Comic Man Apologiz For Anti-Gay Tira : NPR

Contents:

• TRACY MAN APOLOGIZ FOR GAY JOK, BUT IS IT ENOUGH?
• TRACY MAN'S HOMOPHOBIC REMARKS IN ANTI-GAY STAND UP SET UPDATE: MAN APOLOGIZ
• TRACY MAN GO ON ANTI-GAY TIRA AT NASHVILLE SHOW
• TRACY MAN: I'LL KILL MY SON IF HE ACTS GAY
• TRACY MAN'S ANTI-GAY JOK AND WHAT'S BEHD IT ALL, PART I
• TRACY MAN’S JOK ABOUT GAYS AND BULLYG DON’T GO OVER WELL WH 30 ROCK ST
• '30 ROCK': TRACY JORDAN COM UNR FIRE FOR ANTI-GAY COMMENTS, JT LIKE TRACY MAN DID (VIDEO)
• TRACY MAN'S ANTI-GAY JOK: FREEDOM OF EXPRSN?
• TRACY MAN APOLOGY -- MY GAY JOK WERE NOT FUNNY
• TRACY MAN ON LETTERMAN: GAY-BASHG JOK A ‘MISUNRSTANDG’ (VIO)
• TRACY MAN: IS HIS APOLOGY FOR ANTI-GAY JOK ENOUGH?
• TRACY MAN APOLOGIZ FOR ANTI-GAY JOK
• TRACY MAN’S ANTI-GAY RANT UPSETS TA FEY, CHRIS ROCK, MUCH OF WIR WORLD
• TRACY MAN APOLOGIZ FOR ANTI-GAY COMMENTS AT NASHVILLE SHOW
• GLAAD, HRC SPEAK OUT ON TRACY MAN’S ANTI-GAY COMMENTS
• TRACY MAN APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLURS
• TRACY MAN RETURNS TO NASHVILLE TO APOLOGIZE FOR ANTI-GAY RANT
• COMIC MAN APOLOGIZ FOR ANTI-GAY TIRA

TRACY MAN APOLOGIZ FOR GAY JOK, BUT IS IT ENOUGH?

At least that's what he's claimg this morng after was revealed that he went on an antigay rant durg a stand-up performance last Friday Nashville. READ: Gwyh Paltrow Goops on Gays and the Bible "Tracy Man exercised extremely poor judgment and he did the right thg by apologizg, " the Human Rights Campaign's Fred Saz said a statement.

TRACY MAN'S HOMOPHOBIC REMARKS IN ANTI-GAY STAND UP SET UPDATE: MAN APOLOGIZ

He also needs to go further than his apology and rrect the rerd: no one should feel ashamed bee they are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr and they should fely not bee a victim of vlence. " Kev Rogers, an dience member durg Man's June 3 show at Nashville's Ryman Audorium, noted on his Facebook page ( an entry tled "Why I No Longer 'Like' Tracy Man: A Mt Read") that about 10-15 people walked out after Man began spewg all sorts of antigay rhetoric, argug that homosexualy is a choice bee "God don't make mistak. " Man also railed on the anti-bullyg movement, said Rogers: "He took time to vis the bulls--t of this bullyg stuff and rmed that the gays need to qu beg p--si and not be whg about somethg as signifint as bullyg.

" Man apparently realized his edy would offend bee, Rogers wrote, "Tracy then said he didn't f--kg re if he pissed off some gays, bee if they n take a f---g d--k up their a--... UPDATE: Tracy Man issued a statement to The Huffgton Post through his reprentative:“I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lbian muny for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act Nashville.

”_____PREVIOUSLY: Tracy Man's latt standup set is no lghg Rogers attend Man's standup show last Friday and reported on his Facebook page that Man let loose a vicly homophobic rant that, as far as he uld tell, was a ad ser attack on gay men and women. Man took upon himself to mentn about how he feels all this gay s* was crazy and that women are a gift om God and that "Born this Way" is bulls*, gay is a choice, and the reason he knows this is exactly bee "God don't make no mistak" (referrg to God not makg someone gay e that would be a mistake). Perhaps most strikgly, Rogers wrote that Man said:He said if his son that was gay he better e home and talk to him like a man and not [he mimicked a gay, high pched voice] or he would pull out a knife and stab that ltle N (one word I refe to e) to ntued to scribe the rant, which we've excerpted:He took time to vis the bulls* of this bullyg stuff and rmed that the gays need to qu beg psi and not be whg about somethg as signifint as bullyg.

