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Star Is Sorry

In January, Star published a cover that implied Katie Holmes had a drug problem but it was really a Scientology treatment which had no basis in reality. I believe they were referring to were E-meter readings.

Anyway, Katie sued Star for $50 million because the cover was blatantly misleading. Naturally, she won and Star publicly apologized to Katie Holmes.

In a recent issue of Star, we published headlines about Katie Holmes that could be read to suggest that she was addicted to drugs. Star did not intend to suggest that Ms. Holmes was a drug addict or was undergoing treatment for a drug addiction. Star apologizes to Ms. Holmes for any misperception and will be making a substantial donation to charity on Ms. Holmes’ behalf for any harm that we may have caused.

Well, I don’t see how it could not be intentionally misleading. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to realize putting “Katie Holmes Drug Shocker!” would lead people to believe she was addicted to real drugs but whatever. At least Star is sorry. Sort of. They’re sorry in that Katie Holmes misunderstood. On account of what an idiot she is. Geez, get some reading comprehension skills little missy.

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dumbmo'
dumbmo'
12 years ago

Whatever The Star paid them (no where NEAR $50million) is 1/1,000,000th what they made publishing that story.

Black Pie
Black Pie
12 years ago
Reply to  dumbmo'

So they made $50,000,000,000,000 from publishing that story? Wow, that’s 14,000 times the US National budget or $50 trillion!

ickymo'
ickymo'
12 years ago
Reply to  dumbmo'

What part of “no where near” don’t you understand, dick brain?

Louanne
12 years ago

Uh, oh, remember what Star Magazine still said back in March? “Star fully stands behind the editorial integrity of what we have published” Yeah, right. Opportunists of the really bad kind. I wonder what charity this substantial donation is going to? Here are a couple of charitable non-profit organizations with proven results: Applied Scholastics International, a nonprofit educational organization based in Missouri, was founded by a consortium of American educators in 1972. Administered by the Association for Better Living and Education, it is dedicated to the broad implementation of learning tools researched and developed by American author and educator L.… Read more »

spoonmo'
spoonmo'
12 years ago
Reply to  Louanne

Reread my post, dumbass…they made SO much money off of their sales of that edition any settlement paid would be a drop in the bucket. You are really stupid. PS go get on your soapbox @ Hollywood and Vine…