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Ellen Degeneres JC Penney

February 10, 2012 by · Comments Off on Ellen Degeneres JC Penney 

Ellen Degeneres JC Penney, In the midst of the conservative One Million Moms group bashing department store JC Penney for making her their new spokesmodel, Ellen DeGeneres continues to be a role model for diversity and equality everywhere.

“Normally I try not to pay attention to my haters, but this time I’d like to talk about it because my haters are my motivators,” she said on her show, Ellen, Wednesday.

“This organization doesn’t think I should be the spokesperson because I’m gay. For those of you who are just tuning in for the first time, it’s true. I’m gay,” she joked. “I hope you were sitting down. I hate to break it to you this way but anyway.”

On their Facebook page, the One Million Moms posted that JC Penney was “jumping on the pro-gay bandwagon” and that “the majority of JC Penney shoppers will be offended and choose to no longer shop there.”

“First of all, being gay or pro-gay isn’t a bandwagon. You don’t get a free ride anywhere. There’s no music. And occasionally we’ll sing ‘We Are Family’ but that’s about it,” she cracked.

Coming to the 54-year-old’s side, Ron Johnson, JC Penney’s CEO, gave his statement, supporting both DeGeneres as the company’s celeb spokesperson and their stance on the protests.

Ellen Degeneres Jcpenney

February 9, 2012 by · Comments Off on Ellen Degeneres Jcpenney 

Ellen Degeneres Jcpenney, jcpenney is trying to rebuild its customer base with help from a new spokeswoman, Ellen DeGeneres. But a group called One Million Moms is accusing the company of “jumping on the pro-gay bandwagon.”

DeGeneres responded to the group on her TV show Wednesday, saying, “I’m happy about (being the spokesperson), jcpenney is happy about it. But there’s this group called One Million Moms that is not happy about it. And normally I try not to pay attention to my haters, but this time I’d like to talk about it because my haters are my motivators.

 This organization doesn’t think I should be the spokesperson because I am gay. So for those of you tuning in for the first time, I’m gay. I hope you were sitting down. … So they wanted to get me fired, and I’m proud and happy to say that jcpenney stuck by their decision to make me their spokesperson.”

In a statement last week, jcpenney said it stands behind its partnership the talk show host.

On “CBS This Morning,” Thursday, jcpenney chief executive officer Ron Johnson, said the company “shares the same values” as DeGeneres and that the decision to have her as a spokesperson was a “no-brainer.”

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