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Jessica Soho	In May 2013, a controversy sparked involving Soho and comedian Vice Ganda, involving a joke directed at the anchor during Vice's I Vice Ganda Mo Ako Sa Araneta concert held last May 17, 2013.
Lee Latchford-Evans	In 2000, both he and Claire Richards were criticized by the Anti Fascist Action organisation for making allegedly xenophobic remarks against asylum seeker s. Latchford-Evans stated that'' there should be more jobs for English people'' with Richards continuing,'' Why are we paying for all these people to come into the country anyway ?''
Panthongtae Shinawatra	In August 2002, his studies attracted media attention when he was accused of cheating in an exam.
James Martin Charlton	In 2001, his play ecstasy + GRACE attracted media attention due to its portrait of paedophilia and moral degeneracy.
Vasco Rossi	His most controversial album, Colpa d'Alfredo ('' Alfredo's fault'') followed in 1980 ; its title-track was censored from the radio and let loose bitter criticism because it contained some lyrics referring to women considered too explicit at that time.
Hamid Mir	His investigative documentary on the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto aired on Geo TV on 23 December 2008, and created considerable controversy in Pakistan.
Wendy Harmer	Harmer hosted the Logie Awards of 2002, and was caught up in widespread media criticism of the event, with some focusing on her personal performance.
Ian Roberts (rugby league)	In September 2010 Roberts publicly criticised Australian swimming star Stephanie Rice for calling the South African rugby union team'' faggots'' on Twitter, branding her'' a complete idiot''.
Gerry Brownlee	In March 2012 Brownlee made controversial comments about Finland, after he suggested during a parliamentary session that Finns are uneducated, unemployed murderers who do n't respect women.
Katie Hopkins	Hopkins caused further controversy in July 2013 during an appearance on ITV's This Morning, intended to publicise a book she had written on children's names, where she revealed that she judges her children's classmates based upon their given name s.
George Brandis	Brandis faced public scrutiny when it was revealed that in 2011 he had billed the taxpayer for attending a wedding ceremony of Sydney radio shock jock Michael Smith, who incidentally had worked closely with Brandis on the Craig Thompson media saga.
Willam Belli	Willam used the publicity of his disqualification to release his single'' Chow Down,'' which was a parody of Wilson Phillips''' Hold On'' that addressed the 2012 Chick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy.
Quentin Tarantino	Quentin Tarantino does not believe that violence in movies inspires acts of violence in real life, stating in response to a question about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, that'' the issue is gun control and mental health.''
?ric Zemmour	On March 25, 2009, he filed a complaint against the French rapper Youssoupha for'' criminal threats and public abuse'' after the uploading of the song Because of saying it in which Zemmour was attacked ad hominem :'' Because of judging our faces, people know, that talking heads often demonize the ghetto-dwellers, each time it blows up they say it's us, I put a price on the head of the one who silences this asshole Éric Zemmour.''
Yoshikatsu Nakayama	As parliamentary secretary in 2010, Nakyama had caused a controversy by remarks made during the APEC Women's Entrepreneurship Summit : His claim that'' Japanese women find pleasure in working at home and that has been part of Japanese culture'' and similar statements drew angry responses from participants, media and women's rights groups as they spread to the public.
Neal Boortz	In March 2008, Boortz attracted controversy by playing an audiotape of a nine-year-old where he repeatedly ridiculed the child's speech, leading to an unsuccessful FCC petition to deny Boortz's employer the right to purchase five local radio stations.
Taj El-Din Hilaly	Comments concerning dress and rape In October 2006, Hilaly delivered a Ramadan sermon in Arabic in which he made statements concerning female clothing which proved highly controversial.
Luke Elliott Sommer	Sommer received significant media attention in 2006 after revealing his robbery role in an interview with Seattle Weekly.
Edward Tyll	His show sparked considerable publicity and controversy leading up to his suspension in July 1987 after insulting influential Georgia politicians.
Yelena Isinbayeva	When Swedish high jumper Emma Green Tregaro, a supporter of LGBT rights, painted her nails in rainbow colors during the 2013 World Championships in Moscow as an act of defiance against Russia's recent ban on gay'' propaganda'', Isinbayeva condemned Green Tregaro's action in a news conference.
