The Color Purple - Leicester Curve / U.K. Tour

I think you can have some empathy towards the fact that she's currently on the receiving end of a lot of negative feeling but without letting her off the hook for her words and her actions. The current national conversation makes it very clear that homophobia isn't some outdated viewpoint that's only held by a negligible minority and basically obsolete so doesn't really harm anyone, people are still very publicly and unabashedly using their bigoted opinions to justify actively damaging behaviour. The fight is nowhere NEAR over.

I don't have much sympathy for someone who chose to be an open bigot

I thought that fake statement from her was out of order though by the guy who wrote it. Its one thing to take the piss, but it doesn't read as a joke but her reaffirming her homophobia falsely.

She probably still thinks the same things ( and the fact she hasn't made a statement going against her previous beliefs make it obvious she does).

She turned @ryan and I straight and we’ve seen the error of our ways...and will be married immediately.

Oh wait. We’re all still a bunch of flaming Queers around here and no daughter-of-preacher-man is going to tell us different.

I am sure she will be backed 100% by the Sunday Morning all Stars Pantomime. When their is high profile case the church seems to pull together to reward these god fearing people, thinking of the Bed and Breakfast owner and the cake bakers in Northern Ireland,

She is still listed as being represented by them on the Spotlight website at the moment.

I agree about that so-called 'satirical' article. It's deeply irresponsible: actually it looks as if the website have now removed it.

I've been drafted in to play Celie. Sierra Boggess put in a good word for me. I'll be on book for the first few shows but then I'll be OK. I'll be the new Cynthia Erivo. I'll be on Twitter next.

I'm OK with that (I look good in white) but I can still play around with the mens though right?

I thought the colo(u)r was purple. Wear purple Ryan, you'll look good in purple. Please can I be the Matron of honour?

I wonder is there is a rewrite of Son of a Preacher Man possible about her or a duet of Breakfast in Bed with the B and B couple who wouldn't let the gay couple stay at their establishment. Ironic that Dusty was one of the very first major female performers to come out as gay.

Oh hell no. Unless by ‘rewrite’ you mean burn everything to do with that shambles of a show and start again.

I was just thinking of the actual song not the Dusty Musical of the same name.

In an awful sequel to this there’s another cast member of the show who’s insanely homophobic but is smart enough to keep their mouth shut after this drama that’s just taken place.
The cast member, who I won’t name, is apparently well known for having outdated views and colleagues of there’s try to avoid them as much as possible.