VIDEO: 'Too Fat' American Idol Fan Ashley Kauffman: 'I Want An Apology'
Posted on Apr 13, 2011 @ 11:30AM
Ashley Kauffman, the American Idol fan who claims she was moved out of the front row due to her appearance, appeared on Good Morning America Wednesday to further chat about the controversy and make it clear what she wants: an apology.
As RadarOnline.com was first to report, the Riverside, California native told RadarOnline.com that she and five of her girlfriends got free tickets to attend a recent broadcast of the show, and while three of her friends nabbed front row seats, she was allegedly told, “Oh no, you're just too big, too heavy to be in front!”
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The show's parent company, FremantleMedia North America, has responded to the budding controversy, saying her allegations were "simply untrue" and that Kauffman was only re-sat due to floor arrangements that had nothing to do with her appearance.
Not so says Kauffman, who stated her case again on GMA Wednesday.
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"We got down there, we were excite when we got there, I was told [by one of the show's staffers] that I was too big and too heavy to be in front," she said, adding she was "taken aback.
"Honestly, I don't think I [am] disgusting-looking... I always believed God made me the way he wanted to make me and he doesn't make mistakes... I was taken aback, quite a bit."
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Kauffman, 19, said that she'd be positioned directly behind her pals, but she was taken far away from them. (FremantleMedia said Kauffman “and her remaining party were seated just four rows behind their friends, directly in camera shot, in some of the best seats in the house.")
Kauffman said when an usher took her to the very last row of the section, he eyed her and told her it makes sense why she'd be separated from "the skinny girls."
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Kauffman said she just wants "an apology" from the show, adding "it's very offensive to me that people think I want fame or money, and I haven't mentioned money at all."
Kauffman said she doesn't want anyone else to be treated the same way she was.
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"The feeling was horrible... I'm just lucky enough I'm a girl, and I didn't go into self-harm... the wrong girl would have taken it horribly," she said.
"You look beautiful... thank you Ashley," GMA's Robin Roberts told her.
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I want to know where were the other girls that were moved too? Why was her only support on Robin's show her dad? 2 Separate ushers & no one heard anything or stood up for her?
Posted Sat, 04/16/2011 - 9:09pm
Silly Wabbit, You weren't moved cuz you are Fat. You got moved because you have a butt on you chin.
Posted Thu, 04/14/2011 - 5:15am
I don't doubt that she was moved because she didn't fit the profile for the front-row audience, but I don't believe that two separate AI staffers said to her face that she was too fat to be in the front row. She's embellishing.
Posted Thu, 04/14/2011 - 2:04am
ok..i dont normally right on these things but from reading some of your comments i have to speak my mind!!..who ever the hell you are you should be ashamed of your self and your parents as well for making fun of people the way you do..countinued...
Posted Thu, 04/14/2011 - 12:31am
they should have taught you better morals because obviously you have none!!....how can you call this girl fat beside for the obvious reason that your life sux..countinued
Posted Thu, 04/14/2011 - 12:30am
and your all probably the most insecure people who have to belittle others to make your self feel better...but trust me when i say..ugly people make ugly babys you will understand one day. countinued.....
Posted Thu, 04/14/2011 - 12:30am
.when or IF you have your own kids and they get made fun of wait and see how pissed you get...another thing..i am 24 years old im 5 feet tall and I weight 155 just like this 19 year old..countinued...
Posted Thu, 04/14/2011 - 12:30am
.i have a nice round butt some thick thighs and a tiny mid-section and i LOVE it!!! i would HATE HATE HATE!!! to be skinny like you people who feel the need to call this girl fat are.countinued......
Posted Thu, 04/14/2011 - 12:29am
.i have a nice round butt some thick thighs and a tiny mid-section and i LOVE it!!! i would HATE HATE HATE!!! to be skinny like you people who feel the need to call this girl fat are.countinued......
Posted Thu, 04/14/2011 - 12:29am
.you have nothing to you..sorry to bust your bubble but curvey is the new "skinny"...so get over your self your not any better then she is...countinued....
Posted Thu, 04/14/2011 - 12:28am