TRACY MAN GO ON ANTI-GAY TIRA AT NASHVILLE SHOW

He mentned that gay was somethg kids learn om the media and programmg, and that bullied kids should jt bt some ass and beat those other ltle f*ckers that bully them, not whe about . After makg ments about Print Obama, Rogers wrote that Man fished his rant fiantly: Tracy then said he didn't f*ckg re if he pissed off some gays, bee if they n take a f*ckg dick up their ass...

"Man has a history of homophobic tiras on stage, sayg that beg gay was a choice, among other thgs, at a 2009 standup performance at New York's Carnegie his actg reer, however, Man has often played gay or at least sexually ambiguo. He played a transvte mate the Adam Sandler edy, "The Longt Yard, " and many of his "Saturday Night Live" characters were of qutnable sexualy, cludg the sophomoric zookeeper Brian Huffgton Post has reached out to his reprentative for ment, and will update if any statement is the CommunyYou May Like. A man who attend Tracy Man’s recent show Nashville claims the edian lnched an anti-gay tira durg which he said he’d “pull out a knife and stab” his son if he were gay.

Rogers, who is gay, wrote that he was prepared for “a good ribbg of straight gay humor” but was surprised at what he claims the 30 Rock star said onstage. Man took upon himself to mentn about how he feels all this gay sh was crazy and that women are a gift om God and that ‘Born this Way’ is bulls-, gay is a choice, and the reason he knows this is exactly bee ‘God don’t make no mistak’ (referrg to God not makg someone gay e that would be a mistake).

TRACY MAN: I'LL KILL MY SON IF HE ACTS GAY

He took time to vis the bullsh of this bullyg stuff and rmed that the gays need to qu beg psi and not be whg about somethg as signifint as bullyg.

Contued Rogers: “He said if his son that was gay he better e home and talk to him like a man and not [he mimicked a gay, high pched voice] or he would pull out a knife and stab that ltle N (one word I refe to e) to ath. And at a New York show two years ago, Man reportedly ma a ment that beg gay is a “choice, ” promptg several people to walk out, acrdg to the Advote. "30 Rock" star Tracy Man is unr some very ser fire this morng -- after reportedly spewg some disgtg homophobic "jok" durg a performance Nashville last week.

TRACY MAN'S ANTI-GAY JOK AND WHAT'S BEHD IT ALL, PART I

Acrdg to reports, Man took the stage at the Ryman Audorium (pictured above) and went off about gays -- sayg, "Gays need to qu beg p**si and not be whg about somethg as signifint as bullyg.

When talkg about the possibily of his son beg gay -- Tracy said he "better talk to me like a man and not a gay voice or I'll pull out a knife and stab that ltle n**ger to ath. It's not the first time Man has igned ntroversy over homphobic material -- back 2009, a bunch of people reportedly walked out of his show at Carnegie Hall after he said beg gay was a "choice. Man reportedly said that people are not born gay bee "God don't make no mistak, " and that 's a choice ed part by media that fluenc kids to beg gay.

Then me the portn of his remarks that ed the biggt outcry -- Man apparently said that if his own son were homosexual, then the son had better e home talkg to him "like a man and not a gay voice" or Man would take a knife and stab "that ltle n***** to ath.

TRACY MAN’S JOK ABOUT GAYS AND BULLYG DON’T GO OVER WELL WH 30 ROCK ST

" In ncln, Man supposedly said that he did not re whether homosexuals were angered by his remarks, bee if they n "take" sex wh one another (which he apparently scribed very profane terms) "then they n take a joke. Most media reports are not mentng that Man prevly ed a walkout at Carnegie Hall 2009 due part to anti-gay jok, cludg (then as now) sistg homosexualy is a choice. So adds some perspective to remember that this isn't the first time he has offered a seri of gay jok that went far enough to upset a lot of people.

