RICHARD GAY has been named EVP/Strategy and Operatns for MTV and VH1, was announced today by MTV GM STEPHEN FRIEDMAN and VH1 Pr. TOM CALDERONE. GAY prevly held a siar posn for VH1 and CMT. In this newly created role, he will work closely wh VH1's and MTV's learship rpectively to manage bs functns, drive planng and strategic iativ and execute a broad range of operatnal activi. "RICHARD has been an tegral member of my team at VH1 and I'm ...
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- RICHARD GAY NAMED COO AT SUPERFLY
- LTLE RICHARD WAS ANTI-GAY WHEN HE DIED, BUT HIS QUEER CULTURAL FLUENCE OVERSHADOWS ALL
- RICHARD GAY RIS AT MTV AND VH1
RICHARD GAY NAMED COO AT SUPERFLY
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NEW YORK (CelebryAccs) — Followg the sale of s remag stake the Bonnaroo ftival to Live Natn, New York-based productn pany Superfly has expand s team wh the hire of Richard Gay as the pany’s chief operatg officer. Gay, who prevly served as executive vice print of BET Networks, also led Via’s strategy and operatns for their mic group for a .
Although he’s hailed as a queer in and a self-scribed “The Kg and Queen of Rock and Roll, ” his flamboyant inic style differed om the anti-gay Christiany he poed later life, leavg behd a tly nflicted legacy. His dad then kicked him out for beg gay at age 15 and was shot and killed by a ctomer outsi of his own nightclub when Richard was 19. Related: 3 gay micians jt got fired om their Catholic church bee, you know… gay.
LTLE RICHARD WAS ANTI-GAY WHEN HE DIED, BUT HIS QUEER CULTURAL FLUENCE OVERSHADOWS ALL
The song was a fast-spired romp about gay terurse. In 1984, s after his last big h, he said that homosexualy was “unnatural” and “ntag” an terview, and by March 1985, he announced a public sermon:. “I have rejected homosexualy.
Now I get my thrills om the mistry… My te belief about Rock and Roll- and there have been alot of phras attributed to me over the years-is this: I believe this kd of mic is monic… If [God] n save Ltle Richard he n save anybody… I talk about my life as a homosexual and dg addict bee I thk is right to tell people what God has done for me. Richard later went on David Letterman’s late-night talk show, explag that when he was gay, he wasn’t a man, but now that he was a man, he uld experience sex wh a woman.
RICHARD GAY RIS AT MTV AND VH1
In 1995, Richard said he has “been gay all my life” an terview wh Penthoe, but by 2000, he told JET was all an act. ” Yet, by 2017, Richard ma a veiled reference to homosexualy as an “unnatural affectn. One n’t merely say that Ltle Richard died a homophobe or renounced his queerns when his life and persona as a queer entertaer ma such a cultural impact, makg “male vany” a regular part of rock and fluencg generatns of performers afterwards.
Gay Named EVP/Stratefy & Ops.