEREOTYPICAL INDEED, but it DEMONSTRATES THE TRUTH THAT IS OH SO LEFT OUT! (NOT THAT LEBRON IS DOING THIS) BUT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT AD STATING:
THE AVERAGE BLACK ATHELETES FAVORITE THINGS:
1. His sports
2. AND HIS WHITE GIRL BY HIS SIDE ONCE HE GETS THE $$$$$!
3. A MAGAZINE COVER DISPLAYING THE BULL*****!
SMH
@ Black to the Bone aka Swirl King, Your posts are the epitome of IGNORANCE, SELF HATRED and COONERY.
I am pretty sure you are a Fat White Woman, Nerdy White Male or a Nerdy Black Male who can’t get a women: black, white, dead or alive!
LeBron is an adult. He has no obligation to respect Jemele Hill’s taste. If he didn’t like the pictures then that is his prerogative. I am sick of Jemele Hill’s bad writing. Just because Page 2 is supposed to be editorial doesn’t mean that ESPN shouldn’t be responsible for the quality. I don’t read Vogue. When I saw that picture I saw one of the most dominant athletes of my generation all pumped up and wearing work-out clothes, because the story is apparently about his fitness… to me that kind of makes sense. I saw a model wearing a dress, also in great shape, because models wear dresses… I guess I don’t understand Jemele’s problem. I am a big advocate for editors being socially responsible and not allowing inflammatory media to circulate in / on their publications. It is my opinion that Jemele’s article is more inflammatory than this photo. I will be the first to admit that I am no Jemele Hill. I think she is a terrible writer, most of the time she is way off base, she makes terribly obsolete social commentary, and often seems like she just wants to stir up a controversy. My feelings aside, this was irresponsible. Racism is something that haunts basketball, you don’t have to search to find it like she is. It breaks my heart that the sport I love so much is constantly attached to hateful ideas. Racism will exist forever, it will take us trusting each other to change that. This article wasn’t written in the spirit of progress and harmony, but instigation.
I personally like the cover, especially since he is the first black male to grace the cover of vogue.I think it’s good. I mean,come on, is it really an issue? SHEESH!
At TAMILA! COSIGN
How in the Hell can any of you not see this as racist! SMDH
BOSSIP *****ING DOT COM
WHY ARE YOU GUYS SO RACIST….EVERY *****ING THING THAT HAS TO DO WITH A BLACK PERSON AND A WHITE PERSON IS RACIAL…..HOT DAM GET OVER IT ….MOVE ON FROM THE PAST ….THIS IS THE ***** THAT HOLD BACK OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR YOUTH.
POST ***** THAT MAKE SENSE, ENCOURAGE OUR YOUTH TO LIVE IN HARMONY AND PEACE WITH EACH OTHER. ENCOURAGE THEM TO VOTE ….AND STOP POSTING *****ERY….
WHO EVER OWN BOSSIP MUST BE A RACIST PIG.
Lebron IS NOT THE FIRST BLACK MALE to appear on the cover of VOGUE.
This was on mediafakeout with the actual pic of King Kong holding the white girl. Looks very similar.
This is a about to become a 500+ comment post, starting now…..
Everyone who thinks that cover is racist, are very dramatic!!
had you not seen this article and just saw that cover in a newsstand, I bet $100 cash that you wouldn’t have thought much of it.
so because there is a story on this website, NOW you conclude its racist?
Gullible, is what I call you…gullible!!!!!
racism is ONLY alive, because we allow it to live!! remeber that
@ Princess ME
thank you, i didnt know that!
@M
What’s so good about it? And as Tamila says, have you seen King Kong? Do you understand that LeBron is the 3rd black male (person) to be on the cover of Vogue in its 118 year run? Bull*****! It would’ve been better if they’d of put LeBron on alone in a 3 piece suit if they wanted to be “congratulatory” to sports figures.
Yes I have, and like I said at first glance I didn’t think King KOng.
Yeah a pic of him in a suit would have looked better, but the article is about fitness not business.
When he plays ball and gets pumped he probably looks like this.
*****ody called racism whe Michael Jordan was being displayed jumping with hiis tongue hanging out his mouth
Oh Boy!!! First of all, we complain when African-Americans are not featured on covers of magazines and now we’re complaining when they are and how they look!!! Are you kidding me? That could’ve been Tom Brady and Naomi Campbell doing the exact same pose and it would be a non-issue. If people make a big deal about African Americans being on magazine covers, these magazines may decide to use that as an excuse NOT to put them on there anymore. Is that what you guys want? Then STFU!!!
OK..PRINCESS ME
SINCE U WANT TO PLAY TEACHER..COULD U ENLIGHTEN US ON..WHO WAS THE 1ST BLACK MAN TO EMBRACE THE COVER OF VOGUE???????!!!!!!!?????
Look, I’m not one to always see things in black and white, besides, some things will never change.
I mean, some of you make it sound as if everything is “all good” as long as YT gives us a chance. SMDH
its funny how people are condemning bossip about what they post…here’s some advise…FIND ANOTHER *****ING WEBSITE, LOSERS! moms taught me at a young age, if u cant stand the heat, get the hell out the kitchen…bu-bye now…
I don’t know about all that other bull*****, but there is something so….arousing…about Lebron. He’s so big…big feet, lips, broad shoulders…mmmm…just give four minutes, maybe even five.
JAP
I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE TOO DRAMATIC! I REALLY DO! MAYBE AT THE LAST MOMENT..LABRON DECIDED TO DO THIS POSE HIMSELF! MAYBE HE WAS IMAGINGING HIMSELF DUNKING!
@BAP Barbie
It’s not so much about him being on the cover w/ Giselle. No one really cares (at least I don’t) about that. Its the stance they are in. Black men throughout history has always been portrayed as a savge beast and white women as innocent, precious lilies of the valley. This just further perpetuates the stereotype IMO.
you know what? F-that!!
the commenters here on Bossip are real racist son of bytches!!
if a black folks are not on a magazine or something…you guys cry racism and discrimination!!
If they are, then its still racist because the man is posing wrong????
As a black woman, I am appalled, shocked and angry that people continue to complain about our people and their successes!!
please, STFU!!!
the fact that a well known HIGH FASHION magazine would even bother to recognize an athlete like Lebron is historical!! in fact, (as a Vogue reader) I have seen more whites and blacks on the cover then I have seen middle easterns or Asians!!
stop the crying and complaining!! because its tired, annoying, and down right ridiculous!!
I bet %99.9 crying about that cover don’t even READ Vogue magazine!!
I agree that this is a bad cover. I don’t agree with Hill’s reasoning for this being a bad cover. However, I will say that this cover leaves much to be desired.
@Jahpson
Wow you need to seriously calm down. I guess it would’ve been alright if he’d been on the cover in a monkey suit as long as he made the COVER! WOW you are trippin.
Yeah Okay: this is true. Like all things, you must consider the context. Vogue is vogue. It’s not sports ill. If L was on SI with his tongue out i wouldn’t have batted an eye. Vogue has a history of racism. They’ve only have a handful of blk ppl on the cover in all of their decades of existence. It doesn’t matter if you didn’t initially think King Kong when you saw the cover. That’s how insidious it is. It may not immediately strike you as racist. But it’s just as bad as if he were standing there holding fried chicken and a watermelon. it’s playing in to a stereotype of what we as black ppl are: animalistic, wild, love us some white woman. AND that Yeah Okay is the reason why is shouldn’t be tolerated. It’s just not a simple as you would like to think.
This is so outrageous
Also if any of you saw the pictures of the King Kong scene from which this is clearly derived you will see that the color of the dress is exactly the same, and Lebron’s mouth being open is clearly a reference to king kong. SO basically he’s a gorilla aka less than human and he is coveting this pretty perfect white girl
I’m from Akron, OH where LeBron hails from and I’m proud of him! The cover was about his athleticism and his body. He shouldn’t be in a suit, duh! People need to leave him the hell alone. I didn’t see anything wrong with the photo UNTIL I read what other people interpreted it to mean. I didn’t think that way. He is masculine in every aspect of the word, he’s powerful and explosive and I think they wanted to capture that…wow, now I feel bad for him because he’s accomplished SO FREAKIN’ much and people want to try to bring him down and take away his pride? That’s wrong!
I agree with Lisa…this leaves much to be desired.
when i first saw this cover it immediately said BRUTE steriotype to me. I never thought about the King-Kong comparison but now that i look that’s exactly what it looks like… anyone who can’t see the hidden message here should read a book about scripting the black body… this is a prime example of that.
Damn right I don’t read Vogue, just for the FACT their is an absence of COLOR period. You need to SIT THE ***** DOWN and stop WHINING about others opinion!
We are not used to seeing ourselves looking ethnic on these magazines. We are used to seeing ourselves over-Europeanized!!!
I DONT FEEL AS THO THIS WOULD BE A BIG DEAL IF LEBRON WAS LIGHT SKIN OR HAD A SMALLER NOSE! BASICALLY I FEEL AS THO JUST BECAUSE LEBRON HAS “TYPICAL” BLACK FEATURES PEOPLE ARE SO QUICK ESPECIALLY BLACK FOLK ARE SO SO QUICK TO LOOK@ THAT PICTURE AND SEE “KING KONG”…I THINK BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL!! LEBRON IS A BEAUTIFUL BLACK MAN WHY DO WE AS A RACE ALWAYS JUMP TO A NEGATIVE CONCLUSION? IM SURE WHEN WHITE FOLK LOOK@ THAT SAME COVER THEY HAVE NO ISSUE…I JUST FEEL AS THO IF THAT WAS TYSON BECKFORD IN THAT SAME POSE THERE WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE! WHY JUST BECAUSE ITS LEBRON THIS IS A “THREATNING BLACK MAN” POSE OR A “KING KONG” POSE??? SEEMS LIKE I SENSE A TAD BIT OF SELF HATRED AMONGST US….
if anybody has a problem with this cover they’re a HATER!! to always think racist or thinking everything has some undertone of discrimination is NOT the way to live!!
wake up and live!
MANCELLE LOOK LIKE A MAN..ANY DAMN WAY! I THOUGHT THAT WAS A CROSS DRESSER IN LABRON’S ARMS AT FIRST GLANCE..FOR REAL!
ANYWAY! IT IS A MAGAZINE COVER..IF U REALLY HAVE A ISSUE ABOUT IT..BOYCOTT LABRON, VOGUE..DO SOMETHING..AND STFU
geezus. Can people stop whining about ***** that doesn’t matter? Go get money.
Also it would appear that Lebron’s handlers are white and have no education in African AMerican studies because any intelligent black handler would reject this picture. This is the problem with all these black athletes being svengalied by rich white people.
SMH SMH SMH Stay SMH
@ WHOA!
“innocent, precious lilies of the valley”
^I like it^
@Mona
Thank you! Even if you didn’t see King Kong…I saw BLACK BRUTE as soon as I saw it.
@
Killmatic
You managed to encomp***** all that is wrong with the black community in one very short post. SMH
LOL@The Swirl King
You are a true hot mess! But at least I get to laff
whoa STFU!
SHE CAN SAY WHAT SHE WANT TO SAY! IF U HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT SHE IS SAYING..IGNORE IT! WHO DIED, AND MADE U QUEEN??
i guess the white poeple on this site that comment dont understand the photo comparied to the mag. First its a fashion mag, wheres the fshion in Lebron James’ outfit. Second if it was so hyped up to be a cover featuring Lebron why have him on there with someone else, third if you take a look at the past issues then you will see that they all had to do with FASHION, wheres the fashion in Lebron whereing a no name uniform at least it could have had a Lebron logo.
Umm we got bigger fish to fry yall….Gas is about to be $4 friggin a gallon!!!
Ms. Sugar Walls = Queen Coon
You live to start arguments so I won’t even respond to your illiterate *****. Get a life trick! LMAO
I concede…it might very well be racist, but to blame LeBron? Not cool. He would not have gone through so much trouble to keep his good name from the very first day he walked onto an NBA court only to sign on for something that he KNEW to be stereotypical and racist. He wouldn’t do that–not on purpose. I bet that he may see what others see now that it has been brought to the attention of everyone. I know he will be humiliated even if he never publicly admits it. This is a damn shame. He’s 23 and I do believe that Vogue crossed the line and took advantage of him in every way.
so of you are right, most of us wouldnt read that mag, why because of stuff like this. Its for mainstream media, i bet most of the people who buy this mag never bought a Kickz mag either.
If this was Tom Brady then he wouldn’t have been asked to pose like this. I havcen’t seen the spread so I’ll reserve judgement but this is nothing new. Black athletes have been dipicted this way for years. Just look @ the SI (Sports Illustrated) cover with Charles Barkley in shackles.
The cover of this mag did invoke images of King King even down to the dress. It was strategic, I damn sure don’t like the cover but I’m not upset. It could have been done without the “angry black male” image that mainstream America has for us.
I have fired off a complaint to Vogue. I urge you all to do the same. It is in both our race’s interests to protect our portrayals.
This cover is sickening!
@Honeydipt
I concur, and I don’t blame LeBron, I don’t think he even was thinking in those terms and was just cool with it
Last comment you can not compare this to a black woman and a white mail, it not the same thing. there is no big white creature that wrecked havic that has been depicted as a monster. (unless you count BUSH)
LMAO @ WHOA
sorry, I had three cups of coffee and I am really jumpy!!!
If you guys had seen the image from king kong that this image is based on you would understand that this is definitely offensive; it’s not even that subtle when you put the two images side by side.
To people that say that it’s just black women overreacting to the interracial element in the picture they need to get *****ing clue and stop acting like feeble-minded, self-loathing fools. If you’re a black man and you resent and stereotype black women you are the lowest of the low and you should really just dig a ditch and throw yourself in. Same thing for the other way around, too.
On the other hand my reaction to this isn’t really incensed – more like “big *****ing whoop – more subliminal racism.”
“…picking up a history book and educating himself shouldn’t cause a strain…”
if you want to hide something from a n—a they say put it in a book.
I think most black youths today are not properly educated about the history of our own culture within the American School System. More then half of my peers did not understand or know true side of SLAVERY, APARTHEID, PRE-COLONIAL AFRICA, and the RECONSTRUCTION ERA until they were in college!
When many heard the full story that pulls the veils back from their eyes they were shocked, and angered.
My question is that why do majority of Black Americans don’t get to hear the atrocious or brutal stories of our people until we reach the latter point in the educational system?
Is it because we are too young to be shocked with the truth? Or that by not reiterating our history to the younger generation we lose focus and become complacent with all of our modern technology. Why complain when you have satellite dish, 1001 channels, microwave oven, hot water, heat, and light?
All of our modern comforts make us settle into the chair that was put to disillusion us.
Without a doubt we need to make it our own responsibility to teach our youth the REAL BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY. What was done, and what has continued?
This isn’t to promote anger, hate, or violence to any other race that has oppressed, tortured, and taken advantage of the souls, mind, and lives of Black folks….but to re-educate, remind, and REalize our History. We can never forget the past if we want to move forward in the FUTURE.
@DaPro
Exactly. They damn sure wouldn’t have asked Tom B. to pose like that. They would’ve had him looking extra sexy
@The Swirl King
I Guess this is what our forefathers wanted.. Our black males to swing from the vines of ambition through the jungles of persecution and rejoice in the fact that white women are obtainable now!
I will join you.
I LOVE THE COVER…it emphasizes polar opposites:
male/female
black/white
masculine/feminine
aggression/p*****ive
big/small
tall/short etc
I have too many irons in the fire then to worry about who’s racist or not in the celebrity world. We spend sooo much time picking out racism regading celebrities…but what’s being done about racism in your own backyard?? the police are beating the crap out of innocent people. insurance/and mortgage companies are redlining minorities. Are you all crying foul, filing petitions, attending city hall meetings to change what’s wrong in YOUR neighborhood??
do you think Lebron james give a damn about you all’s conspiracy theories?? this BLACK MAN is on the cover of Vogue! Who care WHY he’s there…HE IS A BLACK MAN ON THE COVER OF VOGUE MAG…smh
I’ve never seen a black man on the cover of Vogue before…have u?
@$moK.E.Y.
PREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCH!
I didn’t learn much about Afro-Carribean and African American history until college. Very true
furthermore, I have been to enough basketball games to know that Lebron’s face here, is what I see on the court.
Take a look at the cover again. Giselle is posing like a model…because that is her job!! just like Lebron is posing like he is playing basketball! a game that he loves and enjoys.
the photo was to capture two successful folks doing what they enjoy doing. modelling and playing!!
I see art, a portrait of two working folks on a cover of a magazine that is very popular!!
Many people who didnt know Lebron, will know him now!!
@ WHOA!
you’re right, it also would’ve been good to see him in a suit…but, I also look at the cover and see that it’s a shape issue…
I think the writer of the article is stirring the pot. It shouldn’t be an issue of race so much as why the ***** have athletes been platformed to become celebrities. I agree with the comment about focusing on a championship, but why bother when fashion magazines, clubs, and Hollywood caters to them ? Put the bottles and the bling down and focus on what you’re really supposed to do; help the team win a championship.
I don’t know exactly how I feel about this issue. IT has been all over every site not just bossip. I think for this to be a vogue magazine I would rather see Lebron is a fly suit spinning the basketball on 1 finger. That is more of a high fashion to me.
The issue is about being in shape. So why would’nt King James be in basketball gear & the model in a dress?? It’s all in how you perceive things that makes the difference in views I guess. I think peeps who think this was a racist thing are trippin tho FOR REAL. If Kobe was in the pic with her, I bet no one would go there with the ape thing. LeBron is a great baller but he cant help what his face looks like.
I read fashion magazine all the time. Yesterday there was someone on anothe rpost talking about magazines and Black models being feautured on the covers being a rarity. Before this mag came out, it was mentiones that LJ was only the 3rd man to be featured on the cover. The first thing I thought was why he couldn’t do it alone. I didn’t think of race at that point, just why he had to share the *****e.
During slavery, Black men’s body composition, especially their genitalia were seen as animalistic. Their large *****es were not of the norm among White slave owners. When they were constantly locked up and then released, they behaved somewhat like a locked up dog and these types of behaviors portrayed in the media only copy behaviors that I thought we overcame.
Not only is he the 3rd man to ever be featured, but he is the first Black man. However, the way he is being portrayed bothers me just a tad. It is a fact that many equally talented Black models don’t get as much play as their White counterparts, so to see LeBron looking like a savage who just conquered a trophy (Gisele, that is.)
I understand that the issue was about world’s best bodies and supermodels and star athlethes, but the creative director could’ve tried something different. Wright has to try not to offend people, but anti equal opportunity Vogue could do whatever-the-***** they want regardless of who it offends…probably b/c it’s Blacks like me who see beyond his great body.
Now, I normally have nothing to say about the Blk man/Wht woman convo, but this type of savage swirl, I have a little problem with.
people know Giselle in the sports world, because she was on the cover of Sports Illustrated a million times!!
so why cant an athlete invade a fashion mag???
If Lebron was an actor, THEN I would have a problem with the cover. But he is an athelete!!! plain and simple.
damn, I really need to stick to decaf
THAT PIC LOOKS LIKE KING KONG WIT THA WHITE GIRL ON THE BIG BUILDING
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Swirl? what swirl?
They are posing together not having a baby!! ROFLMAO!!!!
@Lady Architect…I agree!
Why do he have to LOOk like a da$n ape?! This is NOT cute at all
@Jahpson
Take a look at the cover again. Giselle is posing like a model…because that is her job!! just like Lebron is posing like he is playing basketball! a game that he loves and enjoys.
the photo was to capture two successful folks doing what they enjoy doing. modelling and playing!!
100% do I agree with you!
@JRiddles
You get a round of applause! Thank you because I don’t know how some don’t get it!
@ JRiddles
lol at the large *****es…lol
@Lady Architect
I concur
If anything, we can include that this cover is rather sexist then feminist.
the cover suggests that the woman is nothing mere but an accessory or prop, competeing with the basketball…
see look at me, now im reading to much into it. If anybody needs me, Im going to be commenting on the other stories. lol
Maxwell house coffee is the best!!! YAHOOOOOO!
@Jahpson
Can I get a cup too?
EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ “Bria’s” post
and get a *****ing grip. This is not racist! That man is on his JOB and that white girl is on her JOB..the end
its looks like a remix between slam magazine and seventeen magazine.
Jahpson, Why are you so content with the establishment throwing us a bone? I do read Vogue and also work in the industry. We do have to make our progress in small steps, but I don’t believe that having stereotypical portrayals of blacks is progress. It’s the same thing that’s been happening to blacks for years. Do you think they would have had Tom Brady on there with his mouth open like that? Come on, dig a little deeper. Anyone that can’t see any flaw in this cover needs to read a few more books.
BTW, I do give credit where it’s due. Men’s vogue is an amazing magazine and has featured Will Smith and Tiger Woods looking quite fly and sophisticated. Kudos!
Ooh were is SMDH on this post?
actually Puff Daddy was the first October 2001, and unlike Lebron his photo had to do with fashion!
Ha! Lebron is a monster, I saw this on globalgrind and I think it was cool.
LOL@Anonymous
That person(s) is CRAZY!
It’s ok for BOSSIP to call Djimon Honsou “Amistad” because he is African and Kimora Lee “Blood diamonds” because she is dating him, yet BOSSIP sees something wrong with Vogue’s portrayal of Lebron in a King Kong-like manner. I AM SICK BY THIS DOUBLE STANDARD!
i think what this boils down to is people havin an issue with lebrons looks more so than the way this pic looks! LEBRON CANT HELP THE WAY HE LOOKS! LIKE I SAD B4 IF THIS WAS A BLACK MALE MODEL WITH “EURO” FEATURES i dont think “king kong” would have even came to mind!
Tamila is da BOMB!
@JRiddles
The ’savage swirl’ you speak of is what captivates us all. It is the driving component that enthralls us to this very topic. See the reason why you and fellow Negresses get upset about the black man progressing with his European Vanilla Delight is that it “turns you on”..
The “savage swirl” JRdiddles speaks of turns us all on, cause this is God’s image of perfection. The Black Male and The European Dream
sorry but myy first thought was king kong and my first thought of king kong which i saw as a wee babe (1970’s version) was racists!!
if y’all don’t see it you r ignorant *****holes.
stop saying ‘what’s the big deal’ everytime white people disrespect us.
control your image–wake the ***** up!
@Jahpson, I don’t have a problem with real swirling. I’m a product of swirling, but the IMAGE…not actual act.
Also…what is not mentioned here…you don’t know what directive the photographer/director of the photo shoot gave Lebron/Gisele while the pics were being taken. We do not know the context of which this shot was taken!!
In my experience, it doesn’t matter-if Kobe was on the cover-someone would complain it wasn’t Lebron. if Shaq was on the cover-someone would want Kobe. If it was a white basketball player-there’d be complaints “why didn’t they pick a black basketball player??” If they emphasized Polo (the sport, not designer) you’d complain Polo doesn’t represent America…I mean my gawd-where will it end???
-black folks will NEVER be satisfied and will always find something to complain about.
@ Tamila
no, no, no..i dont want anybody throwing anyone a bone!!
I just think that folks are reading way to much into the cover racially.
How come no one has commented on the sexism that is clearly still alive and have yet to be addressed?
everyone is so concerned about the image of the black man what about the women (no matter the color)?
Giselle looks like a prop, im surprised that basketball isn’t from CHANEL…
Firstly Giselle is very pretty but whats wrong with King Kong comparisons? I love that film and King Kong is a film icon beloved by all. People cry at the end because they care for his fate.
People look at the cover once again. who is dominating who? the white girl?
no, its the MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1st!
Its shyte like this that give the Pro Extremist, Anti-***** feminist the motive to wake up every morning!!
she is not a ‘prop’ he is a wild beast, who is grabbing her like sexually sick animal he is meant to be.
***** vogue and ***** retarded lebron.
black men can be so *****ing stupid.
i can just imagine the photoshoot direction ” growl like a wild ape lebron–yeah like that –great!”
BOSSIP YOU DELETE MY COMMENT
ABOUT YOU GUYS BEEN A RACIST PIG
HOW INTRESTING, YOU CAN DELETE COMMENT
BUT YOU CANT DELETE ME…..ALL BOSSIP IS PREACH RACISM .
BOSSIP DOT COM IS A RACIST SITE
ITS TURE , THAT IS THE REASON WHY YOU DELETE MY COMMENT
DID YOU FIND IT OFFENSIVE
YOU SHOULD
Bossip is not posting my comment AHHH
Men are dominate in this world and that mag proves it.
again, the only reason why i am still in this topic (beside it being hot) is that Im very jumpy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You brought up the interesting point that he is on the cover of vogue, yet instead of being draped in exclusive designers he is relegated to slave territory or negroid behavior and subsequent dress. IT’S A FASHION MAG! Where is the fashion in this. If you’d seen the photos of Roger Federer in Vogue you would see that he is wearing a suit and looks extremely dapper. The vogue people may not be consciously racists but this is a prime example of subliminal racism. Lebron may be on the cover but he is still in fullout slave mode.
@Jahpson
You make a lot of sense. I can definitely look at that picture and see two people doing what they love…Lebron balling, and Giselle modelling. Its sad that some people want to make EVERYTHING about color!
Im not attacking LeBron.
I felt he, like so many of us, and myself do things too often and don’t realize the implications or see any harm or demoralization to our race because we lack the History of OURSELVES.
A Professor asked me why is it so important to have HISTORY OR CULTURE when it truly serves no purpose. IT doesn’t shelter you like a house, hunting provides food, clothes keep you warm, but why reinforce culture or history?
Response:
History and culture provide profound knowledge of self. Black Americans struggle to find who we are historically. We have been given a broken History by FORCE. Many of us say we have PRIDE in our race, color, but very few of us can stand and talk about the psychological impact of slavery.
When it comes to HISTORY and CULTURE you do not need a GED to understand what occurred in the Black Holocaust. Early people used spoken word to spread information and language. Yet the civil rights and affirmative action movements awarded us things that had been wrongfully deprived to us. Now it is these same basic policies awarded to us has ARRESTED OUR MINDS.
giselle looks *****ing gross
In this picture Lebron is clearly being portrayed as less than human. This extends the pervasive stereotype of the black man, and black people by extension being LESS THAN.
