SPIKE LEE WEIGHS IN ON JACKSON'S OBAMA COMMENT: 'I think it's coming down to jealousy,' filmmaker says of civil rights vet.

*Spike Lee says Jesse Jackson needs to go somewhere and sit down.
Well not in those words, but when EUR caught up with the filmmaker in Beverly Hills yesterday to discuss Jackson's comments about Barack Obama "talking down to black people," and wanting to "cut off his nuts," Lee expressed profound disappointment in the civil rights veteran and suggested that jealousy may have been behind his words, which were said when Jackson thought his mic was turned off during a commercial break on – of all places – Fox News Channel.

"I’m very disappointed in Jesse Jackson. These old heads, I don't know why they're doing this stuff," a frustrated Spike told us yesterday after a panel in Beverly Hills for his upcoming ESPN Films project.

"I think jealousy has to be somewhere in there. I read today that even Jesse Jackson's son, Jesse Jr., is upset about his father's comments. There's no place for that and I think it's really making Jesse look bad. I haven't heard anybody say cut the man's nuts off but Jesse."

"In life, sometimes you have your moment," Lee continued. "You have your window that lies upon you and then it leaves. This is not Jesse's time right now. This is Barack Obama's time, and I think he's having a problem with that."

Lee was at the Television Critics Association Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Thursday to discuss his upcoming ESPN Films project "Game Day with Kobe," which used up to 30 cameras to follow Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant for 24 hours.

Comment by Mike on July 11, 2008 at 8:44pm: MAN YEA IT IS BARACK OBAMA TIME MAN HE IS THA FUTURE

Comment by Khy on July 11, 2008 at 10:59pm: Jesse must have been hurt considering he's got a baby momma out there too. Not only that how are you going to get caught disrespecting another Black man on FOX of all networks. I know they were loving it when he said it. This is an example of a Nigga Moment. First Ice-T now this. Sad times old school playas.

Comment by Votney925 on July 12, 2008 at 2:43pm: Jesse need to sit down somewhere

Comment by whiteboy on July 13, 2008 at 1:46am: hey carlton from fresh prince, why dont you just shut the hell up

Comment by Khy on July 13, 2008 at 4:08pm: ^^^Three words: Fuck outta here. How about you comment on the subject. Maybe you can drop a link from WikiAnswers and educate me on past and present Black Leaders. Stop. Shut the fuck up and fall back.

Comment by OLGA on July 16, 2008 at 12:08pm: Respect, but alot of the old guard are unfamiliarized and don’t understand Hip Hop nor the community that supports it; which is “vast”. They basically snubbed it off. Alot of the old player’s are now “player hater’s”, talking loud, saying nothing, and false posturing aka frontin’. Trying to maintain their position, but not realizing that it’s about “substance”, action, change & upgrade for better that should be occupying and infiltrating our minds…not the age old, infamous action of “crabs in the basket type thing”, that we just witnessed by jesse jackson speaking on national tv about “the mind supreme” aka our brother Barack Obama. You could actually see the jealousy in jesse’s facial expressions. He had already lost credibility with me prior to his cheating on his wife “incident”, but this has sealed it. I am sooo proud to be of this community, and I am very proud of our people, so every little bit that we contribute to raise up our community’s counts on our scale of things, but the big boys; including Oprah have to do more for the subpar conditions that are more common place in the communities across America. Obama needs our entire family & community to support him; no exclusion. We, the people can do this. Oh and by the way…do not be tricked into propaganda that would make you look like you are having a nice meeting with a republican, and then it be misconstrued that you are in support of Obama’s opponent. Why any of our people would be republican is beyond me. Especially, when you know what our ancestor’s had to devestatingly endure to keep our people moving forward in these United States. “our people man”…so many families separated 1st from Africa, and then by slavery; so many separated family members broken up, our people raped by the fore fathers and the very people that under currently hate us now, and finally systematically keeping us financially dependant, instead of giving us loans to support our businesses and letting us flourish; as we once did in education and in commerce…By being a republican do you feel that ahhh I made it, they let me in and accept me, so now I have to act the way they do…basically looking down on our people, not putting enough financial support in our community’s, keeping us downgraded…and now this new venture of hating on Hip Hop. I’ll go on the record saying…I Love Hip Hop, I get it and it’s in my blood. Respect to all the Hip Hop Hustler’s because they have something to say about the direct hit their community’s have taken from the power’s that be that keep their palms to our foreheads, and also what spills over from having to live and face the realities of it the community aka the hood. The worsed thing was that his actin' stupid ass did on the FOX(undercrrent racism tv channel) From the words of a major playa;Jay-Z…One eye up. I pray that you all have peace of mind & prosperity. ~it's olga~