Janice
01-18-2003, 01:22 AM
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TV STAR BOLTS 'VULGAR' AWARDS
by By RICHARD JOHNSON
with Paula Froelich and Chris Wilson
"EVERYBODY Loves Raymond" star Patricia Heaton has a message for the raucous Osbournes - shut up, already!
Heaton, incensed over the family's lewd and profane language at the American Music Awards on Monday, stormed out in the middle of the show, refusing to go on stage for her segment of the ABC- televised event.
"I'm no prude, but this was such a vulgar and disgusting show," Heaton told the Cleveland Plain Dealer (where her brother is a reporter). "What was passing for humor basically ranged from stupid to vulgar - and I just thought, 'I'm not going to be part of this.'
"So I walked out and said, 'Get my car - I'm leaving.' "
The Osbournes - Sharon, Ozzy and surly teenage kids Kelly and Jack - were hosting the awards on ABC. Their MTV reality show, "The Osbournes," is legendary for its bleeped profanity.
Heaton, who stars as comely wife Debra Barone in "Raymond" opposite Ray Romano, was supposed to present a video retrospective encompassing the last 30 years of the American Music Awards.
But she just stood up and walked out of the Shrine Auditorium in Hollywood - saying she was disgusted by the "onslaught of lewd jokes and off-color remarks.
"The entire evening became about bleeping," she told the Plain Dealer. "It was as if they were trying to become more like the MTV awards. But it's one thing if this kind of stuff is on MTV at 10 at night. It's quite another if it's on ABC at 8 o'clock. I don't know what Dick Clark was thinking."
Heaton said she was particularly furious over a performer's allusion to three-way sex and Sharon Osbourne's joking about Mariah Carey's "fake" endowments (Heaton herself has copped to having her breasts, er, endowed).
"I really didn't know what I was getting into," Heaton said. "I mean, there was ['American Idol' co-host] Ryan Seacrest pulling open his co-presenter's shirt, then noticing there was a 12-year-old girl in the front row. And he says, 'Don't worry, honey, you'll have a pair of these soon.' And everybody went crazy.
"It felt like I was in the Roman Colosseum. As far as I'm concerned, it was an affront to anyone with a shred of dignity, self-respect and intelligence."
Heaton was replaced by a prerecorded audio clip introducing the retrospective.
TV STAR BOLTS 'VULGAR' AWARDS
by By RICHARD JOHNSON
with Paula Froelich and Chris Wilson
"EVERYBODY Loves Raymond" star Patricia Heaton has a message for the raucous Osbournes - shut up, already!
Heaton, incensed over the family's lewd and profane language at the American Music Awards on Monday, stormed out in the middle of the show, refusing to go on stage for her segment of the ABC- televised event.
"I'm no prude, but this was such a vulgar and disgusting show," Heaton told the Cleveland Plain Dealer (where her brother is a reporter). "What was passing for humor basically ranged from stupid to vulgar - and I just thought, 'I'm not going to be part of this.'
"So I walked out and said, 'Get my car - I'm leaving.' "
The Osbournes - Sharon, Ozzy and surly teenage kids Kelly and Jack - were hosting the awards on ABC. Their MTV reality show, "The Osbournes," is legendary for its bleeped profanity.
Heaton, who stars as comely wife Debra Barone in "Raymond" opposite Ray Romano, was supposed to present a video retrospective encompassing the last 30 years of the American Music Awards.
But she just stood up and walked out of the Shrine Auditorium in Hollywood - saying she was disgusted by the "onslaught of lewd jokes and off-color remarks.
"The entire evening became about bleeping," she told the Plain Dealer. "It was as if they were trying to become more like the MTV awards. But it's one thing if this kind of stuff is on MTV at 10 at night. It's quite another if it's on ABC at 8 o'clock. I don't know what Dick Clark was thinking."
Heaton said she was particularly furious over a performer's allusion to three-way sex and Sharon Osbourne's joking about Mariah Carey's "fake" endowments (Heaton herself has copped to having her breasts, er, endowed).
"I really didn't know what I was getting into," Heaton said. "I mean, there was ['American Idol' co-host] Ryan Seacrest pulling open his co-presenter's shirt, then noticing there was a 12-year-old girl in the front row. And he says, 'Don't worry, honey, you'll have a pair of these soon.' And everybody went crazy.
"It felt like I was in the Roman Colosseum. As far as I'm concerned, it was an affront to anyone with a shred of dignity, self-respect and intelligence."
Heaton was replaced by a prerecorded audio clip introducing the retrospective.