Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Wendy Williams And NeNe Leakes Break Down In Tears After Press Backlash
It's been a dramatic week for celebrities. Both Wendy Williams and NeNe Leakes broke down in tears and a Love & Hip Hop cast member got their wig snatched.
See what some of your favorite famous faces had to say below:
Wendy Williams tearfully apologizes for blaming Nelly’s accuser in rape case:
“All I'm saying regarding young women and I apologize if my message was met with callousness. But what I meant to say is young ladies, we should be able to go wherever we want to go, but we always have to know where the exits are. We always have to have our $20 bill, just in case. And we have to be aware. That's all I was saying, I apologize."
Quincy talks rumors he's dating Keke Palmer:
“I’m single like the last pringle.”
Nicki Minaj takes credit for putting female rap back on the map:
“There wasn't a big female rap presence right before I got in, my role was introducing female rap back in pop culture.”
NeNe Leakes breaks down in tears talking about backlash from rape comments:
"They don't care. All they care about is what I said. At the end of the day, I never want to cause harm to anybody else. Not in that kind of way. Everybody who knows me knows that I would never want that to happen."
Quevenzhané Wallis says Blue Ivy helped her calm down when she met Beyoncé:
“The first time I met her, I was at a concert of hers a few years ago and I met her backstage. And I was crazy like… shocked. Like, ‘I’m backstage, I’m meeting Beyoncé, I’m going to go crazy.' I’m very good with babies and stuff and Blue was backstage. And as soon as I saw Blue, I was like maybe this will just like calm me down. And I went and talked to Blue and played with Blue and she was already so smart. It was crazy, it is something that I’d never forget.”
Oprah explains why she went to the bank for the first time since 1988 to deposit a $2 million check:
"I just wanted to. I just wanted to do it. I stood in line — just to do it!"
Chadwick Boseman explains what he thinks Thurgood Marshall would think of President Trump:
"He would be disappointed to a certain degree with the face that things are so divisive right now. And that the system is not working."
Masika Kaysha talks snatching Hazel E’s wig:
"That face was down, that a*s was up, and that wig, honey, was flustered.”
Charlamagne reflects on his infamous interview with Lil’ Duval:
“I wish I would have edited the conversation we had with Lil Duval about the transgender community. In hindsight, it wasn’t productive. I don’t mind have an uncomfortable conversation if those uncomfortable conversations can lead to a bigger dialogue and help us get to a better understanding of whatever it is we are discussing. But in that case, it wasn’t beneficial to anybody.”
Jesse Williams talks bringing Tommie Smith’s story to life:
"Tommie Smith is more than an iconic poster or risky act of defiance that inspires people the world over. He is a living man, whose incredible journey is worthy of examination. I couldn't be more excited to join forces with this team of filmmakers, to share his reality and challenge our notions of heroism in the process."
Safaree Samuels explains why he left Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood for New York:
“I'm very excited. I was down in LA and paying attention to my surroundings and like, 'I need to move back to New York. I need to be back home, I need to be around my friends, my family, and people that have really known me. So I decided I want to move back to New York."
