Nigel Lythgoe tweets he's "not a fan of 'Brokeback Dancing'." Or, apparently, self-awareness.

I posted last night about Fox and Nigel Lythgoe's homophobic treatment of a same-sex male couple who auditioned for the new season of the show.

Apparently Mr. Lythgoe is aware of the controversy, though he clearly doesn't get it judging from these tweets he sent out in response to it. Nigel is not taking a beating because he doesn't like same-sex dancing. He's taking a beating because he's an immature prat making homophobic comments. 

I could've guessed Lythgoe wasn't a fan of anything "Brokeback." Given his obsession with traditional masculinity, I'm guessing anything that doesn't 100% reinforce his own masculinity terrifies him. But the fact that he seems to think he was the most accepting judge last night simply reinforces the fact that my cat has more self-awareness than he does. 

And Nigel just sent out two more tweets. 

Funny, but his issue with the dancers on the show last night weren't that they were too effeminate. It was simply that they were men.

Editor's note: I've reached out to Fox for a comment about how they handled the episode.