Oscar Producer Resigns After Gay Slur

Brett Ratner has resigned as producer of the upcoming Academy Awards show.

“He did the right thing for the academy and for himself,” Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak said Tuesday afternoon. “Words have meaning, and they have consequences. Brett is a good person, but his comments were unacceptable. We all hope this will be an opportunity to raise awareness about the harm that is caused by reckless and insensitive remarks, regardless of the intent.”

In a Q&A session last weekend after a screening of his new film, “Tower Heist,” Ratner said, “rehearsal is for fags.” He then went on Howard Stern’s Sirius XM show and talked about masturbation, cunnilingus, pubic hair, the size of his testicles, his sexual encounter with Lindsay Lohan.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.