I do believe black celebrity blogs serve a purpose in letting black people know about a movie that’s coming out, or about a singer’s CD or concert, or an actor’s DVD. The black blogs give a spotlight to black celebrities that usually are ignored by the mainstream. Gabrielle is one of the few black actresses that’s actually profiled on the mainstream blogs like People so she is a bit more famous then say Golden Brooks. However, its got to be tough reading negative stories that aren’t true and there is a sexist double standard taking place on some black blogs also.

Well Angel if she is referring to your site. It is your fault, shame on all of you black blogs owners for putting a gun to her head and making her read horrible rumors about herself. I’m glad you guys don’t put a gun to my 3 brothers and sister and make them read gossip blogs like you do Gabrielle.

lol Cjay,

you must be a whore yourself or maybe sixteen to fell the need to insult people like that.

I have lived in France for almost ten years wth white people and 15 years in AFRICA with only black people and yes from my little experience I know that woman are like that whatever colour you are BITCH. yes that is my experience. Nothing stupid about what i am saying but you have the right to disagree.
so SHUT YOU FUCKIN MOUTH BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS NOT MORE RELEVANT THAT WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. AND YES, I PREFER SEE THINGS POSITIVELY AND SAY THAT IT IS A WOMAN THING BECAUSE MAN, BLACK MAN I KNOW DON’T DO THAT TO THE OTHER MAN ONLY WOMAN SO AGAIN, GET OUT OF HERE!! THE REAL RACIAL PROBLEM IS WHEN SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER WOMAN COLOUR , BUT IN OTHER CASES TO ME IT IS JUST A WOMAN JALOUSY SO SHUT UP AGAIN
THAT IS CRAZY, YOU DON’T AGREE WITH ME AND I AM A WHORE NOW ?!! OH MY GODNESS, WELCOME TO AMERICA, THE COUNTRY WHERE EVERYBODY HAVE TO THINK THE SAME WAY OTHER WISE YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. CAN I SAY IRAK BITCH. YOU ARE SO STUPID

@ # 296

Those were all good movies but nothing that the average person can’t do. I think she is a good actress ( I stated that before) but IMO she hasn’t done anything that would have people talking about her all the time. She think she got it bad I wounder how Beyonace and Rhianna feel ( and I am not a stan but they get it the worst on blogs).

Gabrielle Union should be glad she’s getting any press at all. She is not that great of an actress and IMO comes across in interviews as if she has a shitty attitude. She should be glad she gets some shine on black blogs because the white-oriented blogs could give a fuck about her Z-List ass.

Maybe she should put more emphasis into getting a good role in a big budget film and stop attending every party, premiere, or umbrella opening out there.

This blog always states when any of the things they post is a rumor!! IMO Angel does a great job and what Gabrielle did is just lump together a group instead of being woman enough to specifically say what blog she was referring to. (Sandra Rose) !!!

GET A BACK-BONE BITCH AND CALL PEOPLE OUT OR SHUT UP AND GO TO THE WHEREVER-THE-HELL, KANSAS BLACK FILM FESTIVAL.

As for the people telling Angel it’s not that serious, some of yall are really funny. You are the same people whose asses explode everytime someone says something about Beyonce(good or bad)…is it that serious GTFOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone who doesn’t like this post please procede to the nearest exit and GO KILL YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TAKE A CLUE FROM OPRAH, NEXT TIME DON’T RESPOND SHE DID NOT SAY CL SAY YOU SHOULD HAVE LET HER HAVE HER PEACE AND DO BETTER IF YOU CAN!!!!

BUT THIS BLOG IS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT

“The fact of the matter is a picture of halle berry pregnant sells to magazines like its a photo of the virgin mary about to give birth to the scond coming of jesus becuase of the demand for it and an audience for it, not becuase shes tooting her own horn and telling everyone how important she is like you seem to want to beleive. It doesnt work like that”

That is where you are wrong. Perfect example: JLO. Everyone thought she was pregnant, but she chooses not to talk about it, even though the demand is there. So Halle does have a choice.