Pierre Curzi	He faced some criticism in 2008 as one of two MNAs, along with Daniel Turp, who endorsed a controversial petition opposing Paul McCartney's performance at Quebec City's 400th anniversary celebrations.
Tim Hardaway	In April 2013, when Jason Collins came out as the first active openly gay male player in a major American professional team sport, Collins claimed that Hardaway called him in support of his homosexuality.
Alan Keyes	In 1997, he was quoted as calling in that capacity the ABC television show Nothing Sacred'' propaganda dressed up as entertainment, the way the Nazis used to make movies.
Mark Penn	On December 13, 2007, Penn gained attention from media watchdog group Media Matters for America when he used the word'' cocaine'' on MSNBC's Hardball in response to questions about Barack Obama's admission of drug use.
Markos Moulitsas	In April 2004, Moulitsas and Daily Kos became the focus of controversy over a statement that he posted in the comments section of a blog post about Blackwater USA employees who were killed and mutilated in Fallujah :'' Let the people see what war is like.
Benazir Bhutto	She rebuffed comments made by Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq in May 2007 regarding the knighthood of Salman Rushdie, citing that he was calling for the assassination of foreign citizens.
Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata	On 27 March 2013, Italian Prime-Minister Mario Monti addressed the Italian parliament and revealed that Giulio Terzi repeatedly hampered efforts to settle the dispute with India in a quiet manner by perpetuating controversies through hawkish statements posted on Twitter.
Perez Hilton	In June 2007, Hilton's web host dropped his site upon threats of liability in the cases outlined above.
David Dewhurst	In March 2010, a student performance of the play Corpus Christi by Terrence McNally, in which Jesus and the disciples are portrayed as being gay, was canceled at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas following a condemnatory statement by Dewhurst.
Simon Gray	In August 2008, shortly before his death, he attracted further press attention with his criticism of the Royal National Theatre's'' cowardice'' in dealing with the subject of radical Islam.
Jack Cafferty	The Legal Immigrant Association started an online petition calling for a formal apology, indicating that Cafferty's rant was anti-Chinese and has had the effect of exacerbating negative attitudes held by Americans toward Chinese and Chinese American s. On the April 14, 2008 broadcast of CNN's Situation Room, Jack Cafferty clarified his remarks :'' Last week, during a discussion of the controversy surrounding China's hosting of the Olympic Games, I said that the Chinese are basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they have been for the last 50 years.
Britney Spears	The music video caused controversy when British politicians criticized Spears for using replica guns while filming the video in an area of London that had been badly affected by the 2011 England riots.
Ana Pastor Garc?a	On March 15, 2011, she interviewed the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad which caused some controversy given that her hair slipped out of her veil onto her shoulders without her realising, becoming a trending topic on Twitter.
Randy Brinson	In February 2004, Brinson attended a national religious broadcaster convention and met the marketing firm for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, who he hired to promote the organization.
Tang Wei	In March 2008, China's State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) ordered a media ban due to Tang's performance of sexual acts in Lust, Caution.
John Inverdale	He made national news in 2005 when his face appeared in many newspapers showing the scars he received whilst playing rugby union for Esher.
Denis Leary	In 2006, Leary and Lenny Clarke appeared on television during a Red Sox telecast and, upon realizing that Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis is Jewish, delivered a criticism of Mel Gibson's antisemitic comments.
Mike Jackson	Jackson also joined criticism of the British National Party (BNP) in the midst of the 2009 controversy surrounding party leader Nick Griffin's appearance on the panel show Question Time.
Mike Gundy	On September 22, 2007, Gundy made comments that became the subject of a nationwide media controversy and generated a viral video.
Diane Abbott	On 4 January 2012, Abbott tweeted that :'' White people love playing' divide and rule' We should not play their game'', which again led to widespread criticism including accusations of racism.
Peter Vidmar	His selection drew criticism from LGBT activists and athletes, including Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, because in 2008 Vidmar donated money to and publicly campaigned for Proposition 8 that banned same-sex couples from being married in California.
Kevin Pietersen	Pietersen's outspoken views published in his autobiography, Crossing the Boundary, in September 2006, and in an interview for the South African edition of GQ magazine, led to unsuccessful calls for an ICC investigation regarding bringing the game into disrepute.
