{"id":1492718,"date":"2022-05-26T08:30:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T12:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1492718"},"modified":"2022-05-26T08:30:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T12:30:24","slug":"glaad-calls-out-ricky-gervais-ignored-homophobic-kimmel-jokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glaad-calls-out-ricky-gervais-ignored-homophobic-kimmel-jokes\/","title":{"rendered":"Glaad Calls Out Ricky Gervais, Ignored Homophobic Kimmel Jokes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fglaad-calls-out-ricky-gervais-ignored-homophobic-kimmel-jokes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1492718&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><strong>It didn\u2019t take long for GLAAD to weigh in on Ricky Gervais\u2019 new Netflix special, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/gervais-supernature-review-trans-jokes\/\">SuperNature<\/a>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The hour-long set features jokes tweaking the trans community in the first five minutes. And while Gervais makes a plea later in the show to support and defend gay and trans rights, it wasn\u2019t enough to stop the flow of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/reviews\/ricky-gervais-supernature-netflix-special-review-b2086881.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> furious think pieces<\/a> targeting the \u201cOffice\u201d superstar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/blog\/glaad-responds-netflixs-rick-gervais-special-supernature-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GLAAD led that charge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran rights group sent out a four-Tweet message on social media hours after Netflix released the special. The tweets blasted Gervais for telling \u201cdangerous,\u201d inaccurate jokes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We watched the Ricky Gervais \u201ccomedy\u201d special on Netflix so you don\u2019t have to. It\u2019s full of graphic, dangerous, anti-trans rants masquerading as jokes. He also spouts anti-gay rhetoric &#038; spreads inaccurate information about HIV. 1\/4<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GLAAD (@glaad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glaad\/status\/1529159333589680132?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>GLAAD exists to support and defend the rights of gay and lesbian individuals. Given that mission, it\u2019s not surprising it lashed out at Gervais, even though the material in question consisted of jokes, not policy statements.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the group isn\u2019t always as vocal as expected. In fact, it often goes silent when it seems like speaking out is exactly what is should do.<\/p>\n<p>And politics likely plays a role in these moments.<\/p>\n<p>Take the case of Jimmy Kimmel. The far-Left host of \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live\u201d once sparred on Twitter with Fox News superstar Sean Hannity. As part of the exchange, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/gay-groups-kimmel-handler-homophobic-jokes\/\">Kimmel weaponized homophobic jokes<\/a> to belittle the outspoken conservative.<\/p>\n<p>This Tweet is still up.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Don\u2019t worry \u2013 just keep tweeting \u2013 you\u2019ll get back on top! (or does Trump prefer you on bottom?) Either way, keep your chin up big fella..XO <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R4QJCoGYCL\">https:\/\/t.co\/R4QJCoGYCL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmykimmel\/status\/982369074624647168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t his only like-minded Tweet on the subject.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When your clown makeup rubs off on Trump\u2019s ass, does it make his butt look like a Creamsicle? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DEhmfOh0Hn\">https:\/\/t.co\/DEhmfOh0Hn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmykimmel\/status\/982333101048119296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yet GLAAD didn\u2019t address the matter, even though the social media slap fest earned plenty of media attention. This reporter reached out to GLAAD\u2019s media relations arm directly on the matter at the time of the Tweets.<\/p>\n<p>No response. It also refused to comment on far-Left comic Chelsea Handler\u2019s homophobic Twitter joke.<\/p>\n<p>GLAAD similarly went silent recently when Warner Bros. censored \u201cFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/fantastic-beasts-3-gay-dialogue-removed-warner-bros-explains-1235230373\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">soften the film\u2019s gay subplot<\/a> for Chinese audiences. The editing only removed a few seconds of screen time, but it represented Hollywood\u2019s latest capitulation to Chinese censors.<\/p>\n<p>It seemed the perfect moment for GLAAD to defend free expression and the need for more gay themes to be embraced on the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the organization stood down.<\/p>\n<p>Gervais leans to the Left, politically speaking, but he\u2019s primarily an observational comic. Did his mostly apolitical mien make him a richer target for GLAAD, or is the outrage genuine?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It didn\u2019t take long for GLAAD to weigh in on Ricky Gervais\u2019 new Netflix special, \u201cSuperNature.\u201d The hour-long set features jokes tweaking the trans community in the first five minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":505,"featured_media":1898641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1492718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/glad-ricky-gervais-transphobic-jokes-dangerous\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/505"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1492718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1898641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1492718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1492718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}