The fallout from Vivica A. Fox’s homophobic remarks made last week continues.
As you may recall, Ms. Fox caused a bit of a stir when she went on a morning radio program to promote her new reality series Black Magic. The show follows her around as she prepares to launch an all-male stripper revue in Las Vegas. During last week’s interview, Vivica was asked if gay men were allowed to attend the show, to which she replied, “Aw, hell no. Back all that up. No! NO!”
Related: Vivica A. Fox says no gays are allowed at her new male stripper revue in Vegas
Well, it appears the ’90s-B-lister-turned-reality-TV-hack has angered the one person she really, really needs to keep happy if she wants to keep collecting her paychecks: the director and producer of the very show she was trying to promote when she went on her homophobic sidebar.
Jean-Claude LaMarre first worked with Vivica when he cast her in his 2015 male stripper comedy Chocolate City, and again in the upcoming sequel Chocolate City: Vegas. After the success of those projects, they decided to create a TV spin-off, which is how Black Magic came into fruition.
Now, Jean-Claude says he’s through with Vivica A.
“The comments were out of order, and it does not represent our attitudes toward the LGBT community,” he tells TMZ. “All are welcomed. Vivica speaks for herself not the business or the show.”
LaMarre will continue as Executive Producer on the reality show, saying he genuinely wants to see Black Magic succeed, but he’s absolutely not interested in working with Vivica anymore.
Sounds like that’s about to become a pretty awkward workplace.
Related: Vivica A. Fox doubles down, accuses people of trying to “steal her joy”
spacecadet
Wow! Didn’t expect that to happen or so fast! But it seems it’s for the best: Vivica was courting controversy and of the bad kind. I don’t get the last line in the article though about the workplace becoming very awkward. If Vivica has been fired and replaced, how would she be around to make things awkward?
Kieran
Once Vivica manages to get her foot out of her mouth I’m sure she’ll be issuing some kind of apology for letting her mask slip. Homophobia isn’t cool anymore Viv.
Blaktarn
@spacecadet: She hasn’t been fired.
Jaroslaw
@Blaktarn: if the main man is “through with her” doesn’t that mean she’s fired?
I couldn’t log in for some reason to comment on the first one, but most of the posters there thought she wasn’t “homophobic”. “HELL NO Gay men are not welcome sounds pretty homophobic to me.
If a performer is going to be naked in front of a slew of people, I can’t imagine what difference it makes who the audience is.
Xzamilloh
@Jaroslaw: He’s a producer…if he owned the rights to the show, that’d be one thing, but he doesn’t. This is all much ado about a show that will be canceled after it is long forgotten about. Now, if you want homophobia, I know that one those Dancers (Jonathan “Latin Heat” Martinez) is a huge homophobe, but of course he doesn’t mind making money off of the thirstbuckets willing to foam at the mouth over his online shit… just don’t touch him in real life.
Xzamilloh
You know what? Fuck it… she said some messed up shit and although I get it from a narrowed perspective, she seemed all too easy to come out the side of her mouth with that nonsense. In any case, it is going to be some stank mess low budget production that would probably do better in Atlanta, but then again, that is gay black mecca. What is the point of this show?
Celtic
@Kieran: The c**t can apologize all she wants. Let her waste away in the garbage can she belongs in. MOST male strippers are gay. And, they are far better dancers. Just saying.
Tackle
This is just the silliest thing! Blown way out of proportion by “some” gay men. And All this so-called controversy stems from her saying, “Aw,hell no.Back all that up. No! NO!” She went on to enplane that this was a ” ladies-only affair.” “It’s called the ultimate girls night out for a reason”. I don’t see ANYTHING homophobic here. And this is so ironic, considering that when (Morning Goods) was popular on Queerty. Eight yrs ago, Queerty tried to incorporate females into (Morning Goods) for the ladies. And MANY gay men on here, were up in arms, and just not having it! Doing the same thing that they accuse Ms Fox of doing. How soon we forget!