Carolyn Bivens	On June 5, 2009, eight days after Bivens's original statement in the media, Bivens commented on the LPGA website that her remarks had been taken out of context, emphasizing that players would not be tweeting during rounds.
Jeff Peckman	Peckman is an advocate for disclosure of UFO and extraterrestrial phenomena who gained media attention in 2008 when he publicly displayed a video of a purported extraterrestrial in Denver, Colorado.
Nathan Stephens	Stephens later complained that in the previous 2011 World Championships his action was deemed legal, and was deeply unhappy at the official's decision.
Philip Lader	In 2000, a minor diplomatic incident occurred when Tatler magazine published an article by then 15 year old Mary-Catherine where she argued that British boys were inferior to their American counterparts, which led to a controversy between the ambassador and the magazine.
Psy	His second album Sa 2 also created controversy upon its release in 2002, earning complaints from civil groups due to the potentially negative influence his album would have on children and teenagers.
Henry Smith (British politician)	On 6 September 2013, while the St. Petersburg G20 Summit was ongoing, Smith made a tweet on his personal Twitter page calling the Russian President Vladimir Putin a tosser, following reports of a Russian official calling Britain small and unimportant.
Hilary Armstrong	In 2006 Armstrong launched a petition on behalf of the Bethnal Green and Bow Labour Party against Respect MP George Galloway's participation in Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother.
Ayla Brown	Following her departure from Idol, Brown made hundreds of personal appearances in 2006, most covered by local or national media and drawing as many as 500 to 2,000 or more fans.
Tyler Perry	In February 2011, actor Idris Elba caused controversy when he criticised Perry.
Lenny Clarke	In 2006, Clarke and Leary appeared on television during a Red Sox telecast and, upon realizing that Red Sox 1st baseman Kevin Youkilis is Jewish, delivered a criticism of Mel Gibson's anti-semitic comments.
Peter Gabriel	In December 2013, Gabriel posted a warm video message in tribute to the deceased former South African president and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela.
Steven Landsburg	In March 2012, Landsburg supported some of pop radio personality Rush Limbaugh's attacks against a Georgetown University student, Sandra Fluke Fluke spoke before Congress advocating mandating birth control coverage in some insurance programs, citing their use in preventing ovarian cysts.''
Sheikh Haikel	In 2004, complaints were made to Singapore's Media Development Authority that he and his then co-host Daniel Ong made lewd remarks on air when a teenage male listener called in for advice on how to attract a girl he liked.
Justin Fashanu	In 1990, he publicly came out as gay in an interview with the tabloid press, becoming the only prominent player in English football so far to do so.
Robert L. Hines	When asked his opinion on the July 2012 controversy surrounding comedian Daniel Tosh's put-down of a female heckler with a reference to gang rape, Hines told Chicago Sun-Times blog writer Sarah Terez-Rosenblum, `` For me, as a stand-up, I want you to leave my show happy.
Marcha	In 2000, she joined fellow Dutch Eurovision veterans Maggie MacNeal and Sandra Reemer to form the Dutch Divas, who quickly established themselves as a popular live act, particularly with the Dutch gay community.
Ed Young (pastor)	The bed-in, which included Skype interviews with several of the Young's friends and leaders around the world, attracted local, national, and international print and television media, including : Following the 2012 Aurora Shooting in a theater in Colorado, Young was asked to speak on Fox News about the subject.
Danny Nalliah	In the wake of the Black Saturday bushfires, in which 173 died, Nalliah claimed he had received'' prophetic dreams'' on 21 October 2008 that these bushfires were a'' consequence'' of Victoria's decriminalisation of abortion in 2008, prompting criticism from a former Australian Treasurer, Peter Costello, that Nalliah's assertion was'' beyond the bounds of decency''.
Rosie O'Donnell	Also in December 2006, O'Donnell criticized billionaire Donald Trump for holding a press conference to reinstate Miss USA Tara Conner, accusing him of using her scandal to'' generate publicity for the Miss USA Pageant'' (to which he owns the rights) by announcing he was giving her a second chance.
Russell Kane	In April 2010, Kane caused controversy on the Australian show Good News Week when he made a joke centred around autistic children, prompting an apology from the network and criticism from the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities.
