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Google News links to 21 articles about the fact that Jonathan Ross must now pre-record his Radio 2 show, because he made a joke suggesting that if you found out your child was gay you’d want to put them up for adoption. Which is interesting, considering that that never happened.

All the stories are quoting him as saying,

“If your son asks for a Hannah Montana MP3 player, you might want to already think about putting him down for adoption before he brings his … erm … partner home.”

What Ross actually said was,

“If your son asks for a Hannah Montana MP3 player, then you might want to already think about putting them down for adoption in later life when they settle down with their partner.”

Now, suggesting that wanting a Hannah Montana MP3 player makes you gay is, at absolute best, very lazy stereotyping & I’m not suggesting Ross is a saint in all this. But for fuck’s sake, did not one journalist sit down and listen to the show? To spell it out for any journalists reading: he’s saying you should put your son down to adopt a child when he is grown-up since he will not be able to produce babies with his male partner*.

Is it more ambigious than it sounds to me? Have a listen on the Youtubes and decide for yourself.

Props to this guy for pointing this out.

* Obviously he is wrong, it will soon be the future and babies will be grown inside radioactive space androids so anything will be possible!