CNN Anchor Comes Out
CNN Anchor Comes Out
#0CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 2:39pm
(no, not that one)
cnn headline news' thomas roberts comes out...and then his show gets cancelled.
roberts reportedly had come out slowly over the years at cnn and was recently a panel speaker at the national lesbian and gay journalists association conference in miami. he spoke of his partner at the september conference and remarked that being a panel speaker at the event was the biggest step he had taken in being out in public.
just days later, however:
CNN Headline News scraps afternoon newscast
Tue Sep 12, 3:34 AM ET
CNN Headline News said Monday it will eliminate its 4-6 p.m. ET newscast in order to bolster its editorial resources elsewhere. Co-anchors Thomas Roberts and Kathleen Kennedy will remain at the cable news channel in as-yet-unspecified roles.
To fill the time, two newscasts will be increased by an hour each. Those are newscasts anchored by Christi Paul and Mike Galanos, and by Chuck Roberts and Linda Stouffer.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
edit: i'm not suggesting his coming out got the show axed but it is unfortunate timing.
thomas roberts at the nlgja
PED
#1re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 2:43pmoh, i was hoping it was "that one"
FranklinShepard-Inc.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/04
#2re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 2:44pmIf it would be consequential, shame on them. I'm not sure though whether they would openly do that...
#3re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 2:44pmWell, he and his cohost have not been fired. If he does get fired, he can take over for Jason Bellini of LOGO...he's terrible.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#4re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 2:57pmOh yeah, so's that LOGO "news" chick. Godawful.
#5re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 3:00pmI would, however, consider leaving my husband for Itay Hod.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#6re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 3:02pmIs that pig latin?
#7re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 3:05pm
Are you calling him a piggy?
He does get me to start talkin' in tongues!
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#8re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 3:07pmAlways have to take it that one step too far, dontcha?
#9re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 3:09pmwell, what can I say? You bring out the animal in me.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#10re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 3:10pmThat's hot.
Dollypop
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#11re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 4:47pm
In this week's NEW YORK MAGAZINE, Sam Champion is pretty much "outed".
Breakfast With Champion
Dollypop
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#12re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 4:50pm
Sorry for the double post.
ZONEACE
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#14re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 8:13pmthat link didn't work for me dolly/
Dollypop
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#15re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 8:57pm
I've tried linking tha article a second time and it still doesn't work. I realized it isn't the whole article anyhow, and the section we're talking about wasn't included:
DO YOU THINK MIDDLE AMERICA CARES ABOUT GAY ANCHORPEOPLE?
Champion: Wow. I don't know if they think about that. I know I don't.
#16re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 9:15pm
If it would be consequential, shame on them. I'm not sure though whether they would openly do that...
They would never "openly" cancel his newscast with the reason being his openness about being gay. CNN has lawyers to tell them how to word these things without telling the real truth.
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
MrMidwest
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#17re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/12/06 at 9:53pm
This is the interview, right, Dolly?
http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/20344/
#18re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/13/06 at 8:41ami had never even heard of thomas roberts until yesterday...
PED
#19re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/13/06 at 10:49am
Oh, baby... I knew who he was.
Yowza!!
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WindyCityActor
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#20re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/13/06 at 10:58am
Yow-Zah!!!!!
Hmmm....even with just a nicely groomed PORN STAR moustache!!!
WindyCityActor
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/13/03
#22re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/13/06 at 11:42amI mean if he grew one, he'd be even more tasty!!!
#23re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/13/06 at 11:49am
Roberts had actually already publicly acknowledged that he struggled with his sexuality as a teen (not the same as coming out, I realize). He also testified against a priest who abused him....
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.toohey08feb08,1,3902342.story?track=mostemailedlink
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
#24re: CNN Anchor Comes Out
Posted: 9/13/06 at 12:04pmSince when has Sam Champion not been out?
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