Why is it that so many straight men think all gay men want to do is touch their ass?
Blake Shelton, Country Male Vocalist of the Year and a judge on NBC’s “The Voice,” came under fire from GLAAD and LGBT advocates and allies on Thursday for a homophobic Twitter post about beating up another man for touching him.
The response online came fast, reported GLAAD, with Shelton’s own fans being some of the first calling on him to apologize. But not only did Shelton laugh off his fans’ and GLAAD’s requests for an apology, he referred to those tweeting at him with the following:
Said GLAAD in a statement: “This is one of the judges on what’s so far been one of the most gay-friendly reality shows on television. For him to make a joke to his 300-thousand-plus followers about leaving a gay man ‘beaten, bleeding and heaving’ is completely unacceptable.”
Finally, following another series of “tweets” that did little to calm the escalating online anger and after further communication with GLAAD, Shelton posted this tweet, denouncing anti-gay violence — but stopping short of any sincere apology:
You may recall Shelton’s lame “Brokeback Mountain” jab at Jake Gyllenhaal at the opening of the “Academy of Country Music Awards” on April 3.
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I used to like him
Had nothing to do with gays
-.- not cool.
dont worry blake…no one, man or women, wants to touch your ass. dont flatter yourself bud.
blake was joking. granted he should think of how others are going to take that joke but blake isnt homophobic.
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Much Shame on YOU!
I love Blake, he seems like a decent guy. I can only assume this had to be taken out of context and abused. There’s no doubt in my heart that he’s a good man.
Country music sucks & this guy is an idiot.
@Tracy…I disagree. I think he should be very careful what he says and to whom.
People simply need to learn to think before they speak. Im sure he didnt mean it-very few of them ever do; but at the same time it is offensive and they do deserve to be chastied. But seriously its not like he’s the spawn of satan.
maybe this could be a lesson for celebrities to think about what your saying before you say them or tweet them.
He doesn’t strike me as a homophobic man. Just doesn’t want to be touched by a man lol
Forgot to mention….I love country music
i am shock he should worry amout his marry to sexy miranda why is everybody worry about the lgbt people they act like them will catch it
Hopefully his ignorance will cost him in record sales!!!
I love country music and I love Blake Shelton. His statement wasn’t anti gay… there are more important things to worry about in the world so get over it.
This is a tipical BRAINLESS macho men comment. Regardless any gay/straight connotation in his words, what really worry me is the high level of VIOLENCE inside him; it is really scary. I feel sorry for him. Hey Blake, get some professional help
Fuck you Cindy! If it were you in our place I’m certain you wouldn’t be saying that. So typical of people like her. That’s why it’s okay for the lgbt community to be treated the way we are!
Shame on you, Blake!
Wow. now there’s a great guy… i had no idea who he even was till i saw the voice nor did i care. now i do. he is an ignorant dumb ass who obviously has no filter in his voice. i hope to god he has learned something from this. i obviously wont be cheering for his team on the voice.
Az…
I don’t like Blake either way, but just a little heads up… He has a gay man on his team on The Voice. I don’t like what he said at all though.
If any one of us had half the thoughts that run through our heads out for the world to see, I’m sure there’s not a one of us that would be found innocent…. Let’s face, it’s easy to pontificate and throw stones, but we ALL live in our own glass houses….
Chastise if you will, then move on… Life is too short.
He is just pissed cause no guy would wanna sleep with him unless he paid out the ass for it. I’m wonderfully like that.
Just another tacky hick.
Way to flush your career down the bowl, Blake. “@GLAAD I want my fans” yeah well, if you want them, do something positive. Newsflash, your fans are not all bigoted dumbasses.
I think he was talking about getting frisked by the TSA, but he could have worded it better for sure.