Video: Ramin Setoodeh Does "Joy Behar Show." Is About as Articulate as Expected

by Michael Jensen, Editor

Newsweek journalist Ramin Setoodeh appeared on The Joy Behar Show Tuesday night where he lamely defended his latest article on gay actors. As you'll see in the clip below, Setoodeh is less than articulate and when Joy asks him about why he thought Hollywood wasn't casting gay actors in lead roles in movies, his response was to shrug his shoulders and say, "I don't know. That's why I wrote the piece."

At least, gay publicist Howard Bragman was hand to offer at least some insight into an issue that is of very real concern to the gay community. (That being said, Bragman wasn't exactly great here either.) That Setoodeh had so little to say about an issue I presume he's thought about a lot, says a great about his gravitas as a journalist. Of course, that was already apparent from his previous work.

What's most frustrating about this whole topic is that Setoodeh is being taken seriously despite the fact that almost everything he's written about the topic of gay actors has been poorly reasoned, poorly articulated and reeks of his own issues with his sexuality. And this latest piece about Hollywood not casting gay characters seems to me be nothing more than Setoodeh desperately trying to change the topic from his hit job on Sean Hayes, his ridiculous assertions about gay actors not being able to play straight roles and to cast himself as the victim because he "dares to tell the truth."

The only truth here is that Setoodeh has used up his two minutes of fame and needs to STFU. And media outlets like Newsweek, The Daily Beast and The Joy Behar Show need to stop giving him the time of day.




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