10 Controversial Gay Gaff That Shook Hollywood – The Hollywood Reporter

Contents:

• AFTER UPROAR, MATT DAMON TRI TO CLARIFY COMMENTS ON ANTI-GAY SLUR
• BRG IT ON DIRECTOR EXPLAS 'INTENTNAL' USE OF GAY SLUR
• THE DIRECTOR OF 'BRG IT ON' SAYS HE WOULD RETHK THE FILM'S E OF A GAY SLUR IF THE MOVIE WAS MA TODAY
• 10 CONTROVERSIAL GAY GAFF THAT SHOOK HOLLYWOOD
• MATT DAMON'S E OF A GAY SLUR ANY NTEXT 2021 IS UNACCEPTABLE AND EMBARRASSG
• JONAH HILL VOWS TO NEVER AGA USE GAY SLUR (VIO)
• I WISH I ULD NCEL MATT DAMON. IT'S OUTRAGEO TO JOKE ABOUT HATEFUL GAY SLURS 2021.

AFTER UPROAR, MATT DAMON TRI TO CLARIFY COMMENTS ON ANTI-GAY SLUR

Movi|After Uproar, Matt Damon Tri to Clarify Comments on Anti-Gay Slur ADVERTISEMENTThe actor was recently quoted as sayg that he had cid to “retire” the word his dghter lls the “f-slur” after she objected to a joke he Wargo/Getty ImagFacg a backlash after he was quoted sayg he had recently cid to “retire” a homophobic slur, the actor Matt Damon said a statement on Monday that “I do not e slurs of any kd. Damon reunted a nversatn wh his dghter durg which he “ma a joke” that moved her to wre him an say on the historil harm of what she lls “the ‘f-slur for a homosexual. “The word that my dghter lls the ‘f-slur for a homosexual’ was monly ed when I was a kid, wh a different applitn, ” Mr.

2015, he told The Guardian that actg, was key that “people shouldn’t know anythg about your sexualy bee that’s one of the mysteri that you should be able to play, ” addg that he imaged “ mt be really hard” for gay actors to be public about their sexualy. The director of Brg It On has addrsed the e of a gay slur the classic teen cheerleadg an terview whInsir markg the movie's 20th anniversary, Peyton Reed said the utterg of "fag" was "tentnal terms of alg wh the sexualy and the genr polics the movie.

"Brg It On" director Peyton Reed spoke to Insir about the e of a gay slur the occurs two scen: when the Toros are drivg to the football game and when football players addrs two male said the tentn of the word was to al wh the sexualy and genr polics the movie. There are a lot of thgs that aged well if you look back on the 2000 movie "Brg It On, " but even director Peyton Reed says the movie is not moment particular when watchg the movie 20 years later is the e of the gay slur "f--" the occurs twice. "If we were to make the movie today, probably would be approached a different way, " Reed said of the e of a gay slur.

BRG IT ON DIRECTOR EXPLAS 'INTENTNAL' USE OF GAY SLUR

The Aikaans word “moffie” is South Ai’s answer to “faggot”: an anti-gay slur ed liberally and illiberally across the untry’s tangle of languag, sual playground teasg or btal bigoted asslt alike. Each time the word is spoken, burrows a ltle eper unr the sk: Anyone who grew up gay pre-lennial South Ai may need to dig their nails to their armrt to get through what is both a shiver-lite exploratn of unspoken sire and a srrgly brilliant anatomy of whe South Ain masculy.

This is Herman’ send gay-themed drama, followg 2011’s vivid, profoundly upsettg “Bety, ” and the two films prove plementary a variety of ways, both exposg the vlent homophobia prevalent the untry’s heavily patriarchal whe Aikaans populatn. Where “Bety” centered on a self-loathg gay Aikaner trapped by his own society, “Moffie” exam prejudice om the stunned, stifled perspective of an English-scend soldier learng to adapt or die his Aikaner-led barracks.

Ramsay observe throngs of worn young bodi motn wh somethg of the tactile, sensually tilted gaze that Claire Denis applied to “Be Travail”; the film’s wtit scene, off-duty soldiers play volleyball a scene that exprsly parallels the equivalent match “Top Gun, ” rrectg s famoly wkg subtext to more overt, unembarrassed homoeroticism. Unlike the often hhed, humidly dreamlike style Herman employs for scen at the ont, he shoots this flare of trma wh buzzg war-zone keticism — an exquisely placed remr that for gay or nascently gay men a hostile society, everyday life is one mefield after another. I know even ls about what is to be a 14-year-old Filipo Amerin boy wh body issu, who's also a Boy Sut, Catholic, and g to terms wh the fact that he is gay.