Clinton Portis	Some controversy was caused on December 9, 2008 when Clinton Portis made negative statements about Redskins coach Jim Zorn in his weekly appearance on WTEM-AM radio, criticizing Zorn for giving inconsistent messages and sarcastically calling him a'' genius.''
Charly Boy	1990 earned Charly Boy mixed reviews due to its political nature and caused national controversy, and a number of radio stations refused to play the title track.
Nelson Piquet	In early 1988 he resorted to using the media to attack his rivals and gained a reputation as an outspoken'' loose cannon'', such as attacking Mansell and his wife, calling Mansell'' an uneducated blockhead'' (and insulting his wife's looks), and calling fellow Brazilian Ayrton Senna'' the São Paulo taxi driver'' Piquet retracted his comments when both threatened legal action.
Lars Vilks	In 2007 Vilks was embroiled in an international controversy after he made a series of drawings depicting the Islam ic prophet Muhammad as a roundabout dog.
Darren Lockyer	Lockyer gained some negative media attention at the start of the 2004 NRL season when he made a careless joke about the Bulldogs' gang rape allegation at a Queensland sports function.
Ren? van der Linden	During a press conference in Tallinn on September 19, 2007, a controversy ensued when Linden accused Estonia of not permitting non-citizen residents to take part in local elections.
Ernie Smith (singer)	In 1976 his'' The Power and the Glory'' was seen by some as a criticism of Prime Minister Michael Manley's policies, and led to threats on his life, prompting him to relocate with his family to Toronto, Canada, where he recorded the albums To Behold Jah and Skareggae.
Michael Parkinson	In October 2003, Parkinson had a controversial interview with Meg Ryan while she was in the UK to promote In the Cut, calling it his most difficult television moment.
Ian McCulloch (singer)	McCulloch featured in a YouTube video appeal in October 2010 which campaigned for Tom Hicks and George Gillett to be removed from Liverpool Football Club.
Asma Jahangir	In 1982 Jahangir earned the nickname'' little heroine'' after leading a protest march in Islamabad against a decision by then-president Zia ul Haq to enforce religious laws and stated :'' Family laws -LSB- which are religious laws -RSB- give women few rights'' and that'' They have to be reformed because Pakistan can not live in isolation.
Layla Flaherty	In March 2012, Layla made a heart-rending appearance on The Late Late Show, during which she stunned audiences with the news story of being among the first people to get a conviction against a cyber-bully who was using Twitter to harass her with racial abuse.
Murder of Ross Parker	Parker's mother Davinia Parker expressed similar concerns that white victims of race crime are ignored stating'' because we are white, English, we did n't get the coverage'' In 2006, a Times article by Brendan Montague on racist murders in Britain stated searching newspaper archives shows'' an almost total boycott of stories involving the white victims of attacks'' whereas'' cases involving black and minority ethnic victims are widely reported''.
David Miliband	In August 2009, Miliband was a guest on BBC Radio 4's Great Lives programme, choosing South African Communist Party leader and anti- apartheid activist Joe Slovo.
Byron Ritchie	On Tuesday May 13, 1997 after a game in the Memorial Cup refereed by a Francophone from Quebec he was caught by an RDS (the French version of TSN) camera yelling :'' Fuck you, you fucking Frogs !
Veronica Lario	On 31 January 2007, Lario said her dignity had been damaged by comments Berlusconi reportedly made during the VIP party after a TV awards ceremony broadcast by one of his channels.''
Kesha	Suspicion first aroused after the controversy involved with her single,'' Die Young'', which was axed from several radio stations following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December 2012.
Guusje ter Horst	In 2010 Ter Horst received one of the Dutch Big Brother Awards for her lack of nuance in the privacy debate.
Glen Johnson (English footballer)	On 8 January 2011, in response to criticism from former England midfielder and Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson, Johnson posted on his Twitter feed,'' Comments from alcoholic drug abusers are not really gon na upset me and who is Paul Merson to judge players, he was average at the best of times.''
Richey Edwards	While his family had the option of declaring him legally dead from 2002, they had chosen not to for many years, and his status remained open as a missing person, Edwards' disappearance attracted a great deal of media attention, with some of it focusing on copycat actions by fans.
