Rebecca Romijn Accused Of Kicking Cenk Uygur Off Interview Circuit Over Gay Query
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- On Top Magazine Staff
- | May 28, 2012
The Young Turks co-host Cenk Uygur has accused Rebecca Romijn of kicking him off the interview circuit for asking her a gay question.
During a segment on the upcoming Astonishing X-Men and DC Comics gay storylines with co-host Ana Kasparian, Uygur said that asking Romijn about the X-Men character Mystique's sexual orientation landed him in hot water with Romijn, who is best known for playing the character in four films since 2000.
“In an interview I asked her, 'Hey how do you feel about the comic book character originally being lesbian.' And she answered, you know, curtly, and I'll say, somewhat politely. And then she … kicked me off the interview circuit.”
“Did she really?” Kasparian asked with a gasp.
“Yeah,” Uygur confidently replied.
“That's awesome,” Kasparian added.
“She's like, 'How dare this guy ask me about an inappropriate question.' What's so inappropriate about it? In the comic book, she's a lesbian, I asked you about it.” (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page. Visit our video library for more videos.)
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