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"Kirstie Alley has vowed not to buy from Abercrombie &amp;amp; Fitch after controversial comments from the company&amp;#039;s CEO resurfaced. In a 2006 interview, the clothing brand boss Mike Jeffries claimed that A&amp;amp;F wanted to market only to &amp;quot;cool, good-looking people&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. &amp;quot;A lot of people don&amp;#039;t belong [in our clothes], and they can&amp;#039;t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely. Those companies that are in trouble are trying to target everybody: young, old, fat, skinny. But then you become totally vanilla. You don&amp;#039;t alienate anybody, but you don&amp;#039;t excite anybody, either.&amp;quot; The comments resurfaced earlier this week and caused further controversy, prompting Alley to tell Entertainment Tonight that she has been put off the brand. &amp;quot;What a [censored expletive],&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;He says that Abercrombie clothes are for people who are cool and look a certain way and are beautiful and are thin and blah blah blah blah blah. He goes on and on and on and on.  &amp;quot;That would make me never buy anything from Abercrombie, even if I was cool and thin. And I&amp;#039;ve got two kids in that bracket, but they will never walk in those doors because of his view of people - forget women, his view of just people.&amp;quot; In a statement, Jeffries said: &amp;quot;While I believe this 7-year-old, resurrected quote has been taken out of context, I sincerely regret that my choice of words was interpreted in a manner that has caused offence. &amp;quot;A&amp;amp;F is an aspirational brand that, like most speciality apparel brands, targets its marketing at a particular segment of customers. However, we care about the broader communities in which we operate and are strongly committed to diversity and inclusion. We hire good people who share these values.&amp;quot; Jeffries added: &amp;quot;We are completely opposed to any discrimination, bullying, derogatory characterisations or other antisocial behaviour based on race, gender, body type or other individual characteristics.&amp;quot; View all of today&amp;#039;s best celebrity pictures - Photo gallery:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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