If, for example, we are offend by the anti-gay ments Man's route, are we not also upset about his reference to his son as a "n*****" and the suggtn of child abe volved? Mart's pots, I feel, is a suggtn that the cricisms of Man are somehow at odds wh other exampl which there is no outcry, and the end I feel there's a challenge Mart's statements: if we're gog to cricize Man's anti-gay rhetoric, we better be nsistent and nmn ALL negative rhetoric equally. This was a long strg of nnected views about homosexualy self, about people who are gay, about how to treat people who are gay, about gay rights, and about how gay people might react to all of those other views.

'30 ROCK': TRACY JORDAN COM UNR FIRE FOR ANTI-GAY COMMENTS, JT LIKE TRACY MAN DID (VIDEO)

This wasn't jt a joke or two makg fun of gay people or potg to supposed clichéd behavr etc -- was an exprsn of an overall opn about homosexualy and the morn environment surroundg gay people society and gay rights.

We live a time of loud social bate about homosexualy and gay rights; a time when there are ongog legal battl to fe civil rights and to grant legal protectns for gay people agast discrimatn; a time when vlence agast homosexuals is on the rise worldwi, when bullyg and abe of homosexuals is more overt, and when younger gay people face new and more public avenu of bullyg and abe via social workg; and a time when the public bat and bullyg, the rejectn and ridicule, the fear and timidatn and hate toward homosexuals is ntug to e large numbers of homosexuals (particularly youth) to m suici, while phg others to substance abe and/or prsn. He remarks upon the battle for equaly and rejects , and he remarks upon the fact that all of the statements are probably gog to offend gay people. To this we mt add that Man's recent apologi noted he personally was bullied as a youth, and that his own father died of AIDS -- unrelated to homosexualy, but at the time (the late-1980s) there were apparently a lot of wrong assumptns and prejudice heaped upon the fay due to the AIDS-related ath.

TRACY MAN'S ANTI-GAY JOK: FREEDOM OF EXPRSN?

All of which seems to suggt, then, that Man knew what he was sayg and knew the impact uld have, and he said anyway -- said a very lear, purposeful manner that tailed a pretty clear, broad view about homosexualy. I also thk that, due to his own father's tragic ath om AIDS durg the 1980s (a time when animosy and hatred toward AIDS sufferers and their fai was at a high pot), Man and his fay saw anti-gay bigotry firsthand due to people's mistaken assumptns about who uld and did get AIDS, and he unrstands that 's hurtful, ugly, and wrong.

Acrdg Rogers, at one pot the show Man went on a tear about gay people who pla about bullyg, jokg that if his son turned out to be gay and then plaed about beg bullied for he would stab him wh a knife. In June, the edian found himself the spotlight for the wrong reasons after some anti-gay ments he ma durg a stand-up route Nashville, Man apologized for his ments to his fans and the gay muny. On June 5, the rnchy, often untelligible ic Tracy Man performed a show Nashville, where dience members reported that he ma homophobic remarks.

" I gus the women don't have GLAAD's Man said, for example, that beg gay is a "choice" and that he would "stab" his son if he were gay, GLAAD mand and received a ntre apology om the ic and om his boss, Ta Fey. Tracy Man jt issued an apology for the homophobic "jok" he told durg a performance Nashville last Friday -- sayg he "went too far" and his act was "not funny any ntext.

TRACY MAN APOLOGY -- MY GAY JOK WERE NOT FUNNY

In the statement, which Man sent to several gay rights groups, the ic says, "I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lbian muny for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act Nashville. Back Man's "Saturday Night Live" days, the actor starred a sketch lled" Homocil" -- which he tak pills to "al" wh the fact that his son is gay.

TRACY MAN ON LETTERMAN: GAY-BASHG JOK A ‘MISUNRSTANDG’ (VIO)

What he did was he meant to stroy the re of a persons stop sayg gays are beg too 's way eper than we're "too sensive" well your jt way too shallow for anyone I'd want to I as a gay man never s around thkg about what other people do bashers me they are the on that need some ser help...

Mike44090Why is that people are ready to accept Tracy Man's apology but when was Michael Richards rant agast black his reer was over, Could be that gay's are STILL nsired send class cizens this untry? So here's a quick remr: Man told the Nashville dience that if his son were gay and didn't e home and tell him about "like a man, " he would stab him. Tracy Man apologized Friday morng for anti-gay jok livered at a ncert Nashville, and while several proment gay civil-rights groups appreciated the words, they said a simple apology wasn’t enough.

