50 Cent Rponds to Homophobic Accatns: 'My Mother Was Gay' | WBLS

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• 50 CENT THKS HE KNOWS WHY VIVI A. FOX INSUATED HE WAS GAY
• 50 CENT IS GAY (BEE RUF WAWRIGHT SAYS SO)
• 50 CENT FIR BACK AT VIVI A. FOX AFTER SHE INSUAT HE’S GAY — ALONG WH SOULJA BOY
• 50 CENT RPONDS TO HOMOPHOBIC ACCATNS: ‘MY MOTHER WAS GAY’
• 50 CENT AGA SUGGTS DIDDY IS GAY OVER PHOTO WH LEE DANIELS
• 50 CENT SLAMS GAY MEN IN PLAYBOY INTERVIEW, BUT SAYS LBIANS ARE 'COOL''THIS IS AS HONT AS I ULD POSSIBLY BE WH YOU,' HE TELLS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY ARCHIVE-JOSEPH-PATELMARCH 10, 2004/2:56 PMBY ARCHIVE-JOSEPH-PATELMARCH 10, 2004 / 2:56 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"50 CENT SLAMS GAY MEN IN PLAYBOY INTERVIEW, BUT SAYS LBIANS ARE 'COOL'","DATEPUBLISHED":"2004-03-10T19:56:21.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2004-03-10T19:56:21.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-JOSEPH-PATEL","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A WI-RANGG TERVIEW WH PLAYBOY MAGAZE, 50 CENT HAS LET HIS FEELGS ON HOMOSEXUALY BE KNOWN, LANGUAGE SURE TO DRAW THE IRE OF GAY-RIGHTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I A'T TO F----TS," 50 SAYS AN TERVIEW THE APRIL ISSUE OF PLAYBOY, WHICH HS STANDS FRIDAY. "I DON'T LIKE GAY PEOPLE AROUND ME, BEE I'M NOT FORTABLE WH WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE. I'M NOT PREJUDICED. I JT DON'T GO WH GAY PEOPLE AND KICK -- WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH MON. I'D RATHER HANG OUT WH A STRAIGHT DU. BUT WOMEN WHO LIKE WOMEN, THAT'S OL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}50'S STATEMENTS FOLLOW THE FOOTSTEPS OF REMARKS MA BY TWO OTHER STARS HIS RAP FAY, EMEM AND DR. DRE, WHO HAVE EACH N AFOUL OF GAY-RIGHTS AND CIVIL-LIBERTI GROUPS WH PAST ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}50 CENT'S MENTS ME WHILE ADMTG THAT HIS MOTHER WAS BISEXUAL. LATER, HE UNAPOLOGETILLY EXPLAS HIS WORDS, SAYG, "IT'S OK TO WRE THAT I'M PREJUDICED. THIS IS AS HONT AS I ULD POSSIBLY BE WH YOU. WHEN PEOPLE BEE CELEBRI THEY CHANGE THE WAY THEY SPEAK. BUT MY NVERSATN WH YOU IS EXACTLY THE WAY I WOULD HAVE A NVERSATN ON THE STREET. WE REFER TO GAY PEOPLE AS F----TS, AS H--OS. IT ULD BE DISRPECTFUL, BUT THAT'S THE FACTS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELSEWHERE THE TERVIEW, 50 RELLS THE FIRST TIME HE EVER SHOT SOMEONE, DISCS HIS OWN EXPERIENC WH GETTG SHOT AND SAYS HE WANTS TO BUILD A MUNY CENTER FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SPOKPERSON FOR 50 CENT HAD NO MENT ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, ON TUDAY NIGHT, TALK SHOW HOST BILL O' REILLY FOLLOWED UP HIS CRIQUE OF LUDACRIS BY BLASTG 50 CENT AND THE PANI, LIKE REEBOK, THAT DO BS WH THE RAPPER. ON HIS SHOW, "THE O'REILLY FACTOR," THE TALKG HEAD SAID 50 WAS A "HORRIBLE FLUENCE ON CHILDREN" AND THAT REEBOK IS "EMBRACG A GUY WHO'S HURTG CHILDREN." LAST YEAR, REEBOK SIGNED AN ENDORSEMENT AL WH 50 CENT TO VELOP A LE OF SUAL SNEAKERS (SEE [ARTICLE ID="1472291"]"50 CENT CAN NOW THROW OUT HIS S. CARTERS"[/ARTICLE]).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• DIDDY RPONDS TO 50 CENT’S ENDLS GAY DISS: “WE’RE NOT CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH”
• 50 CENT SAYS HIS MOM WAS “GAY AS A MOTHERF***ER”, AS SOCIAL MEDIA USER ACC HIM OF BEG HOMOPHOBIC
• 50 CENT COMPAR JAY-Z TO ‘GAY PATER’ BASQUA AFTER JIGGA CALLS EMEM ‘THAT WHE GUY’