@Black yet very….lol, I don’t think they’re referencing to the King Kong’s fate at the end…they’re saying Lebron is being depicted as a brute (like King Kong)
GOOD POST..
I will send it to my friends on ~~~ Tallmeet.com ~~~~..I find many friends there and I share my life with them..many people there upload their nice pics there..
@WHOA!, Thanks.
@Hollywood, am I lying about the
*****es?
@BttBone, have you ever read a post from me saying that I am against interracial dating? Check yourself, because my man turns me on, not someone who ditches his long-time love the minute he becomes successful for an image…that’s what most women on Bossip oppose and I’m rarely a part of those conversations b/c I know SMDH and many others can handle their own.
I am simply looking at the cover from a standpoint of ethics, fashion and the portrayal of the Black man, whom I love dearly!
Would everybody be happy if Lebron is in a Armani suit with a fat cigar in his mouth stomping on Giselle’s head?
BECAUSE IT WOULD STILL BE SEXIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
umm how is this bad what so ever?
lebron isn’t a model so why would be posing like one
its showing what he does which is play basketball and he is looking tough because he is the best basketball player in the world and gisele is a model and she is doing what she does and posing like one
@ z
Sounds like you got some white girl envy going on. Why not rejoice in the fact a black man is allowed to be so close to a blonde beauty? Nah you just look for negatives instead.
hollywoodbs
Kimora, and Djimon Honsou have there nicknames for what they are known for Djimon for the movie of the same title, Kimora for her careless diamond purchases,and Lebron King because he is a young king doing his thing in a league where he happnes to dominate at a young age, like our past kings in Egypt. It’s sad that this mag had to go a twist it to make him look like some bad 1920 b-movie. As far as it being a double standard NO, nickmanes come with your work, but this King is not a Kong!
Okay this is my last post (maybe, it’s a slow day at work). IT’S NOT ABOUT LEBRON’S FEATURES. it’s about the content of the page. the visuals. the sleek, designer-clad white woman. the brute, screaming blk man. look at the shape of his body, the slope of his shoulders. it’s ape-like. And to put this in perspective, i’m sure Vogue had hundreds of shots to choose from, and for some reason (cough, cough, because it’s a ethnocentric magazine) they chose this one.
As a summary for all you “lebron’s features”-”lebron’s money” ppl out there: it’s not about him. It’s about the editorial choices the magazine made. They CHOSE to portray the two of them in a certain way, I’m sure not to be intentionally racist, but because they don’t know any better and are unaware of the implications (at least that’s what i think). And they are unaware because THEY DON’T HAVE ANY BLK PPL WORKING THERE!!!!
hey,i’m a fan of LeBron. but i have seen this pic on INTerracialmatch dotcom/photo/blackchats which is a dating site for interracial singles.
@ Z
Lebron doesn’t have creative control over which photo of his is chosen to be on the cover of Vogue. During a vogue photo shoot, tons of frames are used. That means over a 100 pictures are taken. Lebron doesn’t know which photo will be chosen and he can’t debate with Vogue about their photo choice either. Before you are start insulting Lebron, do your research. Look who is so “*****ing stupid” now!
WHEN YOU DONT AGREE WITH
BOSSIP BULL***** THEY DONT POST YOUR COMMENT
AS USUAL THEY TENDS TO POST THE NEGATIVE STUFF
Look at the photo…(art lovers gl*****es on)
she can’t even catch up to him!! Look at her face!! she is trying her best to be made relevant in the pic. He is clearly dominating the photo.
Just like society likes to believe that men are dominate!!
I dont see race at all. I see a huge MAN taking over the cover of the mag.
its amazing that they kept her in the photo.
A woman can’t watch television because her husband is hogging it watching the game, and now she cant even read a fashion magazine exclusive to fashion because an athlete took over!!!
we are losing ladies!! and Im losing my freaking mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ Bria
I know that, what I’m saying is why is being compared to King Kong such a bad thing? All races love King Kong, we feel sorry for him stolen in a cage and we cry when the bad guys kill him. Also he wasn’t a savage brute he was gentle and never intended any harm to come to the white woman in his hand.
King Kong is more virtuous and innocent than many black people in this sick poisoned culture of ours.
@The Swirl King
Lol but Giselle is BRAZILIAN, not a true European goddess, you lust at
have you seen y of the original king kong movies? check the 1970’s version— black savages kidnap a white ***** and is tied to a pole as a gift to gong.
white male *****holes bargain with the blacks to get the white bich who they of course come to rescue.
the desparate blacks offer the white five of their own black women in order to keep the one white woman to offer to kong.
of course the whites refuse and the plot to save the white woman some other way….
in the meantime kong the big black ape falls madly in love with the small white white white woman, and growls like a mad sexual beast at her presence.
check the movie yourselves you ignorant *****s and wake the ***** up!
KING KONG IS SOME RACISTS ***** AND THAT IS THE IMAGE THIS UGLY ***** ***** COVER DELIBERATELY REPRESENTS!
If you are saying that this ad cover is not racist and does not play into sterotypes, then you are complete fools. This is not successful black athlete making headway in anyway cause they are on the cover of Vogue. The perception of lebron with some skinny white ***** in his arm looking and a B-Ball in the other is clearly that of an ape you morons! Advertising is full of illusions. You *****s betta start waking the ***** up and quit thinking ***** like this is cool and creative because it’s not! Why couldn’t they shown him with a crown on his head and kings drape or whatever you call those things down his back? The ***** looks like King Kong for crying out loud!
the TITLE of this issue is “Secrets of Best Bodies…World’s Top Models and Super Athletes”
If they’re talking about ATHLETES wth is Lebron supposed to wear? a FOOTBALL JERSEY?? If they put him in a tux, you’d say they put him in a monkey suit…or got him dressed as a penguin.
This issue is about being in shape…what is he supposed to wear??? a tu-tu???
If Diddy was on the cover and the issue was about fashion…he should dress accordingly-and he did. That’s not what this issue is about! It’s about being in shape, it’s about athletes and super models…omg
I cannot believe this is an issue smh
@Black Yet,
lol wtf are you talking about…***** King Kong.. No one gives a ***** about King Kong and no one cried at the ending of the movie,
I think we are arguing masculinity vs. feminitity (did i spell that right)
If Lebron were gay wearing a tutu..i bet there would be no beef…oh wait, there would because people would *****ume the mag is portraying the brothers as f.ags
Why does everything always have to be about black and white??? It’s not a racial thing! The picture is just showing The best bodies! They chose Lebron and Giselle to show the contrast. Why is everyone trippin? It’s not even overly sexualized! Some people just like to have something to complain about!
@Tamila, then it comes as no surprise to me that Blk models don’t get an equal chance there if no Blacks work there.
Magazine editors and photographers know exactly how they want the cover to look. LeBron followed directions b/c that’s what he does.
I saw the 2 on tv where LeBron showed Gisele how to play basketball and they were ahving fun and it was great that he was only the 3rd man and the 1st Blk man, but when I saw what the picture looked like, I was not too happy.
JAPHSON, sorry i missed your post about the sexism. I totally agree that it is. But blk man dominating white woman is also a stereotype. the problem is that since this is a site targeted toward blk folks, ppl aren’t going to be as sensitive to the sexism as racism.
oh, the buzz is over!! have a good weekend everyone!!
ladies, dont forget to tip your hairstylist..fellas remeber to eat your greens!!
@BLACK BLACK ‘BUT’ VERY WELL EDUCATED–
YOU ARE NOT EDUCATED AT ALL. YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT KING KONG AND THE ‘BUT’ IN YOUR NAME HIGHLIGHTS YOUR RETARDEDNESS!!!
@Stonger than Ever
Giselle is Brazilian by way of German (last name). Brazilians happen to be a mix of Black, Portuguese and and Indian blood which she is none of. So Swirl King, she’s yours for the taking darlin.
@ Tamila
ah, at last. I can agree with that. the sterotype of black men and subservient white women.
@ dwann
If Denzel Washington or Will Smith starred in the movie “Amistad”, will Bossip use “Amistad” as their nicknames? the answer of course is no. Is Kimora the only celebrity who splurges on luxuries? no. Then why is she the only one being called “blood diamonds”? because she’s dating Djimon.
The double standard is evident and as an African, I’m offended.
So, no one sees the stereotype?
HEY WHOA
YOUR STUPID *****…RESPONDED TO ME! I GUESS THAT MAKES U A HYPOCRITE! I DON’T LIVE TO START ARGUMENTS..I JUST SAY WHAT THE ***** I WANT TO, AND TO WHOM! LOL NOW WHAT?
@ Stronger Than Ever
Giselle is of the European settlers in Brazil. No undesirable genes have permeated her family tree.
As such I would dress in a monkey suit and be her King Kong whenever she so pleases. lol
QUEEN COON?? LOL THAT WAS FUNNY! NOT EVERYBODY IS RACIST LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THESE LAMES ARE THAT ARE HIFDING BEHIND THEIR CP’S..BUT YET SAYING YES SIR, OR MAAM TO THEIR WHITE BOSSES! RIIIGHT..
@JRIDDLES..
A Black Man progressing to a white women should be congratulated, not dismissed. The Black Male leaving his black women for The European Goddess is disheartening to many, but this is why we at “The Swirl Academy” try to integrate the youth of black male population as early as possible.
I . L . O . V . E . B . L . A . C . K . M . E . N.
lmao
@Hollywood, actually when Kimora was still with Russ Simmons, the diamonds thing started.
First off I don’t think there’s nothing wrong with the cover…That’s the way he acts on the court…
If Bron dunks on someone that’s what he does screams and yells in the camera or their face…so what’s the problem with him doing it on the cover? She’s a model she’s supposed to be dainty and what not.
But on the inside photos he looks dapper and calm
SO WHAT THE ***** ARE YOU PPL TRIPPING OVER.
IT’S NOT ALWAYS A WHITE AND BLACK ISSUE LAMES
OMG looking at these posts of otherwise intelligent black people trying to convince themselves this image is not racists is completely disheartening. It really makes you wonder about where the movement is going…. nowhere
Would Steve Nash be pictured like this?? No.
Would Tom Brady?? No.
Would Brett Favre?? No.
Would Eli/Payton Manning?? No.
LeBron is simply being shown the way “mainstream America” could view him. . .a young, beastly, 260lb, dark-skinned, African American male you could easily potray as a Gorilla without confusion. If that wasn’t true. . .why else would this be a hot-topic?
“Know what they call a black man with two degrees, wealth, highly educated and prosperous?? . . .a n!gger.” -Malcolm X
lol @Black to the Bone
all of you saying it s ok cause he is ‘the fisrs BLACK athlete to grace vogue’s cover’ are the ultimate *****holes.
wy don’t they just show him being lynched or doing crack then!! he’ll still be the first black male athlete on vogue!!
who the ***** is vogue that we will allow them to show us like ***** just so we get on the cover?
get a *****ing clue. go on essence and ebony that is what matters!!!
@tj
same thing I’m saying
@ Z
Lebron does not have creative control over which photo of his is chosen to be on the cover of Vogue. During a vogue photo shoot, tons of frames are used. That means over a 100 pictures are taken. Lebron doesn’t know which photo will be chosen and he can’t debate with Vogue about their photo choice either. Before you are start insulting Lebron, do your research. Look who is so “*****ing stupid” now! Check your facts first my friend.
lol@Stronger Than Ever
You got caught out there with your gravatar up posting as me.
*reaches down to SBM*
HIDING
@Black to the
You are obssessed. If you don’t ever find me attractive because I’m a Black woman, it’s not the end of the world, because I’d never want someone who lives to destroy a Black family in an effort to make a White woman his queen. White women aren’t historically queens…except by way of their men who usually steal their way up. I don’t give a f*ck how nasty and repulsive Black women are to you, because there are enough men who think the complete opposite.
What about Asians and other people of color? (middle easterns)??
i have YET to see any of them on a high fashion magazine!!!
we aren’t the only minority being discriminated. what about Hispanics??
I see more blacks and whites on Vogue (Naomi Campbell, Beverly Johnson [back n the day], my girl Jennifer Hudson, even the new model Chanel Iman)
@JRiddles
(High Fives JRiddles) Go head sista!
It never occured to me that the photo had social implications. I just thought it was terrible for Vogue. I actually thought it would work on Sports Illustrated.
*FYI*
If you recall LeBron during high school games, white coaches would point LeBron toward the camera so he could give the camera a “great-big smile”. . .They’ve owned him for years now, no surprise.
For a man that is trying to establish a ‘brand name’ this is NOT a good look! Trust when I tell you that Michael Jordan would NOT have consented to this type of image. From a business perspective you want to control the image that you present to America if you expect other companies, as LeBron clearly does, to see you as a future iconic image.
Furthermore, when you look at this image you’re looking at it from YOUR perspective, but understand that there ARE people in this country that do view blacks as ‘monkeys’ and ‘apes’ (and we’ve seen these dumba*ses on Bossip) and this just reinforces that stereotype.
@ the swirl
Perhaps your affection for white women lies in self hatred of your own negroid features. Perhaps you seek to supercede yourself by linking your social standing to that of a white woman’s, which you find superior. Great
However what does that have to do with gratuitously depicting a black athlete as a beast who is literally running away with a white woman (who just happens to be wearing the same dress as the woman in King Kong)?
Also if you are truly so enthralled by white women why sit on a blog and tell black women about it. You’re clearly looking for a reaction and that reaction is what’s feeding your “attraction” to white women in the first place. You’re trying to convince yourself and black women that you can do better than black women which probably means you’re mother withheld affection or you were otherwise rejected by females in the black community.
@Jahpson
As a black women, I have to defend my own before I defend anyone else. Besides, I don’t see ANY of them jumping up about our problems
@ JRiddles
I’m tall, dark, handsome and wickedly intelligent so you WOULD want me. You can’t have me so put up a show of pride is all.
@ JRiddles
is that your picture? you are so pretty.
P.S not hittin on you, just telling the truth.
@NotoriousOne
I have always respected/enjoyed your values and opinions. Love your comments
@JR…truly I do not see stereotypes in this image. if I can get through one day w/out hearing something about racism, discrimination, inflammatory posts by ignant black folks…i’ve had a great day. This mess is draining and usually I just roll thru bossip…get a couple of images/posts for my blog and keep steppin.
I had to say something this time…I don’t understand this hype and I don’t have the energy to want to. It’s hard enuf being black…i can’t read into something that to me is not degrading. Now if it was niccas w/sagging pants, blunts, grills, videos hoes, stripper poles etc…oh heck yeah…i’ll flow about the degradation BY OUR OWN people (forget mainstream media). let’s get mad at what’s goin on in our own backyard…instead of people we can’t even get an appointment to see. Lebron does not care about you, me and we. He’s bouncing *****, making money and racking up endorsements! lol but our children are being poisoned by BET, ghetto bags of potato chips, (did u know they were selling bootleg bottles of water by Donald Trump in Detroit?? yes it is true), Kools/Newport Cigarrettes, cherry-tropical-strawberry flavored blunt papers, malt liquor etc. What are we doin about that?? Who’s crying foul over that?? We get upset about Lebron and Gisele AND get *****ed off when Bill Cosby keeps it real about out dirty laundry that comes out of schools a 3:00…what is wrong with this pic??? smh
what the hell?? aren’t they kind of over-*****yzing this ***** just a little too much? im a white woman, and when i look at this cover, all i see is lebron and gisele. if i didn’t know who they were already, id say, basketball player and model. model’s are supposed to look like gisele, in gorgeous, slim fitting outfits…sooo why shouldn’t she be photographed in one? and basketball players are supposed to be in bball gear, basketball in tow, and many of them, when playing, have on this same expression. STUPIDITY!!!!
@whoa. I’m with that. Black people are always trying to come to some other minorities defense. They do not do the same for us.
@TJ. I’d just ignore swirl. He couldn’t possibly be that ignorant. He’s probably just trying to be incendiary.
@ Jahpson…
“the man is an athlete!!”
Gonna hafta disagree on that one. This man is cultivating himself to be a name brand. He might have started out as an athlete, but that was just his foot in the door.
@ WHOA
our own, what about our own sex? and the obvious sterotype about women and men that is CLEARLY displayed in this now distasteful (after reading the comments on here) cover?
@Black to tha Bone…
I surrender. Even if I wanted to I couldn’t possess the leadership qualities you exhibit.
*bows down*
@Tj..
Well I don’t know about my leader but as for me, I have obtained moderate success with the white women and the black women. Both are of equal opportunity in my household of love
@Bria
That’s why it’s called “subtle racism”
“They” know most uneducated persons of color won’t get it and will take this as a step up instead of another slap down.
@N3w0rl. That’s because you’re white. Shut up and read a book.
@The_Truth…thank you!
@Jahpson, he seems like he’s dominating the White woman, but it’s not a positive thing.
I kinda lost some respect for Lebron, mind you I never really had any to begin with. Giselle is a supermodel her diet is cocaine & champagne with a lil desert of Heroin or was that Kate Moss, hmmm they all alike.
@ JRiddles
I think black women are pretty and I think you are pretty *wink wink*
P.S again, I’m not hittin on you, I’m just telling the truth
@ TJ
You won’t find a prouder black man who loves himself in every single way more than I. Every negroid feature of the black man is beautiful bait for the fairer females.
@N3w0rl3@ns {h3 s@y h3 l0v3 m3 lyk3 *****,m0n3y,w33d}
As you said, you are white, and NO, you will NEVER understand. And that’s just fine
@ Notorious One
well did Lebron complain about the cover?
Just so I’m clear: The next Bossip post that refers to Djimon Honsou as Djimon Honsou as AMISTAD will be boycotted correct???
I think the mouth was photoshopped to look bigger. Bron has that nose. It was done on purpose. So what?
@whoa.
You’re awesome. We see eye to eye on this.
@ black to tha bone
The only white females who feel “baited” by black features are the ones who were appropriating blackness ironically for the same reasons of social standing for which you seek to appropriate whiteness… only in different realms.
Why not seek a white woman who loves you for you? It would appear you don’t want that. It would appear you want a white woman to subjugate as a reaction to prejudice in the outside world, and self hatred at home.
So True,,once again saying that once a African American man makes lots of money,,The one sure thing next on his list is a white woman,,and those white woman that go to these game’s and hang around them know that they will get picked over a African American woman,,just because the man thinks that he is surley sucessful once he has money,and a white woman,,And it’s the truth if anyone wants to say or not,,but it’s true,,AfricanAmerican women hold them up,,support them to get to that point and once they do,,they go get a white woman to live so call happy ever after
Everyone could lose their respect for Lebron if they want to..does that effect him? no?
his living comes off of ticket sales from basketball games. will people stop going to the game after seeing this cover? no?
Will anyone write to Vogue expressing their concerns regarding this controversial cover? probably not?
Do anyone of you think he is now a gorilla or monkey (what you think not what you think others will think) after seeing this cover? doubt it
so what are we upset about anyway?
@Jahpson
I hear what you are saying, but that (at the moment) is an entirely different issue.
@Tamila
Ditto
Just so I’m clear: The next Bossip post that refers to Djimon Honsou as Djimon Honsou as AMISTAD will be boycotted correct???
He has been in numerous American and nonAmerican movies, so as “educated, strong, intelligent, etc black people” we know when we’ve been swindled?? We educate ourseleves about every thing black, so it would be safe to use his name without the Amistad attached.
@ Stronger Than Ever
Have you no sensitivity or comp*****ion? I cried watching King Kong as would any civilised person.
King Kong holds values and innocence that “baller thugs” like Lebron James could only dream of.
Ms Sugar walls and BAP Barbie did you go to college?
@ Mzneon
It’s sad if you equate referring to an African as African is the same as depicting an African American as a primate.
**question for clarifying**
how is this cover evidence that the black people as a whole has just stepped down?
I apologize for my ignorance and anxiously await an answer!
@TJ
Look at our sambo character “STRONGER THAN EVER”. His gravi depicts the story of a upward mobile male. Should he not quench his biological needs with perfection. And that perfection happens to be the attention of a cream-cheese tinted beauty. He should only bask in the fruits of his labor.
I don’t see the big deal…they were talking about “Best Bodies” so they chose Giselle, who I love, by the way…she’s so beautiful, and they chose Lebron, who has a rather nice body if I do say so myself…what’s the big deal? Who the smuck cares if she’s white and he’s black? Should that make a difference? I love the cover. It’s an eye catcher. I saw absolutely nothing wrong with it….what would’ve been wrong is if they showed Lebron bending her over baring his teeth, or her holding a damn noose. That would’ve REALLY got people going! Let’s not make mountains out of molehills. Give me a damn break.
Unbelievable.
I personally haven’t lost any respect for LeBron. He’s a puppet. Simple as that. I blame the school system that didn’t teach him properly about racism and its choke hold on this country.
@ Jahpson…
“well did Lebron complain about the cover?”
The sad part is that he probably didn’t. At the end of the day he’s just a young kid that did something w/out thinking of the bigger picture. But trust that in 5-10 years he’ll look back at that and probably shake his head at having done it.
Oh God (throwing hands up in exasperation)
The issue is about best bodies. They chose one of the best in the NBA right now (LeBron) and one of the “best” in the supermodeling industry, Gisele.
How did you think they were going to be dressed? Why would LeBron wear a suit, unless he’s benched for injuries or doing press conferences, etc, there’s no need to wear a suit. He’s wearing his Basketball gear because that’s what he does. He plays basketball for a living. And I don’t think a suit would show just how defined his body is. Best bodies guys, remember?
Gisele is wearing her designer dress, accentuating her size and slim shape. Come on, what’d you expect?
I will have to read the entire article and look at the other photos to really have a clear opinion.
But something about the cover does grab me the wrong way.
I’m not sure if it’s my personal issues or something other than.
@tj
Please answer my question. Djimon Honsou is an actor that played in a movie called Amistad how many years ago? He is MORE than an African.
I just want to go on to say for those who think that black folks are on their way down because of things like this..
look at these comments! everyone has a different opinion…and might I add very well thought of and eloquent.
I look at either side of the controversy, and everyone has made fine point of views!!
I dont see this cover as racist, but after reading what some have to say…I was taken to a level of thinking that I didnt notice before.
Thank you for proving, that we as a people are capable of thinking for ourselves and can express or opinions in a verbal and clear manner.
@ Notorious One
I have to retract that question. Im sure the paycheck he recieved for the photo will have kept him quiet.
@Re
Oh my I’m a bit astonished to see your post. I don’t expect you to type such garbage and not be able to see through the bull***** when it comes to that cover.
But it’s your opinion that you are entitled to. No disrespect.
Before you start on me, remember Vogue’s long-standing history of not using black models on its covers for years and years, not to mention a staff with VERY little diversity.
Our history is deliberately kept from us, that’s why I will excuse many of you. Look at the latest poster of King Kong, Naomi Watts is wearing the same dress as Giselle, that’s no co-incidence. Subliminally comparing this talented young black man to an APE is ludicrous.
Our images are also our legacy, what will they say about us 100 years from now? Screw the fact that he’s making money from this, as well as other black minstrels in the entertainment game who couldn’t give a flea’s ***** how they represent/misrepresent so many of us, cus most of you will say things like, make that money Beyonce, make that money 50, make that money Jay, while they bankrupt the rest of us mentally.
We’ve all bought into this drug-dealer type mentality, make your riches no matter what. What about integrity, what about self-respect…I guess that’s for sale.
Oh and Lebron’s people definitely saw this before it hit newstands, and if he didn’t he knew what they were doing cus he posed for it.
@ WHOA
now thats a new can of worms. Im sure the schools didnt have to teach him anything. he is an athlete with incredible talent.
you know how that goes…let him do what he wants as long as he can win games for that school
@ black
Wouldn’t idealizing the white woman as perfection include a definition of her white father as perfection, or if not that an extension of perfection. And if she is perfection then what is a black woman… further more what is the extension of the black woman (yourself) if not less than perfection.
You can’t call whiteness perfection withou calling blackness less than perfection. You can’t disrespect black women without disrespecting yourself.
Ok Re. As we as woman know. A basketball get up is not necessarily the best way to showcase a man’s body–nice fitting shirt, suit. fine gauge wool sweater, anyone? And if your point was correct, Gis would be in a bikini. Plus, as I’ve said before. Vogue is a fashion magazine. Why the hell should L be on the cover in hoop gear.
Sorry, but i’m going to have to say you need to rethink your comment.
THE PROBLEM I SEE IS WHY NOT A BLACK WOMAN INSTEAD OF THAT UGLY WHITE WOMAN?WHY NOT A NAOMI CAMPBELL OR ANY OF OUR BEAUTIFUL BLK SISTAS WHO HAVE BETTER LOOKS, AND BETTER BODIES TO COMPLEMENT THAT BLK MAN WHY A CAVE WOMAN? AND YOU WOMAN ON HERE HATE YOUR BLK SELFS!!!ALWAYS COONING FOR WHITE PPL!!NEVER SEEN BLKS ALWAYS DEFENDING WHITES LIKE YOU PPL.THEY DONT NEED YOUR STUPID BLK ***** FIGHTING FOR THEM.THIS ***** IS EMBARR*****ING AS A BLK MAN!
^ 5 @ Tamila and Whoa!
BB
Our history is deliberately kept from us, that’s why I will excuse many of you. Look at the latest poster of King Kong, Naomi Watts is wearing the same dress as Giselle, that’s no co-incidence. Subliminally comparing this talented young black man to an APE is ludicrous.
**************
see thats what im talking about, didnt notice that before.
Come on folks. now that I look at the cover again, it DOES embody King Kong (holding her like the gorilla held that female).
WOW
MzNeon
Yes, referring to him as Amistad may play on words and yes it refers to a character that is dated, but none of that has anything to do with this racist ***** photo.
