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Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:15pm
Someone posted this in another Carol Channing thread, but it really surprised me, so I wanted to make a new thread and get people's opinions. I apoligize if it's been discussed before. The article is a few months old.
Broadway legend Carol Channing, 85, made some less than flattering comments about her gay fans in an interview with the Gay People's Chronicle on Friday.
When interviewer Kaizaad Kotwal asked Channing why she thinks she has such a large and loyal gay fan base, she had this to say: "I don't think about them. I'm grateful that they seem to like me. They're terribly loyal to me. But I'm knee-deep in the Bible, and you know what it says about that."
Kotwal later asked Channing to clarify her position on LGBT struggles for equal rights, to which she responded: "I don't think about it. If they can't take care of their own problems, why should I bother? It's not my problem."
These remarks are a distinct departure from her earlier public declarations in support of her gay fan base and her appearances at LGBT events in West Hollywood, Calif., and San Francisco.
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid39411.asp
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Updated On: 4/23/07 at 08:15 PM
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
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#2re: Carol Channing - A Homophobe?
Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:17pm
Zep - I think this is old, and got covered extensively earlier. I believe there was some major damage control done immediately following.
In any event, I'm pretty sure there was a BIG discussion here, if it shows up in some kind of search (good luck with THAT!)
#3re: Carol Channing - A Homophobe?
Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:18pm
She was apparently misquoted.
Thread here:
Carol Channing: Misquoted?
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#4re: Carol Channing - A Homophobe?
Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:18pm
*yawn*
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=916741#2624979
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#5re: Carol Channing - A Homophobe?
Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:22pm
How come the search funtion on this website never seems to work for me?
I swear it hates me.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#6re: Carol Channing - A Homophobe?
Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:25pm
Priest - you are NOT alone!
And even if you don't find anything, that doesn't mean you shouldn't post about what matters to you - or that people shouldn't take the BIG sticks out of their asses and realize it's NOT the end of the world!
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#8re: Carol Channing - A Homophobe?
Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:32pm
listen listen...the womans got a warble in her throat...she was probably extremely misunderstood.
skingdom out.
#9re: Carol Channing - A Homophobe?
Posted: 4/23/07 at 8:39pmhttps://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=off&thread=917342
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