Darren Criss, who plays Blaine on Fox's
Glee, sang a gay rights version of Carly Rae Jepsen's Call
Me Maybe during Saturday's 24th Annual GLAAD Media
Awards in Los Angeles.
Before introducing host Drew Barrymore,
Criss explained to the audience that Jepsen had texted him to play
her song.
“Guys, I was going to play a very,
you know, poignant jazz standard but then I got a text from my friend
Carly Rae Jepsen and she said you have to sing the original lyrics to
my song. I was like, 'I don't think that's very appropriate for this
event.' And she said, 'No, no, no. The original lyrics are a lot
better than what's on the radio now. Just play it.' So, I'm just
following her rules here.”
Criss then sang his version of Call
Me Maybe.
“We still wish we could go; The law
said don't ask, don't tell; Then we watched as it fell; It's a brand
new day; So, now I have a new wish; Two guys, two chicks they can
kiss and feel that true wedding bliss; 'Cause it's a brand new day;
You start proposing, feel that big emotion for life-long devotion;
This is where we're going baby.”
“Hey, hey Supreme Court we say no;
Hey, so goodbye DOMA, and so long Prop 8; Send out your invites for
the wedding day; So long DOMA, and goodbye Prop 8.”
Criss added that the lyrics worked
perfectly for the event. (The video is embedded on this page. Visit
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