Furthermore calling him Amistad could be seen as a compliment considering the actions of the slaves on that boat
@Jahpson
O I get it, as long as you can throw a ball but can’t read it’s all good?
oh well, I wasnt going to buy Vogue magazine anyway.
can you believe it? $6 for a magazine?? and its so big. almost broke my back carrying a copy in my purse!!
What was the point of this cover? This is Vogue, a FASHION magazine. Gisele is fashionable, but LeBron is not, and it sure in the hell does resemble King Kong when he was saving the “fragile” white lady. I demand new photo’s with LeBron in some fashionable gear, looking swave and dauper, instead of looking like a mad, angry, crazy, guerilla.
OH HELL YEAH JAHPSON!!! That’s what I’m TALKIN BOUT!!!!
Jahpson
see thats what im talking about, didnt notice that before.
Come on folks. now that I look at the cover again, it DOES embody King Kong (holding her like the gorilla held that female).
WOW
HALLLELUJAH!
@ WHOA
you cant deny that most schools will fight tooth and nail for an athlete just so they can play on their team!!
I have seen it done. Some athletes in high school are p*****ing As in their cl*****es, yet they get full scholarships to the best colleges (USC etc.)
Praise my white blue eyed Jesus!
*are barely p*****ing A’s
@Jahpson
I agree
we can also conclude that every athlete is barbaric!!
you will NEVER catch me in a locker room for the NFL
triple ^ 5 @ tj
Learn when you are being hood*****ked and *****boozled my people.
@Jahpson, I always mention other minority groups, especially Native Americans. When I was in school, my mother used to get mad at me for being other people’s spokeswoman. I am speaking for the sufferers, but I gotta defend my own. There are enough Asians to get mad about whatever the cause.
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WHOA!
@JRiddles
(High Fives JRiddles) Go head sista!
*HIGH FIVES WHOA!*
@BttBone, I don’t want you. Do you think that you’re the only tall, dark, handsome, wickedly intelligent man out there? NO! You could’ve been a genious and I would’ve turned my nose up at you b/c of the filth that comes out of your mouth.
@Hollywood, thanks for the compliment, I got dissed on Bossip, so thanks for the love. When someone can’t win with the discussion, they diss my gravatar…LOL
@bria, I’m not sure if I’m the JR, cuz there’s another JR…I have a problem with A LOT of the images I see on tv. I don’t have any children, but I discourage my younger cousins from watching the filth that msic producers make big bucks off of. I do see what you’re saying, but to pretend to not see something wrong with the cover b/c Blacks negatively portray Blacks too is not very smart. It’s like a child saying, so what if I didn’t do my homework, Billy didn’t do his either.
Correction: Learn when to recognize when you are being hood*****ked and *****boozled.
it does kinda look like the king kong pic, but i dont think its time to sic Jesse and Al on Vougue just yet.
@ TJ
I got mad respect for a lot of white dudes, like you say they give birth to the miracle of the white woman so they are needed. However they ain’t seeing brothas when it comes to perfection, we the black males were made in God’s image directly.
God also created white woman Eve in Eden to complete the perfect paradise as our ideal partner. Thus complimenting us with the erotic contrast and ultimate union. Everything else is insignificant.
@blk, yet…how do you know LeBron is a baller thug?
@Jahpson, you see why blogging helps you gain an alternative perspective!
yet again a prime example of people making more out of some thing then they need to. Why do black people always have to pull the race card? It makes it worse when there really is a race card situation because its been worn out. Geez leave it alone!!!!
@Whoa
I don’t think that’s an opinion. Who is one of the best in the NBA right now? I’m a girl, I’m not a basketball fan, but good Lord, I hear about LeBron ALL day every day from my dear sweet hubby, the news, ESPN, SLAM Magazine, and all the other news outlets you can think of.
Can you not verify this is true? I stated that in my last post. It’s not my opinion, his statistics are readily available.
And on my end, I’m ALL too familiar with Gisele, one of the newer supermodels who’s gained a lot of publicity recently, especially since she’s dating Tom Brady?
These are indeed very true, aren’t they?
So I stated it above, and I decided that its alright to place these two in the Best Bodies article. Why? Because Gisele MUST stay slim to be a successful model. And I doubt Lebron could be successful if he wasn’t fit.
If there was any racism involved here, I don’t know, but the choice for the cover makes sense.
@Jahpson
I have seen it done. Some athletes in high school are p*****ing As in their cl*****es, yet they get full scholarships to the best colleges (USC etc.)
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What did you mean, “yet”?
JRiddles
@Jahpson, you see why blogging helps you gain an alternative perspective!
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I know that’s right! I learn from others here all the time, even if it’s some BS
You dumb mother*****ers; you don’t even know when you’re being insulted! The Vogue cover is a complete bite of the original king Kong poster. If you didn’t know Africans (and yes if you’re black you are in fact African) were and still are considered *****in primates by a large majority of the world’s population. LaBron should have *****ing known better, he lost.
Stop making excuses for the *****, he’s suppose to be King mother*****in Kong and she’s suppose to be Jane, plain and simple; there’s nothing else to it; wake up you *****in’ monkeys.
Here’s what they think about you . . . (c) O’Shea Jackson
@tj and everyone
tj said:
“Yes, referring to him as Amistad may play on words and yes it refers to a character that is dated, but none of that has anything to do with this racist ***** photo.”
It MAY be a play on words? I find it truly amazing that mine and Hollywood BS’s comments about Bossip’s every comment have been LARGELY ignored. Here we have close to 300 comments about a single perceived image of Lebron, yet actual and numerous posts about Djimon Honsou are simply referred to as Amistad.
Here is Bossip last post
“We’re sure Amistad’s billboard isn’t the only “big” thing he’s working with. He probably got that Kimora wrapped around his little finger with that thang.”
So many people have commented on the fact of making the BLACK man nothing more than power hungry, big ***** having, and sexist. Gee, sounds like what Bossip said.
LOL, racism IS still alive.
had that been a black woman on his arm, most folks would have mistaken that magazine for EBONY, instead of VOGUE.
ah, who the hell reads VOGUE anyway? most of those clothes start in the lower $3k
@Re, it does make sense that they have great bodies…couldn’t they have created a different image?
I like Harper’s Bazaar personally.
@Tamila
Maybe they wanted this front pic to be tastful? Lebron isn’t half naked, he’s wearing his typical basketball gear.
But lol, yes, I see your point, it probably would have made more sense to do it that way, if they’re showcasing bodies
@Mz. Neon,
I did not ignore HOLLYWOOD and YESTERDAY, when the post of Djimon was originaly posted, I commented on how I did not like Bossip’s choice of title. We’re so focused on LeBron b/c he is the issue at hand here.
@Re
I don’t have a problem with both of them being on the cover together.
But knowing how MEDIA plays a big role on how others are perceived, IT’s APPAULING! I know better thanks to a higher learning and my momma, that it’s the SUBTLE RACISM that screws us minorities, especially blacks, the most! If we cannot see anything crazy about one of our most popular black athletes in a barbaric looking pose clutching a white woman on the cover of the most highly regarded fashion magazine VOGUE, then that is sad. Take off the rose colored gl*****es because they are surely blinding you.
I will say one thing this cover does in fact recall King Kong. Sex sells and controversy sells and Vogue knew what they were doing.
However that doesn’t mean the image isn’t beautiful and I speak for the silent majority of brothas who quite enjoy playing the “Savage Ape” for a white lady. A lot of erotic contrast relies on this stereotyping.
Roleplay is fun and white women are deliciate flowers, while we brothas provide power and strength. Its only natural we slip into such roles. Don’t knock it til you’ve tried it I say.
Dayum come on people this photo aint that serious. I for one believe and STRONGLY believe in BLACK LOVE but I am in no way intimidated by this picture.
Lebraun is alright in my book. I have seen him outside his element and met the dude and he is a down REAL man. I wish he would marry the mother of his children though. Now if I see dude marrying someone else especially white then I may have a problem. But him as a person of what I know is good people.
JRiddles…in all sincerity, I’m not pretending to see anything wrong with this image b/c Blacks negatively portray Blacks-that’s nonsensical, and a misconstruing of my words. I said there’s nothing wrong with this image, bcuz there’s nothin wrong with this image-that’s my opinion. I will NOT see something that isn’t there (imo)simply bcuz others do. I don’t roll like that.
My point in bringing up our community is that we get upset over the wrong things. If we’d put half the energy into getting upset over our communities (and bombard legislature with posts, petitions etc) as is being done with this photo…we could effect great change. But to do so takes greater dedication, the work is harder, is not popular and does not give immediate an immediate sense of empowerment.
Can all of you guys that feel strongly about this write Vogue a letter. Just a short one with the major points will do. Don’t get too militant!
Talkingback@vogue.com
or
Vogue Letters 4 Times Square, NY, NY, 10036
include name, address, and phone (that’s what it says on the page)
Also, it might work. Vogue said something in an article about a woman having “Jewish blood” as if that was some sort of faux pas, and in the March issue they published one angry letter. So you never know. It might work!
if you’re diggin, you’re gonna find somethin
@Jriddles, true, true.
@LANSKI
WOW, I don’t know how I could’ve missed that. I googled King Kong, and I saw the EXACT image we’re looking at on the magazine.
That’s REAL slick, I’m mad I typed all those posts….
@hollywood bs
r u 4 real? do i give a f… if lebron knows which photo is to be chosen? who cares? that is not the main issue. this is about vogue using a pathetic negative image of black men. what planet r u from mate?
ps
not that it matters but if you think lebron and his team and celebriteis in general would not know what image of themselves will be used on a MAJOR magazine COVER you are….well… just uninformed.
@Jahpson, google the LeBron/Gisele cover and you’ll read about an editor who had something to do with this and used to work for Bazaar. I love all magazines, but I’m smart enough to point out something when I see it.
This kind of behavior in the blk commmunitythe self hatred the break up,of the family causes division among us.There is a cl***** struggle and the sex struggle that plagues us as a family.It also implies the impression that a blk athelete does not want a blk sista.look at his mouth wide open for this ugly cave woman like he hungers for her.Themakes it look as if the blk man and woman are against each other.Its sad that blk woman dont see nothing wrong with it, and to the sistas i love your skin, body and yes attitude you are the most beautiful women the most high ever created. Lebron should have requested a sista on the front cover.We need to love who we are and embrace our own beautiful selves!
I will do so today Tamila. Thanks
P.S. And I’m not just saying that.
@Black to tha
He does have a point..I know plenty of brothers that do like playing that “Savage Ape” role with white women…Sad but, prevalent.
ALL OF YOU *****ES NEED TO SHUT THE ***** UP
I DON’T READ ANY COMMENTS FROM MALES>ALL I READ WAS COMMENTS COMING FROM ANGRY ***** BLACK WOMEN
ALL OF YOU *****ES SOUND ANGRY! GO EAT SOME CHITERLINGS, AND SHUT THE ***** UP. GREASY FOAMING FROM THE MOUTH *****ES.
Thanks whoa.
. . . had that been a black woman on his arm he still would have been posing as *****ing King Kong.
That’s what the picture is supposed to be; whether you find it offensive or not, that is the treatment of the cover period.
The inspiration for this cover was the movie King Kong, it’s undeniable. Admit that to your self then you can see L Boggie getting played like a *****in’ gorilla.
@ Stronger Than Ever
Try it, let your pride down and just enjoy the moment. You might feel a bit guilty afterwards but it’s definitely worth it overall.
I’ve been through all sorts of scenarios in order to woo the white woman. Slave roleplay and all that. I once wore wrist and ankle manacles. Whatevers clever ya know?
Personally Im not worried about those brothas that would skip over two black women to get to a white one.
My significant other has said time and time again that he loves his “black woman”
and he was talking about me, and the women in his family…
Close minded people……always on the defensive and thinking somebody is trying to put you down.
@real mccoy.
you need help. you too need to pick up a book (as, “the angry black woman” is also a stereotype.
Perhaps you are the one that should go eat some chittlin’s. Or maybe hoe a field, tap dance, play basketball, or ravage a white woman while you’re at it.
Silly, silly fool.
PHOTOSHOOT DIRECTION:
“wider wider Lebron. streeeeetchhhh your mouth, big like a hungry sex mad ape!!”
hahha…you can tel he is just hunched with his mouth open, like he’s thinking “uh..duh..i’ll just open real wide den masa”
@ Jahpson…
“Im sure the paycheck he recieved for the photo will have kept him quiet.”
And you’re right, that payment probably did sit well in his pocket. But later on in life he’s going to realize that the paycheck are going to be PHATTER and plentiful and he can well-afford to pick and choose his image.
Jah
I am with you on that! I don’t give a *****! If that **********a was meant to be with you..He is going to be with you..regardlesss of your skin color, or not! I can tell that the majority of the women on here have a problem with that, and that comes from within! I am secure with this!
@ LANSKI
I agree, im sure the underlying message was that athletes are generally beasts.
you see them on the court, they aren’t exactly gently handing the ball to each other!! they are *****ing it.
even in football. Terelle Pryor the kid going to OHIO..was watching his works on Youtube!
that boy was single handedly pushing players left and right to get out of his way, and they were falling too!!
@The Swirl King
“@ Stronger Than Ever
Try it, let your pride down and just enjoy the moment. You might feel a bit guilty afterwards but it’s definitely worth it overall.
I’ve been through all sorts of scenarios in order to woo the white woman. Slave roleplay and all that. I once wore wrist and ankle manacles. Whatevers clever ya know?”
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man where in the hell do you be gettin this ***** from…this is so ridiculous, but soooooooooooooooooooooo funnny!!!!!!!
Casey,
you’re living in nevernever land. but that’s cool. sometimes i wish i lived there too. then i wouldn’t have been on this blog for 3 hours, not doing any work.
it was pretty scary. lol
@Whoa
Yeah, I know all about that subtle racism, I go to white majority University…shame on them.
I guess I can’t stand everything being about race, but LANSKI just pointed something out to me that I didn’t realize. I googled King Kong and I saw this same picture on the movie ad….Shame, that is not subtle at all. I was definitely wrong for *****uming this isn’t about race.
@Bria
Now if it was niccas w/sagging pants, blunts, grills, videos hoes, stripper poles etc…oh heck yeah…i’ll flow about the degradation BY OUR OWN people (forget mainstream media). let’s get mad at what’s goin on in our own backyard…instead of people we can’t even get an appointment to see.
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That seemed to me like you’d talk more if Blacks were degrading Blacks. That’s how I read that. Also, there are groups who constantly protest against the degredation of women in music videos.
@ JRiddles
Im definitely going to keep my eyes open from now on!
You guys only care about how the NBA hoodlum is displayed not that a white woman is used as a trophy!
All the insult in this disgusting image is against the beautiful Giselle. She has been dirtied by this vile suggestion. It’s hard to recover your honour and she’s spoilt her golden couple prestige with Tom Brady now.
KING JAMES vs. KOBE THE BLACK MAMBA for M.V.P.
@Tamila, LOL @ Never Never Land, I wouldn’t be typing instead of packing for my weekend vacay!
THEY *****OCIATE A GREAT BALLPLAYER WITH THIS WHITE BREAD CHICKEN ***** HONKEY! AND NOT A BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMAN WHO GIVES BIRTH TO GODZ, PHOPHETS,AND YES GREAT BLK ATHELETES…BUT YOU SO BLIND THAT YOU DONT SEE YOUR SELVES BEING RECONIZED AT ALL AS BEAUTIFUL OR COVERING A MAG LIKE VOGUE! ***** VOGUE! ***** THAT PECKERWOOD! AND ***** KING KONG JAMES FOR NOT INCLUDING HIS BLK WOMAN!!!
@ proud republican
I already addressed the sexist issue.
and relax, Giselle probably farted when this was shot, thats why she got that uncomfortable look on her face.
you know, the one where you can feel it coming, and you put all your might to hold it in!!
that probably explains Lebron’s facial expression
he was really trying to smile. lol
@Re
Well I’m glad you see the point me and others (Tamila & JRiddles) are trying to point out. That’s what’s up.
(high 5’s Re)
@Jriddles. we need to get our lives together and do something constructive. this stuff is addictive tho…
@ m daddy……. are you ignoring me this fine beautiful morning! speaking of baketball… how do you feel about the Detroit Pistons…. Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton!
@ Jahpson
The uncomfortable look on her face is due to being manhandled by that big brute is what! How is she supposed to look in such a horrible scenario?
sorry meant basketball… typing too fast!!!
@ BLACK, YET VERY WELL EDUCATED
JUST THE NAME THAT YOU USE, MAKE YOU SOUND LIKE A DUM ***** …THERE ARE MANY BLACK FOLKS ON THIS WEBSITE THAT ARE EDUCATED….SO YOUR DUM ***** NEED TO GET OVER YOURSELF….
MS. BLACK, YET VERY WELL EDUCATED …HAVE YOU EVERY HEARD …..”"”" (SELF PRAISE IS NO RECOMEMDATION)
CAN YOU SPOT THE ERROR IN THE NAME YOU USE
“BLACK, YET VERY WELL EDUCATED”
THINK ABOUT IT ….AND CORRECT IT
LOOSER
I don’t see a problem with the cover. Lebron has all those nasty tattoes. He looks a hot mess on his own. He already has 2 (that we know about) out of wedlock children which is typical among athletes. Lebron is in control of his own image. No one made him do the cover.
@ proud republican
and how do we know if she probably asked for his autograph after the shoot?
lol someone said this post would get 400 hits…this will easily surp***** 400..it’s still early in the day!
The Swirl King
Try it, let your pride down and just enjoy the moment. You might feel a bit guilty afterwards but it’s definitely worth it overall.
I’ve been through all sorts of scenarios in order to woo the white woman. Slave roleplay and all that. I once wore wrist and ankle manacles. Whatevers clever ya know?”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~oh my God…i actually garnered a little respect for you and your forthrightness and honesty over the weeks, albiet combined with some disgust- but you just KILLED IT with that, you *****ing slave.
ESPN is right and people should now their history. This is the “The Brute Caricature” of racial stereotypes at its finest. But, how can these young twenty-something’s know this since they have not been taught by their parents or anyone else.
From the Ferris State University museum of racist memorabilia -
“The brute caricature portrays Black men as innately savage, animalistic, destructive, and criminal — deserving punishment, maybe death. This brute is a fiend, a sociopath, an anti-social menace. Black brutes are depicted as hideous, terrifying predators who target helpless victims, especially White women. Charles H. Smith, a writer at the end of the 1890s, claimed, “A bad negro is the most horrible creature upon the earth, the most brutal and merciless.” Clifton R. Breckinridge, a contemporary of Smith’s, said of the Black race, “when it produces a brute, he is the worst and most insatiate brute that exists in human form.”
These and many more are the writings of historical perspectives that give us an idea why we are always on the TV news for the slightest infraction or for the most heinous crime. It reinforces the belief; but for someone else, there never seems to be a picture of that *****ailant.
I don’t see the big deal. There are other things in this world to be angry about!
@Jahpson, I know u’re a smart person, but some White people are slicker than ever and they’ve almost succeeded in trying to blind us. You almost missed the message b/c it was subtle to you. It hit me though! Keep your gl*****es on and the shackles they’re trying to put on your mind will be forever broken!
Vogue magazine is only read by socialites, athletes wives, and corporate women with money…or someone one with strong arms. its like 300+ pages! and thats just the advertisements
@Whoa
(hi 5 back, lol)
You know what, that’s the first time I had a discussion on Bossip without the unecessary cursing and invalid points. I’m not going to say any names….
You know what’s worse? I’ve actually purchased that myself a couple of times. I will now burn them in magnesium fire with a combination of sulfur.
@Tam
We should right a letter, along with the picture of King Kong and his maiden.
It should start like this:
Dear Vogue,
We know.
grace,
you simply don’t know anything about how mags work. L posed with Gis for about an hour and they took hundreds of shots. during the shoot the photographer was giving him a little instruction “try to be more natural” “let loose” what have you. Later Vogue’s creative director, photo director, and editor in chief went back and looked at all the pics and decided which on to put on teh cover (along with the highest editorial directors at Conde Nast, vogue’s parent company). So you see, it really doesn’t have too much to do with Lebron. and more to do with ppl’s perception of blks.
@angelina, we all have made it known that Black, yet is a retard for having that name!
@tamila, trust me I know…I am about 10 minutes late everywhere I go cuz I’m on Bossip, but I learn a lot and see a lot, so I love being here. And what is it that you do if you don’t mind me asking…
@ ms braided beauty
I would never ignore you.
@Re LOL that was hilarious!!! Should totally do that.
@ Stronger Than Ever
“Try it, let your pride down and just enjoy the moment. You might feel a bit guilty afterwards but it’s definitely worth it overall.
I’ve been through all sorts of scenarios in order to woo the white woman. Slave roleplay and all that. I once wore wrist and ankle manacles. Whatevers clever ya know?”
LOL DID ANYONE ELSE NOT READ THIS ONE FROM THE SWIRL KING…Look I am the first to admit, that we shouldn’t be making light of this conversation, but “The Swirl King” is a genius, a literary pioneer and connoisseur of the White Women
I think the reason this post has so many hits is because we are talking in here.
freelance writer.
@Re
You know what, that’s the first time I had a discussion on Bossip without the unecessary cursing and invalid points. I’m not going to say any names….
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Give it some time. LOL
that article is little more than a bitter black woman angry at the fact that a black man is seen with a white woman. Its a shame she chooses to hide behind race politics. Journalists like that should be banned from writing
@Proud Repub…actually, I watched them on tv before the cover was finished and she was giggling away, he siad she has great work ethic and they were playing basketball…does this sound like she was uncomfortable?
He should at least be commended for not breaking character!
Im going to take my old Vogue magazines rip them and lay them on the ground for my dog to pee on it.
Then I’ll recycle my newspapers.
@jo22
pls refer to my response to real mccoy.
@Tamila, thanks for clarifying how mags work for Grace.
@M-Daddy
Lol, the world is ending, maybe?
@Re
You know what, that’s the first time I had a discussion on Bossip without the unecessary cursing and invalid points. I’m not going to say any names….
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And doesn’t it feel good?
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@Tamila
I just sent them an email letter. I kept my militant side back but got my point across. LOL
@jo22, journalists like what? And read all of the above posts, not just Tamila’s. Open your eyes. I oppose the mag cover and I am far from bitter. I have no problem with sincere interracial dating.
Ignorance is bliss like a mother*****a’ (c) LANSKI
*out*
no prob
@Stronger than Ever
LOL DID ANYONE ELSE NOT READ THIS ONE FROM THE SWIRL KING…Look I am the first to admit, that we shouldn’t be making light of this conversation, but “The Swirl King” is a genius, a literary pioneer and connoisseur of the White Women
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Dawg you are joking right?
I don’t buy Vogue anyway. I am a big fashion head, but it really bothers me (I’m serious) when I open these mags and don’t see women of color. I won’t spend my money at all.
@Jahpson
Lol, take those to join my pile of vogues, I’m burning them in the fires of Hell right now.
@M-Daddy
Please ignore them two
@ m daddy. thanks boo!…. do you dig the Pistons? I love them as a basketball team…. but then again I love basketball. and of course i love the Chicago Bulls, being i am a Chicagoan and a stone hearted Air Jordan fan!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ Re
@M-Daddy
Lol, the world is ending, maybe
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Uh Ohh. I need to cash in my 401K LOL
Damn, are we about to get 500 posts up in here?
Well it’s topics like this that should have us talking so that’s great!
@ Stronger than ever lol
Boy Shut up lol! Encouraging that mess!
Good Afternoon (at least in Texas), y’all.
@WHOA!
@M-Daddy
Please ignore them two
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I’ll try
@Whoa….suck a ***** *****
@M-daddy…
lol of course but The Swirl King is hilarious
@Whoa
I know, right? Most of the time 500 + posts go to photos of Kim Kardashian
@M-Daddy
Building underground cellar as we speak….
@ms braided beauty
I dont like the Pistons boo, I guess because I’m a Lakers fan. I’ve never been a Bulls fan only a Jordan fan, just like I’m noe a Cavs fan Only a Lebron fan
@Stronger than Ever
I will after you get your tongue out of your man’s anus. Snap for the kids!
@M-Daddy
I mean how does The Swirl King come up with these comments..Man I’m at work and I can’t stop laughing. I get no work done, because The Swirl King is just too funny
M-DADDY OAKLAND’S FINEST (ALL SHADES OF BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL)
@WHOA!
@M-Daddy
Please ignore them two
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I’ll try
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I think it’s more than two. It’s like 8 or so personalities! LOL
@Whoa…
lol here we go, man why you got to start with me heffer, I was just minding my own business and you come in here with your snarl remarks.. Take your ***** down to shelter tonite, cause the weather man said there will be rain
@ Stronger than Ever
I guess he is a little entertaining in a distorted sort of way. LOL
342 and counting…..
@Stronger than Ever
As I recall I didn’t start anything with you, but you wouldn’t know that due to your short term memory loss. LOL
But let me haul my self to the shelter like you said
So do you eat ya mans a** out w/ peanut butter or jelly?
Aaaah let me stop! I don’t do cyber beef, so carry on, but by yourself.
don’t worry..Whoa sound like she need a giant ***** shoved down her throat! BIATCHHHHHHHH!
@ Txshawty…
Good afternoon…what’s good in the TX? What parts in the TX are you from, if you don’t mind me asking?
lmao…aaaw u got a ally.
You know my fellow black Americans totally amaze me. Here is the first time a black male ends up on the cover of a predominately white mag and albeit with a white woman(nothing unusual these days) and the first thing we can do is talk about how racially insensitive it is. WTF PEOPLE. Here are two people at the top of their game representing their craft and because some reporter needed to get a story in by cutoff felt like starting some ***** all of a sudden it is an issue. keep in mind their are no gorilla references on the cover or in the mag(i know i looked i ACTUALLY read the article). The only King Kong reference was made by the reporter…HMMMM. You can’t get a black person to snitch on one another when they commit a crime but oh hell let someone mention racial insensitivity and no one can shut up. The media does more to keep this crap going on than a little bit and we fall for it everytime. it is 2008 black people need to get a grip and quit cosigning the media everytime they something stupid.
