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GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham Tells TMZ: “I’m Not Gay”

Sen. Lindsey Graham (image via screen capture)

For years, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has been the target of rumors alleging the 63-year-old bachelor is secretly gay.

TMZ caught up to the Republican lawmaker at Reagan National Airport on today and asked about a recent tweet from comedian Chelsea Handler that suggested he is gay.

Handler’s tweet read, “If you’re wondering why Republicans took a sick day today, it’s probably because it’s #NationalComingOutDay. Looking at you @LindseyGrahamSC.”

Graham was neither amused nor fazed by the question.

“It’s a free country, you can say what you want to say, I don’t care,” Graham told TMZ. “I don’t think much about what she says at all. If she wants to live her life that way. It’s up to her.”

“To the extent that it matters, I’m not gay,” he quickly added. “Belittling people is not as funny as it used to be – and that’s a good thing.”

I’m not aware that being called gay is “belittling people,” but I think that comment says more about Graham than anything else.

This isn’t the first time the talk show host has gone after Graham on the gay rumor. Back in January, she was taken to task for a vulgar tweet suggesting compromising video exists of the senator.

Watch the senator’s reaction below.

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News Round-Up: July 26, 2018

Read The Randy Report for up to the minute news for the LGBTQ community

Some news items you might have missed:

•  Happy birthday to Spanish InstaHunk, Frandullon86! #woof

• Chelsea Handler will guest star on Will & Grace this fall as a “high-powered lesbian” who begins to date Grace’s sister.

• Former Apprentice star and White House Office of Public Liaison official Omarosa is releasing a tell-all titled “UNHINGED: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House.” I’m guessing it will not be flattering for the president or his allies.

• A new Republican bill in Congress would ban any U.S. embassy from flying the rainbow Pride flag – ever.

• A photographer recreated iconic Madonna photos with his dog and the internet is loving it.

• Gay men were egged outside a gay bar in Florida.

• The Roseanne spinoff, The Connors, will debut on ABC on October 16.

• Fox News anchor Shep Smith is not having the Trumpster calling journalists “fake news.”

“Over 22 years at this network, it’s been my experience that the journalists of Fox News and Fox Business and those of our colleagues at competitors at CNN and MSNBC, NBC, ABC and CBS, Bloomberg and PBS, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, The Washington Post – all of them operate in the public interests. We work to discern what is truth. Then to present it to you in context and with perspective. As your representatives in the people’s halls, we report to you without fear or favor while striving to hold those in power to the same standards. This is the foundation of what we do.”

Watch one of the few sane voices at Fox News below.

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Chelsea Handler announces talk show move to Netflix

Chelsea Handler has shared the news that once her contract at E! expires later this year, she’ll be jumping over to Netflix with an updated version of her popular talk show with a deal that includes multiple docu-comedy specials exploring cultural topics.

The deal also includes a new stand-up comedy special that will debut October 10th based on her current book, Uganda Be Kidding Me.

Making the announcement, Handler said the move to Netflix was a natural for her: “I wanted to sit with the cool kids at lunch.”

(source)

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Chelsea Handler takes Piers Morgan down a peg

Chelsea Handler was in no mood to suffer fools lightly during a recent interview with soon to be cancelled Piers Morgan on CNN after he called her new book “tawdry.”

Apparently, Piers likes to ignore his guests during commercial breaks and Tweet.  

Here’s how it went down:

PIERS: You tweet. Very amusingly.

CHELSEA: I wish you did.

PIERS: [pained laughter]

CHELSEA: I mean in the middle of the commercial break — I want your viewers to know; they must know, because they’re probably following you on Twitter. I mean you can’t even pay attention for 60 seconds. You’re a terrible interviewer.

PIERS: Well you just weren’t keeping my attention.

CHELSEA: That’s not my problem.

PIERS: That is your problem!

CHELSEA: This is your show. You have to pay attention to the guests that you invited on your show.

PIERS: If they’re interesting enough!

CHELSEA: Yeah, listen. It doesn’t matter how interesting I am. You signed up for this job.

PIERS: Of course it does!

CHELSEA: Well, maybe that’s why your job is coming to an end.

PIERS: Woooow.

CHELSEA: Wow.

(h/t Instinct)