Paco
It was a case of the mouth working faster than her brain. She should have just said something like – It’s ladies night, but everyone is welcome to tune in to the show.
I still think being denied the opportunity to sit in a crowd of screaming straight women ogling male strippers during ladies night, is a really dumb thing to be upset about. Like gay targeted entertainment is lacking naked men for sale or something. It’s built upon it.
VampDC
I commented on Lifetimes picture and her stripper/dancer in the show actually wrote back to me with the following. His spelling isn’t very correct – but he seems in favor of men coming to the show:
” Look u are taking it the wrong way its ladies night out if guys come they come we had to males in the crowd the first episode if u look closely we dont turn anyone away but u have rights to do what u want and as u please forst everyone says were all gay dancers and nobody had our backs when we were talked about but now that they say its a ladies night only now u wanna speak up its sad”
jsmu
Homophobic black kuntess says what?
stanhope
Viveca is an old hag…kenya moore proved that on the apprentice..the official place for has beens and never was
Paco
@VampDC: I just watched a clip of “White Chocolate’s Solo”, and there are two men, with cash in hand, sitting near the back.
He BGB
I just wish the writers of these articles didn’t sound so much like the way Mr Trump puts down people who criticize him (Meryl Streep is an overrated actress, when she criticized him last night). Calling Ms. Fox a hack, a d list, etc. Let’s be the bigger person and not sound so bitchy (even if it’s true and quite entertaining). BTW, I’m still recovering from MS. Burrell’s remarks. They make Ms Fox sound tame.
saintly
She Has ruined the show tbh. It won’t be a thunder down under at all. I’m pretty sure that gays were a majority watching group.
lcandela123
Not sure what all of the hub bub is about. Obviously, she is producing a show for women, not gay men.
I go to a lot of men’s only gay events. They exclude women by calling it a private party, and requiring you to be on the list. This is appropriate. Having women at these events would change them completely. You know what I mean.
I sense a double standard here.
Kangol
@VampDC: Well, no one expects them to be James Baldwin or Toni Morrison…LOL But he’s right, there were men (and a trans person) in the first show’s audience. Viv’s mask slipped and revealed her homophobia, but at the same time, she is all up under gay and bi men; she has admitted to having dated one (50 Cent); she has a trans person creating the dancers’ costumes; and let’s be clear, if you look at her show’s dancers, they are not all straight. Seriously. So she should apologize, and I’m sure there will be gay, bi and trans men watching the shows alongside the “ladies”. Girls with the girls watching the guys and girls. As is always the case.
Kangol
@Paco: Thank you! And as as always tends to be the case with black people giving everyone a chance, though she’s running a black male dancer review, she has a white dancer in the mix. (Another, one of the handsomest, is black latino.)
verbaltopman
Misleading headline. Fox hasn’t been fired — the producer merely said he doesn’t want to work with her again. The word “anymore” is often construed as meaning “starting right now,” but it can also mean “no additional times in the future.”
Masc Pride
Anyone else thinking this is all starting to seem like a PR stunt?
Captain Obvious
@Tackle: There were also several articles about gay bars banning women and the majority here were ok with it saying that women have enough places to go to be annoying. So it’s very funny that all this is blowing up now but of course it’s because a black woman said something. If it was a white guy they found attractive we wouldn’t hear boo about anything just a bunch of digging for pics of him like Aaron Schlock.
Captain Obvious
Oh and no one is pointing out that the majority of the men queening out throwing massive bitch fits about this don’t actually want to go see black men strip anyway. How’s that for ironic? Anything to have something to complain about.
darrengainrs
Please stop acting like African-American’s are innocent and only sometimes spit gay hate. I am black and gay. Every anti gay initiative over the past 10 years has been supported and champion by black churches. You might be able to spread that lie to while people, but not me.
scotshot
@Tackle: You paint all gays with a very broad brush. A minority protests and we’re all guilty?