@ Re
LMAO
Uh!!!! {Jumps up and down waving hands}
HELLLOO?!!!!!!!!! lol
I know I’m short, but dag, not THAT short!
JRiddles suffers from the cl*****ic case of Bi-racial angst. She is a fraud and only says things to prove her blackness. Instead she should suc*****b to the European blood running through her veins and flee the slums for the crescent quiet suburbs
@ m daddy…. hey boo! i love basketball as i said and i would never get upset b/c of what a person likes… some folks get mad when you dont like their team… of course i like the Bulls being from chi-town and i dont think too many folks dislike Air Jordan and you being a Cali guy … go Lakers!! I like that in you!
THANKS BLK PPL WHO RECONIZE THE COONING THATZ BEING SHOWN HERE AND A BIG ***** YOU TO YOU SELLOUT BLKS YOU NEED TO BE HUNTED DOWN AND ***** WHIPPED FOR BETRAYING YOUR RACE. YOUR IGNORANCE IS SETTING US BACK TO SLAVERY, YOU *****ING LIL MONKEYZ!
I swear the only LANSKI i know about..was that Jewish **********a that ran the Gambino family!
HOW can anyone tell you about Black history, and abut black sterotypes..when they are using a jewish name??
@Whoa
We can get as petty as you want…I can’t stand people who come at me, on here, fall back or be quiet
anyhoo, JRiddles and Tamila…keep on with the POSITIVE posts. That’s what’s up! Peace out!
@Sugar Walls
….now go wash ya ***** trick!
@Stronger than ever
Kumbaya…..
@m-daddy
reading my mind
@Stronger than Ever
@M-Daddy
I mean how does The Swirl King come up with these comments..Man I’m at work and I can’t stop laughing. I get no work done, because The Swirl King is just too funny
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And the funny thing is he actually beleives in what he says
Black people crack me up. Constantly seeking racism at every opportunity. The White man doesn’t hold you back. Black people do. It’s a shame really. Instead of celebrating a Black man on the cover, you continue to whine. That’s why other races don’t take you seriously and don’t acknowledge real acts of racism or discrimination when they happen.
You people need to focus on bettering yourselves.
@porterwayne757
Hey, I felt the same way, but I realized what the King Kong connection meant. The advertisement for King Kong, the movie, has the Guerilla holding a white maiden the EXACT same way LeBron is holding Gisele.
@$moK.E.Y.
@m-daddy
reading my mind
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Whats up Smoke? Reading your mind regarding what?
(SINGING IT ALLOWED)BEAUTY AND THE BEASTTTTTTT!!!!!
@ Notorious
Its a BEE-A-YOOTIFUL afternoon in D-town! Dallas, Tx, baby!
@ M-Daddy
Why you got to stir up that yella man Vs black man drama again? I love you as a brotha irregardless and don’t appreciate you cussing me. Black men should stay united and supportive.
*Reaches hand down to M-Daddy*
@RE
OH BTW GO CHECK OUT MY RESPOND TO UR COMMENT ON KIMORA AND DJIMON THREAD!!!!!
Jez people, it’s not best dressed, it’s best BODIES! They look awesome although Giselle has seen better days! They got us talking about it so they did something right! It’s memorable what every advertiser dreams of
@ porterwayne757
Amazing post. I agree completely. If Lebron had been standing with Gisele in a suit, then people would call him a sell out. If he was on the cover alone, then people would question why Vogue chose a man for a female magazine. You can’t win.
Black people, wake up. There are far more important issues that we have to deal with.
Take my pulsating swarthy ***** and impale her *****hole..Got damn I’m hornier than a mother*****a
@bria – It’s surprising that someone who would chose an image of Sojourner Truth to be their avatar would be so intent on keeping their head buried in the sand. It seems as though you simply decided to refuse to see the inherent racism at work here and are unwilling to alter that decision in light of the facts.
The problem isn’t with the image itself (not totally at least). It’s the fact the image was designed to reflect a scene from king kong. Have you seen both the image and the scene side by side? If you have then maybe the question is do you think that portraying a black man as a savage gorilla is ever appropriate?
While I agree that this kind of subtle racism is getting to be a little boring I don’t agree that you can simply decide it doesn’t exist just because you can’t be bothered to care.
@ porterwayne757…
“black people need to get a grip and quit cosigning the media everytime they something stupid.”
I don’t get it, so you’re saying we should ignore the subliminal messages being portrayed by this ad and as a result the negative racial connotations will go away? HUH?
@ Proud Republican
I think that if the magazine wanted to potray best bods they could have thought of another way to do it other than having Labron James posturing with a unit on his face likes he’s screaming like an animal. Black people better lift a voice against subliminal messages as this. The black beast and the white beauty; don’t like it.
lol
m-daddy
@Stronger than Ever
LOL DID ANYONE ELSE NOT READ THIS ONE FROM THE SWIRL KING…Look I am the first to admit, that we shouldn’t be making light of this conversation, but “The Swirl King” is a genius, a literary pioneer and connoisseur of the White Women
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Dawg you are joking right?
read my mind
@Txshawty,
I’m so jealous. It’s 45 degrees here in the GUHLOOMEE city of Washington, DC.
@ Damn Look At That White Girl
Watch your mouth, calling a white woman out of her name. No such crude language or base lust should be applied to the beautiful gifts she offers us.
I CANT WAIT FOR A RACE WAR THERE SOME SELLOUT BLKS IM LOOKING TO ABOLISH!!! *****ING TAP DANCING FOR THESE PECKERWOODS!!! (YOU BLK WOMAN) I DONT SEE THE PROBLEM WITH THE THE COVER ….GOOD! I WONT SEE NOTHING WRONG THE NEXT TIME THEY CALL YOU NAPPY HEADED HOES!
@WHOA!, take care and enjoy your weekend.
@ Txshawty…
Nuff BKNY love to ya’…HUGE Dallas Cowboys fan so I’m down in Dallas for a few of their games. Also have peeps in TX so I’m down there a few times a year.
@African King
Lol, yeah, I read it, I was hoping you would be on here so I could apologize. I don’t know why I was so riled up yesterday, but I see how my comment could have been interpreted differently. It’s all love here
whoa
yawnnnnnnnnn on you *****! Fall back *****! U can’t get mad because **********as don’t agree with you! SOME *****ie hopping *****es did..DAMN what the ***** do your dusty ***** want..the all of the bossip commentators to be on you?? ***** please! No matter what the ***** u say..he is on the cover, and he is getting paid! OK! thank you slimey *****
@ Re…
“I’m so jealous. It’s 45 degrees here in the GUHLOOMEE city of Washington, DC.”
You wanna be REALLY jealous then ask JRiddles what’s the temp where she’s at!! LOL
@SMOKEY
Lol i’m serious in enjoying The Swirl’s comments..Obviously I don’t agree with him, but I do think it is amazing he hasn’t broken character..
Let’s get over ourselves!!! “We” are always making things racial.
@ Ms. Sugar Walls & WHOA!
Can we just agree to disagree and keep it civil? Pretty please?
Damn Swirl King! We in this together. I’m just tryin to get my ***** sucked as you are.
I read the rest of that article and she brought up a good point…had it been Favre or Beckham or any other white athlete, they wouldnt have made them strike their best “beast” pose. they probably would have been posing some other way…not looking like something that got bit by a rabid squirrel, grabbing on to a white model like he’s about to throw her in the back of his SUV and make it do what it do.
@ Re
Awww I’m sorry boo! Its like 70-something out here, i think! Its gorgeous though! I hate that I’m in the building while its like this. Texas’ weather can be so fickle, however. I think its supposed to rain on Easter. I’m a big kid so that hurt my feeligns that I may not get to go Easter egg hunting. Last year I was pushing my lil bad butt cousin so I could get the egg lol! So terrible lol!
But he started it lol!
Damn everywhere i go all i see is fine ***** black women… big round booties , nice full lips , s*****y ***** walk and gorgeous faces, just cant get enough of my beautiful sistas!
lol @ Ms. Sugar Walls
Mar 21, 2008 – 12:41 pm Marquis de Sade
JRiddles suffers from the cl*****ic case of Bi-racial angst. She is a fraud and only says things to prove her blackness. Instead she should suc*****b to the European blood running through her veins and flee the slums for the crescent quiet suburbs
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There’s no biracial angst here. Did I ever describe to you my racial make up? I don’t think so. I say things from my heart, not to prove anything. I constantly have to explain to darker Blacks thatI’m Black too and I shouldn’t have to solely based on my appearance. Across Africa, before time and before mixing, all Blacks did not look the same.
Complexion has nothing to do with identity. I am Black and I have my opinions and that’s it. I never told you where I lived and you don’t knwo me. All you can do is judge me based on my comments.
I know you’re not who you say you are. You can’t be Marquis de Sade, but whoever you are and are pretending to be, just STFU, because you’re the fraud, not me!
@Jriddles
Notorious one asked me to ask you whats the temperature in your neck of the woods?
Nothing about this photo says King Kong and his lovely lady friend to me. I understand Ms. Hill was only doing her job with writing/critiquing an article…that’s it. Why is it that we automatically get defensive and view things as harmful or stereotyped to prevent us from moving forward and destroying our image. It’s not what people call you…it’s what you answer to. Now, I can only speak for myself on this but I wouldn’t have ever considered this photo looking like King Kong until I read Ms. Hill’s article. All I see is a star athlete and a model.
@ $moK.E.Y.
Ahhhhh!! I got cha
@LISA
On one hand you say “other races don’t take you seriously” and “black people crack me up” and “You people need to focus on bettering yourselves.” but on the other hand you imply that racism is not a severe problem in American society and it’s actually something that black people have been experiencing solely as a form of collective m***** hysteria.
I think if white people focused on bettering themselves the world in general would be a better place to live. I’m not going to give you examples of historical context to back that statement up because there are far too many and I also have the feeling that you would never be able to understand anyway.
Funny how they didn’t ask her man to pose like this with her..
Its a blatant stereotype and I see exactly the point that is being made here.. There is a picture floating around of a scene from the movie King Kong where Naomi Watts is dressed in a green dress just like Giselles and King Kong is holding her in his arm.. I’m sorry – but I se ewhere they are going with this.. I felt the same way when they ran that superbowl commercial last year of Nicollete Sheridan dropping her towel infront of T.O… Its a bad way for black men to be seen..
Black men need to pay better attention to the way they allow themselves to be portrayed in the media..
DUMB *****S
@damn look at that fine ***** black girl
lol your crazy, there is no such thing you speak of. The Negress can only be”decent” at best. “Fine” is embellishment.
@Txshawty
Lol, it’s all good, it was 70 last week. I don’t know why mother nature keeps playing games with my heart
RE said: “@African King
Lol, yeah, I read it, I was hoping you would be on here so I could apologize. I don’t know why I was so riled up yesterday, but I see how my comment could have been interpreted differently. It’s all love here ”
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Another group hug moment! I just love when differences in opinion can be respected amongst our beautiful, black PEOPLE which is INCLUDING our women lol {eyes Black to that bone lol} Its all love, brotha! (big smile, wink)
@ Stronger Than Ever
There’s no character to break. I live, breathe, eat and sleep the swirl. It is I and I am it. I have been given this glorious message and will testify and witness it at every given opportunity. I owe that to black men who lack the confidence.
*Reaches hand down*
ethang
@ porterwayne757
Amazing post. I agree completely. If Lebron had been standing with Gisele in a suit, then people would call him a sell out. If he was on the cover alone, then people would question why Vogue chose a man for a female magazine. You can’t win.
Black people, wake up. There are far more important issues that we have to deal with.
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i agree, and frankly confused.
I just dont understand racism. what is it exactly?
@Black to tha Bone AKA The Swirl King
@ M-Daddy
Why you got to stir up that yella man Vs black man drama again? I love you as a brotha irregardless and don’t appreciate you cussing me. Black men should stay united and supportive.
*Reaches hand down to M-Daddy*
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And again I must decline. Besides I dont hold hands with men. Barking up the wrong tree Brah
The writer is going overboard on this cover. One of the head editors at Vogue is an Africa-American male and I’m sure that there was no racial stereotyping involving in this cover. I’ve seen a lot of covers like this with rock stars, athletes, etc. Just take it for what is instead of reading too deeply into it.
@Notorious…no one asked, but it’s very breezy with some sun out…lol
@Ms. Sugar Walls, was I one of the *****ie hoppers?
@ SMDH
“Funny how they didn’t ask her man to pose like this with her..
Its a blatant stereotype and I see exactly the point that is being made here.. There is a picture floating around of a scene from the movie King Kong where Naomi Watts is dressed in a green dress just like Giselles and King Kong is holding her in his arm.. I’m sorry – but I se ewhere they are going with this.. I felt the same way when they ran that superbowl commercial last year of Nicollete Sheridan dropping her towel infront of T.O… Its a bad way for black men to be seen..
Black men need to pay better attention to the way they allow themselves to be portrayed in the media..”
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{wide-eyed at SMDH}
Wow. Actually Very well put, and no curse words this time.
{blink. tear.}
I’m loving it, y’all.
@ Notorious!
Uh-oh! I see you! Where about are do your friends stay?
@Black to tha Bone
Lol “I owe that to black men who lack the confidence.”
what type of confidence do we lack?
@ Txshawty
Hey boo whats up?
Is it me or does this photo remind you a little of the picture of king kong hold the white women in his hands? I’m just saying.
the cover dont make any sense…if they are glorifying athletic bodies…then why is Lebron in athletic gear and Giselle is in a gown. it would have made more sense if both of them had on athletic gear.
its a bad cover shot. with definitive racial undertones.
@Stronger than Ever.. haven’t seen you in forever man..how’s life.
@m-daddy good afternoon brah.
Who gives a flying *****!! Labron is a athelete!! hence the *****ing title of the Mag!! yall are looking for a story.
Get over the *****!!
Shout out to all my people on here..work banned the hell out of BOSSIP at work!! hahaha
@RE
apology accepted, it’s all good thou, i am also form DC the weather ain’t that bad thou!!! anyways have a good day!!!!!
@SMDH
I don’t know if you’ve had an imposter lately, but that is a great post. Cause there’s a bunch of posts from another SMDH calling black men coons
Oh@ Re, I typed that before you even asked lol.
@m-daddy
And again I must decline. Besides I dont hold hands with men. Barking up the wrong tree Brah
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LMAO LMAO
on point!
Hey what`s the problem he is standing .. I`m sorry holding on to one of the finest white women out there !! Nothing wrong with that !!! I bet cha she drinks latte`s and loves to ski… unlike a race of women … who I won`t name .. But here`s a clue … they won`t ski … because it will mess up there hair !! Wink .. Wink !!
I have an idea…how about Lebron can do whatever the fudge he wants to do. You guys act like he was tricked into this.
@dennis
Whats good brah? Long time
btw obama is leading in the superdelegate primary as we speak, men i am so proud of my brotherr!!! OBAMA 08
When I first saw this cover, I was like, cool! LeBron is on the cover of Vogue!! I also thought, wow! Couldn’t they have gotten a better photo instead of having him posing with his mouth hanging open like Jennifer Hudson’s atrocious cover for Vogue? And what is up with Gisele’s half jump/skip pose? They have a better photo of them that is in the mag that they could of used. I just thought the cover was ugly. But I never once thought, “animalistic”, “beastial” black man with white woman on arm.
I do believe that the people who are arguing the racial aspect of this cover have a point though. LeBron is only the third man on the cover and even though he is an athlete, couldn’t they have dressed him in a nice shirt, slacks and shined up shoes? The other two men (George Clooney being one of them and funny enough, he was posing with Ms. Gisele in a nice suit) were featured on the cover looking a bit more civilized, so couldn’t they do the same with LeBron??
Okay so he’s an athlete. If Tom Brady was the cover model, would Vogue have him up in his football gear with some black chick hanging off his arm? I highly doubt it. Vogue is a fashion magazine (and a highly respected one – for the most part) first. This is not Sports Illustrated.
@$moK.E.Y.
I try LOL
what is GOOD Notorious!!!! what is shaking???
M DADDY
what is good??
STRONGER than EVER
It is the truth
J RIDDLES
YOU did hop on her *****ies..quite a bit!
lol @ Jriddles….{in my Jeopardy voice} What is ‘hows the weather over there’? lol
@ M-Daddy…What it do, daddy?!
yeah that is what the article says…duh I’m a liitle off today people don’t mind me.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS?
Hold up……i had to look at the article again..I change what I said before..
THAT COVER IS RACIST AS HELL!!!!
Can someone explain how this cover is making ALL of black people look inferior?
don’t get caught up in this stuff i’m white and it’s white people making this stuff up and you jump on and get mad
don’t vogue
it’s a sports issue tiger woods is inside it’s just fashion it’s not a statement of king kong it’s just nothing it’s not mocking lebron at all he’s doing what he does ball..giselle is doing what she does..model it’s just simple like that
vogue’s editor at large is andre leon talley an african american man from the south with a big talent for fashion
look at british vogue with that guy with long hair on the cover it’s not racist
Stringer >Applaud<
I felt similar too. At first I was happy for the brother but 2nd look I realized what was being disguised.
Sugar Walls…how are you NOT gonna speak to me?! HUH?! lol We go waaaaay back to the secret honeycomb spot Bossip days lol
@ Ms. Sugar Walls
Hey ma sorry for the delayed response
WHOA!
I don’t buy Vogue anyway. I am a big fashion head, but it really bothers me (I’m serious) when I open these mags and don’t see women of color. I won’t spend my money at all.
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And that’s the best thing to do when you feel like a company is not representing you fairly…DON’T BUY THEIR PRODUCT!!! it’s that simple black folks spend & count for a large portion of the consumer dollar in America why should we put up with mediocrity and un parallel portrayals of the “black life”???
@Ms. Sugar…I take back my birthday wish and my compliment on your gravi…LOL, Nah, I speak for me…I don’t jump on *****ody’s *****. We just agree on this.
@Stringer Bell
Hold up……i had to look at the article again..I change what I said before..
THAT COVER IS RACIST AS HELL!!!!
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Yeah I can see why you would say that
@The Notorius PIMP
Whats up fam?
ANYONE READING THIS NEED A *****IN JOB. THIS IS LEBRON YEAR FOR MVP. HES GOING TO BE ON THE COVER OF MORE MAGAZINES WITH WHITE *****ES SO GET OVER IT.
@Tx, LOL I think u did that backwards:
$500 for How’s the weather down there.
What is BEAUTIFUL!
LOL…I dunno either.
I am sooooo sorry TSHAWTY
I am so sorry! (BOWING)
Maybe I’m wrong but it’s Andre Leon the fashion editor of Vogue?
And it’s he black?
So wouldn’t this kinda take away from the fact that Vogue is racist?
I’m soo confused…lol
Well I personally don’t see anything wrong w/ the cover…the only problem that I have is why Vogue would be doing a spread on ‘best bodies,’ when it’s focus for the last several decades has been about fashion? Is no one else confused by this? lol
Secondly, I think black people need to stop making ‘mountains out of mole hills,’ this is why no other race takes us seriously. It’s like we’re constantly crying wolf over the most stupidist, idiotic issues..and then when valid issues arouse…no one takes it seriously.
I am well aware of our history and where we came from, however, I don’t cry victim all the time b/c of my history!
But what I’m trying to still figure out is how people are equating our history to a simple magazine cover? King Kong? Are *****ing kidding me? There are much more serious issues brewing that require this type of energy…I think some of these bloggers need to redirect their attention..
Mar 21, 2008 – 1:14 pm Jahpson
Can someone explain how this cover is making ALL of black people look inferior?
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Keep them eyes open, okay! Now, the 17-year old from yesterday with the crack crumbs and the kids is just one person. SHe represents a larger group of people, but the minute someone purposely puts hisself in a position (mag cover) for the world to see, it again represents the larger group. If it makes him look inferior, people might not start calling my father King Kong, but it is a representation that will help some people *****ess all of us.
oh ok J riddles! I can’t get mad at you for agreeing with a wildabeast! I still have love for ya!
black women are the epitome of fineness, beauty and loveliness…. nothing any better.. if there is any better its their moms and sistas or other female relatives!!! gorgeous black ladies…. WORK IT !!!!
@Angel
Simple magazine cover and history aren’t exactly equal, but many ideas and incidents of our past are still reflected in today’s world. The continuation of enslavement occurs and is done so well that some don’t even know it or recognize it.
Also, you mentioned an AA editor and used that to prove that Vogue cannot possibly be racist. I spoke of many reasons why the magazine might be ethnocentric (and so did Tamila and others), so they can’t get a p***** b/c of one AA employee.
Also, him being AA does not mean that this magazine cover wasn’t meant to portray both LeBron and Gisele in a certain way.
@ m daddy…. still trying to fiqure out why i cant get your emails….. anyway i got your hand boo!
@Ms. Rudipoo Walls, take it easy ok. I still got love for you even tho u called me a *****y jumper!
Mar 21, 2008 – 1:28 pm damn look at that fine ***** black girl
black women are the epitome of fineness, beauty and loveliness…. nothing any better.. if there is any better its their moms and sistas or other female relatives!!! gorgeous black ladies…. WORK IT !!!!
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All women are beautiful! All men are beautiful! The Black woman just has something in her that is like no other, but women are special period.
@ JRiddles..lol…I probably DID do it backwards lol! It always kinda confused me to have answers pop up first lol!
@ms braided beauty
There must be a glitch
Boy this is thought provoking. When I first saw the cover, I didn’t like it. I didn’t, however put the King Kong, white girl image together.
Vogue is the best when it comes to fashion magazines and I believe whoever; was trying to show the best of the best in their perseptive area. Having both people dressed according to field to which they represent the best.
@ JRiddles
All women are beautiful! All men are beautiful! The Black woman just has something in her that is like no other, but women are special period
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Ive been saying the exact same thing forever.
good afternoon everybody.. happy good friday!!
we are out own worst enemy.
@ JRiddles!!
wow, what an explanation. ok, got it!!
FRAGGIN-ALCKLE BULL IS THIS
@White_Chick
Good afternoon
@ m daddy…….. yeah maybe it is a glitch…. but on the subject of beautiful women, of course all women are beautiful i just feel that black women are hated on by so many different races including our own so giving props to my own is long overdue, especially since we have the features that are so copied by other races. like other races do of their own i will give credit to my race first and foremost!!!!
@ White_Chick…Hey girlie! Happy Good Friday to you too!
@ Sugar Walls…you know I love you, even when you neglect me lol!
WE ARE OUR OWN WORST ENEMY. LIKE MOST BROTHERS HE COULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THIS CLOSE TO A WHITE WOMAN OF THIS CL***** IF HE DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY. HE HAS A SMALL FOREHEAD, THAT’S WHY HE COVERS IT UP ALL THE TIME.
@FINEASWINE.. U BACK IN THIS *****ERY?? LOL…
Ahh…well it is very possible that Vogue did set it up this way. Think about it who reads Vogue…maybe it is some kinda mental scare tactic they are trying to use to scare the female readers away from black men. Any way when I look at the photo I only see a big basketball player and a super skinny model whose face looks a little weird.
I read the full article.I still think Ms. Hill is making a big deal over nothing.Does she say anything if in that pose he’s holding NAOMI CAMPBELL? Doubt it.For me this is one of those THREE SIDED COIN ISSUES.While I don’t think it’s a big deal…I THINK MS. HILL WAS RIGHT TO BRING IT UP .If I were having a casual conversation with someone-especially someone White about the cover…I would bring up a lot of her points.Would Vogue put TOM BRADY in his uniform…or a nice Armani suit to pose next her? I would then come to the realization that it’s just another stinkin’ fashion mag.What Ms. Hill does’nt mention is that unlike in past decades…THERE ARE NUMEROUS BLACK OWNED MEDIA OUTLETS LIKE BOSSIP.(you guys are BLACK OWNED-right?)More suitable images can be seen if you wish.Also worth pointing out here is that WHITE OWNED MEDIA OUTLETS STEREOTYPE WHITES TOO.Not always positively.
I was not appalled by the picture however, I definitely understand where the author of the article is coming from…someone mentioned earlier, what excuse would be used if the man was Boris Kodje pictured with Gisele…well I’m sure if Boris Kodjoe was pictured he wouldn’t have a basketball in his hand….also the picture is taking Lebron and the whole basketball thing to the extreme….why not give this picture an even playing field and show Gisele in some over the top model pose with extra make up, etc….
@ FineAsWine
Hello. How are you?
THE SAD PART ABOUT IT, IS HE DID NOT HAVE TO GO DOWN TO THIS LEVEL. I COULD SEE IF HE WAS HOMELESS AND NEEDED THE MONEY. BUT I THINK IT WAS NOT IN GOOD TASTE FOR HIM TO ALLOW HIMSELF TO BE PORTRAYED THIS WAY.
FAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
after reading the entire article on ESPN and then seeing the cover the writer and some of you Bloggers have a valid point.
then i thought some more and i think this
What is Lebron thinking?
Homie is thinking “…At the end of the day I give a less f–k cause I still getting paid, and what’s a weak magazine cover when I can sh*t a million out my ***** for just being the best in the league..”
yea this fool don’t care, ain’t even trippin’
Amen! Vogue is still locked in that ignorant mindset and need to be put on blast for spreading more racist stereotypes. Moreover King James needs a reality check, a history lesson or something. It’s just ignorant and distasteful!
is it really that serious
@ Ms. Sugar Walls…
Things are good here. Hoping we can keep the peace on Bossip
@Donovan….Yes…I see it. You are very correct. Vogue should be ashamed.
I think it’s sad that all everyone could talk about is a cover of some damn magazine. How about everything that’s going on in the world. At the end of the day the motherf*ckers getting paid.
It’s a sad world we live in today.
Tracy
Ahh…well it is very possible that Vogue did set it up this way. Think about it who reads Vogue…maybe it is some kinda mental scare tactic they are trying to use to scare the female readers away from black men.
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interesting concept.
wonder what the readers think in the comments section of the mag in next month’s mag?
