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  • Lord Sugar blasted for “casual homophobia” in Piers Morgan jibe

    Lord Sugar blasted for “casual homophobia” in Piers Morgan jibe

    Lord Sugar has been accused of “casual homophobia” after ‘gay elephant’ jibe.

    After Piers Morgan asked his Twitter following whether elephants could be gay, but Alan Sugar couldn’t help but respond. His response missed the mark, however, and was met with condemnation from some followers.

    Piers Morgan tweeted, “Genuine question: are there gay elephants?” to which the Apprentice star responded in front of his 5.3 million followers, “Good question they have good memory, That is why they followed you when you went on Safari in South Africa”

    While some were offended by the remark, calling the tweet an example of ‘casual homophobia’ others commented on the laziness of the joke, with one writing, “by all means attempt a gay joke, we wont be offended as long as its witty or clever. This offends me simply because its [sic] beyond dull”.

    Others weren’t so impressed with the tweet, calling the businessman out on what they called “casual homophobia”.

     

    This isn’t the first time Sugar has been accused of homophobia, last year he was slammed after saying that he had had enough “puffs” in his boardroom. Twitter users were quick to call out the Tweet as homophobic and bigoted living the billionaire businessman having to explain that the tweet was “a bloody joke” and that puffs was not a homophobic slur.

  • Lord Sugar says he’s had enough Puffs in his boardroom

    Lord Alan Sugar has come under fire for a “joke” he posted on his Twitter feed.

    After one user tweeted Alan Sugar picture of him superimposed on a cereal box with sugar “puffs” written over the top of his head, captioned “I found your next business venture” Lord Sugar replied, “hah… I have enough puffs who come through my boardroom”

    However Twitter users were quick to call out the Tweet as homophobic and bigoted living the billionnaire businessman having to explain that the tweet was “a bloody joke” and that puffs was not a homophobic slur.

    He added, “A lady posted a funny picture of me on a Sugar Puffs cereal packet. I replied Hah.. I have enough puffs coming through my board room. Meaning PEOPLE FULL OF HOT AIR.”

    Pouf or Pouf?

    It’s all in the spelling apparently. Puff means, according to the Oxford Dictionary, “A short, explosive burst of breath or wind.”

    However “Pouf” is the offensive terms usually hurled at effeminate gay men.

    This year’s Apprentice had just one LGBT+ cast member, in Frank Brooks, who was elimated early on in the series. The popular television series for the BBC has never had an openly gay winner and has had zero transgender representation in its 14 year history.

     

  • Dillon St. Paul reveals how tense the Apprentice board room really is

    Apprentice star Dillon St. Paul has revealed how tense the boardroom process actually is for the candidates.

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    Apprentice star Dillon St. Paul has revealed how tense it is in the boardroom. When asked if the Apprentice boardroom was a bit like a strict school room, the magazine art director revealed exclusively to THEGAYUK.com, “Yeah, totally. It’s a really tense atmosphere, and it’s really, really serious.”

    And if it looks as though the process from waiting room to boardroom is seamless, Dillon revealed that the candidates are actually kept waiting in complete silence for ages to build the tension and possibly to psyche each other out before they’re allowed to enter the board room. He told us,

    “The thing is, what people don’t realise is, you’re kind of outside for ages, and you’re waiting for a long time. I don’t know whether that’s so that you psyche each other out, or whether it’s to give you time to think.We’re kept in complete silence outside for quite a bit longer than you realise”.

    So, once inside the boardroom and the candidate meet the 69-year-old billionaire Lord Sugar for the first time, what do they make of him?

    “Every time he makes a joke, everybody laughs regardless of if it’s funny or not because it’s so tense in there,

    “He’s quite a serious guy. He just likes straight up. I wouldn’t call him the most patient man in the world. He kind of wants you to get to the point quickly before you’ve even started a sentence. He likes things fast, he likes thing straight talking, and he doesn’t like anybody kind of beating around the bush. You will get called out for that pretty fast anyway, so you learn pretty quickly not to do that.”