Xzamilloh
@scotshot: You can tell Tackle was talking in generalities… you’re going at a very lazy strawman trying to go after what he said.
sfhally
It wasn’t homophobic.
Transiteer
It’s sweet when there IS a price to be paid to be an Ignorant.
Tackle
@scotshot: No differently than [email protected] gays White men painting all Blacks with a very large brush. But not the case here because if you would have carefully read what I wrote, you would have seen the “emphasis” on (some)… And later down, I clearly stated, (many gay men on here). Obviously not all…
Tackle
@Captain Obvious: Exactly! Too many gays are quick to turn the other way, and throwing a heap of praise upon those who tend to be White, young, hot/good-looking, even if they said worse than Ms Fox. And lets not forget about many gays wanting to take the (T)out, LGBT: abolish/ban/kick-out our Trans brothers and sisters. And many of these same people got nerve to be up in arms about NON-HOMOPHOBIC remarks that Ms Fox made. And lets not forget, that there are many male dancers who would prefer to dance only for women. No problem!
BigG
Oh damn didn’t see that coming. That dude does not play around. By Ms.Vivi
Jack Meoff
I’ve never heard of Jean-Claude LaMarre before but appreciate his stance on not wanting to work with a homophobe. Is he a known supporter of the gay community or is he perhaps gay himself? Just asking.
Herman75
Alas Vivica.
We’ll always have Prank My Mom.
silveroracle
And so karma comes round to bite her in the bum.
Gordon Geise
And ALL this is just more promotion for her shitty TV show.
Gordon Geise
@Gordon Geise: I mean, the BEST thing that could happen for VAF is a bunch of gay guys trying to crash her party when it actually opens. Frankly, there is nothing that is not shit. Humans are over.
MaxTaste
She seems rather unfriendly.
Xzamilloh
@Jack Meoff: With a fierce ass name like Jean-Claude Lamarre, he better be, or I’m suing for ownership of that name.
Jack Meoff
@Xzamilloh: LOL
JamJewel
@Tackle:Gimmie a break. Even way back in the late 70s later 80s, when Chippendales had their Ladies Only Friday night soirees, it was str8 gals and gay guys and the str8 guys weren’t allowed in until 8:00 PM. As other have said, many in the milieu are gay dancers to begin with so any venue that would not allow gay men to a male review would be burning cash…..
Tackle
@JamJewel: You give me a damn break! We’re NOT talking about 70s later 80s or even Chippendale’s. We’re talking about 2017, and show Ms Fox is hosting. Gay men being there (70s 80s) I’m sure was a management decision. The fact remains that MOST straight male exotic dancers prefer to dance/preform for women. Why does that bother some gay men so…
ass eater
how would she know if the men are gay or not.
ShowMeGuy
I don’t see her response as being homophobic, bigoted, or “whatever”. Her show is for the ladies….which is technically gender discrimination but I don’t even care.
That being said……Episode one of her “reality show” **Let’s build a male stripper revue show** saw a guy chosen who claims on his resume dancing on tour for Queen B, Mariah, Rihanna, name drop, name drop,….and yet he can’t seem to learn the group dance number and then he quits and walks out ***because he can’t dance***.
I’ve decided based on the evidence thus far…..her show is shit.
And for the record…..Bravo Network did a “Let’s build a male stripper revue show and go to Vegas” show…..almost 20 years ago.
Come on; Ms. Fox, try to keep up.
gary69mike
Hahahaha… You go girl! and she’s gone. Hahahaha!!!
damita_jackson
Ayeeeeeee!!! My homegirls n i wanna see this revue..and I’m not the only one…yessssssssssss!..o trust n believe gay n straight will be there. People stop messing up wet dreams with your hateful unhappiness. She said something stupid n she forgot where she was in life..LMAO!! Move onnnnnnnnnn!!!