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The error which Roeper debunked on his August 13, 2006 show about "Killer Klowns From Outer Space" being his favorite show was introduced on June 28, with this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Richard_Roeper&diff=61028407&oldid=61008646 and removed on August 12 (in response to, I'm guessing, an early airing of the show?) with this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Richard_Roeper&diff=69138605&oldid=68931909 JamieMcCarthy 04:17, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Matthew5000, can you explain why Roeper's reference to his own Wikipedia article on-air is inappropriate for mention? Just linking to Wikipedia:Avoid_self-references doesn't help me understand, since that article actually gives this exact situation - a TV host referencing a Wikipedia article on-air - as an example of an appropriate mention: "For example, a discussion of Stephen Colbert's call for vandalism of the Elephant article might be appropriate for the articles on the Colbert Report..." JamieMcCarthy 13:35, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Does he not realize he could have changed it himself it it was wrong? Ace-o-aces 13:18, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
guess not - Kevin, 9 February 2006
BTW, Mr. Roeper, if you're reading this, since you have hinted on the show that you are, a confirmation on your birth date along with a citation to a reputable source would be greatly appreciated. :) Cheers... Mad Jack 05:42, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Should we add something about this period in which Roeper hosted the show with guest hosts, including Jay Leno and Kevin Smith?
Under "Early Life," the article states (probably due to vandalism):
He [Roeper] is a homosexual.
The statement is uncited and unproven, and while it might be worth mentioning something about it due to the prevalence of such rumors, I'm going to remove it. If someone has a valid reason for keeping it there then discuss it under here. -- Bloodbeard 01:52, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello, here is a column where Richard discussed this issue:
"Nope, sports fans aren't ready to cheer for gays
May 26, 2002
BY RICHARD ROEPER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST
'Are you a homosexual?" Given the fact that I was sitting across from Howard Stern on his home turf and we were on the air, the question was hardly a surprise. Stern is the King of All Media--and the King of All Invasive Questions.
But it's one thing to hear Howard pose that question on his radio show or to see him asking it on the E! Channel rebroadcast of the program. It's another thing to be the interviewee.
This happened about a year ago, when I was in New York with Roger Ebert promoting our show. After noting that I was single and have never been married, Stern asked about my sexual orientation.
Loyal readers might recall that many years ago, I came out of the closet as a raging heterosexual, and that I have always been proud of my straightness--while respecting and fiercely defending the rights of others to march to any drummer that makes them dance.
Nevertheless, I felt myself levitating above the moment as Stern asked the question and I pondered my response.
I considered that perhaps I should be Buddha-cool like Richard Gere, who for 25 years has refused to answer questions about his sexuality, let alone any of that nonsense about the gerbil.
But I'm not Buddha-cool. I believe I don't have a homophobic cell in my being--but I wasn't about to dodge the question and let Howard and his crew have their comedic way with me.
"No. I am not a gay man," I stammered as my face flushed red.
Mercifully, there were only a few more questions about my personal life before the conversation swerved in another direction. The sweat left my brow, and the moment passed.
Not that I still don't hear the "Roeper is gay" stuff from time to time--usually repeated to me by a friend who will say something like, "A friend of mine was out with these guys the other night, and your name came up, and this guy said he knew for a fact that you were gay."
"Did he sleep with me?" I say. "Because if he knows for a fact that I'm gay, then he must have slept with me. Tell him I miss him!"
When I'm told the name of "this one guy" who made the assertion, he's never anyone I know. He's just some chatterbox fool, repeating what he heard from somebody else, who heard it from somebody else.
Google around on the Internet and you'll find similar statements about my gayness--always made by anonymous chat-roomers who are trading unsubstantiated assertions with strangers. (Can there be a lonelier or more ignoble hobby?)
And hardly a week goes by when I don't receive an unsigned e-mail or postcard from someone calling me gay, though they're usually not that polite about it.
Funny though. In 15 years, no one has ever thought it would be an insult to say I'm "a $#!*$#!@& heterosexual."
And yet some people say anti-gay sentiment is fading in this country.
Also, on Howard Stern, Richard Roeper's then 23-year-old model girlfriend Annabelle was interviewed on Howard Stern and revealed that she's brought home to Richard other people for threesomes. So I don't believe that classifies him as being gay. ;-) Here's the link to the interview: www.marksfriggin.com/news06/4-24.htm
I think hes a faggot
Who wrote the above sentence?
