[Resettozero]

Or you know he was just making a joke.

That's right; a joke. To which the audience gave a larger chortle/laugh. Why?

[discostu]

Why not? Americans generally find the “we all know you’re gay so stop pretending” line of humor pretty funny. And actually we tend to like it more when people DON’T think the target is gay, it’s more absurdist then.