Y’all bitches screaming.. get a life. Like none of you dont fuk about as well. This kinda hillarious 307 comments?! wtf!

304

Did you honestly just say “Those were all good movies but nothing that the average person can’t do” You wanna rethink that.

And the difference is as popular as rihanna and Beyonce are they KNOW better then to lash out because the media would tear their black asses apart. Look what they do to any thing else beyonce says. The comment she made about her not relating to her dream girls character and only doing black music. The comment she made about gaining 20 pounds to play effie, the comment about wishing she was born latin becuase they show love to their celebs nomatter what, anything she says they scrutinize. Remember when that PETA membered hemmed her up in the resteraunt with a hidden camera and she said absolutley nothing until her mother got rid of them. Thats her stragidy, keep your mouth closed and you wont upset anybody, but even so she got flack for not having a mind of her own. Yall dont know the game.

And shes one of the exceptions of what gab was talking about becuase she gets covered by white an black media and yet the media still doesnt inrtude like they do white celebs even by beyonces own words , why? becuase the black celeb is still not a hot comodity.

Its kinda annoyin reading all this posts , wana smack all of you in da face, shut da fuk up!!

@304

I think Ashanti get it the worst, her and Supehead get no love on here. lol

Oprah in the Color Purple? That’s your stand out. You shoulda said Beloved and I would be inclined to agree, but Sophia? What BBW couldn’t do that?

Nia in did good, but isn’t that the exact same role as Lauren London in ATL or Megan Goode in Roll Bounce? The intro role. “Hi I’m the new up n coming black actress part”.

I just listed those because you said that you didn’t know of any roles where she did her thing. Deliver us from Eva,….ahh who was Eva? Gabby. Bad Boys II, who was the damsel in distress who caught and held the eye of the infamous Mike Lowry? Gabby. Breaking the Rules, Two can Play, again she was the star. Ofrah aint never carried no movie. Neither has Nia. Although the do supporting roles quite well. Lynn is the sh*t. You were on time with that, but Halle went from the “prom fend” to the Academy scene. Gabby will follow trust. Regina King, Sanaa Latham, Nia Long, Lady Lauren and Megan all have bright movie careers. WE should support them all.

GOOSIP IS WHAT GOD SAYS IT IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE…RUMORS ARE RUMORS AND UNLESS SUBSTANITED BY THE SOURCE THEY ARE INTENDED TO IMPLICATE THEN THAT IS A LIE…A LIE OR A LIAR ACCORDING TO GOD IS STILL WHO AND WHAT HE SAYS THEY ARE!!!!!!
GOSSIP AND RUMORS ARE WRONG NO MATTER WHAT PART OF THE BODY YOU PULL THEM FROM!!!!!!
YOU ALLSHOULD BE ON THE RECIEVING END THEN MAYBE IT WON’T BE SO BAD, JUST LAST NIGHT AS I WAS PRAYING AND READING SOMETHING I SAID LORD I SAID HOW CAN THESE PEOPLE LIE LIKE THIS….JSUT BOLD FACE LIES!!!! WITH NO REMORSE AND NO APOLOGY AND THE SICK PART ALL THE READERS NEED TO SEE IS A PICTURE AND GO ABSOLUTELY APE!!!!!

@311 you are absolutely correct each of these women should be embraced and encouraged, but if the LOOP only provides pics and of the few they choose to give positive info on on a daily basis then we should show our support for them by not coming to the LOOP!!!
ALL OF THESE WOMEN HAVE AND ARE PAYING THEIR DUES AND EACH ONE HAS DONE MORE THAN ONE MOVIE!!!!! DOES ANYONE FEEL ME!!!!! THIS FAVORTISM MESS NEEDS TO STOP WITH US!!!!!

Ditto # 310

Its becuase ya’ll cant read.

