Gay designing duo Dolce and Gabbana has responded to a boycott of their brand by celebrities including Elton John, Ricky Martin, Sharon Stone, and Ryan Murphy with about as little class as some of their more gaudy designs. They’ve appropriated the “je suis Charlie” slogan that was used after the Paris attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that left twelve people dead.
Last week, the former couple was quoted in the Italian magazine Panorama saying, “We oppose gay adoptions. The only family is the traditional one. No chemical offsprings and rented uterus: life has a natural flow, there are things that should not be changed.”
Naturally, that didn’t go over too well. Elton John responded, writing on Instagram, “How dare you refer to my beautiful children as ‘synthetic.’ And shame on you for wagging your judgmental little fingers at IVF – a miracle that has allowed legions of loving people, both straight and gay, to fulfill their dream of having children. Your archaic thinking is out of step with the times, just like your fashions. I shall never wear Dolce and Gabbana ever again.”
Elton also included a #BoycottDolceGabbana hashtag, which promptly lit up like wildfire.
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Now the designers are trying to play the free speech victim card, adopting “je suis D&G” as a slogan and urging their supporters to #BoycottElonJohn.
But the move is beyond tacky. Nobody is arguing against their right to say stupid things in interviews, yet in the same breath they somehow manage to call Elton John a ‘fascist’ for his boycott while waging their own attack on anyone who opposes them.
GayStarNews quotes one Twitter user who wrote, “It’s a double standard if you are supporting Je Suis Charlie and not Dolce & Gabbana,” proving that there are people out there who will believe any nonsense that’s lobbed their way.
In a press release on Sunday, Gabbana said, “it was never our intention to judge other people’s choices. We do believe in freedom and love,” and Dolce added that they weren’t “judging other people’s choices.”
Here are some of the celebrity reactions on Twitter:
These designers horrifying views are never in fashion. Their clothes are as ugly as their hate. #BoycottDolceGabbana
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) March 15, 2015
I just round up all my Dolce & Gabbana items and want to burn them. I’m just beyond words and… https://t.co/p92ZjNeSj4
— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) March 15, 2015
.@dolcegabbana ur voices R 2powerfull 2B spreading so much h8 http://t.co/30Oe2hcxNt Wake up,Its 2015 Luv urselves guys #boycottdolcegabbana
— Ricky Martin (@ricky_martin) March 15, 2015
Sending love to Elton David Zachary Elijah & all the beautiful IVF babies x vb
— Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham) March 16, 2015
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So weird, designers are supposed to have like the best taste…
RIGay
…and adorned by some of the finest douche bags of the modern world.
Bauhaus
Finally, Queerty picks up on D&G anti-gay, hateful rhetoric. These two self-hating homosexuals would do well to design for the Catholic Church from now on.
Desert Boy
Dolce & Gabbana are truly self-hating shit.
Cam
I”m glad that Elton John did this, and responded the way he did…….
But…..Maybe now he understands what it felt like to have HIM speak out against gay marriage a few years ago. (He asked why American gays were pushing for it, basically saying Civil Unions were good enough, this was until he couldn’t adopt a child because he wasn’t “Married” THEN he became a fan of marriage)
Nothing makes somebody an activist more quickly than something impacting their own life.
Giancarlo85
Their views are repugnant, and even trying to cite the Paris attack really disgusts me. Not the same thing at all. When someone says something incredibly stupid they can respect a reaction. And they better be prepared for a reaction. And this is the sort of reaction that is done with boycotts and not violence, so that’s why their attempt to use the Paris attacks is disgusting.
Xzamilio
@Cam: Ain’t that the truth?
ingyaom
“Jeff Suisse D&G”? Did those geniuses come up with that themselves? Dumbasses.
darian
Are D&G sells that bad that they have to drum up controversy?
