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Monday, November 26, 2007
Tommy Hilfiger rumour... NOT TRUE
If you are still receiving emails or reading stories on the internet about Tommy Hilfiger being a racist, allow me to untangle the story for you.
The rumour states:
"I'm sure many of you watched the recent taping of
The Oprah Winfrey Show where her guest was Tommy Hilfiger. On the show,
Oprah asked him if he had said, 'If I had known African-Americans,
Hispanics, Jews and Asians would buy my clothes, I would not have made
them so nice. I wish these people would not buy my clothes, as they are
made for upper-class white people.' His answer to Oprah was a simple
'Yes' when she asked him, and she then immediately asked him to leave
her show."
The truth:
Oprah has been on the air for 21 years and Tommy Hilfiger
had never appeared on the show. He was invited to make his first ever
Oprah show appearance in May 2007 because of this rumour that has been
circulating the internet for 10 years and they decided to set the record
straight. They both clarified that he never made such a statement and
that the rumoured Oprah show where she kicks him out never happened.
The rumour has some humour.
Here is the latest. It is now being
circulated amongst the Greeks around the world who seem a bit numb to
discover that Hilfiger who is extremely popular in Greece, hates them.
The email comes with an attached article from a Greek publication
written by a journalist who decided to add a little twist to the story.
She stated that Hilfiger also mentioned 'Greeks' in the list of those
that apparently shouldn't buy the Hilfiger clothes and makes a closing
statement for people to think well and hard before they purchase Tommy
Hilfiger products. The article has a picture of Oprah on the left and
Jennifer Aniston on the right. As you probably know, Aniston is Greek
and now it appears as if Tommy also hates Greece's favourite girl, Jen.
The Tommy Hilfiger rumour is NOT TRUE yet it is still spinning out of control. If you wish to find out more, there is a clip and transcripts on the Oprah site about it.