Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Venus Williams and Laila Ali Join the #AllLivesMatter Club

Plus, words from Mary J. Blige, Fetty Wap and more.

Venus Williams and Laila Ali admit that they don't support the #BlackLivesMatter movement: - Venus Williams: "I think all lives matter, so... I can't really comment." Laila Ali: “Yes, Black lives matter. Yes, white lives matter, asian lives matter. All lives matter. And that’s kind of what my focus is. But it’s hard because, you know, you’ve got sponsors and you’ve got this and you’ve got that. And you don’t want to step on anybody’s toes. And you’re trying to be politically correct, but at the same time trying to uplift your people.” (Photos from left: Monica Schipper/Getty Images, Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Variety)

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Venus Williams and Laila Ali admit that they don't support the #BlackLivesMatter movement: - Venus Williams: "I think all lives matter, so... I can't really comment." Laila Ali: “Yes, Black lives matter. Yes, white lives matter, asian lives matter. All lives matter. And that’s kind of what my focus is. But it’s hard because, you know, you’ve got sponsors and you’ve got this and you’ve got that. And you don’t want to step on anybody’s toes. And you’re trying to be politically correct, but at the same time trying to uplift your people.” (Photos from left: Monica Schipper/Getty Images, Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Variety)

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Miley Cyrus isn't here for Mariah Carey: - “I’ve never really been a fan, because it’s so much about Mariah Carey. That’s part of her shtick; I can see through that… What I make isn’t about me. It’s about sharing my story; it’s about someone being connected to what I’m saying.”(Photos from left: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images, Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

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Miley Cyrus isn't here for Mariah Carey: - “I’ve never really been a fan, because it’s so much about Mariah Carey. That’s part of her shtick; I can see through that… What I make isn’t about me. It’s about sharing my story; it’s about someone being connected to what I’m saying.”(Photos from left: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images, Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

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Richard Sherman says players shouldn’t trust the NFL: - "We really don’t have reason to trust the NFL, and I don’t think they mind either way.”(Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Charlamagne says exactly when Stephen Curry will step up about Black issues: - “I mean, Steph is gonna step up when beige lives start getting killed by the police. He doesn’t care about Black lives, he cares about beige lives. When the ‘Beige Lives Matter’ campaign starts, Steph’s going to be right there at the forefront.”(Photos from left: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Power 105.1's Powerhouse 2015, Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Charlamagne says exactly when Stephen Curry will step up about Black issues: - “I mean, Steph is gonna step up when beige lives start getting killed by the police. He doesn’t care about Black lives, he cares about beige lives. When the ‘Beige Lives Matter’ campaign starts, Steph’s going to be right there at the forefront.”(Photos from left: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Power 105.1's Powerhouse 2015, Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Here’s what Joe Budden thinks of all the rap beefs out there: - “All that Philly s**t between Beans, Meek, Omelly and just that whole camp, I would hope that it’s resolved peacefully. Rap beef all you want. I don’t want to see anybody get shot. I don’t want to see anybody get stabbed. I don’t want to see anybody get hit.”(Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Here’s what Mary J. Blige had to say about that song she sang to Hillary Clinton: - “I’m a singer first before I’m a journalist. This journalist stuff is brand new, so that’s the only way I can express myself. The lyrics impacted me so heavily and so deeply – it made me cry, it’s like a prayer – that I needed Mrs. Clinton to be impacted the same way. So the only way I can get that reaction from her is to sing it.”(Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Casa Reale)

Here’s what President Obama thinks about Colin Kaepernick: - “I want everybody to listen to each other. So, I want Mr. Kaepernick and others who are on a knee to listen to the pain that that may cause somebody who, for example, had a spouse or a child who was killed in combat, and why it hurts them to see somebody not standing. But I also want people to think about the pain that he may be expressing about somebody who’s lost a loved one that they think was unfairly shot.”(Photos from left: Mike Theiler-Pool/Getty Images, Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Here’s what President Obama thinks about Colin Kaepernick: - “I want everybody to listen to each other. So, I want Mr. Kaepernick and others who are on a knee to listen to the pain that that may cause somebody who, for example, had a spouse or a child who was killed in combat, and why it hurts them to see somebody not standing. But I also want people to think about the pain that he may be expressing about somebody who’s lost a loved one that they think was unfairly shot.”(Photos from left: Mike Theiler-Pool/Getty Images, Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Keke Palmer sees nothing wrong with white girls in braids: - “To not be OK with it would be like saying Black people shouldn’t get perms. This goes back to my same message about labels… having braids doesn’t make you Black and having straight hair doesn’t make you white. We’re thinking too hard on things, honestly. I’m not really caring about whether or not someone who is not Black got braids in their hair.”(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Master P is begging President Obama to pardon his brother: - “I know Obama [has] been pardoning people. This is my letter to the president: When you look at Corey Miller [C-Murder], he’s not a bad person … the evidence is that he’s innocent. Mac [McKinley Phipps Jr.] is another one [who] should be free. They know Mac didn’t do it.”(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Viola Davis speaks out on being a survivor or sexual assault: - “Myself, my mother, my sisters, my friend Rebecca, my friend from childhood, we all have one thing in common: We are all survivors of sexual assault in some way, shape or form. Listen, when I was young, there were so many men in the neighborhood who gave you money if they could touch you.”(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Glamour)

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Kelly Rowland says her next album will be heavily HDM-inspired: - “I’m so happy I met David [Guetta] because he put EDM in my blood. It’s a part of my freedom when I’m on stage… so it will definitely be a part of the record – abso-f*****g-lutely.”(Photo: Ben Gabbe/Getty Images)

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Fetty Wap doesn’t care if you think he’s not a real rapper: - “A good hook means good music. If I’m the boy who makes good hooks, I guess I’m the boy everybody has to go to.”(Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Firefly)

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Kevin Hart says he’ll always stand by his race: - “I love representing my race all over the world at the highest level where people have to look and go, ‘Hey man, that strong Black man right there is a smart individual. He’s got it together; he’s trying to do some positive things.”(Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

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Nate Parker doesn't feel guilty at all for allegedly raping that woman in college: - "I don't feel guilty. I was falsely accused... I went to court... I was vindicated. I feel terrible that this woman isn't here. Her family had to deal with that, but as I sit here, an apology is — no."(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)