Jimmy Kimmel quizzes Sanjaya Malakar about gay comment

I've posted a couple of rants on my blog in the past week about this very type of thing. It is time for the late night shows to have a gut-check on the type of humour that they have been using recently. To say their humour has been in poor taste would be an understatement, it has been simply pathetic. There seems to be an abundance of this kind of crap hitting the airwaves recently. Kimmel has become famous for being an overblown insensitive creep. But, it seems as is there will be a lack of action as long as we continue to eat our own as well. Look at the number of articles on gay community websites that took some nasty swipes at Rosie's departure from the view. And the gossip websites who have come up with "cutesy" body-part or function names for some performers who some have raised doubts about their sexuality. Here's what frosts my cupcakes on the whole matter. Who the hell cares what these people do in their own lives? I watch or listen to singers, performers, actors, comedians, many of who are out or are "obvious" according to some of the yellow press. I don't care whether they are or not. I enjoy their performing skills as an actor, singer, dancer, skater, comedian, etc. That's all. I have no interest whatsoever in what they do in their personal time. I have paid or watch, expecting to be entertained, that's the only interest I have. That there has been a ganging-up on a 17 year-old young man, with snide remarks, insults, or calling for a gay bashing to take place disgust me to no end. When people stoop to that level, or conversation has devolved to the level of personal attacks on innuendo or rumour or gossip, it just shows the pathetic nature of those who engage in such crap. (sorry, I'm editing as I go, as it's being thought of in much stronger terminology) But, unfortunately, as long as there is an audience for this type of frat house humour, bashings will continue, insults will continue, and the media in the chase for ratings and sensationalism will continue to participate in the orgy of nastiness that has infected the entertainment medium and will continue to rebroadcast this crap at every available opportunity.

You don't know whether he's gay or not! Who are you to say? Only he knows that, and it's not for you or anyone else to speculate. I think it's time for people to stop picking on him; he's only a kid! And he's a nice kid too, from what we've all seen. Enough with the Sanjaya bashing. I don't feel he can sing well, but I hate it that others are picking on this kid for anything from looks to hair to sexual orientation to singing. Leave it alone already; he's done nothing to deserve all the ridicule, and as for the judges and how even THEY wanted him off...they're the ones who picked him in the first place.

Before I posted my blog address, I wanted to check with Michael first.

Here's the address:

http://thoughloversbelost.blogspot.com