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April 25, 2013

Fired news anchor says he didn't say a gay slur on air - but he did say some curse words

AJ Clemente's 'gut wrenching' gaffe has him looking for work

AJ Clemente has gone from anchoring at a tiny station in North Dakota to appearing on NBC's The Today Show in a matter of days.

But he didn't get a promotion - he got fired.

Clemente, unaware he was on the air, appeared to say 'gay fucking shit' at the start of his very first newscast as weekend anchor at the Bismarck station KFYR-TV.

He told Today's Matt Lauer and Savannah Gutherie he was struggling to practice the name of London Marathon winner Tsegaye Kebede, mangled it, then said the expletive.

April 5, 2013

David Letterman calls arguments against gay marriage 'absolute stupidity'

'Humans have the right to do what humans do, that’s it. End of the story'

Late night talk show host David Letterman let off some steam Wednesday night (3 April) directed at gay marriage opponents during a chat with guest Rachel Maddow.

Letterman described himself as 'just sick and tired' of the arguments against marriage equality and the characteristics of the debate itself.

'I think it has really crossed the line of being nonsense,' he said. 'This ongoing, politically nuanced, religiously nuanced discussion of gay marriage, gay rights. It is absolute stupidity.'

April 5, 2013

David Letterman calls arguments against gay marriage 'absolute stupidity'

'Humans have the right to do what humans do, that’s it. End of the story'

Late night talk show host David Letterman let off some steam Wednesday night (3 April) directed at gay marriage opponents during a chat with guest Rachel Maddow.

Letterman described himself as 'just sick and tired' of the arguments against marriage equality and the characteristics of the debate itself.

'I think it has really crossed the line of being nonsense,' he said. 'This ongoing, politically nuanced, religiously nuanced discussion of gay marriage, gay rights. It is absolute stupidity.'

January 3, 2013

Kathy Griffin tells Letterman she has no regrets over Anderson Cooper New Year's Eve flap

Comic says she tried to go down on newsman for 'ladies and gays'

Kathy Griffin has no regrets for kissing Anderson Cooper's crotch and trying to 'go down' on the newsman during their annual stint co-hosting CNN's New Year's Eve broadcast from Times Square.

'If you think this is the part where I'm going to apologize for trying to go down on Anderson Cooper you are sorely mistaken,' the comic told David Letterman during an appearance on his late-night talk show Wednesday (2 January).

'I tried ladies and gays, I tried - for you!' she added.

January 3, 2013

Kathy Griffin tells Letterman she has no regrets over Anderson Cooper New Year's Eve flap

Comic says she tried to go down on newsman for 'ladies and gays'

Kathy Griffin has no regrets for kissing Anderson Cooper's crotch and trying to 'go down' on the newsman during their annual stint co-hosting CNN's New Year's Eve broadcast from Times Square.

'If you think this is the part where I'm going to apologize for trying to go down on Anderson Cooper you are sorely mistaken,' the comic told David Letterman during an appearance on his late-night talk show Wednesday (2 January).

'I tried ladies and gays, I tried - for you!' she added.

December 9, 2012

Dustin Hoffman plants gay kiss on One Direction’s Niall

The 75-year-old American actor kissed British boyband heartthrob on the David Letterman couch

Throughout the years, there have been many celebrity pairings that have caught us by surprise.

Well Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas can finally breathe a sigh of relief because we have discovered the latest mismatched couple.

On the Late Night show with David Letterman, the hottest new British boyband One Direction were on the sofa to chat about their second album Take Me Home.

April 30, 2012

Zach Wahls talks about his book 'My Two Moms'

Iowan Zach Wahls makes the case for gay equality with his new book

Only a crank, or Rick Santorum, would say anything negative about Zach Wahls.

December 16, 2011

Rosie O'Donnell on why she's battling Trump and Letterman

Rosie O'Donnell vows to speak out against it comes to speaking out against what she perceives as homophobia in American culture.

When Rosie O'Donnell famously feuded with Donald Trump during her year spent as moderator on ABC's The View, ratings soared.

As ratings for her new The Rosie Show on The Oprah Winfrey Network [OWN] struggle, O'Donnell has reignited the feud with Trump - who is fighting back - and also taken on David Letterman for making what she called a 'dyke' joke.

December 16, 2011

Rosie O'Donnell on why she's battling Trump and Letterman

Rosie O'Donnell vows to speak out against it comes to speaking out against what she perceives as homophobia in American culture.

When Rosie O'Donnell famously feuded with Donald Trump during her year spent as moderator on ABC's The View, ratings soared.

As ratings for her new The Rosie Show on The Oprah Winfrey Network [OWN] struggle, O'Donnell has reignited the feud with Trump - who is fighting back - and also taken on David Letterman for making what she called a 'dyke' joke.

December 9, 2011

It's Rosie versus Letterman

Rosie O'Donnell accuses David Leterman of being 'anti-gay' and 'anti-tow truck driver'

Rosie O'Donnell is accusing fellow talk show host David Letterman of being 'anti-gay' and 'anti-tow truck driver' in her latest high-profile television feud.

O'Donnell is offended by a joke Letterman made about her and fiancee Michelle Rounds during a monologue on CBS's The Late Show earlier this week.

Said Letterman: 'The woman she is marrying, her fiancee, was driving…and her car broke down. And guess what happened? Rosie pulls up right behind her in her tow truck.'