Netflix worlds collided when two of the stars of Queer Eye — Bobby Berk and Jonathan Van Ness — posed for a since-deleted Instagram selfie with two of the stars of Fuller House — Candace Cameron Bure and Andrea Barber.
But while the celebs themselves dreamt up a crossover idea, LGBT fans and their allies were calling foul.
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“I thought Candace Cameron Bure was a homophobe,” one person wrote in a comment on Berk’s Instagram upload.
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“Candace Cameron is VIOLENTLY anti-LGBT,” commented another.
The actress has denied she’s homophobic, but these Instagram commenters likely remember the 2015 episode of The View in which she defended an Oregon bakery that refused to bake a cake for a lesbian wedding.
For his part, Berk addressed the selfie criticism through his Instagram Stories. Per PinkNews, the interior design guru said:
“She’s a human and an artist just as I am, and the whole basis of Queer Eye is to learn to be able to coexist and to learn from people who think differently from you. I do know her views. I am against her views, but as a person, I love her just as we should all love each other.”
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But Berk’s conciliatory attitude will likely do little to placate critics, including the Instagram commenter who referenced the infamous 2012 interview in which actor Kirk Cameron, Cameron Bure’s brother, called homosexuality “unnatural” and “destructive” to society.
“Yes @candacecbure, please come out in defense of LGBT people and condemn your brother’s [hateful] and harmful words,” that commenter wrote. “There is a long history of damage between [your] family and LGBT people.”
Chrisk
So the Queer Eye guys did a selfi with her and later deleted when they found out. Then in an effort to paint themselves in a positive light they concoct their BS accuse. We love everyone. Lol
GetOffMyInternets
What is a BS accuse @ChrisK?
Gigi Gee
Her nutjob brother is virulently (not violently) anti-gay, but is she?
dean089
When asked she tends to say things like “I love my brother” rather than voicing any actual agreement.
DCguy
Yes, she was all for businesses being able to discriminate
Hdtex
Yes. She is.
miserylovedme24
Ugh, people need to just stop already. She’s a conservative…so what? Now we aren’t even supposed to interact with someone unless they’re a diehard liberal? This is one of the things wrong with this country. I get annoyed when right-wingers demonize everyone as snowflakes and the same goes for the left calling everyone homophobes.
dean089
Yeah, this whole ‘We counter your extremism with our extremism’ became tiresome years ago. In one of his rare moments of clarity, Bill O’Reilly once said “People who don’t like gay people need to get over it. People who don’t like that there are people who don’t like gay people also need to get over it.” That sums it up very well. I don’t need everyone in the world to love gay people in order to get on with my life, I just need them to leave me alone.
dean089
I’m remembering now that his first line was “People who don’t like that there are gay people…”
James
miseryloveme24. don’t worry no one will call you for help when gays in Oklahoma get killed. You obviously are not even gay.
DCguy
I love it when troll accounts come n here and try to hide the word “Bigot” behind “Conservative”.
Look, the woman has come with views that would directly make LGBT people second class citizens. And the scam that the right wing is trying to play is to lie and hide the ugly truth behind blonde hair and a smile.
Oh gee, she’s just “Conservative”. Sorry guys, people don’t have to be members of the Westboro Baptist church to get called out on ugly bigoted hateful views.
Hdtex
Do you swallow when you’re with Trump?
justgeo
Throw the word artist in the mix and we should all be forgiven? What the F&*k kind of ‘artist’ is this ugly b*()H?
James
IDIOTS.
DrakeScott
So she hasn’t marshalled any pride parades or kissed a girl and liked it. So what? I fail to see how being related to a crazy homophobe, leaning conservative, or verbally disagreeing with you qualifies as “violently homophobic.”
I may disagree with her on many things, but unless she personally attacks someone or spouts hate speech, calling her “violently homophobic” is the kind of gross hyperbole our current cretin-in-chief is so fond of. We should aim higher.
DrakeScott
*Sorry, “violently anti-LGBT,” not “violently homophobic.”
