Comments on: Video: Dannii Minogue forced to apologise after bisexual ‘joke’ on X Factor

By: Sister Mary Clarence

Sister Mary Clarence — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:13:39 +0000

Five albums, 4 No 1 singles, 9 top 10 hit singles, 12 No 1 dance chart singles, making her the best female dance-pop artist in the UK.

B-Class because ……?

By: Simon Murphy

Simon Murphy — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:29:54 +0000

I bet she’s hoping Anton DuBeke speaks again soon.

By: Bazza

Bazza — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:25:06 +0000

Silly, silly girl, naff comment from a B class performer.

By: RobN

RobN — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:05:53 +0000

Oops. Now the rabid trannies want to get on the act. Any lesbians feel left out too? Sh!t. Good job nobody mentioned he was black. What? He is disabled? Hell, throw the book at her. Dannii is obviously an anti gay/bi/trans, racist, sexist, ageist bitch whore from hell. For f_cks sakes, I bet the bitch even votes Tory!

By: Elaine knight

Elaine knight — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:33:09 +0000

All I can say is that if she can stick her great big hoof in her mouth over a guys sexuallity then Ide love to see what she could come up with iff a transexxual singer was on the compertition ,poor cow would choke on her own words

By: Brian Burton

Brian Burton — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:47:20 +0000

Modern morality (Whatever that is) has no standard since the unbridled tabloid press and the disregaurd of TV watersheds. All made possible by that side of a persons nature that is over-illuminated by the imagination. So, no-matter what Millie-Molly-Mandy Minogue ment is irrelevant.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:46:38 +0000

Simon intervened too quickly, not for the first time. Bet he wished he hadn't when he appeared on This Is Your Life a couple of years ago. At 3'45" Trevor: Simon, I think it's true to say that you didn't become an international star until you were 43. With that came the image and perhaps the behaviour of a playboy bachelor. But things appear to have become a little quieter recently. For the past 5 years you've shared your good life on both sides of the Atlantic with your girlfriend - a model and television presenter. Simon: Linda? Trevor: And of course she's here tonight. Simon: Linda! Trevor: Terri Seymour.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:32:06 +0000

Oh dear this is a storm in a tea cup. It’s not like she outed him or anything, he was in the paper bragging about laying straight guys a couple of weeks ago. He so full of himself. It most certainly wasn’t a bad thing to say I’ve heard worse that that…..but good on him for saying he wasn’t ashamed. Mind you it would have done bi and gay community
alot more good if he had just laughed at her remark before saying it!

By: barry

barry — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:03:38 +0000

Come on – if the guy’s happy with his sexuality (lucky chap!) then his sense of humour will allow him to take it all on board.
It wasn’t the funniest thing for Dani to say, nor was it a particularly entertaining outburst – and let’s face it, this is what these “Celebrities” are paid very highly, to do, and that is to entertain us.
Sorry sister, you hit a bum note, but not one that deserves all this fuss.

By: Blondie

Blondie — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:49:27 +0000

Stewart, it was not degrading, it wasn’t some slur or anything bad, it was a joke about a bisexual man now appearing straight and not at all against it, it actually appeared more to express a view of normaility with the whole bisexual concept, like she was saying he should of been free to keep the lyrics as they were and been free to be himself.

And I am not saying “PC gone mad” I am saying we have to try to draw the line between hateful prejudice comments or degrading jokes and a joke gone bad which is not degrading in the slightest, ok at times this is hard, but in this case the joke wasn’t degrading, it was a truthful comment and we got an apology so I see no problem in the matter.

By: Nigel Holland-Williams

Nigel Holland-Williams — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:48:33 +0000

At last we are not all jumping on the band wagon and demanding the Danni be lynched at dawn. Political correctness is becoming a joke.
Like so many others on here I agree that she meant nothing nasty, a point that even the person she aimed it at agrees with. He wasnt offended and admited they even joked about it beforehand.
It is getting to a point where we cant be human anymore for fear of upsetting someone along the way.

