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Question of the Week: Celebrities Blab about Bloomberg’s Beverage Ban

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By Velvet Roper staff 6/08/12 9:45am

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How can one possibly have a genuine moviegoing experience without a waxy, sweating cup filled with 64 oz. of Coca-Cola in hand? If Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on sugary drinks larger than 16 oz. becomes a reality, the gallons of soda we chug in theaters and at Mets games will be nothing but a faint, sticky memory.

For the past seven days we’ve been asking our famous friends about it. Has the Bloomberg sugary beverage ban gone too far? Replies predictably ranged from “No, people are too fat!” to “Yes, we can’t live in a nanny state!” but contained in the above slideshow for much more colorful reactions from the likes of Rob Thomas, Chace Crawford, Liz Smith (“I don’t drink that shit! I drink wine and water.”), and more. N0t to mention, the T-Mobile Girl and a Real Housewife.
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Jo Champa

“I don’t drink soda! Honestly, not even diet soda. I realized it bloats you. It’s not worth it! Have a glass of wine!”
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Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20

"I saw Morning Joe, and the host with no irony whatsoever was holding her 20 oz cup of coffee saying, 'I think it's a really good idea!' There's a lot of drug choices out there in the world, and it's really up to people what life decisions they want to make."
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Anouck Lepere, Belgian model

"It sounds like a diet."
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Jill Zarin, former Real Housewife of New York

(After we put the question to her, Ms. Zarin discussed her shapewear line, Skweez Couture, at length, and then demanded a Diet Coke from a bartender.) "I think that it's none of his business and he should stay out of the pantry."
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Mick Jones of Foreigner

"I agree with anything that stops gluttony. Fast food...It's poisonous. Honestly, for someone who has diabetes, I'm totally for it."
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Dylan Lauren, owner of Dylan's Candy Bar

"I think everything in moderation. Whether it's candy or soda, as long as you have other things that are healthy, everything is fine in moderation."
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Liz Smith

“I don’t drink that shit! I drink wine and water. The mayor is very brave to do that, to hold himself up like that at the end of his term."
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Kathleen Marshall, director and choreographer of Nice Work If You Can Get It

"You know what it’s crazy, I sort of feel like you might as well ban super-sized cupcakes or Frappuccinos with too many calories. You want people to be health conscience but overregulating is a little bit scary too."
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Carly Foulkes, the T-mobile Girl

"I'm definitely for being healthy, I don't see how that's a bad thing. I hear it makes you live longer, so that's pretty cool!"
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Peggy Bonapace-Gelfond

"I think it’s a great step. Why not? We [she and husband Richard Gelfond, IMAX CEO] have 700 movie theatres around the world. We sell water! Big bottles of water!”
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Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn borough president

"I have faced the issue of obesity all my life and the answer is not prohibiting the sale of 16-ounce sodas and up. We could require physical education of all students and other measures, but banning soda is not the way to go."
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Chace Crawford

"Does this mean carbonized water?" (No, we told him, just sugary drinks.) "Oh, okay! I like that. I don't really drink soda. Sugar's terrible, yeah, I agree. Go Bloomberg!