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Aretha Franklin Responds to Media Speculation on Missing Whitney Houston's Funeral: "Stop the BS"

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Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player. Aretha Franklin Responds to Media Speculation on Missing Whitney Houston's Funeral: "Stop the BS"Today 6:29 PM PSTby Bruna Nessif

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Don't mess with Aretha Franklin, people.

Even after the music legend explained her absence at Whitney Houston's funeral, many media outlets continued to speculate why Franklin decided not to attend her goddaughter's service (where she was expected to sing). Certain outlets suggested the reason was an alleged rift between Franklin and Cissy Houston that reportedly arose after Franklin's Today interview aired the day before the funeral.

Well, it was time to set the record straight.

"Extra TV, the New York Post and Newsday (New York) should stop the BS," Franklin said in a statement. "Cissy Houston and I have been longtime friends for almost 50 years."

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"I have four invitations and parking passes that were sent to me for the funeral. Extra TV, the New York Post and Newsday (New York) are more interested in sensationalism and negative speculations than the truth. People are getting their information from the wrong source. The intelligent and the thoughtful thing to do would be to respect and have some sensitivity to the moment. If you don't know how, at least try.

"Cissy does not need ridiculous speculation and neither do I—particularly at this time. Also, with respect to the Today Show, my entire statement was pretaped. However, the Today Show did not air the part of my statement, which said, 'This is no reflection on Cissy or Nippy's upbringing.' Knowing Cissy as well as I do, I know Whitney left home right and properly. I was generalizing and it was a well intended statement for any young adult coming into the music industry. I was not speaking of anyone specifically."

Franklin released a statement Saturday clarifying her reason for not going and giving her condolences, "Unfortunately I had terrible leg spasms and locked leg muscles until 4:00 a.m. this morning following my concert last night, which I've been having for the last few days. I feel it necessary and very important to stay off my leg today as much as possible until concert time this evening.

"My heart goes out to my dear friend Cissy [Houston], Dionne [Warwick], Bobbi Kristina [Brown] and the rest of the family. May God keep them all."

Can you R-E-S-P-E-C-T that?

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Chris Brown Plays Victim, Claims Media Out to Get Him

Wed., Feb. 15, 2012 12:30 PM PST by Josh Grossberg

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Chris Brown doesn't give a (pick your expletive) what the naysayers have to think of his dual Grammy wins and two featured performances last Sunday—which came three years almost to the day after his notorious beatdown of then-girlfriend Rihanna

And now he's going after the press.

Here's what the "Run It" singer had to say this morning on his Twitter page before abruptly deleting them.

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"DEAR MEDIA.. Ur plan is not working…I'm not going anywhere so get used to me," tweeted Brown, adding, "How long is this gonna take?"

Perhaps Brown was wondering when the public will forgive him for the felony assault, a crime for which he performed hundreds of hours of community service and for which he's now on probation.

While Grammy voters have moved on, the same can't be said of many critics—newspapers such as the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times had editorials decrying his presence at the Grammsy, while celebs like Miranda Lambert and Jack Osbourne took Brown to task on Twitter.

But Brown did receive support from some unexpected quarters.

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The View cohost Sherri Shepherd stood up for Brown on Tuesday's episode, calling out teenage girls for ignoring the realities of domestic violence when they jokingly tweeted during the Grammy telecast that they wouldn't mind taking a beating from Brown—if only to meet their idol.

"I've defended Chris Brown and said that I thought he deserved another chance. I still do think he deserves another chance. We shouldn't just throw him out because of one mistake and it's over," said Shephered. "But these girls, it concerns me more than Chris Brown—it's deeper. [It's about] your self-worth: what do you think you're worth? Either A) you've been in this situation and it's not bothering you, or B) you've never been in this situation and you don't understand what it feels like to be punched in the face."

Cohost Elisabeth Hasselbeck accused Shepherd of going too easy on him.

"I think it's interesting to be so loose on Chris Brown," she said. "If it was your daughter, I don't think you'd be saying it."

Shepherd stood by her statements, claiming Chris could still be a role model.

"There may be a child in a situation of going through abuse that Chris Brown has gone through. His mother was abused right in front of his very eyes six years before this happened to Rihanna. He used to wet his pants from the fear," said Shepherd. "He was a victim! He became an offender. He did what the courts told him to do. He went to 52 weeks, a year of domestic prevention counseling."

On Monday, Sherri also tweeted, "Looks like all is forgiven w Chris Brown. That's all I'll say."

We'll give her this: at least she's consistent.

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