Gayle King defends 'Baby It's Cold Outside': 'I know I'm going to get hammered for this'

[Lexy]

By John Bowden - 12/06/18 04:12 PM EST
Gayle King defends 'Baby It's Cold Outside': 'I know I'm going to get hammered for this'
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"CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King came to the defense of the classic holiday song "Baby It's Cold Outside" on Thursday, questioning her co-anchors whether the controversy surrounding the song's lyrics meant America was losing its sense of humor.
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In a discussion about the song with fellow hosts Norah O'Donnell and John Dickerson, King remarked that she would get "hammered" on social media for her position while explaining that she viewed the song as light, flirtatious banter.

"We are losing our sense of humor nowadays," King said, disagreeing with O'Donnell who had raised concerns about the original performance of the song.

"And I'm a big supporter and proponent of the #MeToo movement," King continued. "But I just don't think we have to nitpick every single little thing."

"It's a Christmas song that was written years ago, and you have to look at the intent of the song. And when you look at the intent of the song, to me, it's a very flirtatious back-and-forth between the two of them. I think you can look at anything and read something in to it these days," she added. "I just don't think that was the case when they wrote that song."

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4201 ... mmered-for

[Lexy]

Saw this on FB today:

Since they decided to pull “Baby it’s Cold Outside” from its playlist because someone was offended, I feel that these other holiday songs are also on the chopping block.
How did our generation ever survive?

1. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus: subjecting minors to softcore porn

2. The Christmas Song: Open fire? Pollution. Folks dressed up like Eskimos? Cultural appropriation

3. Holly Jolly Christmas: Kiss her once for me? Unwanted advances

4. White Christmas? Racist

5. Santa Claus is Coming to Town: Sees you when you’re sleeping? Knows when you’re awake? Peeping Tom stalker

6. Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Everyone telling you be of good cheer? Forced to hide depression

7. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Bullying

8. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas: Forced gender-specific gifts: dolls for Janice and Jen and boots and pistols (GUNS!) for Barney and Ben

9. Santa Baby: Gold digger, blackmail

10. Frosty the Snowman: Sexist; not a snow woman

11. Do You Hear What I Hear: blatant disregard for the hearing impaired

12. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: Make the yuletide GAY? Wow, just wow

13. Jingle Bell Rock: Giddy up jingle horse, pick up your feet: animal abuse

14. Mistletoe and Holly: Overeating, folks stealing a kiss or two? How did this song ever see the light of day?

15. Winter Wonderland: Parson Brown demanding they get married…forced partnership

16. I'll Be Home For Christmas: Not if you are homeless. That's just Insensitive

17. Grandma got ran over by a reindeer: Homicide. Extremely violent and promotes alcoholism.”

[hockeymom87]

I don’t get why people have an issue with that song but some still listen to rap music that has lines like this in it
Put Molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it
I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain't even know it

[Pjmm]

Saw this on FB today:

Since they decided to pull “Baby it’s Cold Outside” from its playlist because someone was offended, I feel that these other holiday songs are also on the chopping block.
How did our generation ever survive?

1. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus: subjecting minors to softcore porn

2. The Christmas Song: Open fire? Pollution. Folks dressed up like Eskimos? Cultural appropriation

3. Holly Jolly Christmas: Kiss her once for me? Unwanted advances

4. White Christmas? Racist

5. Santa Claus is Coming to Town: Sees you when you’re sleeping? Knows when you’re awake? Peeping Tom stalker

6. Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Everyone telling you be of good cheer? Forced to hide depression

7. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Bullying

8. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas: Forced gender-specific gifts: dolls for Janice and Jen and boots and pistols (GUNS!) for Barney and Ben

9. Santa Baby: Gold digger, blackmail

10. Frosty the Snowman: Sexist; not a snow woman

11. Do You Hear What I Hear: blatant disregard for the hearing impaired

12. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: Make the yuletide GAY? Wow, just wow