@ Nanny
THE SAD PART ABOUT IT, IS HE DID NOT HAVE TO GO DOWN TO THIS LEVEL. I COULD SEE IF HE WAS HOMELESS AND NEEDED THE MONEY. BUT I THINK IT WAS NOT IN GOOD TASTE FOR HIM TO ALLOW HIMSELF TO BE PORTRAYED THIS WAY.
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I really dont think he knew what the final outcome to the cover would be. I’ve been following Lebron since he was a freshman in high school. I’m always on rivals.com trying to see who the next phenom will be in the future. When Lebron was a senior they did alot of interveiws with him because he was so great at what he does. But this man is very humble and appreciates any and every thing that comes his way. So I believe he did the article because he was flattered to be named one the best athletic bodies out
@ Brother M…
“The Notorius PIMP Whats up fam?”
What’s good fam? Now you know not to say that cause you know some peeps gonna take that literal!! LOL
@NotoriousOne
I’m with you on the peace brah
@ tj said to some lost soul:
“if you are so enthralled with white women why are you on here telling black women about it”
LOL
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This image is in poor taste design-wise and socially. It is simply not an attractive cover.
Lebron does not look like himself and Gisele (who is technically not white-see her family-she’s the what we used to call “the bright one”) doesn’t look nice or pretty for that matter. The dress is ust not anything special and they could have styled Lebron better.
The syle of dress and pose is a bit King Kongish and this is simply is an age old streotype in America.
Somehow the media always know how to style David Beckham in his best light.
This image is an insult to both Lebron’s and Gisele’s beauty and intergrity.
And whoever styled was consciously or unconsciously influenced by racist image theory such as King King and Mandingo, basically the big black man capturing the tiny “white” woman.
I’m surpised this image made it on the cover of Vogue. Tacky most of all in my opinion.
@ NotoriousOne
Hey bro I call it like I see it LOL
Why are all of you giving Vogue a p***** because they have a black editor? So what! That’s exactly what “they” expect – since they have and african-american editor, they can do any cover they want – even if it has racial undertones!
Are you **********as crazy? Theres nothing racist about that cover or that photo shoot, of course you can tell a black woman wrote that article because she wishes it was her fat ***** in Lebrons arms and not some fine ***** worlds highest paid supermodel (and believe me that ***** is fine!)
When are you black women gonna get over the fact that we black men are attractive to other races of women? We dont have to sit there and listen to your complaints and bull***** 24/7, and why would we, if youre a righteous attractive sista with a good head on her shoulders we’re gonna worship you , support you, love you and provide for you, If youre some ***** talkin’ do nothing all day, foot draggin’ fat ***** with kids and a nappy ***** weave we’re hoppin’ that fence and going to the other side………..***** is just that *****in’ simple! *****es get a clue!
Love 6am
I thought the mag cover was fine and clever. No racism here imho. Some people are reading into it a little too deeply. Lebron is an accomplised superstar with or without the ring. I think he (in the photo) captures what basketball and style is all about.
@ Brother M…
“I really dont think he knew what the final outcome to the cover would be.”
You’re right, I don’t think he knew what the final outcome would be. But I guarantee you that as he gets older and he gets schooled by the likes of Michael Jordan, he’s going to understand that his image IS his livelihood. Individuals like Will Smith, Michael Jordan, Oprah…have come to understand that which is why they keep a tight lid on their image and how its portrayed.
UGH its not that serious people.
LOOK AT THIS PICTURE OF JENNIFER HUDSON ON VOGUE AND TELL ME VOGUE ISN’T RACIST!!!
IT SEEMS LIKE THEY TRY TO DEPLICT ALL THE ANIMALISTIC TRAITS OF BLACKS.
LOL…you all are so tired. Why is it necessary to read anything into this.
Oh well nothing I can do about it. Hmmm what to do now. Guess I’ll go make some sweet lovin to my porcelain white girlfriend.
@NotoriousOne
You’re right, I don’t think he knew what the final outcome would be. But I guarantee you that as he gets older and he gets schooled by the likes of Michael Jordan, he’s going to understand that his image IS his livelihood. Individuals like Will Smith, Michael Jordan, Oprah…have come to understand that which is why they keep a tight lid on their image and how its portrayed
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Exactly, my point. Right now Lebron is just giving his self to the public. Not for personal gain but because he honors requests. I see him during games shaking peoples hands in the front row stands, he appreciates his fans. He must learn that the same people that love him can easily turn on him overnight so he really has to be careful.
@ Notorious
I don’t think you saw it earlier, but um…I asked where do you friends in Texas stay??
@ M-Daddy, I agree. I’ve been a LeBron fan since he was at Saint Vincent Saint Mary, and he was just the type of guy that was just happy to have an opportunity. With that being said, while I’m not feeling the cover too much, I don’t believe he was aware of the ramifications. He just has to be careful who and what he allows to portray him. There has to be a balance between doing what satisfies you and the image you put out there. Alot of our entertainers need to understand that although they didn’t sign up to be role models, the public view (whether they be by children, other adults, or the media) comes with the territory. You take the good with the bad and recognize that you are on a pedistal whether or not you like it.
stop crying bossip, when ur ***** called djimon, amistad repeatedly no one compained especiall we africans, know you are whinning about this little issue. go have a cup of tea and relax it ain’t that serious period!!!!!!!
@6am
I think Black Women as a whole would be stupid to think that the Black Man is not attracted to others races and other races not attracted to him….the problem is you need to pay close attention to how you are being portrayed unless you could care less if you are playing the part of Mandingo….and if that’s the case then do your slave thing…whatever…and your references to Black Women always being overweight and wearing weave and collecting a check are really old and tired….do us all a favor and say something new and insiteful…or at the least come up with a new list of references regarding what the Black Woman is or isnt’t
@ notorious and m-daddy! True true. He’s learning as he goes! I still love LeBron (although we can never be because he’s cheated and had two children lol!!!!) and he’s still one of my favorite players, he’ll weather the storm.
@ M.DOT! {squints eyes} Is that you?!
HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ African King
i have to agree, calling djimon ‘Amistad’ is pretty wrong, lol….seriously though.
@ Brother M…
“so he really has to be careful.”
Exactly, be careful and control his image. Again, Michael Jordan would never consent to something like this because it’s all about image.
I luvs me some white *****. Black ***** stank.
THERE IS JUST A FEW PEOPLE ON HERE WHO ACTUALLY SAY SOMETHING SMART. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE. HE IS A BIG STRONG MASCULIN MAN AND SHE IS A THIN MODEL-IT-GIRL. THEIR PERSONALITIES ARE JUST CAPTURED IN A INTENS WAY ON THIS COVER, I SEE NOTHING WRONG OR RACIST WITH IT.
I AM WHITE AND MY BOYFRIEND IS AFRICAN, WE LIVE IN EUROPE AND WE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED RACISM OR MAYBE WE JUST DON’T CARE. BUT SOME OF YOU PEOPLE PUT SO MUCH INTO THIS COVER AND THE SAD PART IS THAT YOU GET NOTHING OUT OF IT, BUT THESE TWO WERE PAYED $$$$$ TO DO THIS.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU HATE, PEOPLE OF ALL RACES WILL STILL GET TOGETHER, BE FRINEDS, LOVERS, GET MARRIED AND LIVE THEIR LIVES AND IGNORE YOUR HATE.
YOU AMRICANS REALLY HAVE ISSUES.
WHO REALLY CARES. GET OVER IT. AND GET A LIFE IT IS COVER. HOW ABOUT TRYIG TO UP LIFT LEBRON AND SAY THAT IS GOOD HE IS THE FIRST BLACK MA TO COVER VOGUE AND NOT BRING HIM DOWN.
@ Txshawty…
Some of my peeps are out in Galveston, Houston and a few other parts that I can’t remember right now.
@ Txshawty
Exactly. You see what they did to Vick. Yeah he made a terrible mistake, but before he did the dog thing people loved him, after everything was said and done they crucified him. You would have thought he raped the Presidents daughter
Aiight peeps. I’m OUT! Have a good Friday and Happy Easter. PEACE!
@European Girl
you are certainly entitled to your opinion however I don’t feel that Giselle’s persona is fully captured here…now if you had Lebron how he is on the cover and Giselle doing a fierce model pose ala Benny Ninja, decked out in a couture outfit and make up then the pic would make more sense
Bye Notorious! Have a good Easter
@txshawty
im glad you feel me, djimon was not even a slave, if bossip could have called someone like david chapelle amistad, that will be cool!!! LOL
@ M-Daddy, true.
M-Daddy what is the matter with you? You need a pair of pom poms and a mini-skirt because you’re a cheerleader on tippy toes to support these ghetto thug “athletes”. Lebron James is a thug baller and Michael Vick an ignorant cruel s*****bag. Shame on you for making excuses for such buffoons.
I will call out our sick poisoned culture.
Anonymous3 – the fire sign
WELL I CAN FEEL YOU ON THAT TO SOME POINT. BUT I SEE IT LIKE THIS. IF THESE TWO WANT TO BE SEEN LIKE THIS LEAVE IT TO THEM. ANYONE WITH A DECENT IQ WONT JUDG ALL BLACK PEOPLE BECAUSE SOME MAKE STUPID CHOICES. THESE CELEBRITIES AND ATHLETES ARE NOT SMART AND DON’T HAVE MUCH EDUCATION, MAKING MONEY IS WHAT IS IN THEIR HEAD.
@ african king
lol…yea I feel where you’re coming from, because djimon is a powerful actor and to reduce him to ‘Amistad’ (although that is a GREAT movie lol) is just unfair. He has an impressive repetoire than to just limit him to that one movie.
tell me it’s real!!!!
@NotoriousOne
happy Easter playa give your shortie a pound for me
I AGREE WITH THE LAST FEW POST POSTED. MY SON’S FATHER PLAYED AGAINST LEBRON DURING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AND THOUGH THEY WERE OPPONENTS HE ALWAYS KNEW THAT LEBRON WAS GONNA BE THAT NEXT BIG THING AND AN EXCELLENT MODEL FOR OUR YOUNG BLACK YOUTH.(ESPECIALLY IS CLEVELAND,OH). THAT’S HOW I KNOW THAT LEBRON WASNT FULLY AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON HE PROBABLY FELT HONORED TO BE ASKED TO GRACE THE COVER OF VOGUE.HOWEVER BEING THAT HE IS GRESTLY LOOKED UP TO BY SO MANY BLACK YOUTH HE HAS TO KINDA NOT BE SO NAIVE. IM SURE IF HE WOULD HAVE *****YZED THE DIRECTION OG THE SHOOT AND REALLY PAID ATTENTION TO WHERE THEY WERE GOING WITH IT HE WOULD’VE EITHER TURNED DOWN THE OFFER OR SPOKE UP ABOUT IT. BUT I TRULY DONT THINK HE WAS JUST BEING “IGNORANT” (TO IGNORE THE FACTS) I THINK HE JUST DIDNT KNOW THE FACTS YA KNOW.
stop hating on king james i dont see you hatin on clinton loving chicken george 50cent taking all these pictures with gm exec pushing pontiacs i guess now he is a corporate thug!
@txshawty
come to think of it, i have never seen that movie thou!!!! maybe i should go get it, i am not a big fan of slave movies, it makes me cry. yes men do cry too!!!! eg root, that part “WHAT IS UR NAME BOY” TOBYYYYYYY men i won’t lie, i cried thou LOL.
@ The fake 6am & Marquis
Hey *****hole, there’s an unwritten rule and certain cyber etiquette that you need to adhere to: STOP THE NAME JACKING! It’s not cool. Create your own screen persona/legend. Btw, The real 6am is Japan for the next week or so and announced that he wouldn’t be posting for a while. I reiterate, if you have a problem with my comments or anyone else that you’ve namejacked, then be a man/women and create an original username and take me/us to task. Your constant namejacking ruins the integrity of your fellow bloggers opinions and views. CUT IT OUT!
white ***** stank like dead animals.. looks like a wet raw chicken, plus its blad head like a mug!
establishedat20
WELL IF THAT IS THE CASE, HE CAN SUE VOGUE… IT’S AMERICA!!!
I THINK IT IS SAD THAT THIS COVER CAUSES SO MUCH DRAMA. IF IT WAS A MAN AND A WOMAN OF SAME COLOUR THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM.
@ m daddy… happy easter to you. ENJOY THE WEEK_END!
Aside from it looking like Gorillas in the Mist, it’s a bad photo. Period. There were other, more flattering, photos to choose from. Cuz Gisele is looking a hot mess as well – on that cover.
@Anonymous3, Its obvious you didnt read what I typed, I said that ***** pertains to ***** talkin’ broke lonely fat *****es, Any black woman with any kind of head on her shoulders would have seen that. Give me a sista with a job, fine, slim-regular size with real hair and no kids and I’ll take care of her for the rest of her life.
@Black, yet very well educated
M-Daddy what is the matter with you? You need a pair of pom poms and a mini-skirt because you’re a cheerleader on tippy toes to support these ghetto thug “athletes”. Lebron James is a thug baller and Michael Vick an ignorant cruel s*****bag. Shame on you for making excuses for such buffoons.
I will call out our sick poisoned culture.
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Hoe do you know that Lebron is a so called Thug? What has he done to make him a Thug? Has he shot anybody at a night club? Has he even looked like he was going to fight anyone on the court? Has he made it rain on any strippers causing innocent bystanders to get hurt? I do agree Vick was very wrong what he did that alot of black people have been and still are doing, fighting dogs I dont think I would consider him a S*****bag but thats your opinion. I’m not going to comment about your personal attack towards me because again thats your opinion and you are most certainly entitled to it
@Black, yet very well educated
opps I meant to start off my response with how. I wasnt calling you a hoe
I didn’t find this ad on the cover of vogue to be offensive or racist. I just see lebron james and gisele posing on a cover of Vogue.For one thing, it is a rarity to even see a black man on such a magazine, so for me it was something different.I personally dont read Vogue, because I enjoy reading EBONY, ESSENCE, and JET. Its all good to me. Some people just need to lighten up a little, and be a little more open minded.
@txshawty
come to think of it, i have never seen that movie thou!!!! maybe i should go get it, i am not a big fan of slave movies, it makes me cry. yes men do cry too!!!! eg root, that part “WHAT IS UR NAME BOY” TOBYYYYYYY men i won’t lie, i cried thou LOL.
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{pats African King on the back}
Its okay to cry. Not TOO much, but its okay lol! That movie will hurt you a bit though. It made me mad lol…It doesn’t take much to evoke an emotion out of me in a movie unless the movie is wack and the actors suck lol.
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white ***** stanks also said:
white ***** stank like dead animals.. looks like a wet raw chicken, plus its blad head like a mug!
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^^^lol what in THEEEEEE heck?! lol y’all are wild
@ Momo
I was peeping that too! Gisele is usually pretty to me, and I didn’t care for NEITHER her or LeBron in this picture. Perhaps they should have opted for the extra frames?? Tyra even awards the winner of a challenge on ANTM with those lol
The last thing I thought was that this had racist connotations…..maybe that’s why I’m so out of touch with that. As far as if I want to make an issue out of it, not really.
mexicans fight dogs all the time and they fight chickens too!
“opps I meant to start off my response with how. I wasnt calling you a hoe”
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@ M’daddy
lol! WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY TO ME! I know it was a typo but I heard it in my head, and literally laughed out loud. I’m glad you clarified that. I was like, ‘That dont’ sound like MY m-daddy’! lol
that’s the whole point….unfortunately the cover has been reduced to a race thing…where Lebron looks like he is overacting and being reduced to mouth and muscles where Giselle is being portrayed as the Lilly White (Brazilian)girl who appears to be skipping through a field of daisies…..shoot they could have had her standing in her used to Victoria secrects pose with both hands on hips…legs slightly apart…
afrcan king
stop crying bossip, when ur ***** called djimon, amistad repeatedly no one compained especiall we africans, know you are whinning about this little issue. go have a cup of tea and relax it ain’t that serious period!!!!!!!
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PREACH HOMIE!…
Not only did/does BOSSIP play the AMISTAD card.They then went on a STEREOTYPICAL riff about HIS PACKAGE…and how KIMORA must be gettin’ done right.I did’nt take offense…but I just know if some OTHER publication had made the same reference what we would be dealing with.BTW…BOSSIP Mr.Honsou has a rather popular movie out in theaters now.Amistad was AGES AGO.
lmao at that wet chicken comment and bald head as a mug. lol……………………… I dont want no more chicken thank you!!
I believe “Lisa” said it best…
I agree that this is a bad cover…just bad photos of both of them!
LOOK CLOSELY…It actually looks like they weren’t together when these photos were taken. Lebron probably took his pic on “Thursday and Giselle took hers on “Friday” and then they put them together…LOL
Strongest of them All
Jamele Hill of ESPN wrote the story. A black female..I wonder if this is a case of her disliking the fact that a “white” Giselle is in his arms??
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@Strongest of them all
I’m not sure that anyone, including the writer, cares that he’s posing with Giselle (who is not white by the way, but Brazilian!)
Gisele only dates successful, rich white men, i.e. Leonardo diCaprio. She’s currently with that fine-*****, Tom Brady, the New England Patriots’ QB.
If anything, the writer should be only “slightly” concerned that LeBron James is stereotypically pictured as an out-of control, animalistic, black ape!
I AM BACK SORRY YALL HAD TO GO TO DA CORNDA STORE…LOL
@WHITE CHICK- HOW THE *****ERY ***** ARE YOU
@M-DADDY-(IN MY BEST SEX-IITEN VOICE) HEYYYY MMMMMMMMMMMM-DAAAADDY
@ TXSHAWTY…..SHAWTY MAKE IT WORK IT OUT WORK IT OUT WORKIT OUT!!
WELL CAN’T YOU ALL SEE THAT VOGUE GOT WHAT THEY WANTED?? FASHION MAGAZINES HAVE TO SCHOK AND DO SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE US TALK AND THAT IS WHAT THEY GOT.
*looks at the screen this site is COMEDY* So if they put Venus or Serena Williams on the cover with Tom Cruise, or George Clooney would it matter then?
@ Marquise Sidekick..It seems that you have only been around a certain type of black women or just feed into the stereo types that you see on tv and movies. Not only do I ski but I also snowboard. I travel all over the world with friends to do so. I have fun and I don’t care about how it may or may not mess up my hair. Anzen dai-ichi I always say. By the way why are you a sidekick do you not have your own personality to stand alone? Just saying.
Fit-n-Fab….lol…it doesn’t mesh lol…Gisele usually takes good photographs, but something is off in the face here lol…and the hand LeBron is grasping her with is not fully around her waist lol…like he’s holding onto something else or using his imagination….(photographer) “picture Gisele’s riiiiight there! Eh Close enough” lol
@TXS D-D-D-DID YOU HEAR ME..LOL
The black people in this thread saying its not that serious are breaking my heart. White people have truly done a number on black people if ya’ll think this is coincidental
Gisele Bundchen is not white she’ll Brazilian
@ Tracy…. you dont have to prove what you do as a black woman , a lot of black women do things that white women do….. who cares to each their own … if you dont ski that doesnt make you a bad person.. white people bungie jump and i dont .. but i dont have to prove it to marquis side kick *****!
Is my gravatar working right?
TXSHAWTY
lol u funny thou!!! anyways enjoy the weather, i was in dallas last yr, not trying to be ignorant, but its more white conservative and boring, i had to take my ***** to houston were it rocked hard!!!!!!
But I think they were together on this photograph, because there’s another photograph in this issue of Vogue and they’re posing together. I don’t think they did it separately, despite how it appears.
@AMBER
IT DONT LOAD THAT FAST..GRAVATAR BE HAVING ITS SETBACKS.. JUST BE PATIENT
@TRACY:
That brief description of a slice of your life has me a tad envious.I always wanted to learn how to ‘board.I now have a clothing company that I’m aiming toward that action/xtreme sports crowd.I’m hoping it will force me to learn the sport.What’s your day gig when you’re not carving powder?
@ Momo..I second that! She is looking a hot mess and she is a beautiful girl. I believe Vogue purposely made this picture look this way making that guy seem like an animal and the woman as a damsel in distress. Very sad that here it is 2008 and the media continues to vilify black people in this way. So sad so very sad that so many people don’t see it and don’t care.
@ WPSA
NO it don’t. It has that nice light sweet musky smell that makes a man wanna EAT/POUND for days. Black ***** smell like rotten fish covered in nappy jungle wool. Who want to go down on ***** like that.
@ TXSHAWTY
CALLING A LIL TEXANS!!!
CALLING A LIL TEXANS!!!
I DID “FINALLY SPEAK” I SAID I HAD TO GO TO THE CORNDA STO…LOL
HELLO EVERYONE, BLACK, WHITE, SPANINSH, WHATEVER RACE YOU ARE.
i am reading some of your comments and i really dont get it …how do you guys comes up with all this stuff just by looking at magazine cover.
These people on the cover on vogue magazine, do you guys really think that if they should by accident bum into this website like i did and read all this nonsense, they would probable think that y’all are crazy, they dont care.
There is so so much much more that is going on in the world today, so much and look what people waste their time on. INCREDIABLE move on from racism its so so so old
@FineAsWine*****Wizzo is FAN-TAS-TA-RAS-TIC SCRATCH MY AZZ PUH-LEASE U KNOW U KNOW ME!!
whats up fam!!!!! thanks for the drink thou lolllll imm buy u a drink soon. peace
LMAO @ Shawty.
@ Tracy – right. Choose to ignore it if you want to! I’m not easily offened by stuff, but this pic is definitely worth a thousand words.
@AFRICAN KING
I ALREADY GOT YOU!! JACK AND *****E CHILLED ANDA WAITING FOR YOU BOO
@ African King….man who were you down here with?! lol…It depends on who you’re with and where you go, honestly! But I hear you, hon! I have family down in H-town.
@ Tracy….well you better go then girl! Shoot with you Chocolate Snow Bunny self! lol…I wish I could learn to do that, but I’d look pretty..ahem…’special’ if I tried to have on my snowboarding gear here in TX, lol.
@ FAW! {bounching to the beat of you singing my name) Yea I heard you, my stupid computer was acting a fool! lol @ you going to the corner store…did you bring anything back for me??? (big innocent smile) HUH?! HUH?!
TGIF!!! EVERYBODY
INCREDIABLE move on from racism its so so so old
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yeah, why dont we just ignore everything that’s “old” – let’s just scrap history all together! boooooooooooo
@ Alicia w. Oh I know I don’t have to prove anything to him. I want him to realize that maybe his views of black women are based on what he sees right in front of him. And that it is him with the problem…apparently HE doesn’t get out and do much because if he did than he would see that not only are black women living life but we are also doing great things to make a difference in the way we are viewed as a whole. No believe me he doesn’t make or brake my day his ignorant comments only make me laugh and proves his ignorance after all…he’s a sidekick so what does he know! Lol
lol @ FAW ….I’m here lol @ you continuously trying to get my attention…my computer was acting up! lol
@ momo… I thought I was the only one who did the ‘looking behind me to see who was being addressed’ double-take at that comment. Racism is not a fashion trend, it will always be ‘in style’ as long as there are hateful people.
I love my sistas but Jriddles should take her pic down..eww
@ Txshawty..It’s fun! I love it all the gear is crazy. It is amazing what they sell to keep you safe out on the slopes! I like to snowboard more than anything it makes me feel hard core. I wear my Ipod and listen to rock or rap when I do. It’s fun you should try it if you go on a vacation where there is snow. You can rent the gear at a local shop or rec center. And it is crazy to see a bunch of little kids like 3 and 4 skiing and snowboarding. It’s fun.
@TXS
KICK THAT COMPUTER!!! OR TAPE A WIRE HANGER ON THE SIDE OF IT….U KNOW WE CAN RIG SOME ISH UP!!
AND ABOUT GETTIN YOUR ATTENTION:I CANT LET MY TOO SHORT TEXANS DOWN……
No…you know what? I would like to rephrase that because every instance of racism is not always blatantly hateful but also comes from lack of knowledge.
So Racism will always be in style as long as there exist IGNORANT people.
@ AFRICAN KING
I AM GLAD YOU THINK IM CUTE (KISSES YOU ON THE FOREHEAD, AND HANDING YOU SOME MORE TO DRINK)LOL
@MONO
excatly “HISTORY” meaning old …..
why keep dewelling in the past
when is gonna stop
I co-sign JRiddles all day! And to the person that said “Americans Must Really Have A Problem” its not that they have a problem its just history and what this stereo typical image represents. I think Lebron is a young man I also seen him on ET shooting this he seemed unaware of what impact this could have on ppl, maybe if he knew he wouldnt have done it this way. I would like to hear what he has to say now, I mean since he is the first Black Male to appear on their cover maybe he should have given more thought and requested what he would like to do instead or in a different way like portray himself in a more positive but still business image. I understand the concept of what the basic idea was of the “athlete and model” but how it was done was purposely in the image of the “Savage black beast and the Innocent pretty white woman”. It’s controversial and all this we doing here is why it sells.
AMEN Shawty!
The cover displays what they both are, rich and great at what they do. Stop reading so much into things that are not there. Black folks always looking for something. ***** think positive for once….
M-Daddy, your inability to hold a civil conversation is typical of our sick poisoned culture. I see that these thugs are your role models.
But I do love black ***** in my mouth
@ African King
Boy shut up! lol…Why don’t you like JRiddles’ picture? I think she’s pretty!
@ Tracy…That sounds so fun! I can see me now *SWISH SWISH* {does the long ski pose} {snaps out of my daydream} Yea! I wanna do that! {Puts on my things to do checklist}
I was made fun of as a child…
looks just like king kong
The taste of white ***** fills me with an unxeplainable joy and extacy that rocks the very heavens. God is great!
@African King
Boy you just sound like some scrumptious. can I taste you?
@alicia w
mexicans fight dogs all the time and they fight chickens too!
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I know boo I was just making a point LOL
@oreo
I agree 100percent..The white ***** is a magnificent creation and was executed with flawless design..BRILLIANT!
“I’m tall, dark, handsome and wickedly intelligent so you WOULD want me”
not if ur dark, many women wouldnt want u. light skinned boys are back in style.
