...yet they also had Madonna do GAP commercials, despite the uproar over Like A Prayer, not to mention Truth or Dare or the Sex book... and the store is a mecca for gay men, including their employees... makes no sense.

Natsume said:

Tom said:

*and* Missy, who swears up a storm every time she appears on record.

I don't think we're getting to the root of why they fired Joss, which is probably the same reason why they fired Sarah Jessica Parker: they aren't selling SHIT and they ain't worth the $$$$!.

VoicesCarry said:

I'm under the impression some conservative group fired off a storm of letters to the Gap, prompting them to do this.

Ok. this may just be a rumor...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radi...tone.shtml

None of this is true.



There's a new Gap campaign scheduled for the fall that features Joss, country star Keith Urban and Liz Phair.


Next topic....

Tom said:

I wasn't aware American conservative groups read The Sun

VoicesCarry said:

You may be right VC. I notice that the GAP sells more products when most of their spokepeople are either black or latino.

Like use Missy & LL Cool J more but use Joss Stone less.

Yeah I don't understand how it could be a race issue if Gap has had non-caucasian celebrity endorsements...

TonyVanDam said:

yeah...they also dropped sarah jessica parker..supposedly because of lack of sales.....

This topic should be buried already. They haven't dropped her. This Reuters story is from yesterday (Friday, 29 July):
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Morissette, Urban, Stone among Gap 'Favorites
By Barry A. Jeckell

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Alanis Morissette, Joss Stone, Destiny's Child singer Michelle Williams and Keith Urban are among the artists who will appear in clothing retailer Gap Inc.'s fall "Favorites" advertising campaign.

In the TV ads, each artist performs a cover of a favorite song while wearing a pair of Gap jeans. Morissette, Phair and Stone, all veterans of Gap advertising, interpret Seal's "Crazy," Irving Berlin's "Check to Cheek" and the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows," respectively.

Urban, meanwhile, runs through Billy Thorpe's "Most People I Know Think I'm Crazy," while Williams takes on the Al Green classic "Let's Stay Together." Other participating artists are John Legend (the Isley Brothers' "Hello It's Me"), Jason Mraz (Bob Marley's "One Love") and Incubus' Brandon Boyd (Elvis Costello's "Alison").

Each of the songs, along with a director's cut of the commercial and behind-the-scenes footage, appears on an eight-track CD that will be distributed at Gap stores and Gap.com. From Sept. 1 through Sept. 17, the disc will be a free gift to customers making purchases of $60 or more, while supplies last.

RipHer2Shreds said:

CinisterCee said:

If the idiot conservative groups were going to protest anyone, it would have been Madonna.

Gap Denies Joss is Dropped
Last updated 25 July 2005

Joss Stone

There are reports today that Joss Stone's been dropped by The Gap because of her relationship with her 25 year old record producer boyfriend.

But Gap have told us it's "absolute tosh" and "a complete fabrication".

In fact after using Joss in a summer ad campaign in America, they say they went so well that they're now going to use her in a global campaign this autumn. We will see Joss alongside stars including John Legend and Michelle Williams from Destiny's Child, who, if the newspapers are to be believed, was the person lined up to replace her.

The Gap say they have no idea where these press reports are coming from, they're very happy with Joss and they have absolutely no view on her private life whatsoever.


Sorry Guys

I like the edited headline.

God only knows what Dangerous Man would have said on this thread

lilgish said:

I think he has a new alter ego. There was a post on my "FUCK ALICIA KEYS" thread a few days ago that sounded just like him.

That shit was hilarious