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Macy Gray Gets Popped By ABC Censors

By PopEater Staff Posted Sep 23rd 2009 10:41AM

Macy Gray knew her debut on 'Dancing With the Stars' was a shaky affair, and she made it clear she was happy to get the Viennese waltz behind her. But it's how she expressed herself off the dance floor, rather than on, that has people buzzing. The 'I Try' singer got herself bleeped by the censors for saying: "I was just glad to get the first dance out of the way. We've been practicing for four weeks, you know? I just feel like I popped my cherry." Watch (via TMZ):

She later told OK! magazine she didn't think anything was wrong with the phrase, citing its "common usage" in society. "That was the best analogy I could think of for the first time you do something."

Tags: dancing with the stars, DancingWithTheStars, macy gray, MacyGray

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Wednesday 23 September

By tana green

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Common usage? Well, common for sure and pretty crude. What trailer park is this gem from?

Wednesday 23 September

By gobluespartyon

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Popping Cherry's is funny and isn't crude and it shouldn't have been cenor as popping cherry's isn't a swear word all the swear words shouldn't be cenor as that is cenorship. Your dead wrong Tana Green.

Wednesday 23 September

By JoyRptr

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I started to remind you of all the things black people have suffered for those 140 years. But why bother. You are obviously a moron.

Wednesday 23 September

By RB

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Don't be such a douche. It's got nothing to do with black people in general. Common sense would tell you this if you have it. Macy Gray is a f*cking drug head and she's been loopy for years. I won't even bother to defend her. But every race has them, so knock it off already. Apparently you don't know one single black person because if you did, you would know how completely asinine you're comment sounds. You should find something more constructive to do with your life other than sitting behind a computer being a f*cking crab apple. If your life sucks, ITS YOUR OWN FAULT!

I usually piss stupid people off...so if this comment pissed you off just now...mission accomplished!

Wednesday 23 September

By Rafael

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True that this person is drunk or something. But I must comment on the subject that when something is said about any black person, the first thing that comes out is that you have been hurting for 140 years or more. That is understandable, but when are black people going to LET GO and stop teaching their kids to hate everyone and everything that happen sooo long ago and we have no control and can't change the past. Teach them to learn from it and do better in the future and prove that we can do it. We have a black president, how much furthur can you go. If we blame the past for everything we would be a lost case. Stop pointing fingers and take control!!!!!

Wednesday 23 September

By Sweetrose

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Miss Macy should talk more like "A Lady" ! As Professor Higgins tried to do "in My Fair Lady",someone should show her how to
Talk more "genteel";

Wednesday 23 September

By ccmk

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I never heard that phrase before -and hope to never hear it again. So it is not a "common usage". It was simply a vulgar comment.

Wednesday 23 September

By gobluespartyon

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Your dead wrong CCMK your a prude and it is a common useage and it isn't Vugar comment either Popping Cherry's is funny. I'm always right.

Wednesday 23 September

By Tina

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CCMK....you are either ancient(I myself am no spring chicken) or living under a rock somewhere. That phrase is very common in it's usage, that doesn't mean that it's proper to say on TV or in the company of others you do not know well, and apparently you NEVER read, watch TV or see movies, since I've seen or heard that phrase in many books, shows and movies.

Wednesday 23 September

By mw from md

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your comment says a lot about YOUR upbringing. You are hardly an expert on how every single Black person was/is raised. If you did, you'd be very surprised.

Wednesday 23 September

By cb

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and your ancestors lived in caves and you have yet to evolve..your still a racist white devil!

Wednesday 23 September

By gobluespartyon

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Your a racist with that comment and your mean as well and your heartless and wrong.

Wednesday 23 September

By Tstar

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Trying spinning that tale on Obama numb nut! What happened to YOUR upbringing?

Wednesday 23 September

By gobluespartyon

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I don't think that Macy Gray should have been cenored Popping Cherry's is not a bad word it is common usage as Ms Gray said and it's funny.

Wednesday 23 September

By Marcy

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Mckenzie Phillips writes in her memoir about her incestuous relationship with her father John Phillips, of Mamas and the Papas fame. Macy Gray story is a walk in the park!!

Wednesday 23 September

By Don

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I DONT KNOW WHAT SOCIETY SHE COME FROM BUT IN OVER SEVENTY YEARS ON THIS EARTH I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING EXPRESSED LIKE THAT EXCEPT IN VULGAR TERMS. MAYBE IN THIS POLITICALLY CORRECT SOCIETY IT CAN BE CONDONED BUT MY FAVORITE SAYING IS, PROFANITY IS A VERBAL CRUTCH FOR A LINGUISTIC CRIPPLE

Wednesday 23 September

By Tstar

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How about "Vulgarity makes ignorance audible?"

Wednesday 23 September

By db

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you are a linguistic cripple dumbass ! "what society she COME from" ?????? where are u from ? Arkansas ? Mississippi ? some place of ignorance, to be sure....

Wednesday 23 September

By gobluespartyon

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Thats why your dead wrong Don and your a prude that is out of touch as well. Popping Cherry's is not vulgar it's funny. And profanity isn't verbal cruch for a lingustic cripple which you don't know what your talking about Don. I'm always right.

Wednesday 23 September

By Ms.Aj

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Rafael it's apparent your not black or was raised by black people. All black people dont teach their children to HATE, especially since we've had to deal with hate. I should know Im a parent myself and my daughter has friends from every nationality you can think of. My parents taught me to LOVE everybody no matter the nationality and thats what I instill with my daughter.

I thought this sight was about what Macy said which wasnt that bad.

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