Rock-N-RollHS
Completely. The hyperbole on the left would be ridiculous if it weren’t so dangerous, leaving behind a wasteland of folks who are really suffering at the hands of ant-gay, racist, xenophobic people in power. Hope all these same Twitter “activists” (lying in their bed tweeting outrage) vote and do grass roots mobilization, not to mention know what’s going on in politics and potential legislation and judicial appointments high and low, beyond celebrity-ville. Much more is on the line–environmentally, economically, geo-poltically–than their narcissistic sense of wounded indignation.
Heywood Jablowme
Seems to be a vocabulary problem. The Instagram commenter who wrote “Candace Cameron is VIOLENTLY anti-LGBT,” was probably trying to say “VIRULENTLY” anti-LGBT. However homophobic CCB is, she’s probably never actually hit anyone! But she may be “virulently” anti-gay.
@Rock-N-RollHS: Yeah, it’s called “slacktivism.” Solving the world’s problems by clicking Like on Facebook. Forwarding tweets you agree with (aka virtue signaling). Joining in an internet lynch mob from time to time. Well, at least they may vote… if they remember to!
DCguy
Hey Queerty,
It’s getting ridiculous now, we’re getting 70% troll accounts on each post. If this is the direction you want the site to go, just close it down.
Heywood Jablowme
@DCguy: Yeah, it’s easy to imagine the conversation at Queerty about your imperious demand: “Hey, isn’t DCguy that delusional d’bag who’s still freaking out about ‘heteroflexible’? F*** him!”
Now you want to shut down Queerty’s entire comment section! Talk about a troll. 🙂
DCguy
@Heywood Jablowme
My My My, look how angry somebody gets when the troll accounts are pointed out.
Also, you claim I’m freaking out about Heteroflexible….which isn’t mentioned anywhere on this post?
You’re not great at concealing your obsession are you?
Heywood Jablowme
@DCguy: Angry? Guess you didn’t notice the smiley face. 🙂
Apparently your definition of “troll” includes any liberal who thinks mindless hyperbole doesn’t necessarily help gay rights.
And yeah, you’re obsessed with “heteroflexible”: it was ONE article like two years ago (!) and you bring it up in every. single. article about bisexuality. And you think Queerty was “pushing” it when they were merely quoting it. You’re becoming quite a running joke around here, albeit an entertaining one!
Pistolo
She defended Chik-fil-a rather passionately when they took an ANTI lgbtq stance and was incredibly insensitive to Danny Pintauro when he revealed he had HIV on the View. She also has been quite far right in her politics in general whenever she’s expressed them, she was always turning blind eyes to shootings and doing the “thoughts and prayers” BS.
The biggest mistake we’ve made is thinking simply because people think we should have extremely basic rights & because they tolerate our presence, that means they can’t be homophobic or enable homophobia. People said Trump wasn’t homophobic because he seemingly didn’t mind gay people- then he chose an incredibly homophobic Vice President and is trying to bring in Kavanaugh (also homophobic).
Candace is a homophobe & no amount of peace & love selfie bs changes that. She likes gay men as accessories and will tout the “we’re all gods creatures” line- her core beliefs, however, don’t reflect that. Also who cares about a Full House without Mary Kate & Ashley?
Chrisk
This Kunt and Full House deserve each other. Both are cringe worthy to watch. It wasn’t funny in the 80s and has doubled down on the stupid now.
DCguy
This is the SECOND member of the Queer Eye team to try to defend bigots.
The guy with long hair was saying how we shouldn’t judge the bigots etc… and basically trying to say that we shouldn’t fight them on bigotry etc…
It frankly sounds like the show is a stealth right wing drop. Just like the remake of “Heathers” where the bullies were the gay kids and the poor victimized kids being bullied were the tall blond football players and the cheerleaders.
Hdtex
Queer Eye dudes make me violently nauseous.
winemaker
Time to show those anti gay so called ‘stars’ the boot… Seems they only learn through their wallet and that means a boycott of the so called ‘fuller house’. When these clowns realize that gay money is as geen as straight money, this’ll teach ’em, they migh tlearn a lesson and until then, boycott!
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
The original Queer eye actually had Gays who were part of the community. Not like these dbags who are nothing more than attention whores.