Music This article is more than 15 years oldJosh Homme denies being homophobic
This article is more than 15 years oldThe Queens of the Stone Age lead singer proves it by threatening to have anal sex with crowd member. AhemJosh Homme has responded to accusations that he is a homophobe after he called a crowd member a "faggot". The Queens of the Stone Age lead singer's outburst came during his band's performance at the Norwegian Wood festival last week and prompted criticism from bloggers and websites including Perez Hilton.
In an open letter, Homme denies that the words were meant to offend gay people. Part of it reads: "My gay family & friends, as well as myself, KNOW I am not a homophobe. For years now I've known gay is not a choice; one's skin color doesn't determine one's intelligence level; & red hair doesn't mean you're someone's stepchild. You see, it's not the words, it's their intent. I never said, nor suggested, that being gay is wrong, but apparently, based on [internet writers'] outrage to my flu-infused rant, you do!"
The trouble started when Homme was hit by an object hurled from the crowd, prompting him to announce that he would "beat the fucking shit" out of anyone else who dared throw anything else at him. It probably wasn't the smartest move, but one fan took him up on the threat. The result? A barrage of abuse which included use of the much-criticised F-word.
Attempting to prove his pro-gay stance, Homme points out in his letter that he also called the guy a pussy ("does it mean I hate our one worlds' collective vagina?") and threatened to have anal sex with him. Ok, so it's a fuzzy kind of logic we're talking about here. It all ends with a rant about how a PC world would "suck more shit than the porta-potty truck at Glastonbury".
The conclusion to all this being that, whilst we doubt Josh has a real problem with gays, he almost certainly needs to wash his mouth out with soap.
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