cold turkey

It's official: I'm giving up Perez Hilton. For those of you who don't know, I have been mildly obsessed with this gossip blog for some time now. While I couldn't disagree more with most of his idiotic social and political beliefs, I don't think you have to agree with everything you read habitually, and he really does get the scoop, which is why I read his blog in the first place, right?

So, the whole Carrie Prejean controversy is played out, for sure, and while the names he called her and the violent threat he made were despicable, it really didn't bother me all that much because I'm not crazy about her either. However, a couple of his recent posts have sealed the deal. And please understand that I, in no way, am a homophobe or dislike gay people. This may come as a shock to some of you, but I really don't even think I'm against gay marriage. But that's neither here nor there. Now, to the offending posts ....

First, it was this a couple of days ago:

(and a quick disclaimer here ... I do not endorse his vulgar language, and the only reason I'm linking to the posts is because I don't want to get sued.)

Soap Star Quits Because Of Gay Kiss

Filed under: Gay Gay Gay > Z List

Lame!

Young & the Restless newcomer Chris Engen has up and left the series due to a shift in his character's orientation.

According to reports, the actor quit the soap this week because he allegedly did not want to kiss a male co-star.

Sources confirm that the actor has been absent from the tapings, calling in sick very frequently, and has been having meetings with the head honchos of the show. And they aren't too happy with him.

Since he is still under contract with the show, they might take legal action against him.

Seriously, you're an actor for crying out loud. You're not a writer. This is your job!

[Image via CBS.]

Posted: May 21, 2009 at 5:15 pm

And today, Perez has followed it up with this:

Homophobe Recast

Bye, bitch! Serves you right!

We mentioned yesterday about the douchebag actor on the Young and the Restless who refused to do a man-on-man kiss. He thought the shift was uncharacteristic and he held meetings with the heads of the program to get it changed.

When they didn't, Chris Engen up and quit.

Don't let the door hit you in your fat ass, buddy!

With integrity to stand by their storyline and two of their openly gay cast members, the show let the bastard walk and quickly hired a new fella: Michael Muhney from Veronica Mars

We wish Michael a lot of luck and hope Chris likes his new job as a kid's party clown!

[Image via CBS.]

Waaaait a second, lemmegethistraight ... a person is a homophobe simply because he refuses to be forced to make out with someone of the same sex? PLEASE! Hopefully, you all see the idiocy of this ... Would a homosexual actor be fired if he was uncomfortable with making out with someone of the opposite sex? If he did, that employer would have one hell of a lawsuit on its hands!

So, I've decided I'm tired of this little unintelligent peon's close-minded, vulgar and discriminatory ranting ... I'm done. buhbye perez!