Questlove Surprised to Have Received Hate Mail After Introducing Bachmann as a ‘Lyin’ Ass Bit**’
- Posted on December 4, 2011 at 5:59pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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The leader of the Grammy award-winning hip hop/Jimmy Fallon house band The Roots says he never thought introducing GOP presidential candidate Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann to a song entitled “Lyin’ Ass Bit**” would cause so much reaction. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson tells Pitchfork that he didn’t think about “how it could be perceived as a misogynist swipe” and had forgotten that “bit**” was in the title.
“I was really just going with her whole revisionist history angle, I wasn’t calling it out on her being a woman,” Questlove told the indie music website, which chose to link his quote to a video posted by The Daily Beast.
The drummer goes on to tell Pitchfork that he has received hate mail since the swipe, and does not think the “joke” was worth it:
“I’ve seen some really colorful epithets in the past four days, but ‘nigger fuckhead ghetto stick’ is probably the one that takes the cake. I’m still trying to get my head around that one. Blocking 3,500 tea party extremists [on Twitter] in a three day period is no fun, especially when you’re a drummer dangerously close to carpal tunnel. In the end, was it worth it? Absolutely not.”
The Late Night Host Jimmy Fallon apologized about the stunt that the house band pulled the next day, and an NBC executive sent Bachmann a letter, writing that the incident “was not only unfortunate but also unacceptable.” A spokesman for Bachmann said that the executive offered his sincerest apologies and claimed that the band had been “severely reprimanded.”
It is unclear what, if any, punishment the band received for the prank.
Questlove has not apologized for the insult, and has only said that the song was a “tongue-in-cheek and spur-of-the-moment decision.”
However, the drummer boasted about the stunt on Twitter both before and after the performance.
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Comments (165)
Californiasodbuster
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 7:01pmBy the looks of this brother, i can understand the name QUESTLOVE.
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 7:31pmThe biggest question for that A hole should be, why does he still have a job? But then again, we all know the answer to that: because he’s a black bass turd. He didn‘t remember that ’b*tch’ was in the title? Sounds like a cheap, two-bit drug dealer trying to talk his way out of an arrest. What a loser.
Report Post »Definitive Truth
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 7:37pmBoth he & Barry are liars, both are concerned America sees the obvious con & both are now worried about losing their jobs….and oh yes…both are also reprehensible
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 7:54pmI’am sick of this constant drumbeat toward the bottom. These people think that they can talk about their women like that but I tell you now we will tear your head off before you talk about our women that way. Attack me but we are going to have to draw a line somewhere for they will not. Its coming and you can call it whatever. There is a correction coming and we will remember you and will come for you. I hope you don’t like it.
Report Post »Autumknight
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 8:05pmI bet he knows the recipe to Chef’s “Sweaty Balls”
Report Post »jado1981
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:11pmAutumknight, I should not know this, but I do… It is Chef’s Chocolate Salty Balls… If you are thinking of A. Baldwin’s SNL character Mr. Schweatty, he’s the one with the Schweatty Balls.
Report Post »PKama
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:15pmIf this so called hip hop artist wants to know who the real “Lyin’ Ass Bit**” is ? He is in the photo with him. LMFAO…
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:09pmBet when HER TITLE is MADAM PRESIDENT, he doesn’t get invited to perform at the wh anymore!
Report Post »vonMises
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:34pmHe should call himself “QUESTCLASS” because he doesn’t have any of that, either.
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Nathaniel Horn
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 12:45amThat’s right. Give the Liberal, Hollywood, group-think Zombies who think they are untouchable a taste of their own medicine. I want to see lots and lots more of it. They are always pinning distorted, untrue B.S. on us Conservatives with impunity. We are the good guys, not them. Time to instruct them in the truth of this dimension instead of their never, never land alternate reality. Time to show em hurt and scared. Let’s see how they like their own medicine.
Time to start making em as scared of us as they are of Muslims. Yeah? We are legion and we are pissed. We are the majority and it’s time they re-learned some respect. It’s time they learned that the majority does NOT have to suffer for the minority. Last November was just a taste of what we can do. They are really just loud, toothless cowards and bullies. It’s time to stop letting THEM define the narrative. It is time to put THEM in THEIR place. And unlike THEM, we have honor, true compassion and a framework of morality- not to mention TOUGH love which is among the best of kinds! That’s the reality. Don’t confuse my words with whining, either. This is a call to arms.
