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Wendy Williams Cries Lame Tears, Apologizes for Rape Remarks

God, Wendy Williams sucks. Earlier this week, the talk show host stuck her irritating nose in the business of Nelly, commenting on a serious allegation leveled against the artist: A woman has claimed Nelly raped her this month after she met up with him inside a tour bus following a concert in Washington. Despite the seriousness of this allegation, and her complete lack of information regarding what transpired, Williams felt a need to offer an opinon this past Monday. And it was a very controversial one. “If she did not put herself in that situation, this wouldn’t have happened,” Williams actually said , blaming the alleged victim and then dressing her down as follows: “Young lady, you’ve got to stay out of tour buses.” Because Williams said if she did not put herself in that situation, this wouldn’t have happened , stunned critics called Williams out for saying it's a woman's fault if she gets sexually assaulted. So Williams took to the air today and clarified her position. “Sometimes, I might say something that you don’t understand,” Williams explained, now blaming the audience for misunderstanding her words. But, I am the girl to cop to it,” she added, randomly going on to say it can be “tough” to anchor her talk show without a co-host. “During the story, I was telling you that there was a young woman who went on the tour bus,” she continued of how she addressed the rape allegations made against Nelly. “Maybe cavalierly you caught my comments saying, ‘Well you gotta watch where you go.’ I didn’t mean anything by it.” Yes, maybe we, the viewers, caught her comments  cavalierly . This is our fault. Williams proceeded to tell the story of how she was scared to walk around alone as a young woman and often feared that she could have been sexually assaulted. Even though she never was. Going all third person on us, Williams said the following: “There was a girl named Wendy and she was only 13-years-old, but looked like a woman.” This 13-year old would often run errands and encounter “disgusting” men and it really freaked her out. At this point, Williams started crying, playing the victim of a crime that was never committed. “All I’m saying regarding young women is, I apologize if my message was met with callousness,” she concluded. “What I meant to say is, young ladies, we should be able to go wherever we want to go, but, we always have to know where the exits are… “We always have to be aware, that’s all I was saying.” Watch the embarrassing non-mea culpa below:

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Ben Affleck: Multiple Sexual Harassment Videos Resurface Amidst Growing Scandal

It’s hard to think of a celebrity who’s been who’s been at once so unfathomably successful and so transparently troubled as Ben Affleck. With two Oscars, several successful turns behind the camera as director, and a lucrative multi-feature gig as one of the most iconic characters in cinema, Affleck has the kind of career most leading men can only dream of. And yet, it’s impossible to talk about the 45-year-old without mentioning the persistent dark side that seems to have plagued him at least since young adulthood. We’ve seen Affleck struggle with alcoholism  and endure a difficult divorce that considerable damage to his public image. He’s been accused of cheating on his wife, gambling compulsively, and indulging in fits of rage indiscriminately. And now, Affleck may be on the verge of most sordid scandal of his career thanks to a pair of newly resurfaced videos that show the actor engaged in some truly unsettling behavior. On Tuesday night, fans were stunned by allegations that Affleck groped actress Hilarie Burton during an appearance on MTV’s TRL. Now, video of the incident has emerged, and it’s every bit as unnerving as it sounds: Ben Affleck Gropes Hilarie Burton on TRL Yes, at 30 years old, Ben–who was already an established star in Hollywood–took it upon himself to “tweak” the breast of a 20-year-old up-and-coming media personality in front of a crowd and a camera crew. Burton laughed off the encounter in the clip above, but she tweeted last night that she “laughed to keep from crying.” Sadly, that’s not the only example of Ben engaging in egregious misconduct with a young female journalist. The clip below, shot in 2004, shows Ben pulling a Canadian TV host into his lap and embracing her while encouraging her to do the remainder of the show topless and asking to see more cleavage. Needless to say, the footage is upsetting, to say the least: Ben Affleck Harasses Young Reporter At the 4:00 mark, Ben also mocks people suffering from cerebral palsy.  The footage was shot over a decade ago, but it’s worth noting that Affleck was 33 years old at the time. Earlier today, Ben issued an apology for the Burton incident, tweeting: “I acted inappropriately toward Ms. Burton and I sincerely apologize.” He has yet to respond to the uproar over the second clip. We’ll have further updates on this developing story as more information becomes available. View Slideshow: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Photos: A Romantic Rewind

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