Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Charlamagne Responds to Critiques That He's Transphobic
It's been a dramatic week for celebrities. From Lil Duval standing by his transphobic comments to Halle Berry explaining why she doesn't want a female "James Bond."
See what some of your favorite famous faces had to say below:
Charlamagne The God responds to backlash The Breakfast Club received following the Lil Duval segment:
"If you actually listened to the interview instead of listening to the manipulating clip that people have been circulating, you specifically heard us tell him that you can't do that. It's a hate crime... You know what I don't like? I don't like people holding me accountable for the words of another man, and I'm telling you right now, I'm not apologizing for the words of Lil Duval."
Dave Chappelle shares his thoughts on transgender people:
'Sounds like a secret weapon to me. If I was in ISIS in the trenches fighting against the United States and all of the sudden I see a man with a beard and big D-cups titties just rushing my foxhole and s**t, I'd be horrified."
Tyler Perry convinces a fan that he’s Drake:
"Yes, I'm a rapper... No, I'm a rapper, I promise. No, I'm Drake."
Halle Berry does not want a female 'James Bond':
“I want [women] to be tough, but I don’t know if Bond should be a woman. I mean, that series is steeped in history, you know, Ian Fleming’s stories. I don’t think you can change Bond to a woman. We can create a new Bond character that’s a woman and give her a new name, based on that theory, but I don’t know if Bond should be a woman.”
Will Packer speaks on his new project with Aaron McGruder:
"I was immediately enthralled by the idea; I couldn't stop thinking about it and what a provocative and bold piece of content it could be .. Aaron and I sat together and talked about what a huge opportunity and responsibility it would be to do this project and do it right."
Dominique Perry, ‘Tasha’ from 'Insecure' is getting threats from fans of the show:
"She's such a love/hate character. I get so much hate mail. I've even had a girl be like, 'Oh, my God, you know I want to fight you, right?'"
Spike Lee reveals who inspired him growing up:
"For me, growing up, I saw Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte. Then the Black exploitation era hit and I was not really a big fan of those exploitation films, you know? I didn't want to grow up to be a pimp. The most important thing that happened to me was when I read The Autobiography of Malcolm X. It made me understand what it means to be a Black person in this country."
Lil Duval isn’t apologizing for his comments about trans people:
"I said that because they said taking away somebody's power or choice, and that's what she did. When you take away somebody's power or choice it should be criminal, and you don't know what it's going to do to somebody, psychologically. I don't got no problem with transgender. I don't got no problem with gay people, I got a problem with somebody trying to take something from me."
Starz showrunner Courtney Kemp explains why she and 50 Cent aren’t happy with Starz at the moment:
"Unfortunately, Starz would not give us the extra episode. I asked them for 12 episodes for season four and they would not do it. So because they would not do it, we had to make it one episode."
Senator Cory Booker speaks on the nation’s drug laws:
“Our country’s drug laws are badly broken and need to be fixed. They don’t make our communities any safer.”
Tyler The Creator explains why he made the main character Black in his cartoon:
“Why can’t n*ggas have anything man? How many f*ckin black cartoon characters is it on TV right now? Name five. I’ll give you time. It is none. We don’t got sh*t. So, I said f*ck that. We about to make this n*gga black, and he ain’t got no guns, he ain’t shoot no fucking basketball, and he’s a fucking goober, and we gone put him on TV. And he’s the lead character, he ain’t the comic relief, he ain’t the sidekick, he the lead n*gga.”
