You may remember on Wednesday I posted about an item in Star magazine in a section entitled “Stars: Are They Normal Or Not?”, brought to my attention by blogger Matthew Rettenmund. Star had published a photo of Adam Sandler and Kevin James in a mock kiss at Shea stadium as they promoted their film I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. However, Star‘s implication by the photo and caption was that “man-to-man” kissing was “not normal”.
This morning I received an email from GLAAD, who contacted Star after reading the post.
Editor-in-Chief Candace Trunzo has issued a formal apology on behalf of the magazine.
Said Trunzo: “‘Normal/Not Normal’ is supposed to be funny, and I regret that this particular photo caption was offensive and not written in a way to make it clear that we were being humorous. The joke was that Kevin James and Adam Sandler are not gay. If the kiss was between Lance Bass and his boyfriend or any other gay celebrities it would be ‘Normal.’ Let me point out that in the same issue of STAR, we devote the entire Couples News lead to Neil Patrick Harris and his boyfriend moving in together. Now that’s normal. I sincerely apologize that our attempt at humor was perceived by some to be offensive to the gay community. That was certainly not our intent. We are proud that we support the gay community and will continue to do so.”
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