Theres always a grey area when it comes to gossip and gossip blogs. Celebs are always going to get talked about, true and it can sometimes be good publicity for them…but when you start talking about this actresses jump off status….dont expect celebs not to get mad and say anything about it. dont blog owners talk about everybody under the sun? even though CL has more recently become more neutral in its posts, in its early days, there were some rude/funky posts and that has to be known.
im not saying Angel isnt entitled to her own feelings, but there was a post about Gabby a few weeks ago highlighting all the dudes shes been seen with and a comment under her picture straight up asking gabby to clarify if shes a jump off or not. i know Angel, this is gossip, but dont act like you dont add fuel to the fire with post like these. and, given that this is your site, the comments section, to a degree reflects upon you, because, well, you own the site.
but i really do think gabby may have her own codependent /self esteem issues as well, because she feels like she has to please everybody. i think thats why there is a veneer to beyonce as well, she dosent let her all hang out, because people can be brutal bitches, and that can hurt

Angel’s heart is in the right place, but SOMETIMES she adds fuel to the fire

Angel a cool person
I like her a lot…

But, she sometimes adds fuel to the Gossip fire
Case in point.

This is a posting on Concreteloop that Angel wrote about one month ago
here’s the link

http://concreteloop.com/2...y-ma-ashanti-again-prince

Here’s what Angel said underneath Gabrielle Union’s Photo
Hill Harper and Gabrielle Union arrived at the Maxim Style Awards Tuesday night in Hollywood. Guess what the new rumor is now? She is dating Hill Harper. First Dwayne, Luda was next and now Hill? I honestly think people are pulling these items out of their ass. Gabby please set the record straight soon, because these rumors are making you look like a jump off.

@ # 309

We can agree to diagree because in MY OPINION (or untill I see other wise) Gabrielle is not a great actor, she is good but I am not putting her on the list of my favorite to 10 black actress. This could be because of the roles she gets but I havn’t been blown away yet. I have been to hight school and college plays and been blown away, she dosn’t blow me away.

all of these blog sites are wrong for the incorrect facts they post> by saying that we try to let u know if its a rumor or not isnt a good excuse> if u cant prove it unequivically then u shouldnt post or write it regardless of what website it came from> these are real peoples lives that you are exploiting for profit or whatever you get out of it> i dont think shes right to blame black blogs but all should be held accountable for there false printings and not consistently standing up and admitting that u posted inaccurate facts

@ # 311

She hasn’t done it for me yet, but maybe she isn’t bad. I forgot about Beloved ( what was I thinking) lol.

And yes Ashanti do get it bad. lol

Superhead brings it on herself ( I’m sorry I can’t feel sorry for her, I did at first but I think she likes the attention.

Hey guys I just saved a bunch of money by switching my car insurance to Geico….

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They look yummy.

Gossip is the new drug of the 21th Century.

We all get our daily fix everytime we log onto concreteloop.

Concreteloop is worse than crack

Black Gossip Blogs are like Drugs to our Community

And the people who own/operate these Black Gossip Blogs are the Drug Dealers.

Think about it:
Why are you so addicted to ConcreteLoop, and all the other Black Gossip sites ??

Why do you have this incredible urge to know information about the black “stars” and print cruel and hurtful comments about these so called stars that the black community prop up one minute, only to tear them down later on ?

I can understand why a person like Gabrielle Union would be hurt & dissapointed by Black Blogs and the people who own/operate them

Blacks do truely suffer from the “Crabs in the Barrel” mentality.

Now we are purposely pushing an additional drug, known as gossip in our community.

When will we realize that this Blog only HURTS members of the black community.

It doesn’t really help…

I can see where you’re coming from because you do say if it’s a rumor or if you have reliable sources…

There are a lot of nice articles of her on here….from what she wore, etc…I didn’t see anything bad about her.

shake it off CL…yall site is dope…media take out is out of control they stories dont even make sense…”beyonce and rihanna had a baby together and the baby came out looking like jesse jackson..”
They point being is I love this site…its real, and yall just speaking was on yall mind and not in a negative way.

But the cover does look something fierce.

