Does Heath Ledger hate gay people? The L.A. Times thinks so. Either Philip Seymour Hoffman’s publicist has gotten to columnist Elizabeth Snead, or the Gay Mafia genuinely has its panties in a twist over Ledger’s overly faggy behavior while introducing a clip from Brokeback Mountain at last night’s FAG - I mean, SAG - Awards.
I’m confused. I thought Heath was just a) a couple sheets to the wind and b) having trouble reading the teleprompter, a difficulty which befell presenters Catherine Keener and Peter Graves, both of whom seem like functionally literate people, so we’ll assume the text was moving too quickly or was too small. Also, I assumed Heath and Jake were giggling like schoolgirls because they were forced to read an insipid introduction that pretty much gave away the entire movie.
But some have apparently taken Ledger’s presentation as a vicious send-up of gay stereotypes:
Ledger kept putting his hands on his cocked hip as he read the teleprompter, acting like he was auditioning for the role of Carmen Ghia, the flamboyantly gay choreographer in “The Producers.” “It was insulting,” said one Hollywood insider after the show. “Heath lost a lot of support from the Hollywood gay community after that bizarre performance.”
Heath’s swishing and mincing was certifiably GLAAD-worthy, however, compared to some of the other stars’ anti-gay shenanigans, according to our spies at the ceremony. During a commercial break, George Clooney allegedly cornered Sean Hayes in the mens’ room, called him a sissy, and dunked him head-first in the toilet. After losing Best Supporting Actor to Paul Giamatti, Matt Dillon sodomized Giamatti and forced him to squeal like a pig. And after her show lost Best Comedy Series Cast to Desperate Housewives, Portia de Rossi called Marcia Cross a “self-loathing dyke.”
Guess they don’t call it the FAG Awards for nothing.
Ledger’s strange SAG behavior [The Envelope/L.A. Times]
“During a commercial break, George Clooney allegedly cornered Sean Hayes in the mens’ room, called him a sissy, and dunked him head-first in the toilet.”
At first, I was excited, but then I realized it was a joke. I wish it hadn’t been…
how come he didn’t get “oh australians are just like that” like how people conflate brits and gays? heath is just fidgety. he was on jay leno and i thought he was high he pulled at his clothes and shifted in the chair so much. until heidi klum came on and he was totally still. he is just nervous. not a nervous nellie. and if glaad starts attacking straight men for being flamers then they can go to h-e double hocky sticks.
he was probably tweaking from a come down. where is phillippe when you need him!