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Tom Leykis Says John & Ken Are 'Total Fucking Pussies' For Apologizing After Calling Whitney Houston a 'Crack Ho'
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After calling Whitney Houston a "crack ho" twice on the air, KFI radio hosts John & Ken were suspended for a week and the duo apologized for their "inappropriate" comments.The one-time KFI shock jock Tom Leykis seemed to be waiting in the wings for such a moment: he called the hosts "total fucking pussies" while he was on The Gary and Dino Show podcast, according to the OC Weekly.
He added; "I don't understand, saying you're—'We are so outrageous, we tell it like it is, we're crazy'—and then the minute there's some pressure, you suddenly become a total fucking pussy."
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