Watch! Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton Think Actors Who Play Gay Are Suspicious

Et tu, Reba?

Last night's 46th Academy of Country Music Awards got off to a cringe-inducing start thanks to this banter between hosts Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire about Taylor Swift's high profile break-ups:

Reba: "She writes songs about guys who break up with her, which I don't understand in the first place. She's beautiful, she's talented, she's sweet. What in the world was Jake Gyllenhaal thinking?"

Blake: "Wait a minute ... he was in Brokeback Mountain!

Cue the reaction shots of the cowboy hat brigade in the audience, who think it's hilarious.

*sigh* It's not that the "joke" is incredibly offensive, it's just so damn ... tired. And lazy.

Did they hire SNL writers?

Oh, and Reba, this is not the way to bridge the gap between gay and straight fans.

You can see the eye-rolling exchange below (it starts at about the 2:20 mark).