13. Jingle Bell Rock: Giddy up jingle horse, pick up your feet: animal abuse

14. Mistletoe and Holly: Overeating, folks stealing a kiss or two? How did this song ever see the light of day?

15. Winter Wonderland: Parson Brown demanding they get married…forced partnership

16. I'll Be Home For Christmas: Not if you are homeless. That's just Insensitive

17. Grandma got ran over by a reindeer: Homicide. Extremely violent and promotes alcoholism.”

Don't forget the constant playing of any Christmas song is insensitive to Muslims, Jews and other non Christians. Also Pagans. I also personally feel Winter Wonderland is insensitive to us Floridians and anyone living in the tropics. Lol

[Pjmm]

I don’t get why people have an issue with that song but some still listen to rap music that has lines like this in it
Put Molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it
I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain't even know it

[Lexy]

I don’t get why people have an issue with that song but some still listen to rap music that has lines like this in it
Put Molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it
I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain't even know it

Seriously! This song is going to be "judged" to be to controversial or demeaning to women above all the disrespectful and disgusting rap song lyrics that receive radio play and even awards?

[Lexy]

Saw this on FB today:

Since they decided to pull “Baby it’s Cold Outside” from its playlist because someone was offended, I feel that these other holiday songs are also on the chopping block.
How did our generation ever survive?

1. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus: subjecting minors to softcore porn

2. The Christmas Song: Open fire? Pollution. Folks dressed up like Eskimos? Cultural appropriation

3. Holly Jolly Christmas: Kiss her once for me? Unwanted advances

4. White Christmas? Racist

5. Santa Claus is Coming to Town: Sees you when you’re sleeping? Knows when you’re awake? Peeping Tom stalker

6. Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Everyone telling you be of good cheer? Forced to hide depression

7. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Bullying

8. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas: Forced gender-specific gifts: dolls for Janice and Jen and boots and pistols (GUNS!) for Barney and Ben

9. Santa Baby: Gold digger, blackmail

10. Frosty the Snowman: Sexist; not a snow woman

11. Do You Hear What I Hear: blatant disregard for the hearing impaired

12. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: Make the yuletide GAY? Wow, just wow

13. Jingle Bell Rock: Giddy up jingle horse, pick up your feet: animal abuse

14. Mistletoe and Holly: Overeating, folks stealing a kiss or two? How did this song ever see the light of day?

15. Winter Wonderland: Parson Brown demanding they get married…forced partnership

16. I'll Be Home For Christmas: Not if you are homeless. That's just Insensitive

17. Grandma got ran over by a reindeer: Homicide. Extremely violent and promotes alcoholism.”

Don't forget the constant playing of any Christmas song is insensitive to Muslims, Jews and other non Christians. Also Pagans. I also personally feel Winter Wonderland is insensitive to us Floridians and anyone living in the tropics. Lol

It is really getting ridiculous.

[hockeymom87]

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I don’t get why people have an issue with that song but some still listen to rap music that has lines like this in it
Put Molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it
I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain't even know it

Yeah I don’t understand it. Yeah sure baby it’s cold outside is a little bit creepy. But in the end she stays on her own accord.

[hockeymom87]

I don’t get why people have an issue with that song but some still listen to rap music that has lines like this in it
Put Molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it
I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain't even know it

Seriously! This song is going to be "judged" to be to controversial or demeaning to women above all the disrespectful and disgusting rap song lyrics that receive radio play and even awards?

I’ve never understood rap music. So much cursing and demeaning of women. Not to mention the constant use of the N word.

[Lexy]

I don’t get why people have an issue with that song but some still listen to rap music that has lines like this in it
Put Molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it
I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain't even know it

Seriously! This song is going to be "judged" to be to controversial or demeaning to women above all the disrespectful and disgusting rap song lyrics that receive radio play and even awards?

I’ve never understood rap music. So much cursing and demeaning of women. Not to mention the constant use of the N word.

Agree. They should ban that crap on the stations.