Bravo executive and talk-show host Andy Cohen has a "Twk" his eye. After banterg wh Ta Fey about the Hosts Twkie-spired phemism — for young-lookg gay men wh fair plexns and slenr builds — at the GLAAD Awards on Saturday night, Cohen got physil wh jt such a snack ke at a Manhattan gay bar followg the ceremony.
Contents:
- TA FEY GO GAY
- TA FEY: IF I WERE GAY, I'D TELL THE WORLD AT SUPER BOWL HALFTIME; RICKY MART PREFERS GLAAD
- NBC, TA FEY APOLOGIZE FOR TRACY MAN'S ANTI-GAY TIRA
TA FEY GO GAY
The GLAAD Media Awards, sponsored by ROKK Vodka, at the Marrtt Marquis on Saturday, March 19 saw recipients honored for their ntributn to amplifyg the voice and visibily of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny, pecially by holdg the media acuntable for the words and imag they create and dissemate a media-saturated world.
The Awards night had many lbian highlights, not least of which was the lic Ta Fey playg a game of Fey On Gay wh host Andy Cohen, and acceptg her award for Outstandg Individual Episo a seri whout a regular LGBT character, 30 Rock. Reteamg wh edy hort Amy Poehler for Sisters, theaters December 18, the Saturday Night Live alum explas why she always has the LGBT dience Advote: What did gay men quote at bnch before Mean Girls? I have a really weird marketg pot my al that I don't get any money when shows on TBS, but I do get money when 's quoted at you anticipate that would bee such a gay classic?
I didn't, but Damian, the gay character, was every draft. How did havg so many gay and lbian iends durg your formative years make you who you are today? I grew up so much theater, so the gay muny has always been a natural part of who I feel like I'm playg to.
TA FEY: IF I WERE GAY, I'D TELL THE WORLD AT SUPER BOWL HALFTIME; RICKY MART PREFERS GLAAD
When you're wrg jok, you're always thkg of your have cricized T Kimmy Schmidt for beg a gay stereotype. Can we not have an effemate gay man reprented on TV whout ntroversy? T mak Barbie cloth, for example, and that's based on an old gay iend of me who worked as a ter-waer when he first moved to New York.
NBC, TA FEY APOLOGIZE FOR TRACY MAN'S ANTI-GAY TIRA
Charlene Kaye has a song lled "I'd Go Gay for Ta Fey, " a sentiment shared by many ladi on social media. I've also been a steppg-stone to help a lot of men realize that they're gay, so I may jt be a transnal person.
As word leaked out about Tracy Man's vlently homophobic on-stage rant at a standup show on June 3rd Nashville, his reprentativ worked quickly to release to the prs an apology om the eccentric edian. Hours later, his boss ma clear that those words of regret, not hatred, bt be a statement released to the prs, "30 Rock" executive producer and star Ta Fey -- a longtime gay rights advote -- had a harsh msage for her -star (via Deadle):I'm glad to hear that Tracy apologized for his ments.
Stand-up ics may have the right to "work out" their material s uglit and rawt form ont of an dience, but 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 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.