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Fox cancels 'Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay'
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SUMMARY: The Fox television network decided to cancel the controversial reality show, "Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay," less than two weeks before its scheduled debut.
Less than two weeks before the scheduled debut of Fox's reality show, "Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay," the television network decided to cancel the controversial program, according to a gay watchdog group.
In a press release circulated Thursday, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) said Fox pulled the show on Wednesday, hours before its network president was scheduled to meet with representatives from GLAAD.
GLAAD leaders saw an advance screening of the show and called it an "exercise in systematic humiliation." Originally scheduled to air on June 7, the two-hour reality show featured two heterosexual male contestants vying for $50,000 to fool friends, family members and dates into believing they are gay.
A panel of gay judges was to decide which of the two guys seemed actually gay.
Fox's announcement of the show earlier this month angered many GLBT viewers and advocates.
"Fox deserves a lot of credit for doing the right thing here," GLAAD Executive Director Joan Garry said about the cancellation. "They offered us an advance copy of the show and were incredibly responsive to our grave concerns."
Contestants on the show reportedly had to live with gay roommates and go on blind dates with other men. GLAAD noted that the contestants described the experiences as "their worst nightmare" and "being trapped in gay hell."
"Always forgive your enemies...nothing annoys them quite so much." Oscar Wilde
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