THE DIRECTOR OF 'BRG IT ON' SAYS HE WOULD RETHK THE FILM'S E OF A GAY SLUR IF THE MOVIE WAS MA TODAY

The fallout: This was the first time GLAAD (the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Discrimatn), found 1985, succsfully prsured a celebry to apologize for g a gay slur. At a time when public support for gay rights was still small, Hope agreed to rerd a public service announcement nmng anti-gay bigotry, gracly payg for himself.

The ment: The rad show host had a long history of anti-gay ments, cludg llg homosexualy a “blogil error, ” before gettg her own syndited TV talk show September 2000. In 2010, after an argument wh openly gay blogger Perez Hilton, 50 Cent tweeted, “Perez Hilton lled me douche bag so I had my homie shoot up a gay weddg.

The ment: On The Tonight Show he asked Ryan Philippe, who played a gay teen on the Soap One Life to Live, “Can you give me your gayt look? The words exprsed do not reflect my feelgs towards the gay and lbian muni and were not meant to offend anyone.

10 CONTROVERSIAL GAY GAFF THAT SHOOK HOLLYWOOD

Bryant’s ments generated a wi bate among NBA players and officials about the prevalence of gay slurs durg game “trash talkg.

Phoenix Suns star Grant Hill rerd his own PSA urgg players not to e gay slurs as on-urt sults and Phoenix CEO Rick Welts announced he was gay, beg the hight profile sports executive to openly acknowledge his homosexualy. The ment: The trailer for the Universal Pictur movie the Dilemma, directed by Howard and produced by Ratner’s Osr replacement Brian Grazer, featured Vce Vghn’s character, an advertisg executive tellg to pany executiv, “Electric rs are gay.

The ment: Appearg on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, the Millnaire Matchmaker host told a gay ller who worried about remag fahful a long distance relatnship, “There is no curbg the gay man. The fallout: After a flurry of tweets cricizg her, Stanger herself tweeted an explanatn, argug she was speakg about Los Angel-area gay men only.

MATT DAMON'S E OF A GAY SLUR ANY NTEXT 2021 IS UNACCEPTABLE AND EMBARRASSG

The ment: Durg a performance of his stand-up act Nashville, Man went on an anti-gay riff, sayg among other thgs he would stab his son if he told Man he was gay. 30 Rock star Ta Fey and NBC head Ben Greenblatt also apologized for Man’s ments, but fend Man personally, spe his history of homophobic jok.

LGBT pictns are pretty much non-existent The Breakfast Club, but there are plenty of gay slurs and stereotyp prent the film that wouldn't make to a film ma today. For one, a gay slur is promently scrawled on John's locker, supposedly actg as a terrent to anyone who would want to break to . " Even Brian participat the gay shamg, genuely surprised to learn that Andrew wears "tights" as part of his wrtlg uniform.

JONAH HILL VOWS TO NEVER AGA USE GAY SLUR (VIO)

The affectnate story of the lifelong romance between Tom and Joe, om their first humble meetg the 1970s, a world only jt wakg up to homosexualy, through to their heartbreakg fal days, s later.

I WISH I ULD NCEL MATT DAMON. IT'S OUTRAGEO TO JOKE ABOUT HATEFUL GAY SLURS 2021.

This documentary explor a group of gay women songwrers who have succsfully navigated the male domated untry mic genre and have wrten number 1 hs for some of untry mic's greatt stars.

The group’s chapters other stat distributed rmatnal pamphlets about queer sex and famo queers throughout history; held a “kiss-” at the 1992 Amy Awards red rpet to prott queer excln Hollywood films; massively protted homophobic entertaers and cints of anti-queer vlence; arranged a “Pk Panther” street patrol to prevent queer-bashgs; and broadst vio of two k-vered men kissg on public accs televisn. For example, a gay, cisgenr, whe, Christian, Amerin man might not be nsired “queer” by some bee his mastream inti may grant him more social protectns than a Black, pansexual, transgenr, female immigrant livg Iraq.

This woman’s unique inti aren’t nearly as “mastream” as the gay man’s and don’t provi nearly as many social protectns. The sk is a remr of jt how acceptable and prevalent homophobic language mastream media was the 1980s, but re-watchg almost any teen movie om that do exactly the same thg.