’ The Human Rourc Campaign and GLAAD later Friday urged the ’30 Rock’ and ‘Saturday Night Live’ actor to go beyond a simple apology the wake of material that reportedly clud urgg homosexuals to stop ‘whg’ about anti-gay bullyg and beat up the bulli stead and a claratn that he’d stab his son to ath if he were gay. Photo gallery: Celebry apologi ‘Jok that make light of vlence directed at gay and lbian youth aren’t only offensive, they put our kids harm’s way, ’ GLAAD Print Jarrett Barrs said a statement. ’ GLAAD said offered through Man’s publicist to arrange a meetg between the actor and fai who have lost children to anti-gay vlence ‘ orr to help him unrstand exactly why his rant touched so ep a nerve.

TRACY MAN: IS HIS APOLOGY FOR ANTI-GAY JOK ENOUGH?

’ PFLAG — Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays — also weighed , wh PFLAG Natnal executive director Jody Huckaby sayg, ‘As a celebry, Mr. Man needs to unrstand that his words have power; cg vlence agast gay and lbian kids the name of edy — statg that he would stab his own son to ath if he was gay — is absolutely unnscnable. ’ Meanwhile, his ’30 Rock’ executive producer Ta Fey exprsed shock but also praised Man’s apology a statement that humoroly poted out the many thgs that would not be available to him if gay people did not work on their show.

‘The vlent imagery of Tracy’s rant was disturbg to me at a time when homophobic hate crim ntue to be a life-threateng issue for the GLBT Communy, ’ she said a statement. ‘I hope for his sake that Tracy’s apology will be accepted as scere by his gay and lbian workers at ’30 Rock, ’ whout whom Tracy would not have l to say, cloth to wear, sets to stand on, scene partners to act wh, or a prted-out paycheck om acuntg to put his pocket. Gado noted (Warng: lots of profany at that lk) that this wasn’t the entertaer’s first anti-gay outg and wrote that om a eedom-of-standup-speech perspective, he uld do whout an apology.

] RELATED: Tracy Man apologiz for anti-gay rant at Nashville show Tracy Man kidney transplant means he’ll miss some ’30 Rock’ GLAAD awards: Ricky Mart, ‘Te Blood, ’ Ta Fey w big New York — Christie D’Zurilla and Matt Donnelly. LOS ANGELES (Rters) - Comedian and “30 Rock” star Tracy Man on Friday apologized for makg a seri of anti-gay remarks, cludg a reported joke that he would stab his own son to ath if he spoke a “gay voice”’s apology followed cricism of his stand-up act Nashville last week, which he was also quoted as havg taken gays to task for “whg about somethg as signifint as bullyg. ”“I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lbian muny for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act Nashville, ” Man said a statement.

TRACY MAN APOLOGIZ FOR ANTI-GAY JOK

While I am an equal opportuny jokter, and my iends know what is my heart, even a edy club this clearly went too far and was not funny any ntext, ” he ’s remarks at the June 3 Nashville performance were reported by the gay mpaign group Tth Ws Out, and other members of the, 42, who has three children, also claimed that beg gay is a choice and somethg that kids learn om the media, acrdg to the reports.

TRACY MAN’S ANTI-GAY RANT UPSETS TA FEY, CHRIS ROCK, MUCH OF WIR WORLD

“Jok that make light of vlence directed at gay and lbian youth aren’t only offensive, they put our kids harm’s way, ” said Jarrett Barrs, print of the gay and lbian mpaign group GLAAD.

“Tracy Man mt not only apologize, but assure that this won’t happen aga and send a clear msage to Amerins that anti-gay vlence is no joke, ” Barrs said on Friday.

TRACY MAN APOLOGIZ FOR ANTI-GAY COMMENTS AT NASHVILLE SHOW

On June 3, at Nashville’s Ryman Audorium, Man, among other ments om his set, said he’d stab his son to ath if he talked to him “a gay voice. ” Afterward, at least one gay fan exprsed outrage onle, while the Ryman Audorium released a statement apologizg to anyone offend by Man’s remarks. Unrstandably, both the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn and the Human Rights Campaign both lled for an apology om Man, which he duly did.