     

    The Apprentice continues tonight on BBC 1 9PM

  • Lord Sugar shuts down Dillon St. Paul after he admits tough journey to get to the board room

    Lord Sugar shuts down Dillon St. Paul after he admits tough journey to get to the board room

    Lord Sugar shuts down Apprentice hopeful Dillon St. Paul, after he tried to explain the difficulties of being gay in business.

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    Lord Sugar seemed less than impressed by Dillon’s attempt to explain the realities that many gay men face in business, and the struggle that many face to get up the corporate chain, after pointing out that the two other candidates Dillon was sitting with, in the firing room, were also people who had overcome obstacles in business.

    As Dillon fought for his place in the BBC business reality show, he tried to explain that as a gay man he had dealt with struggles and adversity in business, however the 69-year-old business tycoon wasn’t having any of it when he immediately dismissed the conversation and pointed out that Dillon’s competition Sofian had arrived in the UK, with nothing but £180 in his pocket and that Grainne was a mother with a business.

    Dillion said,

    “I’ve spent my whole life trying to be a creative designer. I came from not much, I had to leave a small town, I had to go to the big city and make it on my own. People talk about women having equality in the workplace, but as a gay man, I’ve come across a lot of adversaries, I tried my best to make a career for myself, it didn’t come easy for me at all.”

    Lord Sugar replied,

    “That’s nice and commendable, I understand what you’re saying, but he (pointing to Sofian) also just came over here, with £180 in his pocket, 13 years ago, and taught himself how to speak English, and she’s (speaking about Grainne) a mother who has also got her own business…”

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    In 2015, leading LGBT rights charity, Stonewall, revealed that one in five gay employees experience verbal homophobic bullying from their co-workers and that one in eight would not feel comfortable in reporting homophobia to their bosses.

    Dillon was just one of the few openly gay candidates to ever to appear on the show. Lord Sugar fired Dillon and Sofia at the end of the episode.

     

  • Janet Devlin Hits Out On Cyber Bullies

    Janet Devlin Hits Out On Cyber Bullies

    X Factor star Janet Devlin has hit out at cyber bullies including Lord Sugar for “mean tweets”.

    Teaming up with anti-bullying charity Ditch The Label to tackle bullying, Janet Devlin has revealed that she still gets trolled on social media. When asked which she thought was worst, cyber or real life bullying, she told THEGAYUK, whilst promoting her new EP December Daze that potentially Internet bullying could cause more harm.

    She said,
    “If you get hurt physically it’s easier to brush off because you know bruises fade, but Internet bullying is a totally different kettle of fish.
    “People think, ‘oh you’ve been bullied online why don’t you just shut off your computer, why don’t you just step away from the Internet’, but no, that doesn’t work that way, what people say to you works its way into your head.”

    Janet Devlin was most notably trolled by Apprentice boss, Lord Sugar during her time on the X FACTOR in 2011.

    She said,
    “I even had mean tweets coming in from bloody Alan Sugar – or Lord Sugar,
    “what does that show – money can’t buy happiness if you’re giving abuse to a 16-year-old girl on the Internet – why would you do it – you know?”

    Read Janet Devlin’s full interview in Issue 17 of THEGAYUK.
    If you are affected by issues raised in this article you can reach out to Ditch The Label or Switchboard by calling: 0300 330 0630.

  • Lord Sugar Slams Katie Hopkins Over Cilla Black Tweet

    Is there anything in the world that Katie Hopkins won’t remark on?

    The sometimes / sometimes not gay icon has ruffled feathers after she tweeted about the rush of celebrities paying homage to the late Cilla Black.

    The Celebrity Big Brother star, who has a new show starting on TLC in five days, took to Twitter to say:

    “If there are any celebrities who haven’t yet tweeted their sadness over Cilla, please report to Sincerity Services immediately #rushtogush”

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    She’s had quite the backlash, but one notable slam came from Lord Sugar himself, telling the former Apprentice to shut her cake hole.

    Legendary TV star Cilla Black, died at the age of 72 at her Spanish home.