THOSE MY GIRLS!!! I LOVE EM ALL AND THIS IS A CUTE COVER

I’m split on this one. I agree with you Angel; however, “our” celebrities have a right too. But, knowing the ways of the industry, they decided they wanted to be a part of, they’re not ignorant and they must be their own PR people and squash rumors as they happen. Since evidently they know about them.

3 beautiful talented ladies gotta love them

ALL THAT DAMN WEAVE!!!!!!! BLACK WOMENS HAIR IS NOT NATURALY LIKE THAT, IT JUST SEEMS SO EUROPEAN AND FAKE WE NEED TO EMBRACE OUR HERITAGE.

Angel,

GABBY IS SO WACK. I DEFINITELY FEEL YOU.

I don’t she was talking about Concreteloop, i must say of all the blogs you guys are the most Objective out there, not too opinionated, i don’t get that fromt his site, I get that you are more reporting than giving your opinion, and when you do give an opinion it’s usually positive, now the people that view the site they tear people to shreads….

Dont take offense, just keep doing what you do….. I honestly hope she wasnt referring to your site… this site is the truth….and that’s real talk

I’ve read several blog sites including this one and the comments that Gabriell made are absolutely correct. Even if (as you say) you are not guilty of the offenses she has stated, you have made no effort to put in check your peers. The insults and comments made by the blog creators and many of the people who write to them are as bad as the violence that we wage against each other on the streets. Instead of guns and knives you use the most powerful the written word. Racist don’t have to go very far to find stereotypical comments about us when they have you guys supporting all of the negative trash they’ve been using on their blog sites. At some point we will have to learn that if we don’t respect ourselves why should anyone else. Yes, I know that these blog sites are primarily for entertainment but do we have to verbally slaughter the few that Hollywood has chosen to give a job. As a kid growing up when TV was only offered in black and white, we used to be so proud to see a black person on TV and would call our parents to the room to see them perform. How sad it is to see us throw dirt over these few today.

Angel-

The best thing you can do is to send a letter to the Editor of Essence magazine responding to the criticism.

317.

Angel’s heart is in the right place, but sometimes she adds fuel to the fire
…………

Oh wow @ that username^ lmao

6.

aquarela
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Damn, what did they do to Sanaa’s chest? They airburshed her flat…
…..

LOL I noticed the same.

#50 - I agree 100% with you. 90% of Black problems are caused and can be corrected by Black people.

YALL SEE WHAT BLACK WOMEN MAKE YA DO

BLOG BLOG BLOG

THIS IS THE BIGGEST BLOG I’VE SEEN YET

ANGEL CONCRETELOOP IS ADDICTIVE

all of the women look beautiful…but gabriel needs to get off her dick…i mean seriously…she should be happy someone is even showing any interest in her ass…guess what…celebrities are TALKED about…you chose to be in the public eye so deal with it. She can kill that playing the victim role….i hope you keep putting that ho on blast!!

I’m pretty sure she’s talking about Sandra Rose and Madia Takeout. However, Sandra is nasty and her blatant bias towards her favorites is known. For example, she loves TI and said something really asinine about him being a gun collector when he got busted by the Feds. Then she claimed that his lawyers said that she, Sandra Rose, was making it worse for TI. She actually tried to make herself seem more important. What’s so interesting is she was being nasty and critical towards the Jena 6 yet made excuses for her “boy” TI. She lost quiet a few bloggers for that.

Sandra hates Jay Z, Beyonce and LSWLH (Light Skinned With Long Hair). If you don’t believe me, check out her site. Girl is vicious.