50 CENT THKS HE KNOWS WHY VIVI A. FOX INSUATED HE WAS GAY

50 Cent has a long history of makg homophobic and transphobic remarks. But a new terview wh The Inpennt, he says “stgs” when people label him a homophobe. In a 2004 terview wh Playboy, 50 Cent said he wasn’t “to f*ggots” and don’t like gay people around him “bee I’m not fortable wh what their thoughts are.

50 CENT IS GAY (BEE RUF WAWRIGHT SAYS SO)

” That same year he also ma a joke about sendg a gunman to “shoot up a gay weddg.

In 2014, he alleged Diddy, Rick Ross, and ex-rerd exec Steve Stout were all gay a same-sex relatnship together. And 2015, he plaed that Empire, Lee Daniels’ acclaimed LGBTQ-clive seri about a hip-hip mic pany, had too much “extra gay stuff.

50 CENT FIR BACK AT VIVI A. FOX AFTER SHE INSUAT HE’S GAY — ALONG WH SOULJA BOY

But now, the year 2021, 50 Cent says he’s not homophobic and hurts his feelgs when people say that he is.

50 CENT RPONDS TO HOMOPHOBIC ACCATNS: ‘MY MOTHER WAS GAY’

If 50 Cent don’t like beg lled a homophobe, one thg he uld do is actually apologize for all his past homophobic remarks and then qu disparagg LGBTQ people gog forward. Subscribe to Queerty for a daily dose of #life #50cent #homophobia stori and more. While 's not really of any tert to anyone, the rapper's ex-girliend Vivi Fox implied that 50 Cent is gay durg an terview on Watch What Happens Live this weekend.

50 CENT AGA SUGGTS DIDDY IS GAY OVER PHOTO WH LEE DANIELS

Andy Cohen asked the Empire actrs, "What were your thoughts when 50 Cent blamed the season ratgs dip on 'gay stuff? 50 Cent, who needs, as we mentned, any way to stay relevant and make money, rpond wh a seri of posts on Instagram, one of which read, "Now she thks I'm gay bee I let her lick my Ass. NORE Your big homie is nng around tryg to lookg like a gay pater, ” 50 Cent barked.

The rapper has rapped about his mum beg gay sce his early mic was released, but he repeatedly received backlash for anti-LGBTQ others acced him of beg a homophobe, 50 Cent said “stgs, ” addg that “[People] saw me beg aggrsive, they saw the stereotype.

