Another week, another gay jibe at Louis Walsh.
It seems as though “casual homophobia” is the new thing for Saturday night TV. Last night Peter Kay, whilst on the BBC, was blasted on social media for a joke some decided was homophobic and over on ITV Simon Cowell, once again, made a comment alluding to Louis Walsh‘s sexuality and viewers are starting to notice the frequency at which it happens.
In Saturday’s (19th Nov) broadcast of the X Factor, Simon Cowell questions why Louis might like Matt Terry over Ryan Lawrie, after the 64-year-old judge told Ryan that Matt was better than him. Simon’s response, it seems, was done in such a way that many people took to Twitter to call him out on his “gay jibes”.
Hmm @SimonCowell needs to cool it on the gay jibes at Louis…there's at least 1 a week now. #notcool @TheXFactor
— Róisín M (@itsReallyRoisin) November 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/PhoenicianDido/status/800072912900386817
Simon Cowell needs to stop with these 'gay Louis' hints. Trying to out someone isn't funny #XFactor @TheXFactor
— Liz Dixon (@LD_88) November 19, 2016
Remember when @SimonCowell used to be relatively good entertainment? Then he gay bashed Louis on live telly tonight #turningoff
— Tom (@tomstoneman) November 19, 2016
A couple of weeks ago another comment by Simon prompted huge speculation over Louis’s sexuality. During the critique of Matt Terry’s performance of “I’m Your Man”, which Louis thought was “a bit karaoke”, Simon aimed his critique at Louis saying, “This is the first time Louis has said I don’t like I’m Your Man.”
This isn’t the first time Simon has made jokes with someone’s sexuality as the butt of the joke (pun intended). During a live Xtra Factor broadcast, Simon asked Rylan Clark-Neal whether he liked the backdoor.