Report Post »db321
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 1:44amWe can’t really blame QUESTLOVE – he watches the Liberal Media and following a President that has called the Police stupid, while supporting Occupied Feabaggers.
I would like to think that my IQ is higher that QUESTLOVE‘s and I’m having a hard time these days discerning right from wrong in America.
Example- these flash mobs that we see happening all over – are they legal or not – I can’t tell anymore. Never hear of any arrest.
Report Post »Marci
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 2:04amWhat a supreme liar. How in the world do you forget the name in the title? You don’t. As for “revisionist history”, I am willing to bet he can’t tell you ONE thing that is revisionist. Other than what Cornel West told him….which again, is a bunch of lies. As for his remark on “tea party extremists”….hmmm, why don’t we find out his salary and serve him up to Occupy. I despise vile sanctimonious moonbats like this.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 3:57amNathanial
I have to say I love your post. That was great and very true. Thanks.
Don’t you just know this “Fool” forgot Bi ch was in that title??? Yeah right…
Report Post »And spur of the moment my butt, he had tweeted he was going to do it. That
is not spur of the moment. He is a “Lying A$$ Fool”.
SlimnRanger
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 8:43amWho is the character anyway?
Report Post »robert
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 9:35am“The leader of the Grammy award-winning hip hop/Jimmy Fallon house band The Roots says he never thought introducing GOP presidential candidate Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann to a song entitled “Lyin’ Ass Bit**” would cause so much reaction. ”
Degrading songs and titles like his are part of his normal mindset. It‘s only natural he wouldn’t understanbd how people could be offended at words, phrases and utter contempt he houses inside his mini-brain.
He’s a big part of what is wrong with America today. The culture is not only dumbing down to accommodate those like him who can’t compete intellectually in a first world society, it is dumbing down its vernacular and morals to a ghetto street level. It has now reached a point where it is acceptable for an American-hating black rip rap ****** to interject his degradations into the language.
For anybody to have this kind of despicable, low-class creep as a bandleader on his show reveals how lowly the entertainment fools have fallen.
But, they have always been part of the hate-American crowd, just like Harvey Weinstein, Barbara Streisand, and Steven Spielberg.
It will continue to get worse until the fighting begins in earnest, and civil war two cleans things up once and for all.
Report Post »matinva
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:54pmStupid is as stupid does. There was no excuse for that, period, and he should have been fired.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 7:32pm…Liberal Marxist don’t fire other liberal marxist …
Report Post »PKama
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 8:28pmI had never heard of this idiot until the day after Bachmann appeared on that show. Never heard about the so called host of that show either. I am not surprised at all that this idiot chose that song to introduce Bachmann with. These so called Hip Hop ARTISTS and RAPPERS do not have any respect for women at all. The even refer to their own mothers, wives, girlfriends and women in general as Bitches or Whores. Go figure.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:08pmThe left continues to prove they have absolutelly no class whatsoever – and then they are surprised when people are offended. Go figure…..
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:09pmThe left has no class, they are base, vulgar, ignorant and in for a huge fall.
I still have to shake my head about their abject ignorance of U.S. History.
Report Post »DeVain
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:46pmOH…he forgot “B**ch” was in the title. His intent was just to say she’s a “Lying ass”. That makes things so much better. :rollseyes:
Now he mentions “Tea Party extremist”.
Moron.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 7:27pmLOL .. I didn’t even think to contact this idiot .. I contacted the show and said that he should be fired .. that was all I said .. most threats and violence and vile remarks I read are from the left and directed at the TEA Party and people like Congresswoman Bachmann.
TEA!
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:08pmAllyou have to do is look at the pic………….BHO is gonna win the election by promising EVERY minority group to tax the **** outta the ‘honkies’ and give them the $$$
Watch……..gotta vote Dem if you want your share of the goodies…..
Report Post »DESKOCCUPANT
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:41pmI know! What is this “tea party extremist’?? Why is that word included to describe people who disagree with you?? I’ve not heard of one violent incident with anyone from the Tea Party. No rapes, thefts, shootings, arrests, pooping in public, anti-semetic activity, or tuberculosis outbreaks at any Tea Party gathering.
