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As if ESPN wasn't having enough troubles, word just broke: The network and Woody Paige are being sued by a former "Cold Pizza" makeup artist for sexual harassment. ("Fire him!") The juicy and terrifying details:
A woman who worked on the set of the ESPN talk show "Cold Pizza" is suing the sports network, claiming she was fired after complaining about sexual harassment by the show's host and one of its regular panelists. In the lawsuit, which also names ESPN host Jay Crawford and sports commentator Woody Paige, Rita Ragone claims that Paige pinched and fondled her and she was subjected to crude sexual comments from Crawford.
Ragone, a makeup artist and hair stylist from the Bronx, claimed Paige once grabbed her backside so forcefully, she was "propelled forward and into the air."
Now THAT'S a pinch! (Paige denies the claim.) We're not sure how one grabs someone's buttocks so hard that it propels them into the air, but if anyone could figure it out, man, it would have to be Professor Paige.
NYC Makeup Artist Sues ESPN, Claiming She Was Sexually Harassed [Associated Press]
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Jack. Pot.
Damn. And I've already shot my Harold Reynolds load today.
Wait, what?
Not listed: Skip Bayless. He's a gentleman; he only objectifies women from afar.
There isn't enough Chinese made toothpaste to get this bad taste out of my mouth.
Oh Woody, how could you? From the heights sampling dog food to sexual harassment?
Oh, Woody.
Skip Bayless raped me.
His name is Woody. What did you expect?
that pinch is the most excitement anyone has ever felt from Cold Pizza.
No hugs, No firings.
I don't get the pinching. Don't people learn in kindergarten that that shit pisses people off? Or am I just more repressed than even I imagined?
"Women like it rough. Even if they say they don't."
-Marv Albert
Jay Crawford doesn't have nearly enough personality to sexually harass someone.
It says 69 on the chalkboard.
heh heh
I knew there was raw testosterone tucked deep in those textured, leathery jowels.
I heard he told her that her she had a tighter ass than Bill Plaschke. Don't get upset, baby. That's a real compliment.
Norby Williamson tried to force me to sit on his hand.
Robert Packwood approves...
"Ms. Ragone had never worked in such a vulgar or obscene environment," her lawyers wrote in the lawsuit.
I'm speechless. I can't come up with anything. Help PLEASE.
@George of the Jungle: so does Clarence Thomas.
We're not sure how one grabs someone's buttocks so hard that it propels them into the air
Come here, I'll show you. Wait, what?
I prefer the swirl. He uses a pinch.
One look at Woody Paige and it's pretty obvious that Rita Ragone is a piss poor makeup artist.
Woody needs to have Shaq pay his women not to say anything.
@Farneyismycopilot: Well according to her website she has also worked for magazines including FHM/Playboy/Maxim, Sportsdesk with Marv Albert and the Maury Povich show, so that puts it in context.
I also like that one of her talents is "Designs "comeback looks" for celebrities whose careers have been compromised and need to re-capture their popularity with the public."
Wow. On
I bet Jay asked her if she knew what "The Stranger" was...
Dana Jacobson heard the news and feeling left out, cried and bitterly masturbated in her dressing room.
So, for her, it was just like any other day.
So that was Captain Caveman's pedicured foot?
When would Woody have the time to harass a make-up artist? He's in her chair for what, all of three or four hours pre-broadcast?
Wow. According to the suit, one of the stylists gave Woody & Co. lapdances. I want to work for ESPN.
@ArmansCopyOfSwank: Nibbles you bastard.
Am I the only one that was disappointed to read that the makeup artist was a woman? I thought this was going to double as Woody's coming out party.
Anybody know if Sean Salisbury took pictures?
There is no gal from the Bronx with an ass so small that it can be flung into with a simple pinch.
Ex. A - Jennifer Lopez
Bayliss' benefit to tWWLIS are the mindless warblings of an empty headed bafoon. The guy is the real-life version of the Dugout's Ji-Jim Thome. He probably saw two big pillows and decided to give 'em a squeeze.
PS-- Why is this guy still around and HR is fired again? I guess the get rid of the dudes with "talent" and "insight."
When Tim Kurkjian reveals his prodigious member, the throngs are too awed to file a complaint.
Hung like a Sabertoothed Tiger, that guy.
Anybody else wondering if Sean Salisbury has her on speed dial? Just me? Okay then.
@Weed Against Speed:
Jim Lampley couldn't agree more.
@George of the Jungle: Guess so. Well done.
I heard she was asking for it.
If someone applies makeup to Woody Page, wouldn't that make them more of a restorative artist?
[ritaragone.com]
She hasn't blogged about this yet...
I wonder how Kit Hoover and Thea Andrews lasted so long on the show. Maybe Woody's woody is the real reason they left.
Woody Paige + Jay Crawford + Make-up Artist = EVIL THREESOME
@Camp Tiger Claw: When Tim "Circle-Jerk" Kurkjian reveals his prodigious member, the throngs are too awed to file a complaint.
Augmented.
@BowdenBowdenBowden: Why does Playboy need makeup artists? Don't they just photograph the women au-natural and then airbrush the fuck out of them until they look right?
-4
/Tony Reali
@BowdenBowdenBowden: So wait ... touching up someone's snatch is less vulgar and obsecene than Paige and Co.
I can see that.
woodysex.jpg...good one.
She's cute.
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@Farneyismycopilot: No, touching up someone's snatch is just more sueable.
Wow, look at her clients.
[ritaragone.com]
Bill Clinton, Marv Albert, and Isiah Thomas never sexually harassed her?
When do the allegations against Joe Namath begin?
@Farneyismycopilot: I think the difference here is that at Playboy, the touching-up of snatches is consensual.
@badbabu: She looks just trashy enough to be someone who applies makeup for a living.