On an aside I dont understand why he is the fav to win the show, he does not come across as very nice, far better talent than him on the show as well .

By: zefrog

zefrog — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:48:09 +0000

While Ms Minogue is probably not homophobic and possibly did even mean her quip to be a friendly joke, it was utterly irrelevant to the situation. She only had a few seconds to give her opinion on the quality of his performance. There were many things she could have chosen to say on that subject.

The irrelevance of it and the way it was delivered, not to mention the way it was percieved, make this comment homophobic. it think it is right that she should have apologised.

Mr Johnson has come out as bi (not gay), the choice is therefore his as to which gender he wants to use when performing. Yes it would have been nice to have a bit of gender bending from him but he chose not to do it. Who is Ms Minogue to judge that?

By: Andy Armitage

Andy Armitage — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:44:13 +0000

A comment above sums it up: "Loosen up." Yes, this is a fuss about nothing. Minogue was making the point (and I did see both the reference and last night's apology) that he needn't have changed the gender references because he's gay (I thought that; I've since learned he's bisexual). And she'd read about this, she said, in the papers, presumably (I don't follow much trivial chitchat, so don't really know). Anyway, I've expressed my own vews, for what they're worth, here on the Pink Triangle blog, because, if gays are not careful, they'll be branded, along with some religionists, as being oversensitive, and too willing to take offence. It's a storm in a teacup, folks.

By: Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Pie — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:19:41 +0000

I thought it was funny and something of a “take that” moment for the heteronormatized mass media. To think that people are trying to stick up for us by wanting to silence someone who made a damn good point.

Y’know, I bet half the straight people who complained only complained because they think calling someone non-straight is an insult.

By: RobN

RobN — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:14:35 +0000

I go with the flow here; Mike is right to say it wasn’t funny or necessary to drop what was, a totally irrelevant quip. I’m certain she didn’t mean any harm, but it all came out a bit wrong, and realised the instant she said it she should have kept her mouth shut, but then managed to repeat it and dig herself an even bigger hole.

However, everyone can see it for what it was. Move on.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:37:46 +0000

I was suprised at Dannii saying what she did; it really wasn’t funny or necessary!

By: Sister Mary Clarence

Sister Mary Clarence — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:35:02 +0000

Can al, any of those offended by the comments exlain why the words had to be changed so that Danyl was singing about na heterosexual relationship – clearly Simon isn’t living in the enlightened times that we, and Dannii, are

By: Stewart

Stewart — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:22:48 +0000

Blondie fact is over 2,500 complained on the X Factor site about the comment so in fact offense was caused whether she meant it or not. She chose to make his sexuality a joke. If she had done that about his colour or religion I suspect ramifications would be much harsher on Danni. You appear to suggest that we all shut up when heterosexuals make jokes on our sexuality? Well for many of us, our child hoods were blighted by constant “jokes” about our sexuality leading to bullying and worse, so sorry I don’t see the humour in this. Words matter, that’s not PC gone mad, it’s about responsible broadcasting so the GLBT youth at home know that their sexuality is not a cheap one liner….

By: Simon Murphy

Simon Murphy — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:17:23 +0000

Agreed Blondie. He specifically chose to sing a ‘straight’ version of the song and changed the lyrics of said song to do so.

Why would someone who had only come out as bi a week earlier do that?

Dannii was right to draw attention to it.

Danyl is a loathsome bully by the way. I think it serves him right. His arrogance is so unappealing.

By: Blondie

Blondie — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:04:20 +0000

Stewart, he was hardly going to make the song a bisexual song and have mixed gender so he had two choices the gay version and the straight version, he went out of his way and actualy changed the original to make it the straight version.

That is what humour usually is, making a comment on things you notice, it was merely a joke that was clearly wasn’t funny, she didn’t mean to offend because she said she never, there was no hate or prejudice at all and if anything it was an expression of a view there is nothing wrong with liking one’s own gender which there isn’t.

It’s over-reactions like this that push our cause in the PC corner and that is not going to help us at all.