50 CENT SLAMS GAY MEN IN PLAYBOY INTERVIEW, BUT SAYS LBIANS ARE 'COOL''THIS IS AS HONT AS I ULD POSSIBLY BE WH YOU,' HE TELLS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY ARCHIVE-JOSEPH-PATELMARCH 10, 2004/2:56 PMBY ARCHIVE-JOSEPH-PATELMARCH 10, 2004 / 2:56 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"50 CENT SLAMS GAY MEN IN PLAYBOY INTERVIEW, BUT SAYS LBIANS ARE 'COOL'","DATEPUBLISHED":"2004-03-10T19:56:21.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2004-03-10T19:56:21.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-JOSEPH-PATEL","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A WI-RANGG TERVIEW WH PLAYBOY MAGAZE, 50 CENT HAS LET HIS FEELGS ON HOMOSEXUALY BE KNOWN, LANGUAGE SURE TO DRAW THE IRE OF GAY-RIGHTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I A'T TO F----TS," 50 SAYS AN TERVIEW THE APRIL ISSUE OF PLAYBOY, WHICH HS STANDS FRIDAY. "I DON'T LIKE GAY PEOPLE AROUND ME, BEE I'M NOT FORTABLE WH WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE. I'M NOT PREJUDICED. I JT DON'T GO WH GAY PEOPLE AND KICK -- WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH MON. I'D RATHER HANG OUT WH A STRAIGHT DU. BUT WOMEN WHO LIKE WOMEN, THAT'S OL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}50'S STATEMENTS FOLLOW THE FOOTSTEPS OF REMARKS MA BY TWO OTHER STARS HIS RAP FAY, EMEM AND DR. DRE, WHO HAVE EACH N AFOUL OF GAY-RIGHTS AND CIVIL-LIBERTI GROUPS WH PAST ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}50 CENT'S MENTS ME WHILE ADMTG THAT HIS MOTHER WAS BISEXUAL. LATER, HE UNAPOLOGETILLY EXPLAS HIS WORDS, SAYG, "IT'S OK TO WRE THAT I'M PREJUDICED. THIS IS AS HONT AS I ULD POSSIBLY BE WH YOU. WHEN PEOPLE BEE CELEBRI THEY CHANGE THE WAY THEY SPEAK. BUT MY NVERSATN WH YOU IS EXACTLY THE WAY I WOULD HAVE A NVERSATN ON THE STREET. WE REFER TO GAY PEOPLE AS F----TS, AS H--OS. IT ULD BE DISRPECTFUL, BUT THAT'S THE FACTS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELSEWHERE THE TERVIEW, 50 RELLS THE FIRST TIME HE EVER SHOT SOMEONE, DISCS HIS OWN EXPERIENC WH GETTG SHOT AND SAYS HE WANTS TO BUILD A MUNY CENTER FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SPOKPERSON FOR 50 CENT HAD NO MENT ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, ON TUDAY NIGHT, TALK SHOW HOST BILL O' REILLY FOLLOWED UP HIS CRIQUE OF LUDACRIS BY BLASTG 50 CENT AND THE PANI, LIKE REEBOK, THAT DO BS WH THE RAPPER. ON HIS SHOW, "THE O'REILLY FACTOR," THE TALKG HEAD SAID 50 WAS A "HORRIBLE FLUENCE ON CHILDREN" AND THAT REEBOK IS "EMBRACG A GUY WHO'S HURTG CHILDREN." LAST YEAR, REEBOK SIGNED AN ENDORSEMENT AL WH 50 CENT TO VELOP A LE OF SUAL SNEAKERS (SEE [ARTICLE ID="1472291"]"50 CENT CAN NOW THROW OUT HIS S. CARTERS"[/ARTICLE]).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

”50 Cent’s History of Anti-LGBTQ CommentsNo stranger to ntroversy, 50 Cent has been cricized for his bigoted tchphras and anti-gay lyrics, which he blam on the '90s hyper-mascule rap culture. In 2004, 50 Cent exprsed his thoughts on people and their same-genred preferenc, drawg cricisms om gay-rights supporters an terview wh Playboy.

DIDDY RPONDS TO 50 CENT’S ENDLS GAY DISS: “WE’RE NOT CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH”

He famoly said he did not like gay people around him bee he was unfortable wh their thoughts.

Earlier that year, the rapper had gotten trouble for an “anti-gay vlence” the tweet, which has sce been leted, he mentned gay celebry blogger Perez Hilton and said: “he lled me douchebag [sic] so I had my homie shoot up a gay weddg.

” In 2015, the rapper implied that the show Empire lost lns of viewers bee gave too much screen time to s gay characters. For those that have never watched Empire, one of the lead characters on the show, Jamal Lyon, played by Jsie Smollett, is an openly gay mician. The rapper not only mak homophobic slurs but also roasts celebri for their ments and opns.

50 CENT SAYS HIS MOM WAS “GAY AS A MOTHERF***ER”, AS SOCIAL MEDIA USER ACC HIM OF BEG HOMOPHOBIC

When R&B sger Tank revealed on the show Lip Service that he believed that men experimentg wh each other don’t mean they are gay, 50 Cent had a say. He disagreed and threw sha at Tank on Instagram, claimg that Tank was volved gay physil activi. Fans who were outraged by the ment asked if he had somethg agast gay people.

”In July last year, the rapper asked if was gay to thk Halle Berry was “still betiful” after she announced she would play a trans man a film.

A few months later, when Halloween arrived, gay rapper Lil Nas X recreated Nicki Maj’s inic ‘Superbass’ look, and while fans appld Lil Nas X for the bold move, 50 Cent was not imprsed. The ‘Candy Shop’ rapper took to Twter to exprs his yet aga homophobic thoughts by repostg the three photos of the gay rapper his fabulo Halloween stume.

50 CENT COMPAR JAY-Z TO ‘GAY PATER’ BASQUA AFTER JIGGA CALLS EMEM ‘THAT WHE GUY’

The rapper has been reprimand by followers for homophobia and transphobia, but words seem to fall on af ears. "I said to myself, personally Andy, I said, ‘Oh no, bee I let her lick my ass she thks I’m gay.

"Andy asked Leah if she thought "lickg a guy's ass" was "a gay thg. In an terview Details, openly gay sger-songwrer Ruf Wawright says that he knows that 50 Cent is gay. And I know he's gay.