Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte just referred to himself as a “cured” gay.
Duterte made the statement during a joint summit in Tokyo with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan. During a speech there, Duterte referred to his longtime political rival, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, as gay.
“You ask any gay person who sees Trillanes move, they’ll say he’s gay,” Duterte said in his remarks. “Good thing Trillanes and I are similar. But I cured myself…When I began a relationship with [Ex-wife Elizabeth] Zimmerman, I said, this is it. I became a man again.” Elizabeth Zimmerman is Duterte’s ex-wife. The couple married in 1973 and divorced in 2000. Duterte has often boasted of his many infidelities during the marriage.
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Duterte also has a long history of disparaging political rivals as homosexuals. Earlier this year, he referred to Philippine Senate candidate Florin Hilbay as gay and claimed the then-Solicitor General kept an office full of homosexuals.
Often compared to Donald Trump, Duterte has a long history of controversies. He admitted to murdering three people while Mayor of the city Davao, and defended assassinations of journalists. He also encouraged mass rape of women by the Philippine army during an internal conflict in the state of Maute.
Somehow, we find the notion that Duterte cured his sexuality suspect. Call it a hunch. Maybe he should try going back in the closet…or just secluding himself in a closet so we don’t have to listen to his nonsense.
JessPH
The president of the Philippines has already gone senile. No one takes him seriously anymore.
Kangol2
You mean no one except the people whose family members he’s extra-judiciously slaughtered or threatened to have killed, right? Because you’re on the ground in the Philippines and know how people there who’re terrified of this anti-gay psycho feel, right?
rbernard
Great, we now know Rodrigo Duterte is a murderous bi-sexual maniac, one that Donald Trump has respect and affinity for.
any questions….
Chrisk
Who cares. This is a brutal murdering dictator. I could care less about any guys that he’s done in the past. Hopefully someone retires him soon.
Donston
This is one of the reasons why I don’t equate “gay” to homosexuality and see it as more about overall preferences, affections and relationship ambitions and why I’m generally not obsessed with pushing identity. There are just too many people who either experience a bit of fluidity or are homosexual but have such little respect towards gay-identifying people or are homosexual/sexually homo-leaning but have no real intent on being with anyone of their gender or are so overcome with internalized homophobia (or in this case megalomania or mental health issues) that they “don’t want to be ‘gay” any longer. And a decent section of those people start using “gay” as a way to attack folks, attack the “community” and exude superiority. On the other hand, this guy is homicidal nutcase. So, there’s that.
Kangol2
“This guy is homicidal nutcase.” Succinct, and correct!
msfrost
He is still gay, gay is for life.
Doug
I don’t believe anything this sociopath says. He’ll say anything outrageous to get attention, just like the loser we have in office here in the U.S.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Only reason he identifies as “Ex-Gay” is that he is so rancidly unattractive that no Gay man would have sex with him he gave up. ..
Rex Huskey
shut up fool
Cam
Nobody is more homophobic than a self hating closet case.