Guess what? Elton John is totally committed to gay rights all over the world! Here’s what he wrote about it in The Guardian in June 2005:
I want our government, which has presided over many positive changes for gay people here in the UK — an equal age of consent, partnership rights, the abolition of the rightly reviled Clause 28 — to ensure that ending violations of gay people’s fundamental human rights around the world becomes an explicit issue in its diplomatic relations with other countries… I strongly believe that when thousands of us refuse to look away and stay silent we make a difference to what politicians do and say.
And to prove his commitment to gay rights, there is no amount of money he’s not prepared to accept from people who violate them:
Later this month, the flamboyant star is due to perform at an open-air concert at the luxurious Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi. It’s a surprising move considering the United Arab Emirates’ appalling human rights record on gays. Homosexuality is illegal and hormone injections are administered to “cure” gays and turn them straight.
Yep, in the UAE, sodomy is punishable by death. (And not from embarrassment!) Bravo to Sir Elton for putting aside his silly principles and accepting his hosts’ cultural differences. And their enormous paycheck. Just keep an eye out for snitches backstage, Reg! That hairpiece won’t cover up a neck stump.
From reader Cristina, who wrote us at tips@deceiver.com: The head of a Portuguese agency that banned smoking in public places was photographed yesterday puffing away indoors — on the day the ban went into effect.
Antonio Nunes, who runs Portugal’s department of food standards, was snapped by a newspaper photographer while smoking a cigar in a casino near Lisbon:
Nunes told the daily he was not aware the anti-smoking law, which applies to cafes, restaurants and bars, also included casinos. But a spokesman for the Ministry of Health said it did.
Picking a New Year’s resolution must be so easy for this guy.
David Cross on Jim Belushi:
He’s one of those guys that any real man can’t help but idolize. He’s living the life. He does it — he’s pure. Whenever you see a guy in a commercial high-fiving with a beer in his hand, watching the sports game — that’s like a fake version of Jim Belushi. He’s the real deal. He’s the shit.
David Cross on Larry the Cable Guy:
He’s good at what he does. It’s a lot of anti-gay, racist humor — which people like in America — all couched in “I’m telling it like it is.” He’s in the right place at the right time for that gee-shucks, proud-to-be-a-redneck, I’m-just-a-straight-shooter-multimillionaire
-in-cutoff-flannel, selling-ring tones-act. That’s where we are as a nation now. We’re in a state of vague American values and anti-intellectual pride.
David Cross on David Cross:
I’ve internally debated the merits of addressing my appearance in, (and thus tacit condoning of) “Alvin and The Chipmunks.” I am not stupid nor unobservant. I knew going into this movie that I would be eating a lot of delicious shit for it. Usually I wouldn’t give a shit about what everyone’s feelings are about it, but I wasn’t prepared for the level, or amount I should say, of vitriol that’s been flung about like so much monkey poo.
Cross goes on and on and on about his latest project and why you shouldn’t make fun of him for it, but here’s a quick summary of his self-justifications reasons:
- It’s a movie for kids, so who cares.
- He didn’t grow up with Alvin and the Chipmunks.
- He hadn’t worked in 6 months.
- If he hadn’t done it, some other “non-traditional funny guy” would have. Plus, only he, David Cross, could counteract how much Jason Lee sucks.
- He wanted to buy a cottage in upstate NY. (”I asked the owner if he’d take some of my credibility as payment. He looked at me as if I was an alien with A.I.D.S. speaking some intergalactic gobbledy-goo.” Ha ha! Oh, that David Cross.)
- “Also, the NY Times called me ‘delightfully scene stealing’ so suck it!”
I think what David Cross is saying here is that it’s okay for him to do the same kind of stuff as the people he doesn’t like, because when he does it it’s different. They’re sellouts who are ruining America, whereas he’s a sellout who’s ruining America ironically. It’s called satire, you rubes! Plus he’s a hyperverbal nerd, so if you don’t agree with him you’re dumb.
Tila Tequila’s relationship with A Shot at Love winner Bobby Banhart is already on the rocks (pun credit: Simon). She blames her busy schedule. He says (on his MySpace page) that she never even called him after the show’s final episode aired.
Either way, it’s poor form to host a reality show if you can’t find the time to have a (second) boyfriend. Never mind leading on all those girls.
But Tila is ready for another round of shots — the show is up for a second season. So if you’re looking for a sham relationship with someone who’s famous only on the Internet (and I don’t mean me), get your applications ready!
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