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Raz B’s Coma Report Was A Hoax
If there is one thing that’s uber annoying in the celebrity news and entertainment world, it is blatant stunts and shows for publicity.
As you probably remember, last week Raz B was in the news after he was was rushed to the hospital and placed on life support. According to the story that was fed to TMZ by Raz B’s camp, he was performing in China when a fight broke out in the club and he was hit in the face with a bottle after he leaped off of the stage in an attempt to break up the fight. After he was treated at the hospital, he furnished the site with photos of his injuries and everything seemed to be fine.
The next day, however, TMZ received the news that Raz B had suddenly fallen into a coma and was rushed to the hospital again where he was placed on life support. The story seemed a bit odd but we put in our prayers anyway.
Today, his agent has revealed to CNN that it was all a hoax. Not surprising.
According to the report:
An online media report that R&B singer De’Mario “Raz B” Thornton was in a coma in China was a hoax, according to his agent.
The R&B singer was hurt in a nightclub brawl near Shanghai, but his injuries were not serious, manager Elayne Rivers told CNN Monday. “The comments about Raz being in a coma did not come from his official representative,” Rivers said.
The singer’s brother, who performs under the name Ricky Romance, said in a statement sent to CNN Monday afternoon that he had been “misled by unknown reasons.”
“I was unfortunately unable to contact my brother at the time and then panicked,” Romance said. “I then alerted as many people of this information hoping to gather facts… Since the source that gave me this information was what I thought to be legitimately reliable I didn’t question I just believed. I apologize if I seem like I jumped to conclusions but a coma is a serious situation and it was concerning my brother whom is my best friend as well. I sincerely apologize for the confusion I caused if that is the case.”
A celebrity news website first reported the original member of the boy band B2K was in a coma Saturday, identifying its source as Toy Jones.
Although Jones gave CNN the same information Sunday, she declined to give the name of the hospital — only saying it was in the Zhejiang province near Shanghai.
Several hours later, Jones sent CNN a written statement saying the singer had miraculously recovered from the coma and would be released from the hospital in days. The unedited statement reads: “Doctor says Numerous Brain scans showed that Raz’s entire cortex- the parts of the brain that give us consciousness, thought, Memory and understanding is now functioning. Doctors say its a miracle and told his family that he stands a strong chance of survival and no signs of being brain dead for the rest of his life against all odds,Raz woke up this morning and is in stable condition We ask the the fans and media respect our family’s privacy”
CNN chose not to report the story until the story until details could be confirmed by the U.S. State Department, officials at the U.S. embassy in China or Chinese officials. Raz B also reached out personally to CNN in an e-mail asking that nothing be published.
Rivers sent a statement distancing the singer from the coma report on Monday.
When CNN asked Jones about the statement, she said “as far as I know it is true” that he was in a coma. She said she was hired by Raz B’s family to get the story out to the news media.
Dozens of news agencies around the world — including in China — repeated the coma story, giving Raz B more publicity in one weekend than he’s likely had since his group disbanded nine years ago.
With so many unfortunate incidents surrounding celebs lately, especially the deaths of Glee star Cory Monteith and Disney star Lee Thompson Young, it’s really unfortunate that Raz B would play around with something like this. It’s appalling and disgusting, and since this isn’t the first time he’s pulled a stunt like this, if something really did happen to him, no one would believe it. Truly sad.
P.S. CNN was wrong about one thing. He’s generated a ton of publicity off of various stories since his group disbanded.
I've lost all respect for this dude.....
