Toby Keith Surprised to be Featured on Sarah Palin's New TV Series
Country music star Toby Keith said Wednesday that, like rap star LL Cool J, he was not aware he would be featured on a new Fox News show hosted by Sarah Palin that is slated to debut today.
The first episode of "Real American Stories" was scheduled to feature interviews with LL Cool J, Keith and former General Electric Chief Executive Jack Welch about how they overcame adversity to achieve success. The interviews were reportedly taken from a Web site that Fox launched in the summer of 2008.
"We were never contacted by Fox" about the new show, a representative for Keith told the Web site HitFix. "They're promoting this like it's a brand new interview. He never sat down with Sarah Palin."
Keith's spokesperson told the Los Angeles Times that she had no problem with the segment running.
Fox pulled the segment featuring LL Cool J after the rapper complained about the use of the footage.
The debut of "Real American Stories" is one more example of Palin's departure from traditional politics and foray into media.
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