Talk show apologizes for jokes on transgender beauty

Along with transgender activists from across the country, GLAAD objected to remarks Kimmel made during an interview with actress Rebecca Romijn that aired Feb. 21. Romijn portrays Alexis Meade, a transgender woman who faked her own death as a man, then returned as a woman, to shock and overall acceptance on the hit ABC comedy "Ugly Betty."

"Let's take a look at some other transsexuals," Kimmel joked with Romijn as he produced a photo of Renee Richards, a transgender woman who underwent sexual reassignment surgery in the 1970s under heavy media scrutiny.

According to Kimmel, Richards is "perhaps the most feminine of the group" he showed Romijn, which included a photograph of actress Amanda Lepore, also a transgender woman, and a photo of CNN talk show host Larry King, altered to show heavy rouge on King's cheeks, as well as dangling earrings.

QuoteThe host finished his interview by reading an excerpt from a romance novel personalized for Romijn and her fiancé, actor Jerry O'Connell.

"And then he finds out you have a penis and he hits you with an axe," Kimmel read, to thunderous applause.

OH MY GOD.

That is SO beyond not funny. I was TRYING to cut him some slack until I read this. That's downright reckless, dangerous and disgustingly uncaring.

What is WRONG with these people?

I think the "thunderous applause" has me more worried than anything else...

Kate

Quote from: rebecca romijn

i've met [trannies] who are more feminine than i am.

another [famous] label.  how very cute! it makes me feel so proud of who i am.

I saw it and though it was really repulsive.  He just doesn't get it.  (But I have to admit, the pic of Larry King was pretty funny.)  Alexis Meade kept trying to tell the story of a friend of hers who was TG who helped her learn about the world, and he kept interrupting her with sick jokes.

Kristi

This really post stuck with me, and I've thought about this for a good hour. Perhaps it benifits those of us able to go stealth for the public to think most transsexuals are not feminine and don't pass.

Kimmel is a bore - remember this the guy who used to host the Man Show. His successor, Doug Stanhope has the dubious honor of being the only entertainer I've ever found too sickening to watch - and least of all for his anti-transsexual humor.

The transsexual murder joke obviously crosses a line - but I can only see it as another reason why it's good to be stealth.

Bri

Watch the interview here.

tinkerbell

Before I posted this article link I had no idea who Kimmel was at all.

Yeah, he is booooooooooring!  Jay Leno is better!

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