Mexicans are devils and should be burnt on sight
@TXSHAWTY……….
LEAVE AFRICAN KING ALONE!! STAT
I HAVE VASELINE AND I AM READY TO USE IT!!!
ding dong
@w.w.
don’t divide our community with inter-galactic power struggles
@everybody…most of yall are all making really good points. HOWEVER, I am disturbed that so many people are looking so deep into this magazine cover. To be honest, if I had never come one here and read the post and went to the store and saw the magazine, I would have glanced only and moved on. This is because LJ is not attractive to me and I don’t give two *****s about Giselle. I would not have been in shock or in awe and I surely would not have thought about racism or LJ’s image. He has on workout clothes and a ball in his hand. I know he plays ball and she models and it IS a fitness issue so it looks about right. After reading some of the really good comments on this cover and its regard to racism, I still don’t see how its racist. I still don’t get how the long comment posters are even thinking this hard about this. I don’t see how this is going to “tarnish” LJ’s image. Of all the really good comments that I’ve read about this, I haven’t read one that really justifies this cover as being racist. But you know what? It’s Easter this Sunday. Who all is going to church?
Please understand that a hoodlum is posting as me. Although I was teased as a youth, I was always “Carlton Banks”, oh I heard all the ignorant jibes.
I don’t believe white women’s bodies to be better than black ones. Now their minds and intellect is another matter. There I have found them superior. I am a keen fan of white cultures.
@The Rest of M-Daddy’s facial hair
Mexicans are devils and should be burnt on sight
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AWWWWWW HELLL NO IF I WAS A MAN I WOULD WHOOP OUT MY ***** AND SLANG IT AGAINT YOUR “WISHING YOU CAN SUCK IT” HEAD
!!!
@African King
Boy you just sound like some scrumptious. can I taste you?
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^^^^^^^^^^^^ Oh lawd! I’ve been swagger-Jacked! lol
THAT WAS NOT, SHAWTY! lol…Look at the name, they capitalized the ‘S’ in shawty and read my posts…because I don’t! lol
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW. I’m important enough to be swagger jacked lol!
HEY CUZ!!! I AM BACK
Marquise De Sade
No can do !!! U are the originator and the a unique and well thought out thinker and poster… It`s our job too get out yours and a ( Little bit ours ) point of view !!! Thanks 1st Marques for giving life to our gravs !!!
hey we got some imposer in here!!! someone facked my screen name pretending to me saying jriddle is not fine. i dont even know who jriddle is????? that imposer is a little b&&tch
It is really scary how clueless young black America is. When I saw the cover I thought something was strange about it and not because one is black and the other is white. Then someone posted old advertisments for the original King Kong and they are damned near exactly the same. Go look at them. Oh I forgot, you young black people don’t give a damned. Maybe thhats why no one gives a damned about you.
@ The Fake Name Jacker
Hey *****tard. Get a life.
@ Southern Belle
{raises hand excitedly} I AM!
Not only was I “Carlton Banks” pretty white girls said I wasn’t black enough so I ended up with no *****
@African King
I know who it is too..
@txshawty
some did the same to me too. facking my name to abuse jriddle!!! i dont even know who that is??? but when i saw ur post saying you want me, i was kind off turned on thou!!! but its a fake so awwwwwwww
@ african king…I thought that comment sounded weird because it was so random lol
@marquis
who is it then tell me?
@african king
I was 100percent serious…I want that African Mandingo in my mouth..
@ Marquis Sidekick
My response wasn’t to you, it was to the *****hole, who’s been jacking my name and a host of others, suchas 6am, SMDH, etc. I don’t have a problem with you. Do your thing. Peace.
UHH @AFRICAN KING
I MEANT WHAT I SAID
LOL!!
@african king
It is a rather goofy fellow, with marginal influence on this website
“but when i saw ur post saying you want me, i was kind off turned on thou!!! but its a fake so awwwwwwww”
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@ african king! lol!!!!!!!! You didn’t think, ‘hey! That was kinda random for her to type that’?!
OK WHO IS THIS!!!! MUST BE SOME ADOLESCENT
@Marquis de Sade (The Real One)
Well send me a personal e-mail to clarify your identity. I don’t want any important do*****ents leaking into our enterprise.
it’s happening againnnnnn
@ African King
” Marquis de Sade (The Real One)
@African King
I know who it is too..”
You’re still up to your tricks, huh *****hole?
@african king
I was 100percent serious…I want that African Mandingo in my mouth..
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^^^^^^^^
This ain’t nothing but the devil. I don’t even talk like that, lol!
{rolls eyes}
actually i am suspecting someone thou!!!!!!!!!
you know this sh&t ain’t funny anymore the person doing this is starting to ***** me off!!!!!!
african madingo? i feel an ignorant negro imposer!!!!
@txshawty
someone has no life on this forum, i never knew you could fake somone’s name. good job bossip for allowing that concept.
People are reading too much into this. Giselle is actually Brazilian and that’s not considered white in this country. They are basically trying to balance the hard edge of sports with the softness of the fashion industry. I don’t think it’s that bad.
Well bye to all the REAL versions of ‘FAW’, ‘african king’, ‘marquis’, and the other posters…I don’t have time for this right here.
You all have a great weekend and a blessed & Happy EASTER!
TO THE IDIOTS WHO BELIVE THAT THERE IS NOTHING TO THIS PHOTO, RIDDLE ME THIS…..
OKAY SO THE TILTE OF THE ARTICLE IS “PERFECT FIT DRESSING FROM EVERY SHAPE FROM SIZE 0-16″
OKAY IS VOGUE A FASHION MAG OR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED ITS FASHION CORRECT? SO WOULDNT THEY BETTER GET ACROSS THERE POINT OF LOOOKING NICE IN ANY SIZE BY PUTTING LEBRON IN A SHARP ***** ARMANI SUIT WHILE STANDING BY GISELLE SHOWING THE CONTRAST IN “PROFESSION” BUT THE PHOTE WOULD SHOW HOW GREAT THEY LOOK DESPITE THEIR COMPLETE OPPOSITE PROFESSIONS. HOW IS PUTTING HIM IN A BASKETBALL UNIFORM RELEVANT TO THE POINT THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE. NOW IF IT WAS SPORTS ILLUSTRATED THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE BUT THIS IS VOGUE PPL. AND THAT’S WHY I SAY THAT THIS PHOTO DEFINITELY HAS ISSUES AND THOSE TOO NAIVE OR JUST IGNORANT NEED TO BROADEN YOUR MINDS OR YOU’LL BE GETTING *****ED AND DEGRADED FOREVER AND WONT EVEN KNOW IT.
Chucky
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IS CONSIDERED WHITE IN AMERICA? IN EUROPE WE CONSIDER HISPANICS FOR WHITE AND THE SAME WITH SOME MIDDEL EASTERN NATIONS…
@ african king
I never knew they could steal someone’s gravatar either….I knew they could take the name, but not the actual picture.
But anyways, I’m leaving Bossip for today b/c this imposter is playing too much, lol. Have a good weekend!
@The Rest of M-Daddy’s facial hair
Thats cl*****ic. LMAO Well can you give me the rest of my facial hair please? LOL
@ The REAL Txshawty
Have a good one. I’m outta here too. BOSSIP Administrators, you really need to do something about this *****hole.
HAPPY EASTER TO YOU MY FAVORITE TEXAS SHAWTY!!!
@ establishedat20
Umm… no. The title of the article is “Secrets of the best bodies – models and athletes.” Gisele is dressed like a model, and Lebron is dressed… like an athlete. This is all a bunch of fuss over absolutely nothing.
@african king
you know this sh&t ain’t funny anymore the person doing this is starting to ***** me off!!!!!!
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Dont let it. Thats what the person doing this is trying to do. Its beem done to me too. I got mad at first thn I was flattered that somebody wanted to be me. Very touching
@ the real FAW…but I really don’t wanna go {pokes lip out like a lil kid}
@ M-Daddy, I’m finna leave the office dog, but I seen you postin and had to holla @ ya. Happy Easter. My opinion mane. Lebron needs a better agent and or publicist cuz this pic SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN USED. Talk to you mane. I’m out.
@ Don King AKA Brotha Bones
Whats good man? Yo man have a Great Easter and God bless you
Suzy >Canadian Gurl
But I do love black ***** in my mouth
–i never said that
@TXS
HOLLA @ME ON MY MY*****E IMMA LOG ON TONIGHT , ITS BEEN A MIN
@TXSHWATY
aww dont go i’ll miss you LOL ansyways dont let the imposer intimidate you lke my man mdaddy said!!!!!
Thanks real Marques De Sade !! My intention is to spread probably the most thought provoking thought process !!! On this site !! Where the white women at on this site !!!
@mdaddy
appreicate you bro, u are right, let this suckas keep doing what they doo, but bossip should do somethng about it thou!!!!!!
@KEYSHIA OH OOK I SEE NOW IT DO SAY DAT
BUT AT FIRST LOOK OF THE MAGAZINE THOSE WERE THE BOLDER LETTERS SO IM THINKING LIKE DAMN WHY DEY GOT MY DUDE LEBRON ON VOGUE LOOKIN LIKE THIS. SO THATS WHERE I WAS COMING FROM. SO MAYBE YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING TO MUCH INTO THIS. HOWEVER I STILL BELIEVE THAT RACISM IS STILL VERY ALIVE ITS JUST WAY MORE ADVANCED THAN THE LYNCHING. ITS A MIND THING THEY HAVE IT SETUP TO MANIPULATE THE BLACK RACE INTO BELIEVING A CERTAIN SOMETHING THAT WAS DESIGNED TO EVENTUALLY DESTROY US. THATS WHY DAMN NEAR EVERY YOUNG URBAN FEMALE’S DREAM IS TO BE VIDEO GIRL AND EVERY MALE WANTS TO BE THE DRUG KING PIN OR THE HARDEST THUG RAPPER. AND WE AS THE BLACK RACE JUST HAS TO BE MORE AWARE OF ALL MEDIA,ENTERTAINMENT OR ANY INFO THAT WE INTAKE.
@ Dr. Funk you should try it. I think too many times some black people label things as black and white and thus they choose not to get out and try new things. Grant it it is dangerous if you do not start slow and learn the correct way to board but if you do than you will not only have a great time but get to meet a lot of new people. And since you make cloths geared for the adventurous type than that would be a great way to learn what they like. Girls on the slopes seem to like to wear girlie colors like pink, neon yellow, etc. Good luck have a great weekend guys and dolls!
@ M’daddy, FAW, and African
I guess I’ll stay til work end lol…I was just getting really annoyed and y’all know I’m an upbeat silly person, so I wasn’t about to have any negativity lol
@europeian girls
actually lot of my friends live in london, and half of them are married to a whte girl. i am actually suppose to be there this summer for another wedding!!!!!
To sum it up…
Lebron in a suit and she is still dress the same or both in gym clothes. No one is fussing.
I *****ure you you go to Vogue’s messageboards or read next two months letters to editors, you are going see how upset or not folks are.
I think the cover is in poor taste and I wouldn’t be shocked if I start seeing tons of copies at Half Price Books.
Folks can bash Lebron all they want, but you really need to go after VOGUE and the black community.
Vogue-
can they try to hire black folk to work for them? A smart enough black person would have said no to that cover because of the reaction it would cause. Just look at the 600+ posts here alone.
Black Community
We tell Vogue to hire us, they will scream we can’t find folk to hire. If stop forcing our kids to be the next Lebron and Soulja Boy, we need try for the next magazine editor, writer, photographer and director.
@txshwty
glad to have u back, i am actually on the plane on my way back to the state, i went for a business meeting in germany!!!!! we have like 2hrs left so i have all the time in the world right now LOL. white poeple are staring at me cause i am the only black on the plane laughing to hard at some jokes on bossip.
@african king
@mdaddy
appreicate you bro, u are right, let this suckas keep doing what they doo, but bossip should do somethng about it thou!!!!!!
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I honestly think it is somebody from Bossip.
YEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY TXSHAWTY IS STAYING…………….(P*****IN YOU A CUP OF SHAKE’EM OF SAUCE)LOL
OK M-DADDY IMMA LEAVE YOU ALONE FOR REAL
YOU IG’EG ME 5 TIMES IN A ROW
AND ALL THOUGH I AM FUNNY LOOKING THAT IS RUDE
IG’ED…AS IGNORE
@ FAW…What do you want from M’Daddy?! First as a ‘funny-looking’ person you don’t want M-Daddy stare too long because its rude, then you want him to pay attention to you and talk to you and he’s still RUDE!? lol..WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM HIM?! lol
@ african…don’t laugh too loud and cause too much of an uproar… they may call ‘SECURITYYYYYYYYY’ on a black man laughing too hard lol…
its a bad picture of both of them.
@mdaddy
I honestly think it is somebody from Bossip.
if it is then it’s a damn shame for real!!!!!!
@REAL Txshawty
We know who you are boo
@txshawty
yea i know right, even the flight attendant maid stared at me funny, but she fine thou!!! lol
@FineAsWine
I’m soooooooooo sorry boo boo. You know I love you girl. LOL
@african king
Yeah everybody’s got their own twisted sense of humor
@ TXS
I JUST WANT HIM TO LOVE MY GAP TEEFS….(disclaimer::::i have nothin but love fo m-daddy he know {i think} im just playin) HE’S MY BOY!!
I honestly think it is somebody from Bossip.
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I do too. We all have to post an e-mail address that isn’t visible to other posters, and if Bossip would look into the complaints, they could easily see the regular e-mail addresses of those who frequent Bossip as opposed to someone jacking their identity. And how are they able to jack the gravatar too??
@Txshawty
Exactly my point
lol @ african. Just like a guy!
@ FAW…well hopefully he can look p*****ed {looks at FAW’s ‘face’ and shudders} all of that…I have! Because your my fam! lol I have to.
@ M’Daddy…Y’all should know the difference between me and a fake by now lol…He/She talkin bout, ‘african mandingo’…I don’t even talk nasty on here like that lol…just random ish!
{flashes back to african talking about he got turned on….bursts into laughter}
That boy is silly lol!
OH…HHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMM-DADDY STILL LOVE ME
MY BABY LUHS ME MA BABAY LUHHHHSSSSSSSS MEEE E EEEE
{clicks on M-daddy’s name}
raiders.com
Oh that M-daddy alright, lol.
well i guess i have to stop giving out my real email then!!!!!!
@TXS…….I AM BEAUTIFUL IN AND OUT …..
NO SHUDDERS
This picture is clearly mimicking King Kong grasping Fay Wray. Think about it. It’s sickening.
@txshwty
{flashes back to african talking about he got turned on….bursts into laughter}
That boy is silly lol!
lol yea cause i was like damn i have heard everything in the world but that one striked a nerve for real!!!! lol. i actually have friends that told me some black girls say those exact word to them thou!!!!! lolllll
@Txshawty
I went over to the Kiesha Coles post and I cant stop laughin at what you said.
Police: What is he/she doing
Me: Just lookin
LMAO
I’m just imagining the scene. I have a vivid imagination LOL
madingo!!!! what made ya’ll start saying that? just outta currosity lol
@FineAsWine
OH…HHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMM-DADDY STILL LOVE ME
MY BABY LUHS ME MA BABAY LUHHHHSSSSSSSS MEEE E EEEE
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You know I do boo no teeth and all LOL
@mdaddy
you getting alot of love from the ladies bro kuddos to you fam loll
@TXS…….I AM BEAUTIFUL IN AND OUT …..
NO SHUDDERS
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{patting your back re*****uringly}
Yes you are, boo! Yes…you…are…lol
@ african king, maybe you need to holla @ the bossip imposter if ’she’s over here turning you on lol!
@ Ms. T.
So you’re saying that a strong, intelligent black man looks like a gorilla to you?
You’re gonna get far in life with that attitude.
@Txshawty
I went over to the Kiesha Coles post and I cant stop laughin at what you said.
Police: What is he/she doing
Me: Just lookin
LMAO
I’m just imagining the scene. I have a vivid imagination LOL
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I’m glad you have one b/c so do I. The scenes I usually come up with appeal to the imagination b/c I see everything in my head lol! The fact that you can actually picture what I’m seeing is a PLUS! lol
MDADDY- THANK YOU BAYBAY “I” AM WHOLE AGAIN- (i luv you- but dont tell african king)
@TXS WE TWINS…TEE HE HEE
FAW said: “@TXS WE TWINS…TEE HE HEE”
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{abruptly looks into the camera as it zooms in on me}
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
@txshawty
ewww i’ll p***** might be a dude imposer, dont worry i ain’t that eccentric or horny rather!!!!! lol
TXS AM I TALKING TO MYSELF.NO ITS YOU TEEHEHEE
I’m Lebron James!
“KING KONG AIN’T GOT NOTHING ON ME!!!!!!!!!!”
@ african king
@mdaddy
you getting alot of love from the ladies bro kuddos to you fam loll
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It aint like that playa. We all go way back. We had our own little family on here when Bossip was poppin. We stuck together as a family and tagged team any body that got salty. FAW and TX Shawty are from the original family. There are alot of others that pop in from time to time.
ewww i’ll p***** might be a dude imposer, dont worry i ain’t that eccentric or horny rather!!!!! lol
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lol…and that’s PRECISELY why I put ’she’ in quotations lol.
FineAsWine
MDADDY- THANK YOU BAYBAY “I” AM WHOLE AGAIN- (i luv you- but dont tell african king)
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I think its too late for that LOL
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I LOVE WHEN WHITE PEOPLE SAY “GET OVER THE PAST”, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSE TO GET OER THE PAST IF RACISM STILL EXIST? EDUCATE YOURSELVES PEOPLE!
It aint like that playa. We all go way back. We had our own little family on here when Bossip was poppin. We stuck together as a family and tagged team any body that got salty. FAW and TX Shawty are from the original family. There are alot of others that pop in from time to time.
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The ladies do love you though, M-Daddy! Don’t be so modest lol…Miss beautiful and somebody else was about to straight e-wreck shop had you not spoken to them! I was like, ‘Hey now Sistah Souljah, you gone have to chill!’ lol
FineAsWine
MDADDY- THANK YOU BAYBAY “I” AM WHOLE AGAIN- (i luv you- but dont tell african king)
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I think its too late for that LOL
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^^ lol @ FAW we are on the internet and you’ve posted it, so african king is gonna read it lol…so even if you were to “WHISPER”, he would see it with his eyes lol
@FAW
I think we’ve slowly got rid of the impostor.Or unless Bossip did something about it
@FAW
U FUNNY THOU, I AINT MAD AT YOU LOL
Jemele Hill was on point. Look how Billary is still smearing Rev. Jeremy Wright out to be a lunatic.
I co-sign with you, Kenny.
@TX SHAWTY
I’m glad you have one b/c so do I. The scenes I usually come up with appeal to the imagination b/c I see everything in my head lol! The fact that you can actually picture what I’m seeing is a PLUS! lol
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It makes things funnier then they appear to be. But that was funny. You peeping out the curtain lol
@ M-daddy and FAW..go to the Keyshia Cole post
and read about the ‘three teeth’ comment lol!
@FAW
I think we’ve slowly got rid of the impostor.Or unless Bossip did something about it
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That was not me.
It makes things funnier then they appear to be. But that was funny. You peeping out the curtain lol
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How’d you know?! lol..I visualized myself peeping out of the window with ‘its Pat’ still standing there with that same ‘look’ lol
@M-Daddy
maybe you spoke to soon
Damn this impostor is good..lol Bossip give him a job
This dude is takin everyone’s gravi and posting as them
@ Kenny
I know, right?! Thats irritating lol. Give him a GOOD job, that’s gonna keep him busy night AND day…he’s that lil bad kid in cl***** the teacher couldn’t get to sit down and act right so she had to give him extra stuff to do in order to channel that energy. lol
Got him by the window counting the blades of gr***** outside lol.
gISELLE LOOKS WoRSE THAN HE DOES!!
@ FineAsWine
See I never call you by FAW I always use “Fine as Wine” so that wasnt me
@Kenny
I bet he is an experience credit card thief as well lol
@Tx Shawty
Lol this is out of control, I bet his gravatar account is a stockpile of other peoples pictures..He’s been planning this attack for months!
I’M IS SCURRRRED
This is the devil incarnate.
I would run, but all the black people get killed in these types of scenarios, so what I’m gonna do is stay her with y’all lol!
@Tx Shawty
AHHHHHH I Can’t take it anymore!!!!!!!!!stop the madness
AHHHH BOSSIP!!!!! SAVE US!!!!!!! NOW!!!!!!
@Kenny
This dude is takin everyone’s gravi and posting as them
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Man dude duplicated my whole profile down to my Raiders web site. Bossip give this person employment
Um…guys???
I don’t think it helps that we’re telling how we know its NOT us on a public website lol…he’s just gonna use that lol
@ M-DADDY OAKLAND’S FINEST (ALL SHADES OF BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL)
@Tx Shawty
Lol this is out of control, I bet his gravatar account is a stockpile of other peoples pictures..He’s been planning this attack for months!
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That was not me.
The REAL Txshawty (tired of the imposter)
AHHHH BOSSIP!!!!! SAVE US!!!!!!! NOW!!!!!!
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That wasn’t me, but that is SHO’ NUFF how i’m feeling right now lol!
I think he’s got telepathy now too! lol
@Txshawty
Good point
lol I wonder what his list “of demands” are
@ M-daddy
It didn’t even look like the way you type for some reason anyways
TO WHO EVA IMPOSTER
NSDLKJXNC,MMLISESKIRJF,MCKXIRUSLIEAWEPOFJDMCVNHRAW;EL
HIDDEN SPELL MUGAA FUGGA
lol he’s impersonating the impostor’s impostor’s! I bet he has a hub of computers all working at once, with little helpers!!!!!
I BELIEVE IT BOSSIP-4 REAL….THEY HAVE BLOCK MANY OF OUR POSTS BUT LET RACIST TYRAIDS POST…PUH LEASE
{runs around in circles}
THE SKY IS FALLING THE SKY IS FALLING! lol
LEAVE US BE!!!!!!!!!!!
@txshawty
i am feeling ur synerious thou!!!!!!! but this imposer is really good thou, like my boy mdaddy said is from bossip. they really need help thou i guess they feeling lonely and sh&t!!!!
lol how many e-mail accounts would it take to perform a “job” like this???
CLICK MY NAME TXS KNOW ME
it has to be an inside job!
I AM SOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY THIS IS MY LONGEST CHILL TIME…WOO WOOO WOO!!
Wooooow. He/She is good but I’mma need him/her to study FAW’s posts more b/c they don’t even have the fundamentals of how to POST like her down lol!
I can always differentiate who is and isn’t her lol
look at what he’s done to Kenny! His face tells the whole story!
I DIDNT COOK TODAY!!!
I DIDNT COOK TODAY!!!
I DIDNT COOK TODAY!!!
I DIDNT COOK TODAY!!!
LOL FINALLY GOT A BREAK
@imposerfool
To offer or circulate fraudulently; p***** off: imposed a fraud on consumers. that is what you are now get off our necks already!!!!!!!
If he wants to be like FAW he needs to be more ANIMATED! and scream and yah trick! yah!!!!
I like the pic but I do have some mixed feelings about it and a few comments already been made on what I was thinking so I will not repeat them I would like to say Stand For Something Are You Will For Anything and that goes for the pic too
@ Kenny
lol I wonder what his list “of demands” are
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1. I want a gravatar all my own
2. A bag of Corn nuts and make sure there the ranch flavor
3. Milli Vanilli’s greatest hits.
4. Some red koolaid
5. A Scooby Doo lunh pale
6. A beeper
7. A kool Mo Dee back stage p*****
8. Some Donnies curl actavator
9. Some pop rocks.
And last
10. My very own midget pony
Black female here.
I thought the cover was projecting their jobs. Lebron is a predator on the court. He is raw power and grace. Gisele is a mannequin who dates a suspect guy. She wears haute couture, pouts, and pivots.
My gut reaction was not this being a racist cover at all. If Gisele were Naomi, no one would say a word.
lol WHAT?! I didn’t say half of the comments up there?? What is going?
african king
it has to be an inside job!
that wasn’nt me!!!!!!yo bounce the school of geekes is that way http://www.geeksmariahcareyvideo.com
Click on my name and you’ll know its me!
lol how many e-mail accounts would it take to perform a “job” like this???
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The imposter Strikes again. This is scary
If he wants to be like FAW he needs to be more ANIMATED! and scream and yah trick! yah!!!!
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{sigh} That wasn’t me, FAW….
This cat definitely lives in his parents basement
@txshawty
i am feeling ur synerious thou!!!!!!! but this imposer is really good thou, like my boy mdaddy said is from bossip. they really need help thou i guess they feeling lonely and sh&t!!!!
was not meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!! arghhhhhhh
lol how many e-mail accounts would it take to perform a “job” like this???
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The imposter Strikes again. This is scary
@M-DADDY
Lol it hasn’t been “anyone” in a couple of days!!
well the plane is landing in 20mins, i am having fun so far, even with this stupid imposer intruding every seconds!!!!!!!!
The “impostor” wants to know why you guys keep spelling “impostor” imposter??!!!
@ Kenny
lol I wonder what his list “of demands” are
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1. I want a gravatar all my own
2. A bag of Corn nuts and make sure there the ranch flavor
3. Milli Vanilli’s greatest hits.
4. Some red koolaid
5. A Scooby Doo lunh pale
6. A beeper
7. A kool Mo Dee back stage p*****
8. Some Donnies curl actavator
9. Some pop rocks.
And last
10. My very own midget pony
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lol @ the Imposter.
He/She is silly too! I think I kinda like him/her…maybe lol
Well I really have to go seriously! Have a good, blessed, HAPPY EASTER y’all! That includes you Mr. Imposter, ma’am. (no insult, just dont’ know ‘what’ you are…maybe I should refer to the imposter as ‘Pat’ too??)
FAW & M-Daddy…we shall now refer to the imposter as ‘Pat’…seeing as its gender is unknown lol
Anyways BYE ALL! Type y’all MONDAY!
