Pushy Junket Reporter Ropes Adam Sandler Into The Gay Cause
Mexican audiences will be able to find out what all the bear-on-bear fireman fuss was about, as Los declaro marido y ... Larry—aka I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry—is finally getting a release there. (It rolled into Spain a few weeks ago, with the far catchier title Os Declaro Marido Y Marido, and an accompanying feeder-fetish website that hearkens to other classics of the genre.) In Mexico City to promote the opening, Adam Sandler appears to have fallen for the oldest wire reporter trick in the book—answering "Sure, why not?" to a seemingly innocuous but strategically phrased question, then waking up to headlines outlining your passionate commitment to fighting for gay rights:
Adam Sandler says he would like to work alongside gay-rights groups after starring in "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry."
Sandler, who was in Mexico with co-star Kevin James to promote the film's opening in theaters here, told a news conference: "If I can help anybody in any way, I certainly would."
But the 41-year-old actor-comedian stopped short of calling himself a potential gay icon.
"I don't think that's gonna happen, dude, certainly not," Sandler said. "If I was a gay man, I wouldn't want me to represent" the gay community.
With Sandler's solidarity with the Gay movement now on record, it won't be long before he's contacted by a PSA-hungry GLAAD looking to collect on his press conference pledge, demanding he start by taping a 30-second spot on the importance of using sensitive language when addressing the growing number of Gay Robots in American schools and workplaces.