Anderson Cooper Blasts New Vince Vaughn Trailer

By PopEater Staff Posted Oct 8th 2010 07:27AM

Anderson Cooper won't be seeing 'The Dilemma.'

In a discussion with Ellen DeGeneres, Cooper took issue with the movie's trailer, in which Vince Vaughn's character uses the word "gay" in a derogatory fashion, although he never named the actor or the actual film.

"I was sitting in a movie theater over the weekend and there was a preview of a movie, and in it, the actor said, 'That's so gay,' and I was shocked that not only that they put it in the movie, but that they thought that it was okay to put that in a preview for the movie to get people to go and see it," he told Ellen.

UPDATE: Universal has agreed to remove the "so gay" line from the trailer. Full Story

"I just find those words, those terms, we've got to do something to make those words unacceptable because those words are hurting kids. Someone else I talked to recently said that the words people use and the things people say about other kids online, it enters into their internal dialogue," he added.

Hear Anderson @ 5:30

'The Dilemma' Trailer

"And when you're a kid, it can change the way you see yourself and the way you think about yourself, and the worth that you give to yourself. I think we need to really focus on what language we're using and how we're treating these kids," the CNN anchor continued.

Universal Studios is reportedly caught off guard by the spate of criticism about the trailer. A studio insider tells Deadline Hollywood's Nikki Finke that the studio "showed the trailer to gay groups like GLAAD and gay executives here and gays in our marketing department and no one was offended and everyone had a positive response."

But a representative of GLAAD tells PopEater that they were never on board.

"That is inaccurate," spokesman Richard Ferraro said in response to reports that the gay rights group approved. "GLAAD does not and did not support this trailer."

Many celebrities, including Cooper and DeGeneres, have spoken out against bullying following the recent suicides of several gay teens.

Tags: anderson cooper, ellen degeneres, Vince Vaughn

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Friday 08 October

By Mr T

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OK OK maybe electric cars are not gay, but you are a douchebag if you drive one, no on second thought ther're gay

By zangsongwean

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Maybe it's my imagination, but every time I have seen AC lately, either on his show or in the news, he's got some kind of thing for gays? Has anyone else noticed this trend? Is there nothing else that he considers newsworthy? Did I miss the edition where he came out?I love this , So does My boyfriend .he is almost 11year older than me .i met him via agegapsingl es.c 'om a nice place for seeking age le ss love.which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive young girls and treat you like a king. Maybe you wanna check it out or tell your friends.. Just love it

By kathy

Anderson, Anderson.... I used to love you! But EVERYTHING you cover lately is about GAY! Get over it. If someone said, "That's sooooo STRAIGHT", I wouldn't give a #!*#!

By Barbara

No listen you nut. I am so not gay. I am a 71 year old woman and I have always been against gays. I would drive an electric car.
You are the people they are talking about. Get a life. Get off these posts.

By Dave

What about Blazzing Saddles

By PANTYsniffer

im tired of people crying cause they get offended, thats life, sometimes things dont go your way and you have to go on and take it. big deal he said gay, its not like the word didnt exist or has ever been used as a put down before this. alot of sissy babies out there time to grow up, crying everytime you get offended is really GAY. ha i said it, are you gonna sue me??

By Steven Josephs

It seems like I am watching Rachel Maddow when I have AC360 on. His gay agenda is getting old and he should return to journalism.

By jim

relax anderson

By me not you

To all the easily offended people out there - MMMEEEOOOWWW

By Skyboi

Guys who use the nicknames of old 80's, make believe macho TV stars is gay!

Saturday 09 October

By Tia

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Wow. Ugh. "That's so gay" is not a bad saying. It's just a saying right? It shouldn't offend anyone for as long as it's been around! Who cares. It's just a saying.

By gov111w

Anderson seems to be hung up gay....is that a real condition ?

By MOMwithAbrain

Anderson Cooper is gay, that's why he's bothered. Now that I know he's bothered, I'm going to make sure I see the movie. Heck this is something I probably would never have gone and seen, but now I will make it a priority!

By mark

kids say stupid things..but adults that say stupid things are just that stupid..mr t

By Sally

lol

By Howard

I love that phrase. Use it all the time. This debate on whether it should be used or not, is so gay!

By Nico Toscani

Anderson Cooper is a self righteous, d-bag. Did Vince Vaughn say that line? No, his character in a FICTIONAL movie did. By the way, electric cars are SUPER GAY!

By more cowbell

Sorry Barbara, if you're driving an electric car, you are definitely gay.

By Darren

@ Kathy "Anderson, Anderson.... I used to love you! But EVERYTHING you cover lately is about GAY! Get over it. If someone said, "That's sooooo STRAIGHT", I wouldn't give a #!*#!"

If someone says "Thats sooooo STRAIGHT" You wouldn't give a #!*! because saying that is not derogatory.. You didn't grow up hearing people pick on straights and call people straight as if its a terrible thing, deep down inside knowing that you were straight and couldn't tell anybody.. Think about it from the other side of things..

By bob

ANDERSON YOUR SO GAY! GET A LIFE.

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