Mickey Rourke In Hot Water Over Using Gay Slurs

Mickey Rourke In Hot Water Over Using Gay Slurs: "

''Wrestler star Mickey Rourke refuses to apologize for calling a journalist a 'fa__ot' in a drunken outburst last November that was captured on video. The video shows Rourke visibly drunk and railing against a journalist who wrote thathe was dating actress Evan Rachel Wood. 'She's a good friend, that's it. And tell that f---ot who wrote all that s--- in the paper I'd like to break his f---ing legs.' Rourke refused to apologize over the weekend when confronted about the comments in New York. 'I have more gay friends than any 50 straight people I know, so I don't really give a s---,' he said. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation decried his unrepentant stance. Rourke previously called Sean Penn, who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of gay rights leader Harvey Milk, 'one of the most homophobic people I know.' David Mixner, who originally called for the National Equality March, gave a barn-burner of a speech that reflected the three decades of wisdom he's gathered as an LGBT activist. The National Equality March was about more than demanding equal rights. It was a reminder, in the words of David Mixner, that you can 'never underestimate the power of people who want their freedom.' OLTL's Robin Strasser celebrates 30 years as devilish Dorian with a same-sex wedding shockeroo, raises money for Matthew Shepard and continues her fight for equality for the LGBT community....'' Read More Stang: Drunken and pissed off usually don't make for a great conversationalist. I think what he said was not cool but he has the same rights that everyone else does. The ONLY commendable thing about this is that he didn't feel the need to come out with some bullsnit azz apology that he doesn't mean, strictly for PR reasons. Ragged Under: USD, New York, Evan Rachel Wood, Mickey Rourke

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