Ugh, no, Michael McDonald, please stop.
The singer dropped the t-word in an interview with Rolling Stone this week, apparently trying to make a joke. He’s one of the former singer in The Doobie Brothers, a poppy ’70s band that’s somehow just kept getting recycled for the last 50 years.
In the interview, McDonald mentioned that he’s a fan of a bunch of female singers. The reporter suggested he record some covers, and that’s when he said, “I’m going to come out as tranny on that one,” which what does that even mean? Singing songs that women sang makes you a woman?
OK, look, we get that sometimes you tell a joke, and it sounds great in your head, but then when you say it, it doesn’t totally work. (Such was the case with glitter bombing, a cute idea that was just tedious in execution.) That’s what the hasty Twitter apology is for: immediately after you say your dumb thing, you can just pull out your phone and be like, “er, whoops, that wasn’t ok, sorry everyone.”
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But alas, there’s nothing on McDonald’s twitter about the “tranny” comment. For some reason, the most recent tweet is a comment from his lawyer about the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson. WHAT?
And so, in conclusion, Michael McDonald is weird and hopefully if we spend another 50 years not listening to him he will go away.
TinoTurner
haha you can not even use the T-rhanny word without being autoflagged on this bullshit, mindless website?
Alan down in Florida
The T-word ain’t gonna disappear from the world’s vocabulary overnight. He was making a gender related joke and used a word that has only recently been removed from the acceptable lexicon. Give him a break – he’ll now know better the next time.
BTW the reason for the tweet on the Richard Brown situation is that Michael McDonald is original from Ferguson, MO.
robair3
people need to relax. obviously he’s referring to the sound of his voice doing a woman’s song, where in his head he’s sounding like a woman but in actuality a man’s voice will be coming out. Matt, obviously you don’t know a thing about music because he’s a great singer songwriter that has had an extremely successful career. He’s not going anywhere anytime soon.
Chris
Worse – the “joke” was not funny.
BJ McFrisky
The horror, the horror!
aliengod
What a stupid article. The t&annies need to lighten up!
Wilberforce
He has one of the most beautiful voices of our generation. But he used the to word. So of course, to group-think crowd, he’s trans-fat and Satan combined.
Xzamilio
@Wilberforce: Nice +1
Palto
Of course the minute a celebrity over 40 makes a comment that queerty doesn’t like they spout their usual ageist bullshit.
1EqualityUSA
Q-Tip head.
Mr C
Queerty this article is stupid as hell! LOL I LOVE MICHAEL McDONALD!
I'm Black, and HIV-Positive.
I keep forgetting that Michael McDonald doesn’t love me anymore. I keep forgetting — things will never be the same again. I keep forgetting — how he made that sooo clear. I keep forgetting… Love that blue eyed, white man! Understatement.