Fiona Simpson	Media attention was brought to these comments in 2011, and despite the comments drawing criticism from Karen Struthers, mental health psychologist Paul Martin and the gay community, neither Simpson nor the LNP have responded to questions to clarify her personal beliefs on the subject of the ex-gay movement.
Marty Peretz	He has written (among other things) that''' Arab society' is' hidebound and backward' -LSB- and -RSB- -LSB- t -RSB- hat the Druze are' congenitally untrustworthy''' On September 4, 2010, Peretz drew media attention and controversy when he posted an editorial which concluded : But, frankly, Muslim life is cheap, most notably to Muslims.
Eric Moonman	He published a report in October 1981 on the riots that summer called'' Copycat Hooligans'', which argued that : `` Youths imitated television film of violence in Northern Ireland when they rioted in more than 20 British cities last summer... Eric Moonman, the centre's director and author of the report entitled Copy Cat Hooligans, said the rioters knew what to do because they had seen it on television.
Pat Kenny	He was criticised for referring on-air to the transsexual Israeli singer Dana International as'' he, she or it'' during the 1998 edition of the contest and later refused to apologise for the remark.
Toney Freeman	On New Year's Eve 2010, Freeman responded to the allegations with an official statement and a video in which he emphasized he had not been treated properly by being denied an advocate or communication with the U. S. embassy.
Donald Trump	In December 2006, talk show host Rosie O'Donnell criticized Trump's lenience toward Miss USA, Tara Conner, who had violated pageant behavioral guidelines.
Tara Conner	In late 2006, Conner became the center of a public scandal when news reports claimed she had been drinking underage, tested positive for the use of cocaine, heroin and crystal meth, and kissed Miss Teen USA Katie Blair, among other things.
Brandon Mendelson	He is also known for performing publicity stunts, using social media networking, which included placing videos with his cat, Molly, asking candidate questions in coverage of the 2007 CNN/YouTube presidential debates.
Martin Bashir	In 2008, while working as a reporter on Nightline, Bashir gave a speech to the Asian American Journalists Association convention in Chicago where he made a'' tasteless'' comment on the dress being worn by one of his colleagues at ABC News, Juju Chang, a reporter for 20/20.
Billy Connolly	When the Fox Network aired Freedomfest : Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebration in 1988, Connolly was still virtually unknown in the States, but his performance drew attention, particularly from producers, and interest in him grew.
Anatoliy Byshovets	In 2007 Lokomotiv with Byshovets won the Russian Cup which brought Byshovets a more positive image from both the press and the fans.
Pyotr Verzilov	They both became well known for outrageous art performances This included filming public sex acts in a Moscow biological museum to protest the Mayor's call for increased reproduction, in 2008, when his wife was heavily pregnant.
Catherine Deveny	In May 2010 a similar controversy arose when Deveny posted a number of Twitter comments during the Logies Awards ceremony.
Marion Mar?chal-Le Pen	In a written parliamentary question addressed in May 2013 to Valérie Fourneyron, Minister of Sports, Youth Affairs, Popular Education and Community life, she drew her attention to the poor treatment rugby league receives in France from the government and the media, regretting the banning of this sport during the Vichy regime.
Ivri Lider	In January 2002, Lider spoke openly about his sexual orientation in a cover-story interview to the daily newspaper Ma'ariv, which attracted a lot of attention.
Todd Woodbridge	In January 2011, Woodbridge was confronted (albeit jocularly) on court by Belgian player Kim Clijsters for comments he made via SMS to Rennae Stubbs alleging Clijsters was pregnant.
Cory Booker	Booker contributed to the 2011 documentary Miss Representation and commented on the representations of women in politics within mass media.
Anila Baig	Although not wearing a Hijab in any of her previous employments, Baig was seen on The Suns fFront Page donning the Muslim headscarf ; however, she ditched the cloth early in 2007 leading to speculation that she and The Sun treated this symbol of the Islam ic faith as a mere publicity gimmick.
Jacob Zuma	As a backlash to the frenzied media following of his rape trial, Zuma filed a series of defamation lawsuits on 30 June 2006 against various South African media outlets for publishing content that allegedly besmirched his public profile, in the form of cartoons, commentary, photos and parody pieces.