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Posted by St. Yogi (Member # 5974) on :

This is an article from Ananova: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_880395.html?menu=news.quirkies

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Disney has removed a statue of Mickey Mouse inspired by Janet Jackson, following her Super Bowl gaffe.

The singer was one of a host of celebrities asked to help design and personalise a 6ft statue to mark the cartoon character's 75th birthday last year.

Disney spokesman, Gary Foster, told the Orlando Sentinel the Jackson version saw Mickey wearing a tight black outfit similar to the one the singer wore on tour in 1990 after the release of her Rhythm Nation album.

The statues were erected in front of the Florida Magic Kingdom and are now being moved to Philadelphia to greet shareholders at Disney's annual meeting, before going on a nationwide tour.

But the Jackson version will not be tagging along and has now been replaced by a spare statue created by an in-house designer at Disney.

Foster said: "Considering all the controversy it [the Super Bowl performance] drew, we talked it over for a couple of days and decided it would be best to replace hers with a new one."

Why is it that Janet's the only one taking heat for the superbowl incident? What about Justin? Wasn't he equally responsible?

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

Because he didn't have a Mickey. Thank God.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Frequin' double standard. [Mad]

Not that it wasn't tacky and offensive on the part of Janet. But she IS the only one suffering for this, and that's infuriating.

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

I read in Variety that she also got fired from an acting gig in a biopic in the works due to the 'mishap'.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Yeah. She was going to play Lena Horne in a biopic, and the still-living Lena Horne didn't want her to do it after this. SO.. project died.

Justin the Weasel, on the other hand, got picked to star in a movie. I HATE the world's double standard.

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

Oh, for crying out loud.. She didn't get to go on the Grammys, she's been punished enough. They should let it rest...
It was only part of a breast anyway... [Mad]

Plus the superbowl is so last month