PHOTOS: Rednecks translate to greenbacks on TV In the interview, which appears in the January issue of GQ, Robertson, founder of the Duck Commander family business of duck calls, referred to gay people as “homosexual offenders” who would not “inherit the Kingdom of God.” He also said a woman’s vagina was “more desirable” than a man’s anus. The networks has placed Phil under hiatus from filming indefinitely.”
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In a statement, A+E Networks said, “We are extremely disappointed to have read Phil Robertson’s comments in GQ, which are based on his own personal beliefs and are not reflected in the series ‘Duck Dynasty.’ His personal views in no way reflect those of A+E Networks, who have always been strong supporters and champions of the LGBT community.
Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men.“Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson has been put on an indefinite hiatus from filming the smash hit A&E reality series following inflammatory remarks about gay people he made in an interview with GQ magazine. Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. “But, hey, sin: It’s not logical, my man. “It seems like, to me, a vagina - as a man - would be more desirable than a man’s anus,” he was quoted by GQ as saying. Robertson and his show came under fire from gay-rights groups after he talked about homosexuality and bestiality in the same breath. Representatives from A&E did not return calls from The Post. It did not sit well with the New York TV types.” “But when it didn’t turn out like that and people actually started identifying with the way the family behaved and were laughing with them, not at them, they became uncomfortable. “When the TV executives came up with the concept for the show, they wanted it to be a case of people laughing at a bunch of backward rednecks,” the source said. The source also pointed out that the whole premise of the reality show - from the network’s perspective, at least - was mocking the conservative Southerners it depicted. Instead, they let it hit the headlines and then released a statement condemning it.” “But despite that, they didn’t ever try to stop it or control it.
Someone from A&E was there and was aware of the kind of answers Phil was giving,” one source said. “You have to ask yourself why this interview happened and why it ever became public. The sources claim that not only has the network exploited the controversy to throw the conservative family under the bus, but that it could have prevented the whole fiasco from the get-go.Īn A&E representative was with Robertson, 67, during his GQ chat and easily could have pulled the plug before his comments about gays became public. Sick of the Robertsons and their Christian beliefs, liberal television executives at A&E manipulated the situation to control the Louisiana family, the Daily Mail reported, quoting sources within the clan. Robertson’s opinions about gays and religion were so widely known, in fact, that members of his family are accusing the A&E network of “hanging him out to dry” - setting up an inflammatory interview with GQ magazine just so they could punish him. When she said no, he responded, “Must be hard in New York - what with all them gays.” Those who know “Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson - or have listened to him speak - shouldn’t be surprised by his recent anti-gay statements.Įarlier this year, during a candid moment with a female Post reporter, he asked whether she was seeing anyone.