Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Tamar Braxton Snaps Back at Stacey Dash

Plus, words from Gabrielle Union and President Obama.

Tamar Braxton claps back at Stacey Dash and says why BET is necessary: - “For singers who don’t sing pop music, how [else] would you see us?”(Photo: Cooper Neill/Getty Images, Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Tamar Braxton claps back at Stacey Dash and says why BET is necessary: - “For singers who don’t sing pop music, how [else] would you see us?”(Photo: Cooper Neill/Getty Images, Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Tyga plays f**k, marry, kill with three Kardashian sisters — says Kylie: - “I’d probably marry Khloé. I’d probably f*ck Kim. And I’d probably kill Kourtney.”(Photo: Raymond Hall/GC Images)

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Gabrielle Union brutally shades Stacey Dash: - "Who's that? Who’s Stacey Dash? Is she like related to Dame Dash? Was she on Roc-A-Fella? The more that we focus on inclusion and a true representation of this country, I think that crazy lady will have less to say."(Photo: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images)

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Nate Parker has an amazing reason for creating his film, The Birth of a Nation: - "I made this film for one reason, with the hope of creating change agents. That people can watch this film and be affected. That you can watch this film and see that there were systems that were in place that were corrupt and corrupted people and the legacy of that still lives with us."(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

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Marlon Wayans has Stacey Dash’s back. - "I don't think it's fair to bash [Stacey]. When it comes to people, you just have to love them for who they are. Everybody is different. There's different kinds of Black people, and she's...different. I don't judge her. I don't agree with her at all, but I hear what she's trying to say.”(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Alfonso Ribeiro defends Will Smith after getting slammed by Janet Hubert: - "I think the Oscars are the least of our problems. We have to understand how to stay together while making our point without destroying other people's perspective of it and killing their point of view. The award for what you do in this industry is having people watch what you do. Having other people who are in your industry [who] may or may not see it the same way is not that important to me."(Photo: Jerod Harris/Getty Images)

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Whoopi Goldberg raised some eyebrows with her Oscars defense theory: - "The issue is not the Academy. Even if you fill the Academy with Black and Latino and Asian members, if there’s no one on the screen to vote for, you’re not going to get the outcome that you want. You wanna boycott something? Don't go see the movies that don't have your representation. That's the boycott you want. To me, we have this conversation every year. It pisses me off."(Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

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Here's what President Obama thinks about the lack of diversity at the Oscars: - "As a whole, the industry should do what every other industry should do, which is to look for talent and provide opportunity to everybody. And I think the Oscar debate is really just an expression of this broader issue of 'Are we making sure that everybody is getting a fair shot?'"(Photo: Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images)

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Jaden and Willow Smith have some strong opinions on gender roles: - "They don't want to do this because of this... or 'I don't want to wear this because I’m a boy or I'm a girl and I need to act this type of way.' What nobody ever thinks, 'Yo, who made all these rules? Who was here and who made these rules because I'm equally as smart as you.'"(Photo: Angela Weiss/Getty Images)

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Ava Duvernay dishes on her newest project, Queen Sugar: - "I jokingly say I’m getting my Shonda on, but I don’t even know how she juggles all those shows because this show is wearing me out, in the best way. It’s a lot, but it’s fun. It’s like a 13-hour film."(Photo: Michael Kovac/Getty Images)