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SzczerbiakManiac 03-28-2008 03:36 PM

Why I'm not going to be watching Leno for a while
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by http://www.mygayestlook.com/
On Thursday, March 20, 2008, Jay Leno welcomed as his guest on The Tonight Show the actor Ryan Phillippe, who, early in his career, played a gay character on the daily soap One Life to Live. During the interview, Leno hounded Phillippe, telling him to look into the camera, pretend it was his "gay lover…Billy Bob," who "has just ridden in shirtless from Wyoming" (still milking the Brokeback jokes), and give it his "gayest look."
So I think I'll be sticking to Letterman and/or Stewart & Colbert for a while.

Sub la Goon 03-28-2008 03:41 PM

Even if I stayed up that late (old age sux), Leno is way too much of a right wing tool for me take seriously. Or un-seriously...

I will take Letterman or Colbert over the Chinned One any day.
And I would marry Jon Stewart if he let me.
And I was a woman.

innerSpaceman 03-28-2008 03:46 PM

On the other hand, I think it bespeaks ill of people when they can't take a joke at their own expense.

Not that I want gays to laugh at racial humor as well as gay jokes. But it doesn't seem so thin-skinned if we just let the gay jokes roll off our collective backs.

BarTopDancer 03-28-2008 03:56 PM

Ryan Phillipe showed up for Leno?

He totally snubbed Kevin and Bean on KROQ.

Gemini Cricket 03-28-2008 04:03 PM

To Phillipe's credit (yes, I give him credit despite the fact that I loathe him) he does not do the gay look to the camera. Wow, I had no idea that Leno was such a fvckstick.

innerSpaceman 03-28-2008 04:25 PM

Wow, I was wondering what GC was gonna say about this. His most hated celebrity (Ryan P.) standing up against his most hated showbiz tactic (gay dissing).


To G.C.'s credit, he gave Phillippe credit.


That's ma boy!!

Ghoulish Delight 03-28-2008 04:37 PM

Why I'm not going to be watching Leno for a while:

He's not funny.

Not Afraid 03-28-2008 04:42 PM

Why I'm not going to be watching Leno for a while:

Is that on TV? ;)

Gemini Cricket 03-28-2008 04:43 PM

I also find it weird when late night hosts take pleasure in making their guests feel awkward. I mean, Phillipe (if he was smarter) should have been prepared for all sorts of shenanigans. But the interview did make Leno look bad. I mean, yeah, he was nude in a commercial. So what? That's called work. Phillipe should take a lesson from George Clooney and embrace his early work and laugh it off.

Following SM's link I found myself in all sorts of places. Jeff Whitty's website, youtube, all over. Jeff Whitty sounds like a cool guy. Good for him.

Gemini Cricket 03-28-2008 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight (Post 201640)
Why I'm not going to be watching Leno for a while:

He's not funny.

And, yes, there is that. I never found Leno to be funny. Letterman is often funny. John Stewart is funny. Stephen Colbert is funny. Leno? Not so much.


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