Bob LaBlah
@Bauhaus: Not even I will support this one. The only thing Sir Elton did was help these two “holes” improve their standing amongst the sanctimonious. I have often wondered if the background investigation for strait couples is the same for gay men or couples who want to adopt. Some how, I doubt it.
juliansorl
I saw this on Facebook on Friday what took you guys so long?
mz.sam
Finally, its about time…well, better late than nada. #BoycottD&G!
jwtraveler
So they compounded stupidity with outright offensiveness. However, I can not boycott D&G. I’ve never wasted my money on overpriced “designer” products.
SteveDenver
FASHION VICTIMS!
They are pitiful.
davantage
Who let them out the cage? Did they fire the publicist? They need to learn to be quiet now or it’s going to be Je Suis Mel Gibson.
greybat
Dolce and Gabana would like you to watch this short film, warning you of the dangers of letting Synthetic Children in your home:
https://youtu.be/KKBohAgOGXo
Milk
Douche bags and Garbage. If you want to feel like a couple of assholes
IvanPH
D&G? What is this, the 90s? Who gives a crap?
[email protected]
What a couple of dumb-assed arrogant dicks.
spiffy
I’m all for boycotting due to the stupid things they say… But immediately attacking their designs, calling them “ugly” and “outdated”? That’s like saying Madonna is untalented because she’s old — one has nothing to do with another. John Galliano is stupid for making those Nazi comments too; but I am not going to deny the fact that the man has designed some beautiful clothes… Same with D&G, nice designs, albeit idiotic designers.
I’m curious as to what Collin Farrell is going to do though, since he’s such a big gay ally, but he is the face of D&G fragrance?
jjose712
They are even more stupid that i thought. When the Elton John tweet appeared they had a great opportunity to see what’s coming and could do a fast backtrack with the classic i was misquoted.
They totally missed the opportunity and even insult him.
And now this crap, sorry but nobody is questioning their right to say whatever nonsense they want, but comparing themselves with people who were assasinated is beyond low
Ann Mason
Dolce and Gabbana are among the worst narcissists. They’re having a public love-hate relationship with themselves.
Most of us have seen this on a smaller scale with people we’ve met. They make some self-loathing remark which hurts others, and when they’re called on it they identify themselves as victims.
This latest dopey statement, “je suis D&G,” is offensive to anyone who has ever been harmed by terrorism. Narcissists say things like that, and it’s obvious to everyone except the narcissists that defensive, circular behavior is being placed ahead of empathy.
jason smeds
I don’t fully agree with the self-important gay narcissists D & G but they do have a point about designer babies. I think the more you distance yourself from mom and dad notions, the more you de-humanize yourself.
yaletownman
They really are not too bright are they? Who do they think there customer is? The people who would buy into their views are Walmart shoppers not their customer. They might as well start lowering their price point and hire Palin for next seasons ad campaign because after this the only persons wearing Dolce and Gabbana are going to be guys whose beer gut is hanging out one of their t-shirts while riding the lawn tractor.
Tackle
@jason smeds: Totally disagree with that. I think the more you broaden the notions of what a mom & dad is, the more humanized you become. A mon & dad can be more
than someone who biologically conceived you…
Roan
These stunt queens have the nerve to compare themselves to the Charlie Hebdow victims? These and the rest of the self hating ‘mos who can’t get it through their vapid ‘mo heads why gay and lesbian people want to fulfill the dream of having their own genetic children, well they can have a seat.
jimontp
YOU WIN!!! The absolute most stupid, assinine comment. You get the dunce cap. “distance yourself from mom and dad notions?” what the hell are you talking about? Straight couples who can’t conceive and use artifical insemination? gay parents adopting? gay parents using surogates for children? Are you really damming couples for giving children a loving and welcome home? Why do you continue to comment so negatively on a gay site? How about you go to some site where crackheads fuck and produce an unwanted child? Talk about dehumanize. Maybe you and D & G can charter some LOG CABIN club?
john
I am very happy that they (D&G) made those comments because all that means is they wont be reproducing in the future. The world can use less crazy. They have every right to say what they think even if its so misinformed and false. Thank all that’s right with the universe, I dont get my science or ideas about scientific evolution from “Fashion Designers”
Oh and “sirs” (The lower case implies i use that term loosely) in the future you should know that on the scale from Love to Hate… judgement and condescension mixed with willful ignorance is closer to Hate!
vonlmo
The attack if the right-wing gays. First it was Russell Tovey for not getting Jazz Hands cotrtesy of his father & now D&G.
