MOSCOW — A popular Russian actor said he wants to burn gay people alive because they pose a danger to his children, reports the Moscow Times.
“I’d put them all alive in the oven … it’s a living danger to my children,” said Ivan Okhlobystin, a father of six, in a chat with fans in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk.
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Okhlobystin, 47, is one of Russia’s most extravagant media personalities, and served as an Orthodox Christian priest as well as acting until his priesthood was suspended in 2010.
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He currently stars in the Russian sitcom “Interns,” which is closely patterned after the U.S. medical sitcom “Scrubs.”