LUDACRIS: 'I STILL LOVE OPRAH'

Last updated: Tuesday, June 6, 2006

LUDACRIS: 'I STILL LOVE OPRAH'

LUDACRIS has urged fans not to boycott OPRAH WINFREY's daily TV talk show just because he's not happy with her thoughts about rap music - as she's still an important role model.

LUDACRIS

The rapper blasted Winfrey after she publicly criticised him for the lyrical content of his songs while he was promoting movie CRASH on her show last year (05).

Ludacris, real name CHRIS BRIDGES, revealed Winfrey initially didn't even want him on the show and, after publicly berating him, she continued to press him about his controversial lyrics backstage after the show.

The rapper has since been joined by 50 CENT and ICE CUBE in his attack on Oprah, but he insists the media mogul still has a place in his heart.

He says, "I do think the media has kind of blown this whole thing out of proportion. Oprah is a great individual. Everything she has accomplished for herself, we all look up to that.

"I disagree on one issue but that doesn't mean you don't like them or still have love for them.

"We're on a show about not judging people and I automatically got judged. She got on there and said she didn't agree with my lyrics and I will respect her opinion or not. I defended myself on the air and when the show aired my defensive comments were taken out. All I want from her is to respect my opinion also.

"By Oprah not having rappers on the show that says to me that we are the scum of the earth. Maybe she feels that rappers degrade women."

Ludacris insists he would welcome the chance to return to the OPRAH show to discuss rap music: "She might try to have a show with just rappers on there to make a point. I'd do it if it was a live show because who's to say they wouldn't do the same thing again, where my comments get stripped."

| Tuesday, June 6, 2006

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