'Devious Maid' calls out Donald Trump

DONALD TRUMP's run for the presidency is off to a hot start.

Or should we say en fuego.

According to Fox News Latino, Puerto Rican actress Roselyn Sanchez ("Devious Maids," "Without a Trace") announced yesterday that she will withdraw as host of the Miss USA 2015 contest after The Donald "insulted" Mexicans in remarks he gave in his address launching his presidential bid.

"I was very excited and proud to have been invited to participate in Miss USA, but as a Latina, that is now inconceivable," Sanchez said in a statement.

"Although I am not Mexican, I am Puerto Rican and a proud Latina, and his comments were an insult to our culture. I won't sponsor anything produced by Donald Trump," she said.

Sanchez's co-host, and "Devious Maids" co-star, actor Cristian de la Fuente, dropped out as well.

For those who don't pay attention when Trump speaks - and Tattle salutes you - during his campaign kickoff, Trump said, "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with [them]. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists."

Trump said he was only criticizing U.S. policies concerning Mexico, not its people, and of course accused the lamestream media of taking his comments out of context.

The egomaniacal blowhard added, "I am personally offended by the mainstream media's attempt to distort my comments regarding Mexico and its great people," he told reporters in a quote from Entertainment Weekly. "I have many successful business relationships with Mexican companies and employ, and am close friends with, many Mexican people. . . . I do great with Latino voters. I employ so many Latinos, I have so many people working for me. The Latinos love Trump, and I Iove them."

Gosh, that reads like a quote we would have made up.

* Univision announced yesterday that it is ending its business relationship with Trump's Miss Universe Organization based on what it deemed "insulting remarks about Mexican immigrants." Univision CEO Randy Falco felt compelled to sever ties with El Donaldo given that 3,200 of Univision's 4,000 employees are Hispanic.

But in an interview with Politico yesterday, Trump threatened to sue Univision for defaulting on what he called an "ironclad" agreement. "They have no termination rights whatsoever," he told the site.

Isn't that also what he told Ivana and Marla?

* The Hollywood Reporter said that NBC/Comcast/Universal was also evaluating its commitment to Miss USA following Univision's decision to drop the program.

It's a tougher decision for NBC because the network also airs Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice," which people actually watch.

* Police have turned over their investigative file on the circumstances surrounding Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, to the district attorney, who will determine whether any charges will be filed, authorities said yesterday.

Brown, 22, was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub at her home in the Atlanta suburb of Roswell on Jan. 31. After months in the hospital, she's receiving hospice care. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said that gives his office heightened interest in the case.

"In view of the new circumstances regarding the health status of Bobbi Kristina Brown, we will be reviewing the case with greater interest," Howard told the Associated Press in a statement.

The D.A. will review the investigative file "to see if any criminal charges are appropriate," Roswell police officer Lisa Holland said in a statement yesterday.

* Once-homeless Ohio man Ted Williams, whose smooth radio voice made him an Internet sensation, said he's running for president as an independent.

Williams was propelled into the spotlight in 2011 after he appeared in a video by the Columbus Dispatch panhandling on a highway ramp with a sign advertising his golden voice. The video's millions of views led to national television appearances and earned Williams numerous voice-over jobs.

Williams says he plans to focus on fair housing, veterans' issues, jobs and improving schools.

Hey, he's got as much chance as Donald Trump.

- Daily News wire services

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