Bowen Yang brought the Saturday Night Live hoe down when he appeared as a "proud gay Oompa Loompa" for a segment on "Weekend Update."
Contents:
- BOWEN YANG BRGS DOWN THE ‘SNL’ HOE AS “PROUD GAY OOMPA LOOMPA”
- BILL HAR EXPLAS WHY HE TURNED DOWN SNL APPEARANCE AS INIC GAY CHARACTER STEFON
- KATE MCKNON RIPS TO FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL ON 'SNL'
- FORMER ‘SNL’ STAR CALLS GAY ‘GLEE’ KISS ‘SICKENG’
BOWEN YANG BRGS DOWN THE ‘SNL’ HOE AS “PROUD GAY OOMPA LOOMPA”
* snl gay news reporter *
Bowen Yang brought the Saturday Night Live hoe down when he appeared as a “proud gay Oompa Loompa” for a segment on “Weekend Update. Droppg by ially to talk about the reactn to the first look at Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka, Yang’s character was troduced by “Update” -host Col Jost as a “proud gay Oompa Loompa. Bill Har shot down the ia of returng to SNL as gay character Stefon as he didn’t thk was a “good thg to do now”.
Bill Har cled an opportuny to to return to Saturday Night Live as gay character Stefon bee didn’t feel like a “good thg to do now”.
One of his most well-known rol was Stefon, a gay “cy rrponnt” on Weekend Update. “I mean, we had an openly racist, homophobic and misogynistic print, and half the untry voted for him – twice! “The thought that anyone might thk I was makg fun of gay people really sucks, ” Har said.
BILL HAR EXPLAS WHY HE TURNED DOWN SNL APPEARANCE AS INIC GAY CHARACTER STEFON
Bill Har cled an opportuny to to return to SNL as gay character Stefon bee didn’t feel like a “good thg to do now”. * snl gay news reporter *
This weekend on “Saturday Night Live, ” st member Kate McKnon shared her thoughts on the “Don’t Say Gay” bill that is expected to bee law ntroversial piece of legislatn, officially lled the Parental Rights Edutn bill, part prohibs “classroom discsn about sexual orientatn or genr inty certa gra levels” Florida’s primary schools.
” McKnon, who is gay, said. “Bee when I was middle school the ‘90s, I was kd of tortured by the nstant e of the word ‘gay, ’ like, ‘That’s so gay’ or ‘Ew, you’re gay, ’ and ma me feel horrible.
KATE MCKNON RIPS TO FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL ON 'SNL'
This weekend on “Saturday Night Live,” st member Kate McKnon shared her thoughts on the “Don’t Say Gay” bill that is expected to bee law Florida. * snl gay news reporter *
) Ron DeSantis has taken a stand and said, ‘No, you nnot say gay school anymore!
“I am eply gay — sorry, eply ncerned.
Do this ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law have a purpose? “Ugh, if the ‘90s were right and ‘gay’ means ‘bad, ’ then this is the gayt law I’ve ever seen, ” she Parental Rights Edutn bill has been passed by the Florida Hoe and is up for a vote the state’s Senate this week. Carlos Guillermo Smh, a Democrat who is gay, said on the Florida Hoe floor.
FORMER ‘SNL’ STAR CALLS GAY ‘GLEE’ KISS ‘SICKENG’
Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer televisn newssters have a proment profile many untri around the world. Amerin Charl Perez of ABC News is one to particularly note - he published his book 'Confsns of a Gay News Anchorman' (2011) after his oral of beg fired om a posn Florida when he was intified as beg gay.