Singer, Akon, who was set to tour with Gwen Stefani, is now apologizing for his behavior during a concert in Trinidad recently.  

The rapper/reggae star was performing on stage and invited women from the audience on stage for a “dance” competition, ostensibly to win a trip to Africa.  The winner, 15-year old Danah Alleyne then had to compete against Akon which resulted in a disturbing visual as Ms. Alleyne was virtually raped (though clothed and in public) by Akon and then sandwiched by his entourage in a sexually charged display of aggression.  To make matters worse, there was no trip to Africa.

The Stefani/Akon tour was sponsored by Verizon, including a broad campaign of ads (including blogads on our network daddy, Blogcritics.org) but have since been cancelled and ads have been pulled, Verizon only gave “reasons” as the excuse for dropping out of the tour.

No word yet on whether anyone else will pick up the sponsorship spot for the tour.  My guess is that Gwen will drop Akon entirely from the tour if she can do so legally.  I would imagine this is what’s going on behind the scenes now and Gwen would be within her right to do so.  Who the hell wants to be associated with that kind of ridiculousness?  Here’s the statement Akon released:

 “First, and most important to me, I want to sincerely apologize for the embarrassment and any pain I’ve caused to the young woman who joined me on-stage, her family and the Trinidad community for the events at my concert in Port of Spain on April 12th. It was never my intention to embarrass or take advantage of my fans in any way, especially those under the age of 18. That is why we tried to make sure that the club did not admit anyone under 18 in the audience. Somehow, that standard was not met.

Again, I apologize to those concerned and to all my fans and I pledge to all that we will strive to make sure this type of incident does not happen again.”

Oh, I guess it’s okay to simulate rape/sex with people over 18?  WTF? 

Photo courtesy of Hollywoodgrind.com.

While most of the celeb sites are covering lame stuff like Britney’s divorce settlement, Courtney Love and Rosie O’Donnell, we here at Glosslip know what’s HoFizzle vs. BloFizzle and it’s Nickelodeon’s 2007 Kids’ Choice Awards hosted by the omnipresent Justin Timberlake, tomorrow night, March 31st at 8:00pm on where else?  Nickelodeon.

Think nothing exciting happens at a kid’s awards show?  Ha! I present you with this pic of Lindsay Lohan at last year’s show, but don’t expect to see Lindsay Lohan on this year’s show - this is for kids, not panty-less drunks.

This year’s line-up has a host of huge stars presenting, performing and participating.  Gwen Stefani will be performing her hot single “Sweet Escape” with Akon and Maroon 5 will be singing “Makes Me Wonder,” the single off their new album titled, It Won’t Be Soon Before Long. 

Ryan Seacrest will be reporting on a new, breathtaking, never-before-attempted World Record Slime Stunt featuring bungee jumping.  How hot is that?!?!  Some of the guests slated to be on the show is a who’s who of who’s hot: Will Ferrell, Nicole Kidman, Steve Carrell, Jessica Alba, Nelly, Ciara, Ben Stiller, Queen Latifah, Jamie Lynn Spears, Drake Bell and many, many more.  For the entire list of guests, go here.

The Kid’s Choice Awards are still open for voting, but time’s running out.  This link will take you to the list of nominees and you vote for your favorite stars and shows. 

I wonder who will get slimed this year.  Too bad Paris Hilton wasn’t invited.  Although…if you are made of slime does it still count if you get slimed?  Hmmm… I will have to ponder that some more.

The always great Radar Online has an interesting little bio on Daisy Lowe, the 16-year-old love child of Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale and singer/fashion designer Pearl Lowe. Not sure exactly how this was kept a secret for so long, but it won’t be a secret much longer, as we are about to be served up a dose of Daisy Lowe — all up in your grill UK style. Think I’m kidding. Just ask Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse how they became household names? I digress.

So it seems that Little Ms. Daisy’s pedigree is impressive. Until recently she thought Gavin Rossdale was merely her godfather until DNA tests proved otherwise. Mom and her dad are at each other’s throats over child support back payments. Speaking of dads, her mom’s long-term partner is Supergrass drummer Danny Goffey and she has three half-siblings, Alfie, Frankie and Betty. Her mom was supposedly having an affair with Jude Law AND his ex-wife, Sadie Frost. She and mum Pearl are recording an album with step-dad Danny titled Getting Back On Track. Thank you Wikipedia.

Mom’s working on a memoir titled All That Glitters and discusses her life and her drug addiction.

Poor Gwen, who needs that kind of drama? She has said this about her marriage to Gavin Rossdale and having baby Kingston:

“We’ve had an ongoing love affair with peaks and valleys. Having him [Kingston] has been the most romantic thing to have happened to us.”

Kingston is WAY cuter than Daisy, and I bet when he spits up fruit loops it’s on accident.

Don’t forget to watch Kingston’s mom on American Idol tonight, performing her new single “Sweet Escape” with the super-hot Akon!