I DNT THINK SHE WAS TLKING ABOUT CONCRETE LOOP…WELL I HOPE SO. CONCRETE LOOP IS ONE OF THE FEW BLACK SITES I GO ON NOW…ALL THE INFO ON HERE SOMEWHAT TRUE AND IF THE SITE ISNT CERTAIN ABOUT IT, THEY’LL LIST IT AS A RUMOR OR SUMTHING. SOME SITES *COUGH* LIKE MEDIATAKEOUT.COM *COUGH* TAKE SILLY RUMORS AND LABEL THEM AS BREAKING “NEWS”. ITS SILLY. I RESPECT THIS SITE SOO MUCH…escpecially after tht Kanye interview =]

BIG UPS TO THE ‘LOOP!! =D

U RIGHT ANGEL……..SHE WAS BUGGIN! I REALLY DON’T THINK SHE IS A GREAT ACTRESS ANYWAY……..NIA SHOULD HAVE DONE THE COVER BY HERSELF B/C SHE IS THE ONLY ACTRESS THAT IS WORTHY OF A COVER B/C SHE DEPICTS HER CHARACTER’S MORE INTENSELY THAN THE OTHER TWO CORNY ACTRESSES………..IT’S TIME FOR US TO GET SOME MORE OF U NIA………I WANT SOME MORE ROLLS LIKE A LOVE JONES………BESTMAN OR SOMETHING…….DON’T GET ME WRONG NOW………I LIKE ALL HER OTHER ISH 2!!!

First post ever here. Love this site. Found it by accident about a year ago, and as was previously mentioned, its not filled with trash and untruth. Just commenting on what Ms. Union said (and Gabby if you’re reading, no offense), take responsibility for the image you put out there. If you dont want to be viewed as a homewrecker, stop taking photos all hugged up on married men. I understand the right to associate with whomever, but she ain’t dumb to image and appearances. Fact of the matter is, celebrities make it their business to be seen in all the right places with all the “right” people. Don’t get upset if people “rip you to shreds”, that’s what some people do. Besides, it ain’t what they call you-ITS WHAT YOU ANSWER TO. Are u answering Ms. Union? I respect all three ladies as very talented actresses. You don’t hear the same rumors about Sanaa or Nia, because in a lot of ways they protect that image. The portray themselves as graceful, tasteful, and ladylike. Gabrielle is always impeccable with her choice of clothes, but she is frequently wrapped around a man, A MARRIED MAN. Just sayin…..

AND THAT’S ANOTHER THING………YA’LL REALLY PUT SHINE ON EVERYONE ON THIS SITE……….THAT’S WHAT MAKE IT SO GREAT…….YA’LL NEVER DISS THE SUBJECT…….MAYBE SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL HER HOW WE DO @ CONCRETELOOP!

I bought the magazine and read the whole interview I can tell Gabrielle is mad because she has anxiety of how people view her. She said in the interview that once she was argueing with her ex-husband and three girls asked her to do the bring it on cheer and she said in tears “this is not the right time” and they were disappointed and till this day she still cant get over it that there experience with her wasnt well. Sanaa on the other hand doesnt care lol

Sanaa said that once she went on vacation so she braided her hair she came back and went to Miami with Gabrielle and her hair was frizzy and the blogs teared her to shreds, so afterall they do read these blogs sometimes

And buy the magazine you will read why these actresses probably play the same roles over and over again because for Black Woman in Hollywood there isnt alot of oppurtunities

I think I really know that but now because actress Terri J. Vaughn is doing a movie documentary about it woth 25 Black actresses like Regina King, Meagan Good , Malina Williams, Tamala Jones and more

WATCH THE TRAILER HERE
http://video.google.com/v...3182929268937&q=Angel %27s+can%27t+help+but+laugh+trailer&total=5&start=0&num=10 &so=0&type=search&plindex=2

And Angel dont get me started on how u clown Golden Brooks - U officialy made a name for her H.A.M LOL

I have to agree with Gabby. Without offending your sensibilities, I am amazed that you took so much offence to this. I am sure you are not the only one who writes about her. I have seen some nasty stuff written about her and I always wonder why black people like to tear down their own. I think as much as you are free to “gossip” about her, she should at least be allowed to say it as she sees it too.

