Call them Brett Ratner’s eback films. The “Rh Hour” director — who prevly had to step down as the producer of the 2012 Amy Awards after g a homophobic slur — is receivg an honor om the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) for a seri of public service announcements he helmed.
Contents:
- 'MAKE HER REALIZE SHE'S GAY.' READ ELLEN PAGE'S EMOTNAL STORY ACCG BRETT RATTNER OF OUTG HER
- ELLEN PAGE CLAIMS 'X-MEN' DIRECTOR BRETT RATNER 'OUTED' HER AS GAY WHEN SHE WAS 18
- 10 CONTROVERSIAL GAY GAFF THAT SHOOK HOLLYWOOD
- BRETT RATNER GAY SLUR: 'TOWER HEIST' DIRECTOR APOLOGIZ OVER Q&A 'FAG' GAFFE
- DIRECTOR BRETT RATNER APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLUR
- BRETT RATNER QUS OSRS AFTER G ANTI-GAY SLUR
- BRETT RATNER: ‘NO GAY JOK’ AT VENICE BENEF
- BRETT RATNER’S GAY SLUR: CAN THE AMY REALLY BE SURPRISED?
- BRETT RATNER, WHO ED STIR WH HOMOPHOBIC SLUR 2011, TO BE HONORED BY GAY RIGHTS GROUP GLAAD
- ‘TOWER HEIST’ DIRECTOR BRETT RATNER ISSU APOLOGY FOR GAY SLUR
- BRETT RATNER APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLUR, BUT NOT BEFORE INVOLVG LDSAY LOHAN [UPDATE]
'MAKE HER REALIZE SHE'S GAY.' READ ELLEN PAGE'S EMOTNAL STORY ACCG BRETT RATTNER OF OUTG HER
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“He looked at a woman standg next to me, ten years my senr, poted to me and said: ‘You should f–k her to make her realize she’s gay, '” the actor wrote. “This public, aggrsive outg left me wh long standg feelgs of shame, one of the most stctive rults of homophobia… Ratner’s ment replayed my md many tim over the years as I enuntered homophobia and ped wh feelgs of reluctance and uncertaty about the dtry and my future .
Actrs Ellen Page claims producer/director Brett Ratner outed her as gay when she was 18. “He looked at a woman standg next to me, ten years my senr, poted to me and said: ‘You should (expletive) her to make her realize she’s gay, ’” she wrote. “He ‘outed’ me wh no regard for my well-beg, an act we all regnize as homophobic.
But Ratner is not the first celebry to get to trouble for g a gay slur.
ELLEN PAGE CLAIMS 'X-MEN' DIRECTOR BRETT RATNER 'OUTED' HER AS GAY WHEN SHE WAS 18
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From Bob Hope to Mel Gibson to Tracy Man anti-gay gaff and outright slurs have land many celebri hot water.
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: In an terview wh the Spanish newspaper El Pais, Gibson said, “Homosexuals take up the ass.
10 CONTROVERSIAL GAY GAFF THAT SHOOK HOLLYWOOD
The director, who rigned om producg the Osrs after beg ught g a gay slur, told an dience New York that he "has love [his] heart" as he accepted the Ally Award. * brett ratner gay *
But wh this look, who’s gog to thk I’m gay?
Do I sound like a homosexual?
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. The fallout: GLAAD cricized Paramount’s cisn to give her a show and a webse talogued her anti-gay ments.
BRETT RATNER GAY SLUR: 'TOWER HEIST' DIRECTOR APOLOGIZ OVER Q&A 'FAG' GAFFE
I eply regret the hurt this suatn has ed the gay and lbian muny. ” But many gay activists lled the ad too ltle, too late.
I jt don’t go wh gay people and kick —we don’t have that much mon. The fallout: 50 Cent shgged off lls om gay rights groups to apologize.
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. ” Aga, the rapper ignored mands om GLAAD and other gay rights groups to apologize. The fallout: Washgton’s ments prompted Knight to openly acknowledge his homosexualy a few days later.
DIRECTOR BRETT RATNER APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLUR
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. Bryant then agreed to appear a PSA nmng anti-gay slang for GLAAD.
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. I mean, not homosexual, but my-parents-are-chaperong-the-dance gay. The fallout: GLAAD lled the e of the word “gay” that ntext pejorative and asked Universal to remove .
BRETT RATNER QUS OSRS AFTER G ANTI-GAY SLUR
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. ” Stanger than told openly gay host Andy Cohen, “I have tried to curb ‘you people. 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.
“It’s te LA gays tought nuts to crack to monogamy! ” Followed by: “Attn male Gays: I support you & my ment on WWHL was to a LA guy who n’t fd mment.
BRETT RATNER: ‘NO GAY JOK’ AT VENICE BENEF
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.
BRETT RATNER’S GAY SLUR: CAN THE AMY REALLY BE SURPRISED?
The fallout: Man’s ments went viral when a gay fan attendance cricized his remarks on Facebook. 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.
BRETT RATNER, WHO ED STIR WH HOMOPHOBIC SLUR 2011, TO BE HONORED BY GAY RIGHTS GROUP GLAAD
The statement was quickly nmned by the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) via Twter. You don't get a mulligan on homophobia. Brett Ratner said Monday that he's sorry for g a gay slur durg a qutn-and-answer ssn at a screeng for his new 42-year-old filmmaker, who is set to produce next year's Amy Awards, issued a statement apologizg "for any offense my remarks ed.
"Ratner ed a pejorative term to scribe gay men rponse to a qutn asked at a screeng of his latt movie, "Tower Heist. "The Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn said Monday wants to see more om both Ratner and the amy. Director Brett Ratner rigned Tuday as producer of the Osr telest after g unr fire for makg an anti-gay slur, leavg the motn picture amy scramblg to st a new team to helm the Febary award show.
‘TOWER HEIST’ DIRECTOR BRETT RATNER ISSU APOLOGY FOR GAY SLUR
GLAAD, a gay, bisexual and transgenr media advocy and anti-famatn anizatn, issued a statement sayg was workg wh Ratner to “nvene public discsns featurg lears the entertament dtry about promotg fair and accurate clns of” gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people. “When we sat down wh Brett today, he seemed very scere his sire to e this experience as a way to beg speakg out agast anti-gay language popular culture, ” said Herndon Graddick, senr director of programs and munitns at GLAAD.
” Another amy member, who asked not to be named bee the person was not thorized to speak on behalf of the amy, said wasn’t jt Ratner’s anti-gay slur that was a problem. Acknowledgg that many might still nsir him a loose-nnon pick to talk before an dtry crowd (this one clud Chris Silbermann, David Shore and Barry Meyer), Ratner said facetly that Nathanson had sent him an email wh strict guil on what not to say: “No black jok, no gay jok, no jok about Steven Spielberg, no jok about my agents, no jok about my wife or children, no jok about Asians or Jews. “Homophobe.
Gay-basher.
BRETT RATNER APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLUR, BUT NOT BEFORE INVOLVG LDSAY LOHAN [UPDATE]
“I was lled all of the nam when I foolishly ed a gay slur a misguid attempt to be funny durg an terview.
“Beg sulted for g the word nnot pare to the experience of any young gay man or woman who has been the target of offensive slurs or rogatory ments, ” Ratner said his brief speech.