Adam Carolla’s Apology For His Anti-LGBT Rant Is A Joke

Adam Carolla has officially apologized — if one can call it that — for his almost nine-minute long rant against the entire LGBT community. And his apology, especially given the depth of his insults, is a joke.

Carolla’s podcast is the most-widely distributed podcast in history, and even just broke the Guiness Book of World Records for “Most Downloaded Podcast.” On his August 11 episode, in an anti-LGBT rant that was kicked off by Alison Rosen, the “news girl” on Carola’s show, (one has to ask how sexist that is – if she were a he, would the title be “news boy?”) discussing a recent petition to allow Sesame street’s Bert and Ernie to marry, Carolla said, “When did everybody get f*cking lumped in with the gays? Really? What percentage is transgendered? Let’s just say I was a politician. ‘Hey, transgendered folks, I don’t need your vote.”

Carolla continued to ask, “When did we start giving a sh*t about these people?,” then goes into an offensive rant about his perception of aspects of the transition process, culminating in, “Every time I see Chaz Bono, my c*ck looks at me and says, ‘Wha?”

“Can the gays just get married and shut up? You’re ruining my life,” Carolla says. When Rosen, who is reading from the Bert and Ernie petition, reads that LGBT youth seeing the Sesame Street characters given the right to marry could “save many lives,” Carolla says, “Yeah, Bert and Ernie b*tt-f*cking could save many lives.” He then discusses fisting.

Upon discussing what the term “LGBT” stands for, Carolla says, “shouldn’t be something that spells something, like “yuck?,” and describes transgender people as “angry.”

For all this, Carolla simply says, “I’m sorry my comments were hurtful. I’m a comedian, not a politician.”

GLAAD immediately got involved, and issued this statement:

“Adam Carolla has a history of making anti-LGBT and racist statements,” said Herndon Graddick, Senior Director of Programs at GLAAD. “Networks and advertisers should remember that attacking people who are different from him, and following it with empty apologies, is just a regular part of Carolla’s routine.”

On their GLAADblog, GLAAD explains further.

“This is not the first time that GLAAD has taken issue with statements Carolla has made, and, as evidenced above, LGBT people are hardly the only community about which Carolla has made ignorant remarks. In the past, Carolla has called the people of Hawaii “dumb,” “stupid,” “in-bred,” and “retarded” people who are among the “dumbest people we have.” Last year, Carolla referred to a Filipino boxer as being illiterate, having brain damage, and someone who prays to chicken bones – and stated that this boxer was ‘all the people of the Philippines have.’

“Speaking about LGBT people, Carolla has said that ‘all things being equal’ – gay parents are ‘not as good as’ straight parents. This, despite virtually every credible authority on child health and social services (including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Child Welfare League of America) having determined that a parent’s sexual orientation has nothing to do with the ability to be a good parent. Kids of gay parents are just as healthy and well-adjusted as other children. Carolla said himself after he insulted Filipino people, “I try to be provocative [and] funny but I crossed the line and I’m sorry.” So it’s clear that this type of ignorance is a part of his act, and maybe he thinks that homophobia and transphobia make him ‘edgy.’ Carolla should own up to the harms of his words and educate himself about the hardships and disrespect the transgender community faces every day. Unfortunately, based on his track record, that may be a lost cause.”

The Advocate adds that “In 2010, the same year he posed for the No H8 campaign, Carolla said he believes that “a mom and a dad is better than two dads or two moms.”

If you care to, and you should you can hear Adam Carolla’s almost nine-minute long anti-LGBT rant at the GLAADblog. Careful, it’s even worse in audio.

Oh. Adam Carolla is developing a new animated series for Fox. Anyone with a phone or a keyboard, do with that info what you will.