Elton John On 'The Dilemma' Gay Joke: I Hate Sexual Hatred

 

PUBLISHED: OCTOBER 20, 2010

Elton John says he too is offended by the inclusion of a gay

 joke in the upcoming Ron Howard-directed comedy film The Dilemma.

“Enough already!” the 63-year-old singer-songwriter told 

glossy US. “I hate bigotry. I hate racial hatred. I hate sexual 

hatred.”

After CNN host Anderson Cooper criticized the film's trailer 

during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Universal Pictures responded by altering the online version of the trailer.

The new trailer no longer includes Vince Vaughn's character

 in a boardroom saying, “Electric cars are gay. I mean not 'homosexual' gay, but 'my parents are chaperoning the dance

' gay.”

John praised Cooper for speaking out.

“His heart is in exactly the right place – same as mine.

 He thinks the way I do. He's intelligent, and he's on the side

 of what we're on,” he added.

Last week, Vaughn defended the joke, saying that while he 

was “outraged” by bullying and persecution, joking about our differences “brings us together.”

“Drawing divided lines over what we can and cannot joke 

about does exactly that; it divides us,” he said in a statement

 to celebrity website E! “Most importantly, where does it stop.”

“Vince is right,” media watchdog group GLAAD said. “Comedy 

does bring us together, unless one of us is the punchline.
Then it pushed us apart.”

BY ON TOP MAGAZINE STAFF