Does Jimmy Kimmel Have a Problem with Gays?

Yeah, these things are funny because they're borderline true. There is a sense of disappointment among parents, no matter how enlightened or accepting, when they find out that their child is gay. Which is why finding a playboy under one's son's bed might be a moment for quiet celebration.

 And what's more, a lot of what passes for gay culture is pretty freaking hilarious. I understand the need for activism, pride parades and sites like this one, but I don't understand the need for assless chaps in public during the daytime. At my first gay pride parade, I saw a man riding a bike around West Hollywood while wearing a mesh bodysuit that had a separate, yet equally transparent, sleeve for his cock. It was 3pm on a Sunday afternoon. For me, that's either sad or hilarious, or a little bit of both, and because we sometime present those stereotypes as representative of gay culture in some way (as opposed to exhibitionism), we can't really get mad if people make jokes.

And in the end, the "I'm f*cking Ben Affleck" piece, was only moderately funny because, unfortunately, Mr. Kimmel is only moderately amusing. That's why his show is rated just above Carson Daly's.

In the end, I guess, my point is that we do need to lighten up, just a touch.  Homophobia exists in very real, very dangerous ways within our society, and I think that, perhaps, if we could poke a bit more fun at ourselves, it might become clearer to the general public that we're more than cutoff wearing stereotypes.  And then maybe they'll let Luke and Noah kiss again -- a man can only hope.  

I don't watch the shows and I don't know if he is worse than the other hosts...and honestly...I don't care if he DOES have a problem with gay people or transgender people. reason being the following:

I feel like when people say "oh, you brought us down, you insulted us..." that only forces these people to apologize...when in fact, they could care less. they apologize because they are public figures and so many people know them.

I'd rather have these people lose repsect on their own and try their damndest to get it back. I would also like them to actually get out of their frat boy mindset and educate themselves about how we really are. no, i want them to get out there, know these people and then judge. if they still feel that gays are weird and whatever...then fine. but at least they went out, ya know?

Just like magazines, people tune in to this stuff. i have a feeling a majority of his viewers are probably in the same fratboy mindset as he is. that's fine. i don't watch his show...he is not hurting me. he is only making himself look like an ass. if he made fun of a murder victim of a hate crime, then yes....that's where my blood would boil. the thing about the ax was uncalled for. but if he is making fun of gays as a whole, I.E. "haha, that's so gay of you" then whatever. it's dumb yes....but why keep forcing these people to say sorry when they don't care?

let them fall on their own and try and get back up.

How often do gay comedians make jokes about straight people? Or rednecks? Or conservatives?

Round here, I can't name you one straight or gay buddy (male or female) who watches Jimmy Kimmel, save for the one or two who's seen him elsewhere and declare him a jerk.

 Sorry, gentlemen, I'm sitting this battle out.

Been there, done that, bought the soundtrack!

Brent: "I think you'd be shocked by how often I hear from people I interview, "Oh. I never really thought of it that way." I had a friend who used to tell racist jokes until I said, "You know, I don't think that's all that funny." He said, "Wow, no one's ever said that before. You're right.""

Bill Maher tells a similar story about being politely confronted by a gay man after one of his shows when Maher was still a young comedian. Maher acknowledged he wasn't thinking through what he was doing, relying on stereotypes for a cheap laugh, and he changed his act after that night. It's not like Maher no longer tells gay jokes, but if you watch his show, he's inarguably a vocal proponent of gay rights, and his gay material tends to be aimed at hypocrites like Larry Craig and Rudy Guiliani. So, definitely, even one person can make a difference if you ask some of these comedians to think about what they're doing. It's just that, too often, nobody bothers. I'm glad you and AfterElton do, Brent.

I have become a HUGE Craig Ferguson fan over the last couple of years. He makes gay jokes all the time but I personally don't take anything that he says offensively simply because he's originally European (Scottish), and when he DOES say a gay joke, he always follows up with some gesture or comment which indicates that he's only kidding. The other late night hosts simply say a gay joke and that's it, nothing else. At least Craig makes it CLEAR that he's only kidding. I just find that his "approach" is much different than Dave/Jay/Conan/Kimmel. I also find that the "European attitude" towards gay people is FAR much better than the attitude of the U.S. Let's face it, Europe is far more liberal when it comes to matters regarding sex and/or sexuality. It's much more rampant over there than it is in the U.S. Europe's censorship laws are much "looser" than the ultra-conservative U.S. Sheesh, Luke and Noah on ATWT can't even share a kiss on a consistant basis. (Eye-roll) 

Craig's been in the U.S. since the 80's and his presence has only gotten stronger over the years, especially now since he recently (officially) became a U.S. citizen.

Any thoughts?

Does anyone care to tackle Carson Daly? I don't know too much about him. Peace :)

Regards,

dgd417

The only thing (videos included) I found offensive was the Manshow skit. And this was because it involved the predisposition of a child's sexuality by an ignorant father. The audience cheer at the end made my stomach clench. This is worth getting upset about, the rest is not.

If finding a Penthouse under my mattress was a clear indication of my sexuality at that time, then the person finding it would be clearly wrong. Curious is not the word for it. Exploration of sex at a young age is just that, exploration. And although the rag displayed may of been of different content, you can be assured that the casual observer would see one thing, a busty female on the cover and would draw the wrong conclusion from there. In my day that magazine would have images of both men & women, mostly women, but men nevertheless. Straight geared porn was not afraid of male nudity back then, like it is now. And there were not only images, but stories. At that age I read constantly, I was obsessed with reading and I was vigorously reading everything I could get my hands on. After the novelty of any nudity wore off, the reading took over. And it was through that exploration that it finally dawned on me that I was constantly looking at the images with men in them and not the ones with just women. And it was reading an article about two men having sex that finally clued me in to what I was and wasn't.

It's quite possible that Jimmy could live to regret that skit.

Randy