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GLAAD calls radio host's comments about Ledger "vulgar and disgusting"

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,broike.jpg The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation slammed Fox News Radio host John Gibson for the anti-gay comments he made about Heath Ledger following his death. (I'm sorry, I just can't bring myself to post a photo of this cretin).

Rashad Robinson, GLAAD’s Senior Director of Media Programs, stated: “Gibson’s remarks are vulgar and disgusting. It’s sickening that Gibson would exploit Heath Ledger’s tragic death to promote such hurtful intolerance. And to do so at a time when family and friends are grieving shows a level of insensitivity that is beyond the pale.”

Gibson, who I believe should absolutely should be fired, cruelly mocked Ledger’s death and his role in "Brokeback Mountain" during his Jan. 22 radio broadcast. During the show, he played an audio clip from the film of Jake Gyllenhaal’s character, Jack, telling Ennis (played by Ledger), "I wish I knew how to quit you." Gibson then quipped, "Well, he found out how to quit you." Then, after playing another audio clip from the movie of Ledger’s character saying, "We're dead," Gibson mockingly said, "We’re dead" and played the clip again.

I ask you, what kind of sick bastard is this guy?

He also called the actor a "weirdo" with "a serious drug problem," and callously speculated on the reasons Ledger might have committed suicide. Gibson had previously mocked "Brokeback Mountain"--calling it a "gay agenda movie" on his Fox News TV program in 2006.

Gay agenda? It's just called life, pal, Get over it.

Keith Olberman of MSNBC also slams Gibson calling him "the worst person in the world" and observing that his "joke" are "like the kind the mentally ill tell, like the kind serial killers tell."
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How does a closet case like him get a radio show, anyway?

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