Audrey O’Day Clears Up Hitler/Castro Comments

by Brandon on September 2, 2009

Audrey O'Day

Apparently people get a little upset when you call Fidel Castro and Adolf Hitler “brilliant”. Who knew?

Former Danity Kane singer Audrey O’Day appeared on Sean Hannity’s show this weekend and did just that. In her words: “I’m not defending [Castro's] behavior in many instances, but I do have to say that I will 100 percent agree he’s an incredibly brilliant man.”

How could she make it worse? Oh, saying the same thing about Hitler might do it. “Listen, I don’t condone Hitler one ounce, but yes, he was a brilliant man. Can you guys say that he wasn’t? He ran a country and convinced everyone of horrible things.” Smooth movie, O’Day.

Luckily O’Day publicists were quick and had her release this statement to MTV News:

Murderers and dictators generally are some of the smartest people out there — they just use their brain power for evil purposes,” O’Day said. ”I don’t condone any of their evil behavior, but I was asked about their intellectual firepower … and in my opinion you can’t have a low IQ and wreak that much havoc on the world. What Hitler succeeded in doing was deplorable. And I hope we never see such an abusive use of power again.

That should smooth things over with Cubans and Jews worldwide! Note to O’Day: stick to singing. Or, if making a point about politics and health care reform, please be careful how you word things. O’Day was actually making some good points but just needs to lay off using the words “Hitler” and “brilliant” together. It just doesn’t work.

Hey, at least she gets an E for effort though.

Share