Tracy Man is back Nashville to make amends for his gay rant durg a standup appearance earlier this month as part of his marathon of after meetg wh gay teens
Contents:
- TRACY MAN'S HOMOPHOBIC REMARKS IN ANTI-GAY STAND UP SET UPDATE: MAN APOLOGIZ
- TRACY MAN RETURNS TO NASHVILLE TO APOLOGIZE FOR ANTI-GAY RANT
- TRACY MAN GO ON ANTI-GAY TIRA AT NASHVILLE SHOW
- CHRIS ROCK, WANDA SYK REACT TO TRACY MAN ANTI-GAY COMMENTS
- TRACY MAN: I'LL KILL MY SON IF HE ACTS GAY
TRACY MAN'S HOMOPHOBIC REMARKS IN ANTI-GAY STAND UP SET UPDATE: MAN APOLOGIZ
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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. Rogers, who is gay, wrote: 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* 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. 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...
TRACY MAN RETURNS TO NASHVILLE TO APOLOGIZE FOR ANTI-GAY RANT
A rep for the theater apologiz after an dience member who attend the "30 Rock" star's June 3 show claims Man told the dience he would "pull out a knife and stab" his own son if he were gay. * tracy morgan gay comments *
As stands, Man's reps refed to ment to gay issu se, wrg, "There is no ment, thank you for your quiry. "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.
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. "The bt thg that has e om this is a natnal nversatn that anti-gay vlence is unacceptable and that homophobia is outdated. "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.
Now he supports gay marriage. "Behar -- herself, a big supporter of gay rights -- may be jokg about a meetg wh Rep.
TRACY MAN GO ON ANTI-GAY TIRA AT NASHVILLE SHOW
The “30 Rock” actor is g unr fire for reportedly makg anti-gay statements. * tracy morgan gay comments *
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 . "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.
"The South Carola mom shared wh Man how her 20-year-old son, Sean, was killed 2007 durg an anti-gay hate crime. His attacker lled him a gay slur and punched him so hard that he separated his bra om his brastem. 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.
CHRIS ROCK, WANDA SYK REACT TO TRACY MAN ANTI-GAY COMMENTS
"In Nashville, Man was also schled to hold a private meetg wh gay rights activists. "In a state that ntu to put anti-gay laws on the books, 's now more important than ever that we let Tennseans know that homophobia has no place on or off the stage.
"The onle outcry agast Man me immediately followg his stand-up show June 3 at the Ryman Audorium , who is gay, wrote on his Facebook page about Man's over-the-top ments. In a post, tled "Why I No Longer 'Like' Tracy Man, he wrote: "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.
TRACY MAN: I'LL KILL MY SON IF HE ACTS GAY
' Man's rnchy lewd statements also clud how he'd stab his son to ath if he said he was gay. "His remarks were roundly nmned by GLAAD and other gay rights' groups; NBC print Bob Greenblatt, who said his ments "will not be tolerated"; and "30 Rock" creator Ta Fey, who found the route "disturbg to me at a time when homophobic hate crim ntue to be a life-threateng issue.
"I want to apologize to my fans and the gay and lbian muny for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act Nashville. "The tth is if I had a gay son, I would love him jt as much as if he was straight, " Man said.