‘I’m not a homophobe’: Alec Baldwin goes on defensive after Twitter rant
Hot-headed Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin broke his self-imposed silence Friday to say he’s a Twitter quitter — but definitely not a homophobe.
The famously blustery Baldwin blew past reporters outside his East Village apartment with barely a word, but by late afternoon he popped up on Gothamist to say he wasn’t using a gay slur when he called a British reporter a toxic “queen” on Twitter.
“The idea of ... that being something that people thought is homophobic ... a queen to me has a different meaning. It’s somebody who’s just above,” Baldwin told Gothamist, adding that he would have moved out of New York years ago if homosexuality offended him.
“I know women that act queeny, I know men that are straight that act queeny, and I know gay men that act queeny. It doesn’t have to be a definite sexual connotation, or a homophobic connotation. To me those are people who think the rules don’t apply to them,” Baldwin said.
The volatile actor took his Twitter account down Thursday after directing a series of rage-filled and profanity-laced messages to a Daily Mail reporter who incorrectly said Baldwin’s wife was tweeting during the tear-soaked funeral service of James Gandolfini.
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“(I’d) put my foot up your f---king ass, George Stark, but I’m sure you’d dig it too much,” Baldwin wrote.
“I’m gonna find you, George Stark, you toxic little queen, and I’m gonna f---k...you...up.”
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