In the Sun newspaper this week column maker Joe Mott said 'If Ricky Gervais was homosexual you would be wondering if he was, you know, ill. His dramatic weightloss has left him looking like a dying man'. This angered me alot and not just because I'm a fan of Ricky Gervais but this is blatent homophobia. What Mott is saying is that in order for a gay man to look ill they automatically must have AIDs. Its disgusting! Gervais is not a gay man and Mott knows this as Gervais has been married for years however he still decided to publish this distastful, unnecessary jibe at gay men.
This angered me also for the fact that celebrities are forced to look perfect all the time. When Ricky Gervais was slightly overweight he was front page news of the Sun when he was out jogging with his iPod. The heading being iPodge. Now that he has lost the weight he is suddenly a gay man with AIDs... Why is this acceptable?
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