GQ isn’t a “gentleman’s” magazine, it’s the guys ‘version of cosmo, and it’s not that the words are out of line, or even what he said. It’s that he said things that made somebody mad, quite a few somebodies, enough somebodies to get a boycott going. It’s a controversial topic, no matter what direction the speaker goes in, how many people and shows do various FReepers boycott because of pro-homosexual statements? One way or the other it’s a dangerous topic for a celebrity to be blabbing about, the only thing about the quote that made it controversial is that he said it, context doesn’t make it less so. It’s a topic he should have known to dodge, he didn’t, now he’s suspended. That’s life as a celebrity.
Of course another part of life as a celebrity is knowing that it’s all temporary, assuming he doesn’t go full Sheen and turn this into a pissing contest between him and the network by Valentine’s Day this whole thing will have blown over and he’ll be off suspension. In the end he should consider it a favor, by being suspended now it means he doesn’t have to participate in the publicity tour for the show coming back in January (which this interview was part of). The number of annoying shallow people he’ll have to talk to for the next 6 weeks just got reduced dramatically, same with his 4AM calls for morning talk shows. And he’ll still get the money from the show and the merch. I’d love that kind of suspension.
What will not have blown over by Valentine’s Day is the full court press by the homosexual lobby. Robertson is now one of the targets of these haters. I am sure he is big enough to enjoy this and able to defend himself, and he has many more fans.