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The error which Roeper debunked on his August 13, 2006 show about "Killer Klowns From Outer Space" being his favorite show was introduced on June 28, with this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Richard_Roeper&diff=61028407&oldid=61008646 and removed on August 12 (in response to, I'm guessing, an early airing of the show?) with this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Richard_Roeper&diff=69138605&oldid=68931909 JamieMcCarthy 04:17, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Matthew5000, can you explain why Roeper's reference to his own Wikipedia article on-air is inappropriate for mention? Just linking to Wikipedia:Avoid_self-references doesn't help me understand, since that article actually gives this exact situation - a TV host referencing a Wikipedia article on-air - as an example of an appropriate mention: "For example, a discussion of Stephen Colbert's call for vandalism of the Elephant article might be appropriate for the articles on the Colbert Report..." JamieMcCarthy 13:35, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Does he not realize he could have changed it himself it it was wrong? Ace-o-aces 13:18, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
guess not - Kevin, 9 February 2006
BTW, Mr. Roeper, if you're reading this, since you have hinted on the show that you are, a confirmation on your birth date along with a citation to a reputable source would be greatly appreciated. :) Cheers... Mad Jack 05:42, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Should we add something about this period in which Roeper hosted the show with guest hosts, including Jay Leno and Kevin Smith?
Under "Early Life," the article states (probably due to vandalism):
He [Roeper] is a homosexual.
The statement is uncited and unproven, and while it might be worth mentioning something about it due to the prevalence of such rumors, I'm going to remove it. If someone has a valid reason for keeping it there then discuss it under here. -- Bloodbeard 01:52, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello, here is a column where Richard discussed this issue:
"Nope, sports fans aren't ready to cheer for gays
May 26, 2002
BY RICHARD ROEPER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST
'Are you a homosexual?" Given the fact that I was sitting across from Howard Stern on his home turf and we were on the air, the question was hardly a surprise. Stern is the King of All Media--and the King of All Invasive Questions.
But it's one thing to hear Howard pose that question on his radio show or to see him asking it on the E! Channel rebroadcast of the program. It's another thing to be the interviewee.
This happened about a year ago, when I was in New York with Roger Ebert promoting our show. After noting that I was single and have never been married, Stern asked about my sexual orientation.
Loyal readers might recall that many years ago, I came out of the closet as a raging heterosexual, and that I have always been proud of my straightness--while respecting and fiercely defending the rights of others to march to any drummer that makes them dance.
Nevertheless, I felt myself levitating above the moment as Stern asked the question and I pondered my response.
I considered that perhaps I should be Buddha-cool like Richard Gere, who for 25 years has refused to answer questions about his sexuality, let alone any of that nonsense about the gerbil.
But I'm not Buddha-cool. I believe I don't have a homophobic cell in my being--but I wasn't about to dodge the question and let Howard and his crew have their comedic way with me.
"No. I am not a gay man," I stammered as my face flushed red.
Mercifully, there were only a few more questions about my personal life before the conversation swerved in another direction. The sweat left my brow, and the moment passed.
Not that I still don't hear the "Roeper is gay" stuff from time to time--usually repeated to me by a friend who will say something like, "A friend of mine was out with these guys the other night, and your name came up, and this guy said he knew for a fact that you were gay."
"Did he sleep with me?" I say. "Because if he knows for a fact that I'm gay, then he must have slept with me. Tell him I miss him!"
When I'm told the name of "this one guy" who made the assertion, he's never anyone I know. He's just some chatterbox fool, repeating what he heard from somebody else, who heard it from somebody else.
Google around on the Internet and you'll find similar statements about my gayness--always made by anonymous chat-roomers who are trading unsubstantiated assertions with strangers. (Can there be a lonelier or more ignoble hobby?)
And hardly a week goes by when I don't receive an unsigned e-mail or postcard from someone calling me gay, though they're usually not that polite about it.
Funny though. In 15 years, no one has ever thought it would be an insult to say I'm "a $#!*$#!@& heterosexual."
And yet some people say anti-gay sentiment is fading in this country.
Also, on Howard Stern, Richard Roeper's then 23-year-old model girlfriend Annabelle was interviewed on Howard Stern and revealed that she's brought home to Richard other people for threesomes. So I don't believe that classifies him as being gay. ;-) Here's the link to the interview: www.marksfriggin.com/news06/4-24.htm
I think hes a faggot
Who wrote the above sentence?
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