Minstrel Of The Week: Richard Simmons

GC-richardsimmons.jpg What a week it's been for fitness guru-made-whipping post Richard Simmons! Not only did he get to spend an entire day trying to stop Jimmy Kimmel from being disgusting for the sake of laffs, but he also got majorly criticized by gay journalist Brent Hartinger for setting a bad example by allowing people to ridicule him... or something. He may be annoying, and we might actually hate him (no, seriously, we think we hate him) but that doesn't undermine the fact that he's helped a lot of fatties and moms shed their chins in exchange for new leases on life. If he wants to cash in on his Hi-NRG character at this stage of his life, who can blame him?


His stint on Kimmel marks the latest in a new trend of late-night, low-brow, slightly homophobic gay humor on TV. Maybe after the shock value of male nudity and affection wears off and this all grows stale, gays will be embraced as the uninteresting demographic that they usually, actually are. Thank you Richard Simmons, for making strides toward gay equality (even if you technically are still in the closet).

Below, the video from Jimmy Kimmel Live followed by Richard's Bridestone Tire Commercial.




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