Ahh def not talking ’bout Angel….you keep it pretty straight forward on this site. It’s part of the life…clear up what you want to or just don’t say anything at all. Love all the women on the cover, but darn be glad someone is talking about you…be worried when they aren’t. Plus very rarely are these three women talked about negatively on this site especially….most of the time folks are saying how good they look. BEZ baby. Its All love…we stood by Mike Mike even though he’s not black anymore so we sure got your back.
Much Love
~1505

@ Angela - I understand you getting somewhat offended but you know you stay away from all the unnessary banter so don’t take it personally. In my opinion I think she may be talking about Sandra Rose. I looked on the site a few times and that chick dogs everyone out then claims she hangs with everyone. Why would anyone with common sense want to hang out with her when she bashes everyone from Rihanna to Alicia Keys to Oprah. The reason folks like Kanye and TI and Kelly Rowland are doing interviews with you and the team is because your blog has integrity. You know you are doing a good job and we know you are doing a good job so keep doing what you do…I have been reading this blog since the jump and there is a reason why your fan base is rapidly growing. Keep doing you! Heck you even got Iman commenting about “our” ashy ankle comments. Keep doing the thing ConcreteLoop..keep doing you. Oddly enough this is only the beginning. And heck if she is referring to you just know that you are touching the masses. The same way we give the “celebrities” flack…you and the team gonna get some too…it comes with the territory. Embrace it.

TSnow

black bloggers can be mad all they want but i absolutely agree with gabby 100%. people sign up to actresses/singers, they do not sign up to have their personal lives ridiculed by the public. except for a few black celebs, white people don’t care that much and only care about these black celebs when they are in some type of trouble or there’s a big rumor going around. YOU black blogs help start these meaningless rumors and add fuel by claiming you have exclusives (not you concreteloop perse). the perfect example is beyonce and how people on these blogs, especially at bossip and sandra rose ridicule and spill hate on her. mediatakeout post all these FALSE stories about her then when it becomes a huge rumor, other black blogs think it’s okay to post it just cause it’s the talk of the town. eventually, white media or should i say mainstream media will pick it up cause ya’ll know they never really broadcast the good that blacks are doing. one thing that irks me is that most of these black blogs don’t bother posting a retraction when a rumor turns out to be false. they let it keep going, but let’s face it, black blogs do what they think they have to do to get hits.

i especially cosign on the last paragraph. you complain we don’t have enough black stars representing us and blah, blah, blah! yet, as soon as someone hits a certain magnitude of stardom, it becomes he/she’s soo fake, he/she doesn’t represent us, he/she’s fake, i’m so tired of her/him, he/she’s not black enough, he/she’s a sell out, he/she’s overexposed, this person needs to go sit down, and the list goes on. if you are going to complain about a black person being famous, then don’t complain about not having any black stars in the media

peace!!!!!!!!

Angel you have one of the best sites. If it wasn’t for you & some of the blogs headed by black women no one would even be asking about some of these so called celebrities. To white people they are d-listers. Gabrielle needs to stay her ass at home or get in a movie. She’s everywhere with everybody’s man & then complains. Whose telling you to take all those damn pictures Gabby??? The white blogs dog her out way worse & she puts herself out there to be talked about. I love Nia & Saana & I love your work Angel. keep it up.

But everyone ADMIT there is sexism on blogs
We see P.Diddy and other male celebs at every fucing parties taking pics with different females and some even married but they font get the flack that Gabrielle is getting!!!

By the way Pictures are just pictures they can seem to mean a thousand words but really mean nothing. U can take a pic with someone for 5 seconds and move on or fo somewhere else at a clun doesnt mean u speant the whole night with the muthafucca

#345 - Flatbush -
THANK YOU so much for that link… that’s the first I ever heard of this project, but found the trailer and this synopsis very interesting. A worthy project.