Wait now I’m talking to myself?
{peeps head back in the door}
Our bad for the misspelling, oh great ImpostOr…I know that can be irritating ….much like someone stealing your e-identity lol….But I ain’t calling any names {tilts head over to the impostor} lol
OKAY BYE, for real now y’all! lol
@The Real TX
aight ma, be easy
@Txshawty
That was actually the real me
Txshawty
Have a safe and wonderful Easter.
@Imposter
I never use words like “aight” or “be easy”
Have a good evening everyone. Even you Mr/Miss Imposter. Happy Easter
@ M-Daddy, what the ‘list of demands’ was you??
Oh whatever, I’m confused lol!
Bye! lol
Txshawty
Have a safe and wonderful Easter.
@Imposter
I never use words like “aight” or “be easy”
@M-DADDY
IMPOSTOR! AND HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY FOR YOUR IDENTITY BACK!?
Txshawty
Have a safe and wonderful Easter.
@Imposter
I never use words like “aight” or “be easy”
@M-DADDY
IMPOSTOR! AND HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY FOR YOUR IDENTITY BACK!?……
TXS THAT WASNT YOU….
I HAFTA DO SOME RESERCH……..PEEPS IMITATING YALL TO EFF WITH ME TOO… AWWW HELL NAW
this stuff is making me dizzy and i about to land anyways. bye ya’ll and have a wonderful easter holiday.
@imposter, imposer whatever who cares
GET A LIFEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Keyshia should have been on the cover with King James. She is making in rain on them hoes in the 08!
@@M-DADDY
IMPOSTOR! AND HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY FOR YOUR IDENTITY BACK!?……
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Its actually priceless. You go ahead and have fun
@ The REAL Txshawty
@ M-Daddy, what the ‘list of demands’ was you??
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Yes that was me boo
@ Ms Sugarwalls
“Mansele” thats really hilarious and you’re right she does look a bit mannish.
So would it be all good if it was a black woman he was holding ?? Why are people so super sensitive now..Way too much over*****yzing..It’s cool for us to poke fun @ every other race,but soon as someone does it to us,it’s a big hoopla.Not sayin that this is pokin fun,but damn..Yall make this big ***** deal out of a simple picture.He might as well be hangin from a tree the way yall talkin..All the *****-spewin that this site does..We talk worse about ourselves than any white person could ever do.
@ m daddy.. what it do boo!
I blame LeBron as well, but he is young and he may not really understand as well as everyone else also his agent.
David LaChappelle asked Missy Elliot to do a Aunt Jemima pose (as if to say F*ck the pancakes) and she said NO don’t even ask me.
Lebron could have done the same
@Tamila, I write as well!
@Binary Star…I liked your comments!
Tx, I don’t think the answers pop up first either…LOL
M-Dad, that’s good…I love all people!
Jahpson, No prob. Glad I could help.
M-Daddy, LOL @ “Hoe do you know…” I caught on cuz I know it’s not like you to start your sentence off like that…LOL
@Suzy, W*****up?
@African King, where’d you see that post of the “imposter” dissing me?
this cover is really in poor taste. LeBron strikes this pose without a 2nd thought, but clearly…Giselle looks uncomfortable.
He should be more selective when committing the use of his image…….finding out how the project intends to display his image could be a start.
Yes, there are more things in the world to be concerned with, but uh, sorry. Don’t know if it was on purpose, but that pose is just all wrong. It looks like Lebraun is getting ready to break her bony behind into and use her as his personal toothpick or backscrubber. I can think of several ways they could have worked that to have looked more convincing.
@African, I saw everything…don’t even worry about it.
@Txshawty, thanks!
Bye everyone!
JRiddles needs some style tips! SMDH while I LOL
@M-daddy.. everythings good up in Toronto, how about you.
We all know white folks like to put white women up in black mes face to seem like they are not interested in black women, which we know is a lie. Plus Lebron has a black girl and shes pregnant…. he aint thinking about that white girl!
what i want to know is where is the ***** Jenna????? ***** done lost her way, maybe shes chasing her black man down to keep him from cheating on her with his black woman??
I guess I don’t expect the intelligence level of the individuals from this to be high…But this is ridiculous…That cover is clearly offensive and a play on numerous negative racial stereotypes…It is ignorant black people like you guys who keep the race down…Please people learn you history it is the only way we will ever rise…Food for thought…Mis-education of the Negro, Souls of Black folks, How to Save the Race, White Like me, Black and White…Just a few books you should checkout to understand the social construct of race…Also research Sarah Baartman…Thanks black folks.
At the end of the day no matter how offensive this cover is, Lebron James will go home, take care of his family, put his relatives and kids through excellent schools–all without the burden of student loans, invest, and make more money (hopefully).
Meanwhile come May of this year, the united states will graduate a huge group of high school students where 70% of them won’t even make it through the first semester of college. Our shinning beacons of of hope have horrible SAT scores, low GPA’s, 8th grade reading levels, 5th grade math comprehension, can’t speak a foreign language, have never traveled outside of the state, let alone the country, and can’t write a 10 page research paper.
Your anger at this cover is okay, be outraged if you need to be, however, let’s not loose sight of the bigger picture.
really people! 752 comments is it that serious?
This is all so sad. White mainstream media is obsessed with depicting black males as if they are obsessed with “lady like” white women. However, I do think black males are the blame for this as many do indeed portray themselves as men who only want to play basketball and get a white woman. What I am most confused about is that Gisele, who is currently dating Tom Brady ( the whitest sex symbol/athlete out there) wasn’t asked to pose with him (Brady) on the cover of Vogue with him dressed in his “work clothes”. Black men are once again being objectified by mainstream media, but what is really, really sad is I think they enjoy it. Now that’s what you call not being able to see the forest for the trees. I guess you must be a white male if you want to appear on the cover of Vogue with some dignity.
I was not immediately offended, actually that other gossip site mediat*keout.com was trying to make something out of it before and I thought it was stupid but is it funny to anyone that right onhe side and to the bottom of the pic they make sure to specify that its the shAPE issue?… I dont know… i dont like to promote these kinds of things but seems kinda suspect to me…
active ***** pik
FIRST OF ALL…HOW MANY “BLACK PEOPLE” ACTUALLY PICK UP A VOGUE MAGAZINE? I MEAN REALLY DONT EVEN LIE…AND SINCE YA’LL ON OH, THEY DONT LET A LOT OF BLACKS BE ON THE COVER OR BE ISSUED IN THE MAGAZINE PERIODE…LET ME ASK YOU THIS??? HOW MANY WHITE PEOPLE HAVE YOU SEEN ON THE COVER OF EBONY MAGAZINE, OR ESSENCE OR JET OR WORD UP! OR KING OR BLACK MEN MAGAZINE OR SMOOTH OR THE SOURCE OR VIBE XXL…I MEAN REALLY HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SEEN BRITTANY SPEARS, OR KATE MOSS ON THE COVER OF EBONY…I MEAN THIS ISH IS SO FUNNY TO ME BECAUSE BLACK FOLKS WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THESE OTHER “WHITE MAGAZINES” AND PROTEST AND ***** BUT YET WE DO THE SAME DAMN THING..SO STOP IT AND GET A CLUE…IS IT GOING TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE IF THERE WAS A BLACK PERSON ON EVERY COVER OF VOGUE..FK NO SO PLEAES STFU..THANKS
Do I see the word *APE* under the letter E on the cover? is it just my computer screen?
@Keyshia, I just love how you continuously pay attention to me. Me, needing style tips? I don’t think so. I’m fine where I am and am quite satisfied with my style. Have a nice night!
FIRST OF ALL NO B-O-D-Y GIVES A GOOD ***** BOUT THE TOPIC..WE HANG ON A TOP BECAUSE BOSSIP BE SLOW SO
FAW, my comedienne buddy, w*****up?
HEY JRIDDLES !!!
I LUV YOUR NAME
SO
GET OUT OF BED!!!!
THEY’LL BE NO MORE NAPPING!!!! WAKE UH-UP
CAUSE WE LANDED IN A PLACE WHERE ANYTHING CAN HAPPIN “SO IM GIVIN U FAIR WARNING ..ITS GONNA BE THAT KIND OF MORNING FOR BEING HAPPY!!!!! AT FAW PLAY HOUSE!!!
LOL
I NEED A REFILL…..
Bad pic of Gisele. She never was pretty to me as a white model. Bar Rafaeli is way prettier as a white model.
@FAW, I can’t keep up with you…jumping from post to post. LOL @ you liking my name…urs is nice too. Is this the real you b4 I continue?
hey, james, why are u always shoot photos with hit chick who has big *****, i really envy u.. but it past, recently after introduced by on friend on pubspa dotcom i also shoot that for them, ahahah! u sob!!
GREAT!I like the woman’s clothes. Imagine how smooth it would be when put your finger on it. HOW LUXURY! It’s must be very expensive! JUST like those on a club called WEALTHYCHAT.COM how I envy them!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH! It’s unfair.
@ Educated
Wow I’m really suprised that ppl actually don’t know about Sarah Baartman! I’ve personally done a lot of research about her. I’m impressed that you even know her name. Blk folks wake up!
Lol I thought blacks already knew that this is how white people view yall. Well the black guys anyways
I will admit that when I first saw the cover I was like “Why does he have to look so aggressive?” But after some research I found out that he is the 1st athelete ever on the cover of Vogue, which is not only a HIGH fashion magazine, but also very selective of the people they put on there cover. After that I wasnt that dissatisfied with Lebron’s cover pic because he isnt up there for his fashion, he’s up there soley as a basketball player. I would like to think that if they would have had Steve Nash on the cover, he would have been up there in a similiar fashion. My issue with Vogue has always been them not putting the Angela B*****ett’s and the Gabrielle Union’s on there covers. They had Halle and Jennifer Hudson but I cant remember any other black actresses or that many blacks actors for that matter.
If there’s any confusion about Vogue and the messages that they try to convey, here’s what one of their executives had to say when Chinese Vogue was released:
“In each market, Vogue has a unique style, AIMING TO REFLECT THE CULTURE OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH IT IS PUBLISHED. So Chinese Vogue features what is happening in China but through an extremely international approach,” she says.
“Fashion is an international language so we don’t want to make local contents different from foreign parts and we try to present both local and international content in the same high level,” she says.
As for the target audience, Newhouse said, it is true that the average Vogue readers are in their late-20s and early 30s, and are well educated professionals and earn above-average incomes.
“However, it is actually not something about age or income BUT ABOUT ATTITUDE. Our important target readers have good taste and style or a desire for good taste and style,” he said.
How in the world could Lebron James approve THIS??
No matter how much money or status black males can claim – they seem to be getting dumber and dumber with time. I don’t know why. A lack of … (fill in the blank)
you can’t imagine this is so hot here, also hot on casualpal.com (just for casual encounters), but their picture is just so so ….do you think so?
YAY at there being SO many responses in SO little time… For those who are fussing at Bossip for being racist… Bossip is NOT the only site/ area on the web saying this magazine cover is racist… It’s EVERYWHERE. I DO believe I’m goingo to go purchase that issue, OR stand in a grocery store for a few minutes, to see what it’s all about.
HEY JRIDDLES, LOL
HAD TO BUY SOME FURNITURE PIECES LAST NIGHT
YOU KNOW IT HAD TO BE THE “HUSTLE MAN”
AND YES IT IS REALLY ME JUST CLICK MY LINK AND YOU’LL KNOW…LOL
@Average White Gal
shut the ***** up!!!!! thats is why ur ***** is average, i am sure u are a fat white 300pounds chic who has an afircan american man as a husband, and a mexican as a boyfiend, and a trailer trash as a jump off. miss averge white w*****!!!!!
i hate it when people attack black men !!!!why are you alaways justifying one race to be automically bad.anybody hating on black men should go ***** themselves and i mean it!!!!!
somone told me along time ago that 100 people can look at the same picture and none of them see the same thing….perception is the key…how you perceive this image to be…if you are looking for racist undertones than that’s what you will find…i can see how someone can look at this pic and think that it may be racist…however i did not…not because i think that all the world is singing kumbaya…but because when i look at lebron james i don’t see ape or monkey or gorilla…and it’s sad that we would automatically go to one of the most racist movies to ever exist king kong and compare this picture too…and you can say that vogue intended for it to be this way…but again perception….maybe vogue just wanted to showcase 2 people who are at the top of their crafts….not a monkey and his lily white love….perception…
I’m really proud that so many bloggers “showed and proved” their depth, knowledge and insight about the politricks and divisive ways of the “gatekeepers” of mainstream media.
I really understand both sides of the arguement. As Fresh from “Crunktastical” would say…”something in the milk ain’t clean” but at the same time it doesn’t make sense to me to really care cause Lebron is making history and bank by being on this cover.
Now the magazine cover is making waves and waves equals sales. Capitalism is what it’s all about at the end of the day. Lebron gets paid and Vogue gets controversy and tongues wagging. Everybody’s happy.
humm,
when halle made an innocent joke about her noise being like the one of a jew, she has to apologize and there was nothing harmful. But when a black am is being portayed as a gorilla, a king kong, it perpetuate the stereotype of the black man as an animal, tall, strong and Giselle playing the innaculate white girl! I think this is shoking and i also think that it was deliberate!! Now, maybe they wanted to accentuate the contrats! but i think this is really disturbing! i don’t know!there are so many different perceptions that can be related to this picture and sometimes, i think it is better to be safe!! Racism and discrimination is still too present in out world to take the risk to do things like that!
Whats wrong with being an animal? I am certainly one as the product of billions of years of evolution.
@ JRiddles
u chat so much shizzzzzz ur always commenting on some sort of ’swirl’ dont play innocent wen ur one of the biggest stirrers of racial tension on this site…
Just to make SWIRL KING sounds even more stupid than he already does,
Question, so, since the dark-skinned black male will dominate white women, and eventually all black women and other women of color will be excluded,
how in the world will the superior dark-skinned males keep coming about?
Hmmmm. you surely can’t get a full on African king from a whitey, only a black woman and a black man can conceive that!!!!!!hahahahahah,
your kind will die out.
Great post Swirl King,Ditto
@ Morgab
I never said anything about black men dominating white women. It is a union born of mutual desire and compatability.
Who knows what the far future holds? Dark black men and white women will be around for a good while yet so lets enjoy Paradise while its available to us. Dig?
A SWirl King,
again, seems to me you’d be advocating the strong unbreakable union of two blacks if truly you think that dark-skinned males are so superior to white males. Forget, F*** black men who r like you, and extrao my black men who give a damn ab out real women.
@ SWirl King,
again, seems to me you’d be advocating the strong unbreakable union of two blacks if truly you think that dark-skinned males are so superior to white males. Forget, F*** black men who r like you, and extrao my black men who give a damn ab out their own race and women.
correction***
Extra love to black men who are different than SWIRL KING, in my opinion, Barack Obama is more of a black man than a dark-skinned man who is infatuated with white women, ewwwwww
@ Morgab
Just so happens that the black man is the superior example of manhood and the white woman is the superior (and only!) example of femininity. Has been that way since creation. Our place isn’t to question God’s masterplan.
wsup swirl king
I suck ***** for *****e
between my hair and my eye shadow I am a hot ***** mess
Okay, and another thing, how come whit_chick, Swirl King, and others of that sort ONLY blog on posts featuring a black guy and white woman? why do they even come to this site, they are real fronts. I wonder if they’d dare say these things they post out in the real world, Swirl King would have his big black ***** lynched and white_chick would get beat the hell up on by my black and latina sisters. Cowards, all of them.
Omg they killed kenny!
@Morgab
“Okay, and another thing, how come whit_chick, Swirl King, and others of that sort ONLY blog on posts featuring a black guy and white woman? why do they even come to this site, they are real fronts. I wonder if they’d dare say these things they post out in the real world, Swirl King would have his big black ***** lynched and white_chick would get beat the hell up on by my black and latina sisters. Cowards, all of them.”
And another thing how come my *****hole stretches during sex
No Swirl King, no, you are in the wrong to say such things, God created all women and men as equals and He loves all shades of women and men. Don’t you dare discriminate on anyone in God’s holy name. that is distorted and disgustingly wrong.
stop it impostor!
and yall wonder why there are only 3 black shows on primetime after Cosby lol. too extreme on childish &hit and to comfortable on the real issues…working in marketing, it has now been know, black folks are easy to manipulate more than before because they’ve been letting more subtle grease slide by…things they used to get called out on.
@ Morgab
Swirl is my forte, of course I will be around in swirl threads. I check on my rivals and inspire my fellow black men.
Also how dare you lie about God’s works. First came the Garden Of Eden and then he made black man Adam and white woman Eve. They are the one and only heavenly ordained union as per paradise. Talk against that and you talk against God.
@ swirl king
you need help FAST!
@FAW, ok I hope you got a nice couch.
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Mar 22, 2008 – 12:33 pm SB
@ JRiddles
u chat so much shizzzzzz ur always commenting on some sort of ’swirl’ dont play innocent wen ur one of the biggest stirrers of racial tension on this site…
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I comment on everything that interests me. What do you consider stirring up racial tension? I have no problems with sincere swirling. But if that’s your opinion of me, that’s your business.
@Imposter…hotmess or not, I love me!
You are no righteous man, I can’t believe this, so this is your conspiracy theory? huh, well, sorry to burst your bubble, but there were no white women alive, the way REv. Wright and my pastor tell it only biblical women that were alive were African. Ethiopian queems and kings, no Europeans in sight, soooo truth be told your beloved European women came from me and other black women, you so despise.
get me a hot comb fast!!!!
Racial tension exists whether we like it or not–especially at a time like this. Some can ignor it or pretend it exists, but I don’t mind talking about it. IF anyone doesn’t like it, keep your personal/negative comments to yourself. If you don’t like my appearance, that’s on you…cuz I do me!
Swirl King, you are hopeless, you will die a vengeful brute, with no real love and no paradise. You give black men a bad name and hurt your own cause. I, unlike you love all people, and that includes retards like you. You make no sense whatsoever, you are a creep and I hope I never cross paths with you, yuck!
@The fake JRiddles, one minute I’m being called biracial, now I need a hot comb.
*****ing gorgeous picture~~~~~~!!! I see it in this lady’s profile at richromances.com that is asite for model and beautiful people. Si she still a single? Still looking?
@ Morgab
You’re a cynic I see. Want evidence? This Vogue cover has it all. The power and strength of the big black male and his perfect counterpart the feminine, slender, blonde lady.
The perfect erotic contrast just as God wanted it to be. Remember that black man Adam was made in his direct image.
This cover just gets better and better to my eye. The collision of the African male with European elegance. They knew what they were doing here by choosing such a pair.
Black man and white woman unable to be kept apart any longer. LeBron roars a savage cry from the African jungle. He is defiant that no longer shall the oceans keep him from what is his. White men are powerless to prevent it and can only sit and watch.
@Black
lol cl*****ic literature spoken like a true G
@ M-Daddy
LOL your man LeBron got that “I dare you cracka” look on his face. We’re now in a position to freely taunt the white man and take what is ours. Progress is moving fast.
Whatever, black Adam, what a joke. You know, maybe you and all the black so called men leaving us black women alone is for the better, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that..ugh, the state of brainwash that you have endured,nothing short of God can save…ugh, im soooo finished here.
And a history lesson before I go,
Old black men are the MOST racist group here in America, contrary of what people want to believe. They have hardened hearts because it is white man’s world and has been since, like, forever. They are only trying to run with these white ones because of the shame they felt when white men came into their homes and raped their wives while they were in their bedroom…very horrific. Get over it Swirl King, it’s a white man’s world, and that’s why there WILL NEVER be a black President, ever. ugh….what a waste of my precious time.
@jriddle
i am glad you noticed that wasn’t me casue i dont even know u!!!!!!!!
i’m on it.
I believe Lebron James and his team of handlers have authority over his image. He saw the images before they were published (I believe this is how it works). So, if they weren’t happy with the image, htey could have said no to the cover story.
lol @ jesse jackson
New Web Series!! This comedy will have you crackin’ up at work or wherever you may be…c’mon…you know you’re just sittin in front of the computer anyway…go be entertained by this perfectly awkward comedy.
http://www.beingeddieblack.com
JRiddles mouth will be my future home and her sweet tight ***** will be my Winter Retreat.
Vote Obama in 2008
That comment above was totally uncalled for. Why all the hate for JRiddles? Is it because she was making too much sense?
I guess that’s why they say never argue with a fool.
I DON’T MAIND L23 AND GISELLE MAKES NO DIFFERENCE BUT DAMN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE KING KONG POSTER, ITS LIKE WHY COULDN’T HE HAVE BEEN COOL WITH THE ROCK INSTEAD OF LOOKING ALL GORILLA LIKE?
wHEN HAS HE EVER LOOKED LIKE THAT? oR IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL BEING A BEAST?
Morgab, you said a mouth full. Why are we getting so upset over the few fools (the swirl king) that spew this crap. I think they probably get off getting a reaction from sistahs. Who gives a rats azz what they think. They wash their azz just like everyone else, so gladly hand them over to whomever they desire. We (black women are better off for it). You can’t reason with a fool so don’t waste your breath. End of story.
@Barack’s *****
“JRiddles mouth will be my future home and her sweet tight ***** will be my Winter Retreat.
Vote Obama in 2008″
You took the words right out of my mouth
@ Mdaddy
you agree with the Jriddle statement too lol?!!
you can tell who’s well versed in racism 101 and who isn’t. And like others have said before me, it’s sad that so many of you don’t even know enough about stereotype in historical allegory, typecasting, or when you’re being made fun of. For starters, let’s not pretend that Vogue readers are big Cavs fans who follow LeBron James’ every move, because they’re not, and Vogue’s audience of mostly, middle American white women only know James’ name in p*****ing. So why would Vogue think that the image of a large, black man, screaming on the cover of the magazine with a white woman in one hand and a basketball in the other, would appeal to it’s audience, if not to play on a popular stereotype of black men? So many of you who are saying that this isn’t racist are so misguided that you’re using racist stereotypes to explain your rationale, because “it’s playing on opposites” . . . because black men are the epitome of manliness and white women the height of femininity. My God, Get a clue! It’s like you don’t even know how conditioned you are.
That must be why they couldn’t bother to dress that big, dumb, negro up. And that’s why they couldn’t put Giselle in sportswear to match Lebron’s, because she’s just too delicate for that sort of thing. (Will you *****ing think?) Models never model sports apparel and athletes never wear suits and ties. So Vogue was only doing what’s natural.
I can’t believe how many of you are so desperate for recogniition that you’re willing to justify any depiction of yourselves, as long as you’re included. What most of you don’t even realize is that Men’s Vogue has featured several black men on its cover (Denzel, Will Smith, Obama), but they’ve all been dressed in the latest men’s ready to wear, just as the white men on the cover have. So if the men’s edition isn’t so woefully ignorant of racial stereotypes or malicious enough to play into those stereotypes, then why can’t the women’s edition do the same? Oh, but we should be so proud of LeBron’s achievement (not), more like, black people should stop settling for crumbs and step their game up to demand more from those who seek our market for corporate gain.
And to all the black men who think that this stereotype of hypermasculinity is a good thing, keep that in mind that next time someone clutches their purse or crosses the street at the mere sight of you, or when no one thinks that you can be intelligent and that all you’re good for are athletics and manual labor. Be sure to thank LeBron for perpetuating that stereotype of you on the cover of Vogue. If I didn’t know any better, I’d swear it suits some of you well.
JRiddles, your new picture looks good, is the imposters avatar your picture too?
@VALENNE
THATS NOT THE REAL MDADDY!
Like someone said earlier there are no white people on Ebony and Jet, why should there be a black man on vogue?
@african king
Technically, no one on Bossip really knows each other, but we’ve become familiar with people through their comments and we’ve gained allies and even enemies. The comment that came from you (your imposter) just didn’t seem like something that you would say. After you’ve observed people, you kind of know what to expect from them. The timing of your (your imposter) comment seemed pretty random, so don’t worry about it.
Also, I even seemed to get my very own fake, so it’s a crazy world here on Bossip, but we’re cool.
that is not the real mdaddy!
oh come on, what ’s up with the imposteurs these days1 oh so they can jack your gravatar too!!
@valenne
I’ve been thinkin about how my pulsating ***** would feel inside Jriddle’s mouth since she put her gravi up…if only she was in oakland……
i thought you only do white girl!!
@Binary Star, thanks for picking up for me. I think you make a lot of sense too. I always love reading your comments.
@VALENNE
YUP SMH!
THEY HAVE 2 MUCH TIME ON THIER HANDS
@valenne, do you agree with the statement or were yo asking if he agreed also?
I hope Vogue run a cover on P Diddy and Sienna Miller where in their own words they describe the erotic contrast and voyage of thrills they went on together. It would wake up a whole new generation of swirlers and speak of a key moment in African-American history.
The white women seeing this cover on their magazine must be quivering with desire as it is.
@I know
Thanks, they’re both me…but what I find funny is that my old gravi is showing and the imposter has my new one. Inside job I tell you. But people always abuse something good. Too much time on their hands.
@ jriddle,
of course i don’t agree.
I just thought it was strange that M daddy agree with such disgusting things( except vote for OBAMA of course).
Plus, as a woman, i don’t really have nothing to stick on your mouth lol
hello bossip, nw pics??
@african king
just ignore my statements, i’m an idiot
@ JRiddles
The other day you commenting on another thread that white people created sti’s!!! if that aint stirring racial tension then i dont know what is. Y do u live your life with so much hate? just go and do you…
where is my new pic??
I just want to suck ***** and the Bossip staff has nothing to do with this…
JRiddles, well that makes it easier to tell you and your imposter apart. As if the language wasn’t already a major clue!
omg, they killed kenny!
p.s i dont have any thoughts against ur opinion, i aint here to get too personal now!!!
lol oops sometimes being an impostor, you get mixed up
i meant appearance, not opinion! i of course object to ur opinion!
imposter
guys, how do you change your pic??
i dunno
lol this is the impostor speaking and NO ONE IS SAFE!
