Alec Baldwin has blamed fundamentalist
gays Rich Ferraro and Andrew Sullivan for the recent cancellation of
his MSNBC talk show, Up Late with Alec Baldwin.
“You've got the fundamentalist wing
of gay advocacy – Rich Ferraro and Andrew Sullivan – they're out
there, they've got you,” Baldwin told Gothamist.com,
referring to GLAAD spokesman Rich Ferraro and openly gay blogger
Andrew Sullivan.
“Rich Ferraro, this is probably one
of his greatest triumphs,” he said. “They killed my show. And I
have to take some responsibility for that myself.”
Baldwin's show was abruptly canceled
after TMZ.com alleged that he called a photographer a “cocksucking
faggot” during an altercation which took place two weeks ago
outside his New York City apartment.
Baldwin insisted in a Huffington
Post op-ed that he never used the word “faggot.”
“I never used the word faggot in the
tape recording being offered as evidence against me,” Baldwin
wrote. “What word is said right after the other choice word I use
is unclear. But I can assure you, with complete confidence, that a
direct homophobic slur (or indirect one for that matter) is not
spoken.”
According
to The
New York Post, the network
partially based its decision on the incident. However, an unnamed
source told Page Six
that Baldwin's demands were also to blame for his dismissal.
MSNBC said in a statement that the
parting was “mutual” and “we wish Alec all the best.”