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Do You Accept Celebrity Anti-Gay Apologies?

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I just read that Tracy Morgan did stand up in Tennessee where he said he he'd stab his son to death if he were gay.

He later apologized in a statement.

My question is, do you accept these kind of apologies?

Personally, I think when a celebrity steps out and says something like this, especially in a smaller venue, they are in fact being very honest in their opinion and any later apology is just damage control and not a true measure of their heart.

So, personally I don't accept them as I see them as dishonest. What about you?

Tim
 
Tim I do agree with you. Most celebrities that do "apology" do it because it will hurt their career and image to public and make enemies with GLBT organizations and groups.
 
It's all bull.

They're just trying to save their own ass.
 
There's nothing sincere about it. It's a calculate PR statement sent out likely without his knowledge or consent. It means nothing to me.
 
I don't care. I don't know half these anti-homosexuality celebrities personally nor do I support a majority of their work. I never found Tracy Morgan funny, so it's no big shock to me.
 
I think it depends on the degree of the comment. This is so far out of line I can't even see where the line was. If a celeb had let a "that's gay" or something and apologized I could get over it and accept it. This has me not wanting to watch anything with him in it, which is sad because (minus Tracy) 30 Rock is a good show.
 
It means nothing to me. No one says those kinds of things unless they actually believe it. An apology shouldn't be the end of any of these stories, otherwise we set a precedent where people can do stupid or offensive things, issue an apology and then go on like nothing happened, face no real consequences. The proper thing to do is to dump him from the show (which also keeps 30 Rock and NBC from being seen as condoning his actions) and shows people that there are consequences to your actions. No punishment means no reason for people to watch what they do or say to others.
 
It's like Mel Gibson's apologies - not worth the disk-volume their taped on, not worth the air time or column space they're given.
Bottom line is they pretty much are forced to make the public apology in an attempt to salvage the career.
30 Rock was never "must-see tv" for me, but it's an amusing show (the episode with Queen Latifah being exceptional!).
Celebs who make statements like Morgan's and try to then back-pedal eventually find themselves on the outs with fans.
Poor Jodi Foster - who stands by her friend, Mel - is an extraordinarily talented actress/director and unfortunately because of her choice of co-star hasn't seen success with her latest film even though the reviews have been positive.
 
sp22er said:
I think it depends on the degree of the comment. This is so far out of line I can't even see where the line was. If a celeb had let a "that's gay" or something and apologized I could get over it and accept it. This has me not wanting to watch anything with him in it, which is sad because (minus Tracy) 30 Rock is a good show.
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I agree. I don't get that offended if people use the words "gay" or "fag" because most of the time that's just ignorance, but threatening to kill someone is plain malice.
 
No, I don't accept their forced my-agent-and-manager-told-me-to-try-to-save-my-smarmy-ass whiny forced apologies, and I think the only honorable thing for them to do is find a short pier and take a long walk.

A tall building will do, too.
 
TimT2011 said:
I just read that Tracy Morgan did stand up in Tennessee where he said he he'd stab his son to death if he were gay.

He later apologized in a statement.

My question is, do you accept these kind of apologies?

Personally, I think when a celebrity steps out and says something like this, especially in a smaller venue, they are in fact being very honest in their opinion and any later apology is just damage control and not a true measure of their heart.

So, personally I don't accept them as I see them as dishonest. What about you?

Tim
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When a famous (or semi-famous) person apologizes in an official capacity, it's only for the benefit of their career. So NO, I don't accept it, but I don't care much of what a celebrity says one way or the other for the most part.
 
The answer in a nutshell is NO.

And I don't just include celebrities in this but all people. There are many instances where the person has opened their mouth, spewed out hatred or some other bigoted word structure and then later came out with an apology which has been orchestrated via the media to try and control the fall out.

Think before you speak because what has come out of the mouth can never be taken back - apology or no apology. You said it now own it.

The politicians have now caught on to this same modus operandi as they float out ideas and then retract them with "I am sorry, I apologize if I offended anyone" and then move on like nothing ever happened.

It is stupid that it is even accepted. We are doing a wonderful job of teaching young people that you can say whatever you want and all you have to do is over an apology and it is all better. You don't have to change your thoughts or actions, just apologize and it is all over with and you can go on living your life like nothing bad happened.
 
They don't regret what they said, they regret that people didn't agree with them. So, no, not really.
 
I don't really care. It isn't a big deal. I think it is foolish to say things like that, but so are most things a comedian says.
 
Apparently he said he would stab his son to death if he was gay, that bullied kids need to stop being pussies and bust some ass instead of whining and that lesbians don't really love women, they just hate a man.

I don't accept his "apology".
 
It depends on the celebrity and the extent of what they said. For example, Slash recently said he never played the guitar riff on Michael Jackson's "Black or White," because it's "gay." Watch below at 2:00

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However, he apologized afterwards (http://t.co/BeslXqY) and has been (both before and afterwards) an advocate for equality within the gay community. He's shown support for marriage equality and spoke out against bullying.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bun4J3OhwQc[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhFZ7qjrw5U[/ame]

He also did a photo for the "NOH8 Campaign."

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This is an apology I find sincere and acceptable. I can let something like this slide and accept his apology. However, when Tracy Morgan says that he would kill his son if he was gay or acted gay (however us gays act), that is unacceptable. In my opinion, remarks like that have no place in comedy and aren't funny. And, like IrishMike4490 already said, something like that doesn't just come out by accident. If you say something like that, you really mean it. It's clearly an apology to save his career and possibly his public image.
 
Most of them do it because they have gotten bad publicity because of it and its really obvious when their PR has them apologize vs when they do it themselves.
 
It depends on who it is but I don't believe Tracy Morgan for a second. :mad:
 
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