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:17pm@DESKOCCUPANT
That’s right, because Tea Party participants are average, everyday Americans and this bunch of miscreants are being scraped off the bottom of the slop barrel by their handlers, the nation’s communists, not the least of which is this administration.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:45pmoops ……..someone didn’t find it funny
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:45pmThis is BS… he told friends that he had a “special” intro for her!
Report Post »moriarty70
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:54pmDon‘t forget the show isn’t shown live, it is pre-taped roughly 6-7 hours before it went to air, unless the tweet is from 5 to 6pm then he tweeted it when the show was airing, not when he decided to play the song. Given that I’m willing to accept it was a spur of the moment decision. That doesn’t justify the behavior, but it does break down the whole “Had to be planned he tweeted it” argument.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:29pmAnd it was probably written by the w h totus!
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:45pmHE STILL DOESN’T GET IT.
Report Post »How dense do you have to be, to not see that he was committing an act of“Insulting Political Commentary”
tr68gt
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:52pmMy thoughts exactly, He STILL doesn’t get it…definitely not the sharpest tack in the box.
Report Post »Stop_Your_Lying_Libs
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:42pmDon Cornelius called and wants his hair back.
Report Post »raspberrytea
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:42pmLooks like he has a big bumble bee stuck in his hair.
Report Post »CarlyinNJ
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 7:29pmRASPARTEA:
Report Post »LOL, I didn’t notice the “Bumble Bee” in QuestLoves hair when I first looked at the picture; it could be a mic or something but then again….????
Maybe, Obama sneezed on him and it’s a big Obama Booger!
Sounds like QuestLove wants to become an Honorary Member of the TeaParty!!
SistaTriscuit
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 8:24pmIt’s a hair pick, it’s black & you can just make out the rest of it shoved into his hair. The part you can see sticking out is the end of the handle. Questlove is the epitome of class. NOT.
And Bachmann’s “revisionist angle of history”??? Please. It’s sad the amount of blacks in this nation who do not even know the truth of our history, of THEIR history. I wonder how many dumbarses like him realize that the Republican party was formed on the platform of ABOLISHING SLAVERY? I wonder how many dumbarses like him realize it was their beloved Democrats, none other than ol’ KKK member Robert Byrd himself, that stood on the chamber floor & FILIBUSTERED the Civil Rights Act of ‘64? I wonder how many dumbarses like him realize that it was Democrats that fought to re-institute segregration? I wonder how many dumbarses like him realize that it was the “social arm” of the Democrat party that formed the KKK & used it as a means to intimidate both blacks AND whites from voting Republican??? I wonder how many dumbarses like him realize that all of the early black members of Congress were REPUBLICAN???
Now, let’s talk about revisionist history. It’s exactly why we still have the racial division that we do in this country – and it can be fully owned by the liberal progressive agenda found within our system. And this “post racial president” that dumbarses like Questlove elected has done nothing but exacerbate race issues. I’m so sick of morons & the lies th
Report Post »LadyVet
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:38pmHow about a song named lyin’ asz b@stard for this liar. He meant it the way it was perceived, he absolutely intended disrespect to Mrs. Bachmann he just doesn’t have the stones to admit it.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:42pmIt is the holiday season over at the White House. The theme for this year’s Christmas is “Shine, Give, Share.” While rumor is, the theme of next year’s White House Christmas will be “Clean, Pack, Move.”
Jimmy Fallon ~
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:51pmThe drummer goes on to tell Pitchfork that he has received hate mail since the swipe, and does not think the “joke” was worth it:
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Not worth it,Are you kidding Me!. This idiots Boss’s, Boss’s Boss had to write an Apology for something stupid HE DID
skippy6
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:38pmSo does saying the n word make you a racist?? No it does not!! Judging a person by the color of skin and/or hating the whole race does….So does hating Jews, Arabs or Persians make you a racist…Sorry to get off track… Ahmir knew what he was doing I say NBC fire his stupid A$$!!! There are plenty of better drummers that have class and could outplay him anyway!!!
