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AE: When did you finally came out to them?
ANT: I came out to them when I was 16. I packed all my bags, I walked into the kitchen and put my luggage on the floor and my mom was by herself in the kitchen and I said, “Mom, somebody in the family is gay.” And I swear to God she said, “What did you see your father do?” Oh my God. I go, “Not dad, me.” And she goes, “You're not gay, it’s a phase.” I go why do you think it’s a phase. I swear to you, Diane, she said, “Honey, gay men have taste. If you were gay that luggage would be Gucci.” And that was how my mother handled everything, with humor, which is probably why I’m a stand up comedian.

AE: It’s great she can be a part of your act that way then.
ANT: She is, she’s a huge part of my act.

AE: You’ve been on a couple episodes of the Super Secret Movie Rules. What are your super secret gay movie rules?
ANT: There’s never a gay character in a scary movie and if can explain why, actually. If a gay guy walks into a haunted house seriously and see like cobwebs and alligators and all sorts of scary stuff like snakes those snakes would be pumps in a handbag. There’s always that obligatory scene where the big-breasted blond girl goes running from the house down the hill wearing heels and she always falls and one guy always stops to save her and he gets killed. Not true with a gay guy. I’d run past her ass going, “Bitch I told you not to wear those heels, now you’re gonna die.”

AE: Tell me who you think is the hottest gay man on TV right now.
ANT: Tom Cruise.

AE: So Tom Cruise – you’ve been following the Katie Holmes thing?
ANT: Isn’t it amazing we get to see one of the biggest stars in the world implode right before our eyes. He fascinates me and so does Paris Hilton.

AE: I find Paris oddly fascinating myself.
ANT: Why? Because a rich slut can be famous?

AE: I’m fascinated by the media swirl around her all the time.
ANT: That’s what I’m saying. She’s famous for being a rich slut. I’ve been a broke slut for years and I never got my picture taken.

AE: I tell ya, I never got any awards either. So, have you seen The L Word?
ANT: I have seen The L Word. Jennifer Beal’s is the hottest, hottest, hottest person on that show.

AE: What would you change about the show if you could?
ANT: I’ll tell you what I would do if I ran the show: never allow Rosie O’Donnell to guest star on the show. She’s death to everything these days.

AE: I’m sure Boy George is saying that too these days.
ANT: Yeah with that whole Taboo fiasco. Which is too bad because I saw it and actually liked it. I think it was that she scared people away from it to be honest.

AE: Why does she scare people so much now?
ANT: I think because she got real lezzed. But no offense to real lesbians but I think when you’re a mainstream personality and you’re living is being mainstream, why mess wit the recipe. She got that hair cut real buzzed on one side of her head and she started looking like she worked for UPS or something… What can brown do for you? Keep Rosie O’Donnell away from me.

AE: Is gay still the new black?
ANT: Interesting question. You caught me off guard. No. I don’t think gay is the new black. I think part of our acceptance–-I think Latino is the new black. The more acceptance we get the more we fade into the background a bit. I like that. Fade into the background and be normal, blend. So many people in this world think gays want to rule the world with special interests and agendas; people don’t realize we don’t want to rule the world we just want to be in it.

AE: If we wanted to rule the world we wouldn’t spend so much time trying to get married and have babies.
ANT: Yeah, and we wouldn’t spend so much time with fashion. We’d be learning how to split an atom. We wouldn’t be worried about lame; we’d be worried about the atom

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