The Kings Of Leon & ‘Glee’ Creator Ryan Murphy Go At It
In this week’s issue of The Hollywood Reporter, Glee creator Ryan Murphy criticizes the band the Kings of Leon for turning down an opportunity to have their song “Use Somebody” featured on the show.
King’s Of Leon’s Caleb Followill Proposes To Girlfriend Lily Aldridge
Murphy told the magazine:
“F— you, Kings of Leon. They’re self-centered a**holes, and they missed the big picture. They missed that a 7-year-old kid can see someone close to their age singing a Kings of Leon song, which will maybe make them want to join a glee club or pick up a musical instrument.”
On Wednesday, just hours after the Murphy quote hit the web, Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill Tweeted about the controversy, saying:
“Dear Ryan Murphy, let it go. See a therapist, get a manicure, buy a new bra. Zip your lip and focus on educating 7yr olds how to say f—.”
Naturally, Ryan took to his Twitter to respond back to the drummer:
“Just read Nathan Followill’s Tweet…in which he implied I should ‘get a manicure and buy a bra.’ Wow. That’s a homophobe badly in need of some education. I’m all for manicures, don’t wear a bra. Would guess most gay dudes don’t. But it’s telling that Nathan can reduce a group of people to a mean-spirited cliché, in a time where young gay men are killing themselves all over the country because of hatred like this.”
Wednesday afternoon, Followill apologized via Twitter:
“I’m sorry 4 anyone that misconstrued my comments as homophobic or misogynistic. I’m so not that kind of person. I really do apologize.”
Ryan Murphy should’ve never handled that the way he did, but you know what? The Kings of Leon were really stuck up about the fact that they didn’t want their music on the show. Don’t remember? Read the article HERE.
After reading the above article, I couldn’t stand their music anymore. Maybe I’m biased towards Glee? So what? And yes, I do think Followill was wrong for his Twitter comment. On a positive note, at least he apologized.
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