Cee Lo Green calls me gay, asks if his masculinity offends me
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The pop singer and co-star of NBC's new talent show The Voice on NBC apparently didn't like my review of his performance last night at the Target Center, where he opened for Rihanna. Though I've always enjoyed Green on record, his live show fell flat in the big auditorium and his stage banter was downright lecherous at times. I wasn't necessarily offended by anything Cee Lo said, just mostly kinda creeped out and generally unimpressed with the show.
A few hours after my review went up, Cee Lo took to his verified Twitter account reply to my review:"Do you realize I'm just foreplay for Rihanna?" Cee Lo Green asked the near-capacity crowd, taking a break from his lackluster set to attempt to rouse the bored audience. "Rihanna's gonna fuck you," he said. "I'm just here to get you wet."Gross, Cee Lo. But thanks for sharing.
@gimme_noise I respect your criticism but be fair! People enjoyed last night!I'm guessing ur gay?and my masculinity offended u?well f---k U!
Music reviewers, by nature, generally have to have pretty thick skin -- we're writing about something that's completely subjective, which means that there's always going to be at least some percentage of our readership that doesn't agree with what we're saying. I'm not one to be easily irked by a response to something I write, even if the response is coming from the artist themselves.
But this is just plain weird.
Judging by Cee Lo's persona on The Voice, a show that's propelled him into stardom just as much as his joyously profane hit single "Fuck You," it might just be his sense of humor. Hell, I live in the gayest city in America, and we aren't the types to sling around "gay" as an insult, so I'm not inclined to take offense to such a statement as a knee-jerk reaction. But it also wouldn't be the first time that one of the judges on The Voice has been called out for using their Twitter account to spew homophobia.
What do you think? Oh, and also Happy Pride Week, Twin Cities!
UPDATE: Cee Lo has issued an apology. Apparently he wasn't trying to be homophobic, he just assumed I was a man?
Apologies gay community! what was homophobic about that? I said I was guessing he way gay which is fine but its nice to what u think of me
UPDATE: Cee Lo Green apologizes to gay community, deletes tweets, then quits Twitter


































