May 14, 2004 • 1 min read

Fox re-edit gay show press release after PC concerns

US network Fox has issued an apology and circulated an edited press release for its show 'Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay' after some lines were deemed inappropriate.

As is becoming a Friday tradition - not music related, but an amusing story all the same.

American network Fox has sent out an apology regarding one of its press releases. The release related to a new show called 'Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay' in which two straight men have to convince all of their friends they have become gay overnight. Their performances are judged by a panel of gay men, and whoever they deem to be most convincing wins $50,000.

Midway through the PR campaign to promote the show Fox bosses got cold feet by some of the lines in their press release, issued an apology and circulated an edited release. Apparently the opening line - "It's a heterosexual male's worst nightmare: turning gay overnight" - and the information that contestants would be judged by "jury of their queers" - were deemed inappropriate on second reading!

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