Whoever this is you have me cracking up!!
@valenne
just forget about changing your pic…I am defenseless
lol
lol @ valenne….
there is no defense….you suck *****, you stupid w*****…
I love deez hoes. Who sucked mo *****s Valenne or JRiddles? Place your bets, they can tell us and then we see who was closer and wins the game.
lol Me and JRiddles get our hair done at the same place…
@THE IMPOSTOR OF THE IMPOSTOR OF M-DADDY
LOL STOP IT, THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE IMPOSTOR OF M-DADDY AND THAT IS I!
Hoe I didn’t ask that. Now how many?
damn imposter,
don’t you have nothing else to do instead of Jacking people gravatar!
Bossip needs to post some new stuff. Does this thread have the most comments on it ever or what?
Can anyone join in the game? From the looks of them I’d say Valenne gets more offers but JRiddles gives more offers. Thus JRiddles has probably sucked around twice as many thanks to her some would say *****tish manner.
I would cross the tracks and pay top dollar to either of them. Give it some thought ladies, I have a tax cut burning in my pocket.
@proud republican
I think both of these women have had man cheese plastered on their cheeks..BRILLIANT!
Whoops my guess is Valenne 36 *****s and JRiddles 75. Whats the prize for the winner? Hope its what I think it is! lol
oh disgusting!
go read a book!
damn 75 , that s a lot for one life isn’t it??
JRiddles looks that type Valenne. You look a little more shy and bashful. You’ll make 75 one day God willing though.
@ valenne
Are you implying that JRiddles doesn’t have a sweet tight *****? And if she doesn’t, on whose authority have derived this info from? Inquiring *****es want to know.
they dont tell it like i sell it
I just want to suck ***** and the Bossip staff has nothing to do with this
that was definatelyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy not meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee lol. mr imposer you are p*****ing my boundaries be careful nowwww!!!!!
@jriddle
i thing the best for all us to is ignore this geek, who hasn’t gotten laid for 15yrsssss!!!!
remember silent is golden!!!!!!!!
do
@african king
lol I can’t and won’t be stopped..Just eat ***** and suck ***** cause your a *****, your family is a gang of *****es and you are absolutely defenseless against my cyber terrorism
ignore!!!!!! LMAOOO
White women are really ugly… they look like 11 year old boys..
@FineBlackGurl
Lol who are you kidding, such a rubbish statement…We all know white women are the reason black men have jobs..They are the only *****et and wealth to be obtained..Quit living in a world of ignorance
@gay imposterrrrr
mr imposer, ill say this once and only “ONCE”, my family means alot to me, do not i repeat do not f&ck with my family n%gga!!!!! now if you are a man step up to me like that little b&tch!!!! i dare you to say that kind of sh%t to my face, u piece of sh&t. i am sure uur ***** was raised by a crackhead mother and no dad!!!!like i said behave urself, don’t step to me iike that homothug!!!!
@ The Imposter aka Name Jacker
LOL! You’re a joke, *****! You obviously have so little control over your own insignificant life, that the only way you can feel significant, is to annoy people, who doesn’t know you. What happened to you? Had too much sand kicked in your face by too many alpha males, so instead of standing up and facing your real life demons, you’ve decided to hit back by way of the internet and using total strangers as your punching bag, so you can feel God-Like. Well newsflash, geekboy – No matter how much you impersonate us on this gossip site, as soon as you sign-off, you have to face the fact that your real life will still be there to mock and remind you that you’re still the little speck of a loser, who in all probability will die a pimpled face forgotten virgin with little to no impact on anyone’s lives, but his immediate family. GET OVER IT ***** AND GROW UP!
as a matter of fact i am in brooklyn. lets me mr imposterrrrr!!!!!!
typo meet
@marquis
very well said!!!!!
@valenne, oh ok. And, are you saying voting for Obama is disgusting?
@african king
lol who’s the homothug now??! You are the one poking your chest out like “Dolly Parton” and pumping your fists resembling the very ape presence Lebron exhibits. Get a grip, a life coach and a therapist for your anger problem there…Lol shouting obscenities…who are you!?!
@ The Imposter aka Name Jacker
LOL! You’re a joke, *****! You obviously have so little control over your own insignificant life, that the only way you can feel significant, is to annoy people, who doesn’t know you. What happened to you? Had too much sand kicked in your face by too many alpha males, so instead of standing up and facing your real life demons, you’ve decided to hit back by way of the internet and using total strangers as your punching bag, so you can feel God-Like. Well newsflash, geekboy – No matter how much you impersonate us on this gossip site, as soon as you sign-off, you have to face the fact that your real life will still be there to mock and remind you that you’re still the little speck of a loser, who in all probability will die a pimpled face forgotten virgin with little to no impact on anyone’s lives, but his immediate family. GET OVER IT ***** AND GROW UP!
@Marquis de Sade(The Real One)
lol the more you post, the more money in my pocket..geeks in the end rule the world my friend, Bossip told me not to work on the weekends, but I figured I’d get a head start on the weekday..You idiot, don’t come at me, especially when you pay me!
@SB,
I don’t hate anyone. Read my posts. People are stealing names/pics. But if you can, please show me the thread that u’re referring to.
@I Know,
Both pics are me!
oh so u are white small *****ed cracker trailer park kick rocks smelling always w*****. wow that’s easy, for me to beat in a second anyway. action is better than word my imposter, just name the place we should meet and i shall be there!!!!! lollllll
@Marquis de Sade (The Real One)
For someone with such superior vocabulary, I figured you would have restraint or at least kept quiet on my reconnaissance mission. Instead you attempted to foil my plot and I had to shoot your dumb***** down..Silly rabbit, pay my bills
the only therapist we will need would be for ur ***** after i finish beating the sh&t out of you!!!!!!!
@JRiddles.
oh girl, i don’t even know who’s who anymore?! this is outta control!
SOMEBODY IMMITATING ME WHAT THE HELL….THAT WASNT ME UP THERE YALL
white girls are not pretty and *****ody thinks they are. look at them, nothing interesting to see. black girls have so much more to give and we look sp much better…
man yall cant be serious..this is nothing. nothan to do wif race.
@african king
“the only therapist we will need would be for ur ***** after i finish beating the sh&t out of you!!!!!!!”
your talking to yourself stop it
@ The Imposter aka Name Jacker
Fool of geek! Why would BOSSIP hire you to annoy its’ readers, thus risking losing hits and ad dollars by going over to MTO or someother site? I reiterate, *****, SPANK YOUR INNER DEMONS AND GET OVER IT! You’re not cute, smart or hip! You’r just plain annoying.
Sorry if it was an imposter who said thoes things in ur name, geez some people! u cant even hold a debate nowadays without some fools causing up *****! i’ll try find the thread tho.
@valenne, you said that M-dad wouldn’t agree with that type of disgusting stuff except voting for Obama. What did u mean? And I must agree that everyone’s identity is questionable.
all this demeaning word ain’t unecceasryi mr imposter!!!!!! i feel sorry for people lke you, you technically have issues or some kind of eccentric addiction. get a life!!!!!!! go to http://www.perez.com they have ur type over there!!!!!
FineBlackGurl can kiss my flat white *****!
I just can’t see what some of you black guys see in white women? what makes them so great, because i just dont see it
“SOMEBODY IMMITATING ME WHAT THE HELL….THAT WASNT ME UP THERE YALL”
@FineAsWine…
who was it than?! lol
SB
you probably look like *****, like all the other white girls.
WHATS UP JRIDDLES!!
as a matter of fact, im out. this imposter is a jokeeeee. he got nothing to do but to sit over his grandma computer and write sh%t on forum!!!!!
like i said earlier ya’ll silent is golden!!!!!!
peace out
can we leave the kid out of it!
YOU NEED TO STOP!!!
@SB, thanks. Ask anyone who has sense on Bossip…even if they agree with my views or not, I am not against interracial marriage or anything. If you sincerely love someoe, go for it.
The way you came at me saying I act innocent and I stir up racial tension kinda shocked me. I am open-minded and I understand how seemingly simple posts can turn into what we call “race wars.”
These topics can be looked at from many different angles, but I doubt I said that and I pride myself in stating the obvious, sharing facts and giving my honest opinion on a non-disrespectful manner.
“@valenne, you said that M-dad wouldn’t agree with that type of disgusting stuff except voting for Obama. What did u mean? And I must agree that everyone’s identity is questionable.”
EVEN YOURS!!!!!!!HAHHAH!
lol you’ve even give me a name “the impostor”! how cute…your like the “Black Morpheus”
@FAW, Nada…just at the salon.
I want everyone to listen to Michael Jackson “wanna be startin something 08″…They put Akon on it.. I hate Akon, but props is given when due!
FineBlackGurl, you need desperate help, or you should just be put down, whatever you do, do it QUIETLY…
THIS DUDE EVEN HAS MY LINK….THATS FOWL!!
YOU DIRTY *****A
I BET I KNOW WHO THIS IS
@JRiddles…
lol I just don’t believe you get your hair done ever
@JRIDDLES
I HEAR YA GURL…….I’M DOING MINE IN THE MORNING
i love to suck whte *****s for a living!!!!!!! i hate black people period!!! white girls ruleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
@FAW, makes me wonder about Bossip.
that should be OJ on that pic
I KNOW!!!! MEE TOO
JRiddles, the comments made in your name have disappeared! did u complain? thats why they may be gone! glad to hear you are an open-minded person. I am too, i just get extremely frustrated by those who are not, they make this world much worse then it needs to be.
Some deep ***** is being said in ur name, so maybe expect more abuse coming ur way (not from me!)
@Blacktothe,
How did you make that *****essment?
@FAW, I’m done, but we’re not closing the shop for a next hour.
@ Sad little Geek
Black Morpheus? You’ve just proven exactly how i just described you – A PIMPLY FACED GEEK, WHO HASN’T SEEN ***** SINCE IT (UNFORTUNATELY) SPAT YOU FORTH INTO THIS WORLD! Growup ***** and get laid. Trust me, son, you’ll find a little ***** will change your whole annoying demeanor. Oh! And by *****, i mean real *****, not the blow-up kind.
“THIS DUDE EVEN HAS MY LINK….THATS FOWL!!
YOU DIRTY *****A
I BET I KNOW WHO THIS IS”
@FineAsWine Impostor
I will stop if you tell me who it is..
@SB,
They probably disappeared since I asked you t show me the thread. They must’ve read that and deleted it. Users can’t erase stuff.
He is my favourite sports star.I saw he was dating in millonaire dating site”WealthyLoving.com”.I saw many sexy photos about he with many young girls.So wondweful.
P3
JRIDDLES YOU GOOD THEN!!
I WAS AVOIDING HAVING TO BE THERE ALL NIGHT
LOL
WELL FROM THAT PICTURE COMPARISON WITH KING KONG… UM. YEAH I SEE IT. THATS NOT COOL AT ALL.
http://www.prettysowhat.blogspot.com
@FAW, I been here some good hours, but m stylist is under the dryer. Explain that furniture thing to me…LOL
*****h*les, much more of that and im gonna stop visiting this site
Plus we don’t open on Sundays.
lol the impostor is signing off…be back to fight another day…I must say you guys fought a good battle
@SB
What was the topic though…it’s funny cuz I’ve never seen anything disappear on Bossip.
@ JRiddles
I must say that your smile bewitches my soul. Stay beautiful.
AWW OK,
JRIDDLES..LOL
HUSTLE MAN GIRL
@Marquis,
Unusual choice of words, but thanks and how’d you see my smile?
OH, I applaud your hustle…go girl!
@ JRiddles
Uhhh, your gravatar.
If bossip wanted this to end it would take them about 10 seconds to have the commenter’s ip address display just below the timestamp or as alt-text to the avatar image.
Or maybe a login system? This aren’t groundbreaking concepts.
@ binary star
Yeah, a few months ago, they (BOSSIP) banned Mary j Blige Clone and LacyD and someone else. Why don’t they sanction this *****hole imposter?
You niccas is going hard up in here. I checked the Keyshia Cole post and finally located some of you battlin on this thread. What’s the topic on now?
@ JRIDDLES
SORRY I WAS GETTIN INFO
Whatever it’s just a cover, if it had been two white people or two blacks it wouldn’t be an issue
kumbayah my *****-black women aren’t the only people who have an issue with seeing black men with white women
*****ody had a problem with reggie bush sportin his “other” white woman around-I don’t see how this is any different
ESPN-don’t mind black men messing with damaged goods ie. Kim K and Ice T wife Cocoa-but they damn sure don’t want lebron james with a white woman of this stature-this ***** is so funny
So if white men have a problem with black men with white women, I would love to hear some of the stories of you negroes that date white women and your interactions with their dads-oh let me guess they probably disowned their little princess and you don’t have to worry about that huh? LOL
Black women aint no where in the picture with this mess-I want to see who the “uncle tom’s” and jungle fever bunnies are going to point the finger at in this post……..
Bossip’s Staff say’s “we would ban the impostor but he is interesting and provides good balance on this website”
You cats is trippin on this posts this evening. Who really cares who this dude takes a picture with, they both make chedda so let it go my niccas. It is Saturday night so you should be sippin on somethin good and twistin a Dutchy
@bossip staff
then u are a fool for that!!!!!
@ Bossip Staff aka Imposter aka Namejacker aks Sad Little Geeg
I thought your punk ***** was checking out for today? Why am i not surprised that you never left, you sad little lurker. I bet when you go out at night, it’s for the sole purpose for peeping tomming in your neighbors bedroom window, so you can vicariousls live through their sex life.
its just a picture, let it go. By the way the model chic is Brazilian so that makes her Hispanic not white.
***** Bossip staff, yeah I said it and what punk *****es!
Puff puff p***** nicca!
All of those who are saying that this is rascist may be jumping the gun, but what it is in my opinion is offensive and yet another slap in the face to black women. I cannot get mad at Vogue in general because they do these types of things because they know that as a race blacks are broken. No one would ever think of putting Beyonce or Halle and Daniel Craig (new James Bond) on the cover of a high end magazine. They don’t see black women as important enough or hip enough to sell their products. Combine that with the fact that black men are the only men on the planet who makes it clear that they have no loyalty or concern for their own women and children. So when big business sees this they market what they see. They look at our videos and movies and sees nonstop interaction between black men and non black women as a norm. I don’t blame Vogue for anything. This is just our reality sistas. Thats why I date whoever no matter what color because if you sit around and wait for black men to stand up for us you will be waiting for the rest of your life! Get with the program! And all of you who wanna make it seem like I am bitter about black men, you can go right ahead, you all have failed us as a group and are the weakest link in our community. Pathetic.
@FAW…you’re always neglecting me!
@Marquis…the real one…I didn’t think my grav really showed my smile. Thanks anyways.
What is the purpose of people stealing another bloggers name and then posting ignerant comments? Some niccas keep me SMDH
@Elly_25, are you saying that all Brazilians are Hispanic? Brazilians’ main language is not even Spanish…what makes them Hispanics. Remember, I could have a baby in Brazil and he/she wouldn’t be Hispanic.
@JRiddles
Your hair is similar to my girl Keyshia’s old style. You have style boo!
BLAH BLAH BLAH
ANOTHER POST TO CAUSE A RACIAL DIVIDE AMONGST US ON A SITE RUN BY MIDDLE AGED JEWISH PEOPLE
I read some of the posts and the comments make me ashamed to be a middle-aged black man who has family members who fought for our rights. Some of you young people seem to forget people lost their lives to get you all the current freedom you all take for granted on a daily basis.
GOOD NITE ALL. I HAVE TO BE AT SUNRISE SERVICE IN SIX HOURS
@Keyshia…are we buddies today? I thought you hated my hair yesterday? I hold no grudges thought. Thanks.
*though
I is drunk and in a good mood now You look alright so i guess we is cool Jriddles
I want to put a picture up but cant figure out how this damn thing work
your beloved PIMP DADDY says lighten up peeps it’s only a ad.he is a monster on the court thats why he’s posing so.all these black so called conscious *****es on blogs but where yall at when ***** hits the fan?
@Keyshia…we’re cool. It’s no beef.
@Keyshia who was mean to me yesterday…LOL
go to gravatar.com, but I wouldn’t suggest it cuz these imposters are going crazy!
@Keyshia who dissed me yesterday…LOL
Go to gravatar.com, but I would not recommend it as imposters are stealing pics and stuff.
well it looks like a big monkey saving jane…lol
and yes it is walking a fine line between fashion and racism.
i say shame on them all this is not the first or the last. i can remeber bar rafel and that photo shoot, she’s in the middle and the black models are serving her. I mean come on….wake up people call a spade a spade. i know Labron did not want to look like that on that cover
sorry about the double posts!
oh and i read Vogue just for the record.
Jennifer Hudson Looked a Mess On her Vogue cove to but that another story.
@SB, now I know what you’re talking about. Not being satisfied with what you said, I pondered wtf you were talking about.
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Mar 22, 2008 – 4:46 pm SB
@ JRiddles
The other day you commenting on another thread that white people created sti’s!!! if that aint stirring racial tension then i dont know what is. Y do u live your life with so much hate? just go and do you…
____________________________________________
I thought you made a typo and I wthought you were tryign to say that I said White people create stirs. You said STIs, but with the apostrophe, I didn’t catch. Now, I wanted to say this again. I don’t live my life with hate at all. I just don’t read history books and swallow everything. I chew and swallow some and I spit the rest out.
When I mentioned Whites and diseases, I surely was not spaking from my *****. Just tell me I’m lying on this one: Did Europeans come to America and infect, weaken and kill many Native Americans with diseases?
Also, please read posts made by other users (check on recent Barack Obama posts) to see great information on the origin of AIDS and the conspiracy involving using Blacks to test diseases on.
Once again, I don’t life my life with hate. Please read my posts and see that HATE is one of the many things I oppose.
And since when did speaking your mind, sharing the truth and saying the not-so-politically-correct become a crime?
I feel like Rev. Wright right about now. I, JRiddles, will never remain silent to avoid racial tension.
#1, racial tension exists whether or not we like it.
#2, the minute I am mistreated b/c of my race, that type of tension must exist.
And the minute someone accuses me of living a hate-filled life, it shows how much speaking of racial inequality exists/existed makes you a “hate monger” according to those who are unwilling to listen, believe, admit or recognize the TRUTH!
Once again, do yourself a favor and PLEASE read the posts on the origin of some diseases and Blacks and gays. It wouldn’t hurt to google the conspiracies involving AIDS and other diseases.
Nighty night SB!
We should boycott these headlines…
I think he is the hottest sports star.Love him very much. Lots of my online friends on interracialromancing.com love him too. You can share your ideas with them if you want. It is a servious interracial dating site.
what’s going on??
Who really cares? Lebron is a fine hunk of a man, and giselle looks just ok.
What ever stereotype the photo was aiming at really doesn’t matter, cos in my opinion, giselle should be happy to have such a fine black man by her side! I’m sure he is much more of a man than that Brady boyfriend of hers!
What really is the big deal?
@JRiddles, I have tried to look back on the thread that I saw the post on, but its gone, it was on the reggie bush/Kim K story.
I am not denying that their is racial tension and it isn’t an issue, but my point is that some people live their live too focussed on these tensions rather then the positives and black and white people mixing.
Millions of black people find love with white people (b.men + w.women as well as b.women + w.men). Its love at the end of the day, people should be happy they can look past the differences. Why should one half of that couple suffer the past being thrown in their face, when they actually had nothing to do with.
There is no denying that white people have been ‘the cancer’ of humanity, but that was the past, racism still exists but its wrong to label all white people the same. that is racist itself.
The problem with your opinion that whites started s.t.i’s is that you say it has if its a fact written in stone. nothing in history is. not just white people spread disease, nuff white people go back to their countries with diseases they picked up in foreign countries. I agree with the AIDS theory but that is another issue for another time. i dont see the point of bringing that up in that particular thread. thats y my view is that u bought it up to stir tension, rather then highlight it.
I suppose my problem is that i find your opinion too general, cut people at little slack, then you can expect the same treatment in return.
But there’s no beef here. I like that you speak you mind, doesn’t mean i have to agree with it tho.
Happy Easter JRiddles
976th *****es!!!!!!
Gisele looks like *****…
almost a thousand posts
smh!!
Everybody got paid. Vogue’s cover got talked about. Bron puts on his gameface and haters are doing their thing. If he was in a chilled out pose would haters be crying vogue made him look lazy. Msg to haters–find a cliff and jump.
@SB, I make it my business never to generalize, but to use words like “some.” Also, I highly doubt I jumped out of the blue with it, but the group conversation probably led to that. Usually, conversations start one place and lead to another. I feel like if someone is attarcted to someone else of a different race, they should go for it. I cannot blame ALL White people for the wrongdoings of other WHites in the past, but many WHites behave the same way and have the same mentalities…not all.
Also, history is a funny thing. Not everyone is going to tell the same story…especially if it’s not glorifying him or her. There are many conspiracies that haven’t become popular and it is wise to not completely ignore them.
Take care and enjoy your Easter too.
Almost 1000!
Another ugly white broad with a beastly looking black man- I’m use to it!
I just got this issue yesterday and unlike some other ppl on this blog…I DID think it was racist, playing into the same old stereotypes. How embarr*****ing.
On another note: why is Gisele Bundchen considered the most beautiful woman in the world?? I don’t think she’s attractive at all!!
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THIS MESS ALMOST GOT 1000 posts!!!LOL….SMDH at Bossip for stirring up such *****ery…do it again post something that isnt that important and make it the most important thing in the world…
*****….IF U A ***** HE THE FIRST ***** THAT’S BEEN ON THE COVER OF VOGUE!!! NOT NO ***** BEEN ON VOGUE ***** NO *****…ARE YOU A *****? STOP HATIN FOR BARACK’S SAKE
Who cares, there are no white people on ebony or jet!!!
What about putting Venus Williams and Tom Cruise on the cower?
Dawn
THAT TOO WOULD LOOK LIKE KING KONG, JUST THE REVERS OF THIS…
Well I’m sure we can beat this same issue to death, but honestly I C that LeBron, saw more green going into his account, and his image is boosted cause Gisele is in the pic look’n beautyful as usual. And you have the media and the “bad boy” athelets to thank for the image portrayed. So before you go condesend Mr. James, put yourself in his Million Dollar contracted shoes, and allow the oportunity to be the 1st.
And we’ll C who would do what when…
OUT!!!
Just Me Chill’n
I didn’t want to comment on this post but you are so right! People think that he got tricked into doing this, but he very well knew what the outcome would be.
FineBlackGurl
No matter how bad you think a white woman looks, she will always look better than you.
Black to tha Bone AKA The Swirl King
You must be a joke… Really, your comments are ignorant and I think that you only do it to cause a stire on the debate…
I could see where Jemele has taken this. I could see where anyother black person could have taken this. But the bottomline is that Lebron should have enough star quality to have vetoed that particular shot if he thought it was derogatory. He didn’t and it is what it is.
Would MJ have used that pose? Probably not. What would have been wrong with Lebron standing there next to Gisele in his Cavs uniform and the ball spinning on his finger? Or Lebron holding Giselle up while she holds the ball?
Let’s face it. We live in a scrutinizing and sometimes petty society that is often times fueled by controversy and sensationalism. Everybody wants the lead story or somebody wants to tackle the controversial topic. Could this cover be viewed as derogatory, maybe or maybe not. This is the same magazine that had black celebrities in front of white celebrities that appeared to be whispering in their ears to do something about Darfur. Like the black celebrities needed coaching from the white ones like they weren’t doing anything.
Now you add these two covers with prominent black folks on them and what these images were or were viewed as and you have to wonder what Vogue’s motives are and how much control did these black celebrities really have over what shot to put on the cover.
That’s two covers with black folks on them that has sparked a rise. Coincidence, maybe? Oversensitivity, maybe?
Go to hell Black to tha Bone AKA The Swirl King you stupid ugly *****…
Oh God… 995 posts to this silly headline… WFT…
I hate white people… Specialy white girls… they look like pigs…
thay really try to be black, but they will never look as good as a sistah… NEVER
she is a piece of white *****
I HATE WHITE PEOPLE AND THIS BIATCH ISN’T EVEN WHITE, SHE TRIES TO BE WHITE, BUT SHE LATINA, I HATE THOES PEOPLE EVEN MORE, GET IT YOU ARE NOT WHITE BIOTCH
BLACK IS THE ONLY RIGHT
THERE IS NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN BLACK LOVE
Here is an email address for vogue if you want to respond directly to them. talkingback@vogue.com
WTF. did they want him to strike a “how you doin?” pose instead? SMH. the cover is about great bodies. i dont understand why race and stereotyping are being mentioned in this post. good day everyone.
I will write to vogue and send them all these comments… stupid *****s
@The Swirl King.
You should also know that there are many who believe that no matter what a white man looks like, he will always look better than you. If you beleive for a black woman, then you must beleive it for yourself.
@ C.C.
Well everybody is different and is attracted to different featurs in a person.
I am white and I personally would rather have an ugly black man than an ugly white man.
I don’t even think either of them knew that the pose they were making would end up that way.. I’m an art director, and it looks to me that they were photoshoped together… The shadows tell it all.. Art Directors do this all the time, you wouldn’t even know..Most models don’t know what has been printed until it hits the shelf… So get off Lebron and the model chic, it aint that serious…
I think that the person who wrote that article is way too overly critical of a simple photo. Lebron poses like that in most of the magazine covers he has been on except sports magazines. But if u want me to be overly critical as well, yes I can see what the author of the magazine is saying with the picture. But it is simply one perspective. This image could also be viewed as derogatory to women if one wanted to see that. Instead of the man being an animal, he could be a fierce warrior, the sport of basketball being his battle ground and his athletic clothes being his battle gear. Since we all know lebron is a superior athlete we can translate this to him being a superior warrior and giselle being a docile fair looking woman could be just another one of his conquests. His prize for being successful in battle. But that is just another overly critical perspective. In my opinion they are just posing in the ways that they appear in their fields of work, lebron as an intense and competitive basketball player and giselle as a beautiful model.