Singer Cyndi Lauper says she's
disappointed with Donald Trump's anti-gay marriage stance.
The real estate mogul, host of NBC's
Celebrity Apprentice, and
possible 2012 GOP presidential nominee has recently told
numerous media outlets that he's opposed to giving gay and lesbian
couples the right to marry. During a recent interview with the
Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), the billionaire entrepreneur
said he's against marriage equality, then added that he opposes
discrimination against gay people.
“Gay marriage,” David Brody said
during the interview. “I know you're for traditional marriage,
against gay marriage, what about civil unions?”
“To be honest with you, as far as
civil unions are concerned, I haven't totally formed my opinion,”
Trump responded, then added, “but there can be no discrimination
against gays. I'm against gay marriage. I took a lot of heat for
that.” (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page.)
Lauper, who appeared on Trump's reality
show last season to raise money to benefit her gay rights charity,
True Colors Fund, told
GregInHollywood.com's Greg Hernandez that Trump's remarks were
hurtful.
“We make strides and then they take
it away,” she said. “I went on Trump, he embraced me and my
charity and then he turned around and nullified everything. It broke
my heart. I couldn't believe it. It hurt my feelings so much.”