In their first jok for the 2022 Amy Awards, Amy Schumer, Rega Hall and Wanda Syk promised a "gay, gay, gay" ceremony.
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- WANDA SYK ON COMG OUT AS GAY TO THE WORLD AT 44: "I HAD TO SAY SOMETHG"
- OSRS OPENG MONOLOGUE TAK AIM AT FLORIDA "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL
- OSRS 2022: WANDA SYK SLAMS FLORIDA 'DON'T SAY GAY' LEGISLATN HOST MONOLOGUE
WANDA SYK ON COMG OUT AS GAY TO THE WORLD AT 44: "I HAD TO SAY SOMETHG"
"It was not planned at all, " she told Meredh Vieira 2015, jokg that she was later treated as a "unirn" for simply beg Black and gay. In fact, Syk was 40 when she me out to her parents and has said she "reprsed" her gay inty for years (she and mic producer Dave Hall were married between 1991 and 1998). Also, I wanted to put a face on who that was affectg, not jt whe gay men.
I also love stori where you have gay characters, but ’s not jt about beg gay, ’s not jt about inty. Addnally, Syk produc and stars Netflix’s The Upshaws, alongsi Kim Fields, Jermelle Simon, and Mike Epps – a show which featur a proment gay storyle rried by Simon.
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OSRS OPENG MONOLOGUE TAK AIM AT FLORIDA "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL
Wanda Syk is credg Ellen DeGener for helpg her e out as a gay woman to her parents. Syk, 57, virtually joed Tuday's episo of The Ellen DeGener Show, where she told DeGener — who publicly revealed that she is gay back the 1990s — that her past appearanc on the talk show led to her parents acceptg her sexualy. The 2022 Osrs did not pull their punch om the off, wh Wanda Syk closg the openg monologue wh an attack at the Florida policians tryg to stigate the bill known as "don't say gay" Florida (which is officially lled the Parental Rights Edutn bill.
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In her monologue, she took aim at the Florida "Don't Say Gay" bill. "Syk is far om the only celebry to cricise what many see as a eply homophobic bill. On Saturday Night Live, Kate McKnon said durg Weekend Update: "I am eply gay — sorry, eply ncerned.
OSRS 2022: WANDA SYK SLAMS FLORIDA 'DON'T SAY GAY' LEGISLATN HOST MONOLOGUE
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