Report Post »rock-n-roll-rebel
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:37pmThat was a cold shot and they deserve the negative feedback but there is no excuse for racism. My prediction is that Representative Bachmann will take Iowa, she has never looked stronger. Lately she seems to have found out how to be herself on camera. While the media homes in on Gingrich’s many inconsistencies Ron Paul and Bachmann are going to start to shine and I think Bachmann will beat Paul in the debates, not because she is right about foreign policy but because most conservatives will believe that she is right.
Report Post »georgiavietvet
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:36pm2 brainless *********……………….
Report Post »Texan4ever
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:35pmZero says: I’m so happy my home boy is on the plantation along wid all the other fools.
Report Post »The Scarecrow
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:30pmLet me ask you a question. What do you think would happen to a band that would play Lyin Ass Bitch when Michelle Obama walked out on stage somewhere? Just something to think about.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:37pmOne can only dream!
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 12:23amSCARECROW, you read my mind. This guy and his band knew exactly what they were doing and so did the network. Had it been Michele Obama it would have caused rioting and blood shed.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:30pmIs he another Sammy Davis JR? He sure can tap dance!!!
Report Post »doglady
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:29pmHe is doing exactly what Obama wants him to do – create more division.
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:28pmSo is he lying about the hate mail coming from the tea party? Does he have proof that it did not come from the racist, bigoted smelly,foul mouthed OWS arm of the democratic party.
Report Post »The Scarecrow
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:43pmYeah that’s what I was wondering. I suppose they were all signed tea party extremist.
Report Post »HumbleCitizen
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 12:22pmThe democratic party IS the party of the KKK.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:24pmA drummer in a crappy band can’t understand why calling a Congress Woman and presidential candidate a lying a$$ B@@ch would cause such problems. He was under the assumption that no one watched the show anyway and being late night, only stoners and idiot losers were up that late. But I guess like his momma was on whether or not to abort him, he was wrong.
Report Post »skippy6
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 7:43pmMake it so # 1
Report Post »sallyredneck
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:19pmCry baby is stunned that he received hate mail!
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:26pmhe is a lyin’ asz bitc*
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 7:42pmThat’s because he has always been told how special he is, and has always got a trophy no matter what. How dare the mean people say bad things.
Report Post »JustMel71
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:17pmThis happened what a week or two ago and it still continues to be a story here on The Blaze?? The guy is an immature flake along with his band mates. Mrs. Bachmann received some sort of an apology from the late nights host and yet we must continue to read about it like it just happened yesterday. Mrs. Bachmann is a politician and there will be some mud slinging. I’m feeling stupid for even commenting on this story, but this site is getting so ridiculous. Mrs. Bachmann can handle herself and if she can‘t then she’s not fit to be President.
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:24pmT. Curti
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:44pmYeah, but if her first name were hillary, you’d have an X potus out there complaining, “Y’a better quit pickin on mah gurl here, ya hear!”
Report Post »Collbuzz
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:16pmWhat a shock seeing our Pres in such a cozy pose with him! Ahmir must be quite an historian; all he wanted to do was point out Mrs. Bachman’s “revisionist history angle”. What a load of sheet. The congresswoman has FORGOTTEN more about history than he could ever claim to know. What a worthless piece of dung.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:12pmSave the handjb for someone else. This guy knew exactly what he was doing. Here we have another idiot musician that thinks he knows something.
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:22pm…standing next to an idiot president that thinks he knows something
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:49pmWhat the he77 is Obama doing standing next to Angela Davis in this pic? Doesn’t he know that hanging out with Domestic Terrorists will hurt his “All American” image?
Damn she needs a shave…. but maybe she’s trying to look like another Obama family friend… “Common.”
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:10pmLying a## nig##r.
I can’t see why that above comment would cause such a reaction. I didn’t even think about it, so how could it be perceived as a racist swipe.
Just want to be consistent with my logic.
Report Post »Steverino
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:08pmThe progressives aren’t familiar with their own tactics being employed against them by conservative “extremists”.
Extremists? HA!
He ain‘t seen nothin’ yet.
C’mon 2012!!!
Steve
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:03pmThat guy looks like he has a live extension cord stuck up his ass.
Report Post »ZAP
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:15pmWhich one?
Report Post »skippy6
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:19pmMore like a bass drum mic…..
Report Post »Dalady
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 6:22pmBuckwheat? Stymie?
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 8:59pmThe ass standing next to him?
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