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GQ Australia’s so-called apology for insulting Gus Van Sant & Dustin Lance Black in Taylor Lautner piece
Last week, I posted about a GQ Australia article on Twilight star Taylor Lautner who was asked if openly gay director Gus Van Sant and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black had hit on him when the three of them had dinner together last summer.
It was an infuriating question and so disrespectful of Van Sant and Black, respected filmmakers who certainly deserve better. Black blasted GQ in a blog post of his own.
It seems the magazine has learned little from the controversy judging from a so-called “apology” it has posted in its Facebook page:
We’ve seen some of the comments floating around regarding our recent interview with Taylor Lautner and apologise if anyone was offended by anything in the article. It certainly wasn’t our intention to paint anyone in the story as a sexual predator. The point we were actually trying to push was that Taylor is irresistible to virtually everyone – regardless of sexuality or gender. Hence the film crew cheering at his shirtless scenes while shooting Twilight, and Mark Wahlberg deeming him better looking than Leonardo Di Caprio.
Taylor is an extraordinary young gentleman, and we can’t wait to see him achieve even greater success in the future. That’s why he’s on our cover – because GQ Australia prides itself on offering readers the best possible advice and insights that help you be modern, successful gentlemen. Whether you’re into fashion, food, fitness, pop culture, politics, travel, technology or cars GQ Australia strives to provide you with top-quality editorial content that allows you to make your own discerning choices.
What a load of crap! “If anyone was offended by anything in the article” does not do the job GQ. Major FAIL.
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RichB in PS says:
The apology if that is what GQ wishes to call the interview question, or was it an editorial comment?? I wonder, so generic. Suggest going to rehab… I agree the interviewer should be considered as truly an amateur if not a bigot with such an insulting if not ‘infuriating question and so disrespectful of Van Sant and Black’, also think Black’s ‘blasted GQ in a blog post of his own’ so appropriate and hope others with a voice speak to speak out loud as expression of just how inappropriate and disrespectful this is any time, any place.