“The vlent imagery of Tracy’s rant was disturbg to me at a time when homophobic hate crim ntue to be a life-threateng issue for the GLBT muny, ” Fey said a statement to “It also don’t le up wh the Tracy Man I know, who is not a hateful man and is generally much too sleepy and self-centered to ever hurt another person. “I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lbian muny for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act Nashville, ” he tells The Hollywood Reporter a statement. Acrdg to Rogers, Man, “said if his son that was gay he better e home and talk to him like a man and not [he mimicked a gay, high pched voice] or he would pull out a knife and stab that ltle N (one word I refe to e) to ath.

GLAAD, HRC SPEAK OUT ON TRACY MAN’S ANTI-GAY COMMENTS

GLAAD print Jarrett Barrs told THR, “Tracy Man’s management needs to vtigate the allegatns and should they prove te, we ll on him to remove the vlently anti-gay remarks om his show and send a strong msage that anti-gay vlence is not somethg to joke about. At a New York show two years ago, Man reportedly ma a ment that beg gay is a “choice, ” promptg several people to walk out, acrdg to the Advote.

Update: Tracy Man has rpond to the ntroversy a statement: "I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lbian muny for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act Nashville. Origal Post“30 Rock” actor Tracy Man has been acced of makg anti-gay ments at a recent edy show Rogers, who said he attend the edian’s June 3 show at Ryman Audorium, tailed the alleged statements a Facebook note, “Why I No Longer ‘Like’ Tracy Man. ”He also alleg that Man said if his son was gay, his child would have to “talk to him like a man, ” not a homosexual, or he would stab him to ath.

Rogers said 10 to 15 people walked out of the n read the full note, which ntas some NSFW language and statements that may be upsettg, actor reportedly ma siar statements at a 2009 show New York Cy, llg homosexualy "a choice, " acrdg to the New York Daily rpond to the ntroversy a statement, sayg “I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lbian muny for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act Nashville. “Tracy Man’s management needs to vtigate the allegatns and should they prove te, we ll on him to remove the vlently anti-gay remarks om his show and send a strong msage that anti-gay vlence is not somethg to joke about, ” GLAAD Print Jarrett Barrs tells The Hollywood Reporter a statement.

TRACY MAN APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLURS

And at a New York show two years ago, Man reportedly said that beg gay is a “choice, ” promptg several people to walk out, acrdg to the Advote. Comedian Tracy Man allegedly ma homophobic remarks durg standup 10, 2011— -- Comedian and "30 Rock" actor Tracy Man issued an apology today for his vic tira agast gay people durg a standup show Nashville.

TRACY MAN RETURNS TO NASHVILLE TO APOLOGIZE FOR ANTI-GAY RANT

The em, tled "Why I No Longer 'Like' Tracy Man, stated, "I figured at some pot the gay jok would fly and I'm well prepared for a good ribbg of straight gay humor.

Man took upon himself to mentn about how he feels all this gay s**t was crazy and that women are a gift om God and that 'Born this Way' is bulls**t, gay is a choice, and the reason he knows this is exactly bee 'God don't make no mistak. June 21, 2011— -- Tracy Man returned to Nashville Tuday morng to liver a personal apology for his notor performance earlier this month that was wily nmned for s anti-gay remarks.

"Sce Man's June 3rd performance, he has teamed up wh the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, met wh homels gay teens and a mom who lost her child to anti-gay vlence, agreed to participate an anti-bullyg PSA and lled homophobia "a sickns. Frank, but Carl Siciliano, the director of the Ali Forney Center for homels gay youth New York Cy, told "I don't thk there n be too much tryg to make up for .

COMIC MAN APOLOGIZ FOR ANTI-GAY TIRA

"Siciliano said durg the hour that Man met wh two teens and mother Elke Kennedy, whose son Sean was a victim of anti-gay vlence, he appeared scere, listeng attentively and relatg some of his own experienc to soon as the meetg was over, however, Man began to cry. Kennedy, who acpanied Man to the prs nference Nashville, believ her story, the nversatns wh the gay teens and this entire experience have had a profound impact on Man.