I think Ferrell is a true believer.zephyr88 said:
I'm sure Ferrell was just trying to be funny but why would you make a toast to mental illness?
Ferrell actually block walked and campaigned in Texas for Beto in 2022.
I think Ferrell is a true believer.zephyr88 said:
I'm sure Ferrell was just trying to be funny but why would you make a toast to mental illness?
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were filming their new Netflix documentary, "Will & Harper," which follows their 17-day road trip across the country "to bond and reintroduce Harper to the country as her true self" after Steele came out as transgender in 2022.
Also many corporate positions require continuing education in gender equity and racial equity.Ghost91 said:Quote:
were filming their new Netflix documentary, "Will & Harper," which follows their 17-day road trip across the country "to bond and reintroduce Harper to the country as her true self" after Steele came out as transgender in 2022.
THIS is what people have a problem with - the fact that the LGBTQ/Trans 'community' feels the need to CONSTANTLY show us what gender they wish they were and who they prefer to have sex with.
They can't get it out of their heads that there is no "hate". We. Just. Don't. CARE.
To be so self-centered and self-absorbed that you actually think that you need to go across the country showing total strangers what you've decided to be just baffles me. Same with gay parades. Just WHY? Did these people not get enough attention as children or something?
To me it's no different than if I was to say, "Hey, you know what? After a lifetime of supporting the Houston Astros, I think I'll switch over to the Colorado Rockies… Now I just need to put together a cross-country road trip to tell everyone and make sure they all know."
WHHYYYYYY, TexAgs, WHYYY???
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"The room started to feel very wrong to me," Steele said in the film. "I was feeling a little like my transness was on display, I guess, and suddenly that sort of made me feel not great."
Rebel Yell said:
Steele stands up and gives toast highlighting his transness to a crowded restaurant.
Then complains his "transness was on display".
sam callahan said:
It's not enough that we taxpayers have to pay for this nonsense through government programs and higher insurance premiums, but now we have to cheer for it?
Ridiculous doesn't even begin to cover it.
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"The room started to feel very wrong to me," Steele said in the film. "I was feeling a little like my transness was on display, I guess, and suddenly that sort of made me feel not great."
Theu made a spectacle out of his choice to be trans and criticized and belittled the choices of other and then play the victim card for feeling like their transness was on display? That's absolutely ridiculous! They could have just gone and probably would have had angreat time, but go out of their way to be confrontation and get hurt that everyone isn't thrilled about that. What a load of bull*****
FIDO*98* said:
What rights exactly do men pretending to be women or vice versa not have?
ThisAl Bula said:
This was staged garbage. Completely 100% obvious.
Justwinags said:
He seems a little old to be playing dress up but who cares anyway.
CanyonAg77 said:
I haven't seen any comments from the owners of the Big Texan. I wonder if Ferrel had permission to film, and if they had any clue what the content would be
As I said above, the owner is a good guy, my guess is he does not want the controversy
This is the correct timeline of his history of being funny. Only reasonably funny roles he's played were as secondary or lower characters. As a main character his schtick wears thin really, really fast.CanyonAg77 said:suburban cowboy said:
Will Ferrel hasn't been funny FOREVER
Fify
TheWoodlandsTxAg said:
I am not surprised at all about this. I was at a comedy show in suburban Texas earlier this year. The comedian is non-political, but made an exception for a few minutes to speak up for common sense and the fact that there are only two genders. The crowd erupted with applause. The crowd was very diverse.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ferrell-regrets-awkward-texas-restaurant-visit-after-co-star-booed-trans-rights-toast
Actor Will Ferrell said he regrets his visit to a Texas restaurant after his trans co-star, Harper Steele, received an awkward response from diners.
It happened while Ferrell and Steele, a former "Saturday Night Live" head writer, were filming their new Netflix documentary, "Will & Harper," which follows their 17-day road trip across the country "to bond and reintroduce Harper to the country as her true self" after Steele came out as transgender in 2022.
They received what they described as an unexpected and uncomfortable response from diners at a Texas restaurant after Steele mentioned the state hadn't done enough for trans rights, the New York Times reported.
"I'm from Iowa, but I will raise a glass to your great state of Texas," Steele said to a receptive audience of diners at the Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, where Ferrell and Steele planned to attempt the restaurant's famous 72-ounce steak challenge.
"I wish you guys would do more for trans rights in this state," Steele added, which silenced the cheers and was met with a few groans from the audience, Chron reported.
"Cheers to Texas and trans rights, right?" Ferrell added. The toast didn't make it into the documentary, but Steele and Ferrell shared their responses to the moment afterward.
"We gave a little toast, and I said something about passing a trans bill, and the room did a kind of reversal and a little bit of a boo and a woman shouted out, 'We still love you.' I hate the phrase," Steele said. "I could be misinterpreting this woman completely, but this is the feeling I had in the room: The 'still' is conditional. You still love me when I finally give up being trans and give my life over to Christ. They still love me even though I'm some kind of sinner or something. I felt that."
"The room started to feel very wrong to me," Steele said in the film. "I was feeling a little like my transness was on display, I guess, and suddenly that sort of made me feel not great."
WestTexasAg said:
The Big Texan in Amarillo is one of the last places they should have expected a warm welcome for that category of mental illness.
They knew what the reaction would be. That's why they did it. Now they can play the victim card and Ferrel can cry crocodile tears about it hurting his friend.cavjock88 said:
Why wouldn't you expect that to go over like a lead balloon in Amarillo at the Big Texan? Talk about poor research and site selection and not reading your audience. Out of touch elitists.
Don't forget they've ****ed up sportscenter, ESPN, and the NFL as well with their garbage.TheWoodlandsTxAg said:Exactly we don't care what you do with your clothing and makeup choices as an adult, but we are not going to cheer for it while we are trying to eat dinner.Courtesy Flush said:
I saw that this morning and I got a little sense of pride of my fellow Texans. I could not case less of a dude wants to wear a dress and call himself a woman but don't come into my backyard and expect me to go along with your little game. It's a silly little game at best.
We get plenty of DEI and ESG training at work.
We don't need it when we are trying to relax and enjoy a meal.
Texan's are mean, hateful bigots.Stupe said:They knew what the reaction would be. That's why they did it. Now they can play the victim card and Ferrel can cry crocodile tears about it hurting his friend.cavjock88 said:
Why wouldn't you expect that to go over like a lead balloon in Amarillo at the Big Texan? Talk about poor research and site selection and not reading your audience. Out of touch elitists.
It was completely orchestrated in order to make Texans look mean and hateful.