Saturday, December 13, 2008

Gossip queen

It seems that people love gossip, especially celebrity gossip (no news there, no pun intended). If you tune in to commercial radio or weekday morning TV shows, you'll no doubt eventually come across a gossip segment.

My question is, why does it ALWAYS have to be done by a guy who sounds like he was rejected from the cast of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy for being too flamboyant.

It's almost as though the radio and TV producers think people won't believe their gossip unless it's filled with classic gay catch-phrases like 'don't go there' and... um... actually I can't think of any others, I can't say I'm really well practiced in my 'over the top gay lingo', but I think you'll be likely to hear the occasional 'honey' and 'girlfriend' thrown in when they're talking to women (and maybe sometimes men too).

And before you (assuming there is anyone out there who is actually reading this) start throwing words around like 'Homophobe'. I don't actually have a problem with this trend, I'm simply making an observation. If that kind of thing gets people watching or listening, then all power to them.

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