VICTORY: CeeLo Green dropped! & He drugged her. Now he's on TV. (BUT not any more!!!!!) 4&2SEP14

THIS is huge, and shows the power of people united to do the right thing. ceelo green apologized for his repulsive rape tweets and comments, but it was only a pathetic attempt to save his show. Thank you +UltraViolet TBS, Time Warner and all who signed the petition!

HUGE news: just hours after tens of thousands of UltraViolet members spoke out against CeeLo Green's horrifying statements about rape--including a tweet that read "Women who are really raped REMEMBER!!!"--TBS and Time Warner agreed and announced that CeeLo Green's reality show had been cancelled.¹
It's a crucial victory--the decision shows that together when we speak out, we can create a real cost for sexism--even for popular celebrities.

After 50,000 UltraViolet members signed the petition, and TBS dropped his show, CeeLo issued an apology for his wrong and dangerous tweets.² It was an important step--Grammy Award winner and popular performer, CeeLo has a fan base that looks up to him. They needed to hear directly from him that women deserve respect and that rape is never, ever acceptable.

There's still work to do, but make no mistake, this was an important victory--when we speak out together, we can win. 

Thanks for taking action.

--Nita, Shaunna, Kat, Karin, Adam, Gabriela, Holly, Kaili, Kathy, and Onyi, the UltraViolet team

P.S.  Want to do more? Share this infograhic to make sure CeeLo, and everyone else knows that rape is rape:

Sources:

1. TBS Cancels CeeLo Green's 'The Good Life,' Billboard, September 2, 2014

2. Cee Lo Green apologizes for controversial rape comments: They 'were idiotic, untrue and not what I believe,' New York Daily News, September 3, 2014

Grammy-winning performer CeeLo Green just let loose a series of tweets claiming that rape isn't rape if the victim is unconscious. He even tweeted "women who have really been raped remember!!!"¹ WHAT???

What's worse is that his tweets aren't out of the blue--he recently pled no contest to drugging a woman who later woke up naked in his bed, with no memory of what happened. Yet despite this criminal act, and these incredibly dangerous tweets, major network TBS and its parent company Time Warner are still giving him a huge public platform in a reality TV show that recently premiered. They've got to drop him, now.

Tell TBS and Time Warner: Rapists and rape-apologists should have no place in your line-up. Cancel CeeLo Green's reality show The Good Life immediately.

Shortly after being charged with a felony for drugging the woman, he left NBC's The Voice. But that didn't stop TBS from signing him for a reality show called CeeLo Green's The Good Life.² The show premiered in June. Opening credits feature CeeLo saying "Now that I'm on top of the world, we can do whatever we want."³

No. Absolutely not. CeeLo Green should not be rewarded for drugging a woman and then bragging about it. 

TBS and its parent company Time Warner Cable never should have signed him in the first place. Now that he has been sentenced for the attack, and doubled down on his outrageous statements about rape, it's time to drop him and his show permanently. 

Add your name.

Thanks for taking action.

--Nita, Shaunna, Kat, Karin, Adam, Gabriela, Holly, Kaili, Kathy, and Onyi, the UltraViolet team

Sources:

1. CeeLo Green tweets that only women who 'remember' can be raped, Entertainment Weekly, Sept 2, 2014

2. Cee Lo Green 'posts shocking tweets about rape and then deletes Twitter account' after pleading no contest to furnishing ecstasy, Daily Mail, Sept 2, 2014

3. 'CeeLo Green's The Good Life': TV Review, Hollywood Reporter, June 23, 2014