LL Cool J's gonna knock Sarah Palin (and FOX) the fuck out
BY RICHARD HUFF
DAILY NEWS TV EDITOR
LL Cool J, who had a hit called "Mamma Said Knock You Out," may be thinking the same about the folks behind Sarah Palin's inspirational new show for the Fox News Channel.
Less than 24 hours after Fox announced the launch of Palin's series "Real American Stories," LL Cool J, now starring in CBS' "NCIS: Los Angeles, " was claiming people were being mislead.
The network's release for the show, included a line reading: "Additionally, rapper and actor, LL Cool J, and the former chairman and CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch, will both speak about their success in this country in a segment entitled, ' In Their Own Words.'"
What wasn't said, however, was that the LL Cool J moment was taken from an interview done with Fox in 2008, where he talks fondly about his grandfather.
"Fox lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone else and are misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sarah Palin's show. WOW," he wrote on Twitter.
The clip of LL Cool J intended for the show was a minute and eight seconds long. After hearing of his dissatisfaction, Fox programmers pulled the moment from the show.
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