CeeLo's Tweets About Rape Ignite Twitter Firestorm; TBS Cancels Show

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Look Mom. Stupid rape comments, aren't just for old white Repubs any more.

https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/music-news/ceelo-s-tweets-about-rape-ignite-twitter-firestorm-180659242.html

Although CeeLo Green apologized on Tuesday for the series of tweets Sunday comparing rape and consensual sex that sparked a massive wave outrage across the Twittersphere, the blowback over his remarks continues. The latest: TBS has canceled his reality show, The Good Life, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The network moved to act after Green's social media meltdown prompted the women's advocacy group UltraViolet to launch an online petition calling for TBS and parent company Time Warner to pull the plug on the series instead of "giving him a huge public platform." The petition concluded by saying, "They’ve got to drop him, now."

The singer was sentenced to three years' probation on Friday after pleading no contest to charges that he plied a woman with drugs and took her to a hotel room.

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He went on Twitter Sunday to address user comments and attempt to defend himself. "If someone is passed out they're not even WITH you consciously! So WITH implies consent," Green wrote in a post he later deleted.

The woman does not remember having sex with Green, but says she woke up next to him in bed. Green's attorney described their relations as "consensual."

"When someone breaks [in] a home there is broken glass, where is your plausible proof anyone was raped," he wrote.

"So if I TRIED but did NOT succeed but the person said I DID then what really happened?" Green added.

That did little to placate many Twitter users, who attacked the former Voice coach:

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Who is CeeLo Green? J Lo's younger brother?

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Newsflash, folks are stupid. Doesn't matter your race or political affiliation.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Newsflash, folks are stupid. Doesn't matter your race or political affiliation.

That was my point although old white pubs seemed to own that one for a while

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

That was my point although old white pubs seemed to own that one for a while

I think men in general, when it comes to rape between men and women, should keep our mouths shut. It's a very polarizing subject, and even the most well meaning comment can come across as vulgar if you're talking to the wrong person. Same thing with domestic violence. If you say anything outside of 100% condemnation, you are leaving yourself wide open to a beating.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I believe "Ultraviolet" is a subsidiary group of CABA Inc.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I'm looking for the story now, but men who suffer domestic violence or mental cruelty aren't even treated the same. There was a seminar for abused men and it had to be moved to a different venue due to women shutting them down.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I'm looking for the story now, but men who suffer domestic violence or mental cruelty aren't even treated the same. There was a seminar for abused men and it had to be moved to a different venue due to women shutting them down.

That's true - there was a debate about that a few years ago in the UK when the old Mayor of London announced funding for domestic violence shelters for women. When challenged by a group of male victims, he actually said that he didn't believe men could be victims of domestic violence.