Over the years I have written about the battle between one side of the velvet mafia with a nominal head in this closeted A list host/producer, who does a little bit of everything, and the old guard, led by the mogul.

They each have differing ideas on what the mafia should be doing and who it should be helping and protecting, but there is a lot of mutual respect and neither was going to have the other killed or blacklisted or anything like that.

Sure, there is some fallout when one of their boy toys choose sides and can’t get work for awhile, but they call that fun and games.

One thing they mutually agreed to do is make sure a different talk show host went down for the count.

Did the talk show host bring it upon themselves? Absolutely.

Did the media, with a push from the two rival leaders help?

Definitely.

It seems as if both of them had big issues with the way the host wanted to be the king maker for all of gay Hollywood.

The host said if you wanted their blessing, you needed to come on their show or the host would tell all of their high powered friends who came on the show not to hire so and so or that so and so was difficult.

I mean, this is pretty much how the host lives their life anyway, so it wasn’t much of a stretch.

Our two leaders have carried that mantle for decades and were always looking for an opportunity to undercut and to push the host out.

They got their chance and made the most of it.

They are also imposing penance on those gay men and women who pledged their loyalty to the host.

A list host/producer: Ryan Seacrest

Mogul: David Geffen

Talk show host: Ellen DeGeneres

Adam Carolla: The Gay Mafia Is Real

After making comments in 2011 that some said were anti-gay, Adam Carolla came under fire from a number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media watchdog groups.

Now the comedian has continued his diatribe about gays and political correctness in an interview with Salon, where he claimed that the gay mafia is a reality. “If you can’t work with gay people, you’re gonna have a difficult time in Hollywood,” he said in the Q&A.

The source of the original outcry was an August 2011 rant that included commentary on gay marriage stemming from Sesame Street‘s Bert and Ernie gay controversy, in which Carolla said gay people should “get married and shut up.” He also apparently said that LGBT people should just call themselves “Yuck,” then ended the tirade with a question: “When did we start giving a shit about these [transgender] people?” His subsequent apology and claim that he is “a comedian, not a politician” left watchdog groups like GLAAD wanting more.

In his latest interview, Carolla said an increased sensitivity in our culture has made it harder to be a comic: “They may mean it half the time, but they’re still making jokes, why are they held to the same standard as statesmen?”

When asked by Salon if he is anti-gay, Carolla replied: “You can’t live in Hollywood and get along in this business and be in theater companies and improv companies and have issues with gay people. My last movie I did was a boxing movie called The Hammer, and the director [Charles Herman-Wurmfeld] was gay. If you can’t work with gay people, you’re gonna have a difficult time in Hollywood. There’s plenty of gay people, and they’re in positions above you. You’re not going to get your movie directed.

“I don’t have a problem with it — they’ve just turned into a mafia and demanding everyone apologize for every joke and retract every statement. – Source


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