Hey Leno, How's This for "Gayest Look"?!

Posted Mar 25th 2008 1:46PM by TMZ Staff

Broadway playwright Jeff Whitty is once again lashing out at Jay Leno -- this time for asking Ryan Phillippe to give his "gayest look" on the "Tonight Show."

During an interview last week, Leno made light of Ryan's first acting role -- playing a gay teen on "One Life to Live"-- by asking the visibly uncomfortable star to give him his "gayest look." Queer eye for the unfunny guy!

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Leno's Jokes Cause an Uproar

Posted Apr 26th 2006 4:23PM by TMZ Staff

Tony award-winning playwright Jeff Whitty doesn't find comedian Jay Leno very funny.

Whitty, writer of the Broadway musical comedy 'Avenue Q,' fired off a letter to 'The Tonight Show' host criticizing Leno's "gay-baiting" jokes.

Whitty is upset over Leno's ongoing quips at the expense of homosexuals. In a letter posted on Whitless.com, Whitty specifically cites a 'Tonight Show' skit involving a horse made up in a "gay" way, in what Whitty calls a "tired mockery" of 'Brokeback Mountain.'

"I know you know gay people, Mr. Leno," Whitty writes in his letter. "Are they just jokes to you, to be snickered at behind their backs?"

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