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GLAAD: Mickey Rourke Is 'Painfully Ignorant'

Posted Oct 9th 2009 3:12PM by TMZ Staff

Mickey RourkeThe president of The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) just personally issued the following statement, condemning Mickey Rourke for defending the use of the homophobic f-word:

"This is a slur that, regardless of what Mickey Rourke has convinced himself that it means, is often the last word that gay people, and gay youth in particular, hear before they're bullied, harassed or assaulted.

Rourke is showing himself to be painfully ignorant of how this vulgar, abusive slur feeds a climate of anti-gay hatred, intolerance and violence.

Rourke either needs to figure this out, or media needs to stop giving him a platform for promoting these kinds of slurs."

-Jarrett Barrios -

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1. What else would you expect from a drunk and a drug addict?

Posted at 3:17PM on Oct 9th 2009 by Tony

2. blah blah blah

Posted at 3:17PM on Oct 9th 2009 by sssss

3. I thought GLAAD made trash bags. WTF?

Posted at 3:17PM on Oct 9th 2009 by xcrunk

4. Scott should know, that's where he works. Dingbat. Zing!

Posted at 3:18PM on Oct 9th 2009 by xcrunk

5. I think that Mickey Rourke don't even know what fa**** means. He has just started to get back on top and then he has to go and mess it up AGAIN! What a dumb ass!!

Posted at 3:19PM on Oct 9th 2009 by JRock4

6. Ummmm.....ok.....more on Brawley Nolte please!

Posted at 3:36PM on Oct 9th 2009 by Phishsteak

7. See: If you disagree with GLAAD you're ignorant!! There's no room for free thought anymore,..just Gay Fascism.

Posted at 3:29PM on Oct 9th 2009 by N, Kredabul

8. Hey Mickey, Do you think this gonna hurt your carrier? Didn't think so lmao.

Posted at 3:21PM on Oct 9th 2009 by TMZ OLD TIMER

9. I couldn't handle the pressure, Having Glaad people Mad at me.(not) Sounds like their problem not yours,,What next LMAO

Posted at 3:25PM on Oct 9th 2009 by homie 1 kanobe

10. ............. And Rourke is creepy to look at,Eeewwww!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 3:26PM on Oct 9th 2009 by Wanda

11. Well ,I wonder how "GLAAD" feels about the use of "Breeders" by Lesbian and Gay peoples =/ towards straights ?

Posted at 3:29PM on Oct 9th 2009 by Huh

12. It's OK for some nutsucker to tell the CA Governor to "kiss his fa**ot a**..." Bot normal folks cant call a spade a spade.

Posted at 3:27PM on Oct 9th 2009 by WhoCares

13. Mickey Rourke is a crappy actor, made worse by his tiff fugly face. It wouldn't be long before he offends everyone in Hollywood again and be a pariah again.

Posted at 3:29PM on Oct 9th 2009 by Paparazzo@frog.cc

14. do you really we need glad to tell us that Mickey Rourke is ignorant. I don't!

Posted at 3:29PM on Oct 9th 2009 by stan

15. When I told my gay and lesbian friends that I was pregnant with my first child, many of them responded by calling me a f****** "breeder." GLAAD needs to look at its own community, fix their issues, THEN ask for respect.

Posted at 3:33PM on Oct 9th 2009 by Breeder

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