Miss Understood
A boycott is not an attack, it’s a lack of support. No one is owed the support of consumers. Equating people not wanting to buy their products to very recent terrorist murders is worse than the crap they said about gay marriage and gay parents. Dummies like this should never speak to the press.
Saint Law
@jason smeds: You’re too immature to raise children, but that doesn’t mean we all are.
Mom and dad don’t have to be male and female.
Vegas Tearoom
If they want to aspire to Charlie Hebdo, then, please, someone shoot them. How ridiculous.
Billy Budd
They are disgusting. I will never buy fake D&G ever again.
Giancarlo85
I think I saw better quality stuff in Chinatown than anything D&G has put out.
Bob LaBlah
@greybat: Thanks for that. I must see that movie. And to think I thought The Stepford Children with Barbara Eden was campy.
woodin
Anita Bryant of the fashion industry……
tjr101
I didn’t know Dolce and Gabana are gay Republicans lol
I have a bit of shame in the fact that I’ve bought so many of their products in the past. Never again!
Clark35
I can understand what D&G said how IVF and adoption are not for them; but they shouldn’t have said that LGBT people, and even heterosexual people who do decide to adopt or have IVF are not having actual kids or families.
blackberry finn
You’d think they’d have taken a lesson from Guido!
Exercise your free speech with your wallets!
#BoycottDurchfallundGorilla
sectbrawn
What short memories some of you queens have. Remember when little miss elton john sang at rush limpball’s third wedding? He’s hardly the poster boy for the moral high road.
Daniel-Reader
The only thing creepier than an Italian talking about “traditional family” is a German talking about it – given that Italy has a history of fascism and genocide participation, having backed the wholesale murder of millions of family members who didn’t meet their fascist expectations. Very disturbing.
jason smeds
I’m not saying that same-sex “parents” can’t provide a wonderful environment for children to grow up in.
However, it’s not fair to deprive a child of its biological parent, whether mom or dad. By the very nature of the arrangement, a child of same-sex “parents” is deprived of at least one of its actual parents.
Tackle
@jason smeds: Dude you really need to stop posting and think for minute.
Gays like Ricky Martin & Perez Hilton, and many others, use their own sperm. And many lesbians, like Jody Foster, Sara Gilbert, Melissa Ethiridge and Rosie O’ Donnell’ s former partners, all used their own eggs. So in those cases, no one is depriving a child of biological parent.
Dakotahgeo
Such sad Douche and Garbage junk! Who would want to wear ‘drab’?
Desert Boy
@jason smeds: Jason, you would agree with Hitler’s SS pushing gay Jews during WWII into the ovens because they were taking up space and eating precious food. If you’re real and not a troll, then you’re seriously mentally ill.
BGinBigD
I’m not sure how to say “dumbasses” in Italian, but perhaps Dolce and Gabbana speak Spanish…….”Pendejas”!!!
dtpm
They ARE Italy!
Giancarlo85
@jason smeds: De-humanize? Are you really this full of shit in real life? just an honest question. You want to know what’s de-humanizing? All those heterosexual couples (mommmy and daddy) who leave their children in the adoption system… there are thousands of children left out in the system by these deadbeat heterosexual couples. Maybe you should ask these kids what they think? You know the kids gay couples often adopt because chickenshit heterosexual couples didn’t want to raise them? I’m so sick of everything you post on here.
And please don’t try to differentiate yourself from the outdated D&G fools… you are just like them.