Well renowned intellectual Ricky Martin recently took a stab at raising awareness about Arab profiling. Martin, a former member of Menudo and “Livin’ La Vida Loca” one-hit wonder, attended the silver jubilee of the Arab Children’s Congress in Jordan. Martin posed for photos with Arab teenage fans and at one point a traditional Arab kaffiyeh headscarf with the slogan “Jerusalem Is Ours” written in Arabic was draped over his shoulders.
“I had no idea that the kaffiyeh scarf presented to me contained language referring to Jerusalem, and I apologize to anyone who might think I was endorsing its message,” Martin said in a statement released Monday by his New York-based publicist, Ken Sunshine.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time that Martin has found himself in this type of awkward situation . . .
Let’s not forget Ricky’s infamous 1988 Oakland/Bay-Area “We Rock the House” tour.
P.S. – It was 88 when they had the big earthquake… right?
Maybe he can a picture taken waving to the camera in Iraq while astride an “insurgent” IED – then we can sell “Not ‘Fonda’ Ricky” t-shirts!
– MuscleDaddy
You forgot the picture of him wearing a “Pax Romana” scarf, giving the thumbs-up in front of Roman soldiers feeding Christians to the lions. :o)
THis would win if you posted this at 12;30 PM on the Fark.com Photoshop contest.
coughhomocough
How about his appearance at the Great White concert yelling “This is the HOTTEST show these guys have ever done! WOO!”