Angels Can’t Help But Laugh

Actress Terri J. Vaughn sits down with 25 of Hollywood’s African-American actresses to discuss how they deal with being in today’s entertainment industry. While media floods unrealistic ideas to the general public about these women, this documentary allows viewers a candid, unscripted exposure into the minds and hearts of these actresses. Ms. Vaughn sincerely removes these women from the characters we know, and reveals the essence of real women. These actresses open up to talk about their fears, disappointments, successes, families, and careers. The state of “Black Hollywood” is in a serious quandary, and these women hold no tongues when discussing their plights and obvious issues that are often quieted. Yet in that same moment of seriousness, each actress is able to relish in the splendor they bring to our television and film screens

someone is taking Gabriel’s comments way to personally…you didn’t post anything did you?

Three of Hollywood s most BEAUTIFULL ladies.

Believe it or not there are some celebrities that just want to do their job without the publicity. They are many successful actors and actress out there who don’t get that much publicity but are known for their work. The only time they get photograph if it has something do with a movie premiere or important event. Actually the ones who are getting publicize are the ones whose lives are in a train wreck because the media and people feed off of those things. Gabrielle is right, black women hate on each other, actually all women hate on each other. The people who make nasty comments are mostly the women. Most of the guys just make a silly comment about hitting it and commenting on their looks. Celebrity or not, they have feelings and as human beings you should understand where they coming from when feelings are hurt. They were a time when celebrities lifestyles wasn’t as publicize, but they are so many nosy people in this world who like to be up in other people business and speculating about other lives but their own.

I don’t know why Black people always point the finger at White women who tan, get butt implants and lip injections. Our people are no different with the skin bleaching, long hair weaves, and colored contact lenses. Every race admires something that the other has and tries to achieve it.

Playing devil’s advocate here AND spittin some Real Talk …

Angel (or whoever) will quickly delete a post if there’s anything mean or malicious said about the CL staff. Perfect example: When CL had their BET spot and they posted their pics, a few people clowned the hell out of the way her, Brian and Tianna looked. Those posts were quickly abolished. Even before that, post where people bashed Angel or where folks called her out her name or clowned her in any way were removed with the quickness and banned. Now, if the CL folks were immune to getting their feelings hurt they wouldn’t care what people posted about them; no matter how vulgar or ugly. But they do care, as should Gabby.

My point is that Gabby has a right to get irritated when blogs, such as these, dog the hell out of her. But since she puts herself out there (being at parties, always cheesin’ up with somebody’s man, etc) she’s subjected to any type of ridicule someone wants to subject her to. Unfortunately, she doesn’t have the power of the delete key or a way to moderate what’s said about her. That’s why it’s unnecessary for Angel to be “offended” by anything Gabrielle or any other celeb says. Angel IS in a position of power and she has to own that power. Also, Angel has to understand that it would be no different if the shoe were on the other foot and she was the celeb who had to face the ridicule WITHOUT being able to control what was being said {shown} about her. Before you get salty, just remember how the show felt when it was on YOUR foot Angel.

There’s a certain responsibility that comes with running/moderating a blog and if you {Angel} can’t take the heat, stay outta the kitchen. My suggestion: accept the fact that you are culpable and you are an abettor in the rumor mill (whether you source or not). Just accept that. But also OWN it and don’t apologize, have regrets or get offended since this is the path you’ve chosen. You just have to thicken your skin just as you expect that the celeb whose ashy elbows you post prominently should thicken theirs. Otherwise, this is not the business for you.

Second point: I concur with Chillin in NY 100%. We don’t owe Black celebs shit. We are all people. We all eat from the same hole and we all shit from the same hole. Black celebs are not entitled to be treated with kid gloves solely because they’re BLACK. Respect is a privilege, not a right. And just because you’re on TV, can pay people to dress you when you’re out in public and have (potentially) mastered a craft that’s different than ours, it doesn’t mean you’ve EARNED everyone’s respect. It just means you EARN your money differently. Do something RESPECTABLE and then people may have a reason to respect you.

