Brett Ratner: ‘No Gay Jok’ at Venice Benef – The Hollywood Reporter

Contents:

• 'MAKE HER REALIZE SHE'S GAY.' READ ELLEN PAGE'S EMOTNAL STORY ACCG BRETT RATTNER OF OUTG HER
• DIRECTOR BRETT RATNER APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLUR
• BRETT RATNER GAY SLUR: 'TOWER HEIST' DIRECTOR APOLOGIZ OVER Q&A 'FAG' GAFFE
• 10 CONTROVERSIAL GAY GAFF THAT SHOOK HOLLYWOOD
• ELLEN PAGE CLAIMS 'X-MEN' DIRECTOR BRETT RATNER 'OUTED' HER AS GAY WHEN SHE WAS 18
• BRETT RATNER: ‘NO GAY JOK’ AT VENICE BENEF
• BRETT RATNER QUS OSRS AFTER G ANTI-GAY SLUR
• ‘TOWER HEIST’ DIRECTOR BRETT RATNER ISSU APOLOGY FOR GAY SLUR

'MAKE HER REALIZE SHE'S GAY.' READ ELLEN PAGE'S EMOTNAL STORY ACCG BRETT RATTNER OF OUTG HER

“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 . 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 APOLOGIZ FOR GAY SLUR

The statement was quickly nmned by the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) via Twter.

BRETT RATNER GAY SLUR: 'TOWER HEIST' DIRECTOR APOLOGIZ OVER Q&A 'FAG' GAFFE

You don't get a mulligan on homophobia. But Ratner is not the first celebry to get to trouble for g a gay slur. From Bob Hope to Mel Gibson to Tracy Man anti-gay gaff and outright slurs have land many celebri hot water.

10 CONTROVERSIAL GAY GAFF THAT SHOOK HOLLYWOOD

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.

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.

ELLEN PAGE CLAIMS 'X-MEN' DIRECTOR BRETT RATNER 'OUTED' HER AS GAY WHEN SHE WAS 18

I eply regret the hurt this suatn has ed the gay and lbian muny.

BRETT RATNER: ‘NO GAY JOK’ AT VENICE BENEF

” 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.

BRETT RATNER QUS OSRS AFTER G ANTI-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.

‘TOWER HEIST’ DIRECTOR BRETT RATNER ISSU APOLOGY FOR GAY SLUR

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 .

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.