Gyantunplugged.com was the FIRST media outlet to put you all onto some rumblings I heard that CNN’s Don Lemon was to come out of the closet this week in conjunction with his new book “Transparent”. I won’t take this time to once again remind the readers that I have scooped all the big wigs with my info, which sparked outrage from numerous readers for “exposing” Don’s sexual preference. Personally I don’t understand it, and only because he was coming out anyway, have I not lost an ounce of sleep.
“People are going to say: ‘Oh, he was molested as a kid and now he is coming out.’ I get it,” he said.
Few national television news anchors or hosts have publicly acknowledged being gay. Rachel Maddow is perhaps the best known. Her MSNBC colleague, Thomas Roberts, has also come out as gay.
Mr. Lemon has not made a secret of his sexual orientation in his work life; many of his CNN co-workers and managers have long been aware that he is gay. But he still acknowledged that going public in his book carries certain risks.
“I’m scared,” he said in a telephone interview. “I’m talking about something that people might shun me for, ostracize me for.”
Even beyond whatever effect his revelation might have on his television career, Mr. Lemon said he recognized this step carried special risk for him as a black man.
“It’s quite different for an African-American male,” he said. “It’s about the worst thing you can be in black culture. You’re taught you have to be a man; you have to be masculine. In the black community they think you can pray the gay away.” He said he believed the negative reaction to male homosexuality had to do with the history of discrimination that still affects many black Americans, as well as the attitudes of some black women.
Well, I can’t argue with that last part. Let’s see how it goes down today.
Today’s alleged gay scandal centers around one hip-hop’s God Fathers. Anybody who’s a fan of rap music — and CBS– knows that LL Cool J has been fodder for gay rumors pretty much since day one. While I’m very familiar with LL’s rumors throughout the years, it seems one is hitting closer to home then one might think.
Per Jacky Jasper:
LL Cool J reportedly has a secret sexual fetish for men who dress like women — tranny’s who work the track selling sex for money.
You may remember just last week we first told you about Toni Newman, a tranny and former NYC prostitute, who says he/she experienced LL Cool J and his fetish first hand. This after LL Cool J reportedly picked Toni up near NYC’s infamous 14th street red light district, and paid for Toni’s sexual services.
It’s a story which Toni says he/she brought to the attention of The National Enquirer. Not surprisingly, the popular gossip publication showed great interest — so much so that Toni says one of its staff members, Sarah Cordes, interviewed Toni for three long hours before paying upwards of $500 to have Toni tested by polygraph. Toni says she passed the test “with flying colors” and was immediately signed to an exclusive three-week long contract with The National Enquirer stipulating that Toni not speak to any other news organization until the story broke. It’s a contract which Toni says she was later released from after The National Enquirer reportedly “worked a deal out with LL Cool J” — leading them to kill the story.
I’m staying far away from this story. But I tell you this I will be front and center in the grocery store while the cashier scans my soy milk getting all the dirt should this story ever reach the light of day.
New pics have hit the web showing the now infamous Tranny Lawrence Campbell aka Brooke-Lynn. Reports suggest that she/he is was getting it in with HOT 97 DJ Mister Cee over the weekend.
I figured you all could use a good laugh this morning. Owwwwwww