Third point: I agree that Gabby only picked on women because that’s what weak people generally do — pick a fight with someone who they think they can beat. She’d never stand up to the White media (doesn’t have enough clout or no one will listen) and wouldn’t cross a Black man (doesn’t want to lose her “eye candy status). So yes, it’s easy to target sisters. But isn’t it ironic that she’s talking about sister’s uplifting each other and then puts them on blast herself?? lol. My advice to Gabby: get some of that same thickening cream I was telling Angel about. Life is about people disliking you for no reason. The secret is not giving them the power of knowing that you care.

Final point: I think Black blogs have done a lot for Black folks and I have yet to see it ruin someone’s career. People ruin their own careers. I just hope the celebs who are irritated with blogs understand that there’s more to life than worrying about what people think about you. And actually, these sites give folks information on people who would otherwise be “nobody’s” {read: Lil Mama, Sean Kingston, those Chiceknoodle soup with soda on the side people, etc.}. This is why a good publicist knows that there’s no such thing as bad press.

I agree with Gabby too..this is in some way hurting our black stars..just because “Page six” writes it..doesn’t mean we have to promote it…but concrete loop is official..unlike media take out who lies and just crosses the line…some Blogs tend to forget that No ones perfect…only god can judge us.

at 323
maybe black people should own the sites that bash white people
and white people can own the sites bashing black people
then we cant complain about anyone hating on thier own people
we can just hate each other
opps we already do.

I just love their pretty brown skin…

damn i love these black women!

#358 - Ms_Mac

Sister, you broke that all the way down.
Excellent points.

@ 358 MS_MAC

Well said! I was going to post something put damn, you summed up this entire situation quite nicely. LOL!

My bad, that’s BUT not put.

I help run a website targeted toward underepresented minorities in the medical field. And recently, the media reported that it was a black surgeon who operated on Kayne Wests’ Mom. I made the decision NOT to post anything about this on the site because I choose not to be a part of disparaging this Black man. The white media will, before it’s all over with, do a through enough job without my help.

So I say if you can sleep at night with whatever you do, more power to you. There are no right or wrongs in all this, it’s just what you’re willing to live with.

@ Ms Mac I agree with you. And let me find out some of these black blog owners are starting to smell themselves. Please believe if any of these blogs didn’t exist, we would still get the same information they copy and paste anyway! As you can see they all post about the same shit, just different formats, styles and commenters! Angela, please take it down a notch boo.

Gabby………………..

If no one said anything about you, you wouldn’t be working.
It might hurt, but suck it up.
More hate means bigger pay checks.

Angel…………….

Keep doing what you’re doing. If it weren’t for you,
I’d have nothing to do at work.

Peace

# 315 We can read Boo! Everybody don’t want to read paragraphs. One or two sentences is enough for me, thanks!

Ms Mac

I agree totally, However there is a lot of blame to go around. Like I said before on some level we all are wrong.

Its human nature to spill a little tea, and hold the cup while its being poured. I think the blogesphere just takes every human flaw and ailing and magnitizes it. I think however its silly to admonish Angel-when to me she is the most responsible with her reporting. There are a long list of others that need to be checked before she should including a certain someone with reckless comments that supports a certain rapper in machine gun collection and selling (as his right to bear arms).

I do think that some of this blog gossip stuff has gotten way out of hand. A few people have gotten a wiff of what Angel has done and totally exploited it again at the expense of quitting respectable professions like law ie MTO and YBF.

In my opinion there are 1million ways to skin a cat and make money. Why everyone is trying to saturate ONE avenue of black gossip is really mind boggling to me. To me the real next level is to monitize and EVOLVE the brand. NO BODY is trying to take this venue to the next level aside from ad dollars. Angel however has moved from all gossip to real solid entertainment and black pop culture reporting thats smart and interesting. And she’s still young. This site wasn’t what it was 2 years ago. Just like most of us who are in our 30s aren’t who we were even 10 years ago.

Lastly, major ad sponsors are also to blame i have gone on many black sites with some exlcusive sponsorship from folks like cover girl etc. What is the message that they are sending to other black women. That’s something to think about Gabby when you take a six figure endorsement of a cosmetic company that jumps on the very venue that you dispise.

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