Sam Elliot Apologizes To The LGBTQ Community
Sam Elliott on Sunday apologized for the comments he made last month about the film The Power of the Dog on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast and had a special message for Jane Campion, who won the Oscar for directing the Western drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
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“I told the WTF podcaster that I thought Jane Campion was a brilliant director, and I want to apologize to the cast of The Power of the Dog, brilliant actors all,” Elliott said. “And in particular Benedict Cumberbatch. I can only say that I’m sorry and I am. I am.”
While speaking during Deadline’s Contenders TV event Sunday to promote 1883 on Paramount+, Elliott began his mea culpa with a semi-serious warning. “First, don’t do a podcast with the call letters WTF.” He then said the movie “struck a chord with me” and wanted to talk to Maron about “how I felt about the film.”
“I wasn’t very articulate about it. I didn’t articulate it very well,” Elliott said, in what were his first public comments since the March 1 podcast. “And I said some things that hurt people and I feel terrible about that. The gay community has been incredible to me my entire career. And I mean my entire career, from before I got started in this town. Friends on every level and every job description up until today. I’m sorry I hurt any of those friends and someone that I loved. And anyone else by the words that I used.”
Do you accept Sam Elliot's apology
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | April 11, 2022 5:24 AM
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I thought what he said was dumb, but this retraction shit is creepy af,
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 10, 2022 11:34 PM
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Yes, I got him to apologize. Believe me, I let him have it!
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 10, 2022 11:36 PM
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"The gay community has been incredible to me my entire career. And I mean my entire career, from before I got started in this town."
Is he referring to his early days in LA as a male hustler?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 10, 2022 11:37 PM
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If he is sorry, why did he say those rotten things, in the first place? Hmmmm.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 10, 2022 11:50 PM
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I guess he finally saw CODA.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 11, 2022 12:19 AM
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Translation: I was gay for pay in my early days
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 11, 2022 12:22 AM
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I think he missed the point of the movie. It wasn’t about sissy cowboys. It was a movie where a sissy cowboy is a stereotypical psychopathic murderer. How progressive.
Stereotypically.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 11, 2022 12:28 AM
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R7, it sounds as if you were irritated to have been caught by surprise -- since the beauty of THE POWER OF THE DOG includes (1) the shocking discovery that the apparently helpless sissy was in fact either the valiant defender of his mother or a coldly calculating planner and (2) the quite open question of whether the apparently helpless sissy was in fact gay at all or just a deft manipulator of the vicious closet case.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 11, 2022 12:47 AM
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I don't think he was being offensive. He shouldn't have bent over, now the mob knows he's weak and they will take advantage.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 11, 2022 12:48 AM
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He said "gay community", not "LGBTQ community".
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 11, 2022 12:50 AM
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His nude scene in The Legacy is the greatest gift he could have ever given the gay community.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 11, 2022 12:54 AM
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Well that is a lovely Sunday afternoon treat, R13!
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 11, 2022 12:59 AM
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Such a sweet man cunt he has.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 11, 2022 1:01 AM
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He only said it because it was Award season and he wanted other academy members to read the headlines so they wouldn’t vote same thing happened with Brokeback mountain.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 11, 2022 1:09 AM
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How very dare you Sam Elliott.
(Now sit on my face, Sir.)
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 11, 2022 2:14 AM
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R5, everyone who I know who has seen the films loved Coda and hated POTD.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 11, 2022 2:19 AM
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I forgive him and I’d let him rail me as an apology.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 11, 2022 2:51 AM
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CODA (implausible, dishonest, manipulative dreck) and THE POWER OF THE DOG (ambitious, subtle, provocative, maybe pretentious) aren't even the same species.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | April 11, 2022 2:52 AM
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R22 only film snobs feel that way - not the general public
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | April 11, 2022 2:53 AM
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I never understood the backlash anyway. It's not a gay movie, it's about a pedophile. Jane Campion and everyone using this homophobic trope to promote the film should be ashamed.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | April 11, 2022 2:54 AM
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He's old enough to have fully formed opinions on these matters. I find it hard to believe he did a 180 on his feelings merely after further contemplation. This new statement is a craven attempt at damage control.
Apology not accepted. Add me to the broken hearts you've collected.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | April 11, 2022 3:10 AM
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R23, your mind-reading powers defy description.
(Got to love the word "snob" -- invariably used by people threatened by things they don't understand, rather than deal with the idea that maybe they didn't get something.)
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | April 11, 2022 3:34 AM
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The best thing about POTD was Cumberbatch's character. Vicious closet case but HOT af. The rest...meh. Not surprised they went with feelgood Coda for the Oscar.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | April 11, 2022 5:18 AM
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R24 pedophilia seems to have been in and cool this year at the Oscars....see nasty ass Licorice Pizza
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | April 11, 2022 5:19 AM
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R24 and R28 Are either trolls or twitter frauen. I didn't realize movies endorsed every single thing they depict!
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | April 11, 2022 5:20 AM
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R28 here and not a troll. Tbh I had no issues with POTD and its depictions of pedophilia...I don't think they endorsed it in that film. Licorice Pizza however....far different story (though I guess technically it would be ephebofilia). Who knew that a romance of a pimply 15 year old and a loser chick with social issues in her mid/late 20's was a love story for the ages.
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | April 11, 2022 5:24 AM
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