OK, this is just awkward. And slightly disappointing. But mostly just awkward.
Oprah‘s BFF Gayle King posted a picture to Instagram yesterday of herself and the staff of O Magazine smiling happily while chowing down on a big, greasy spread of chicken sandwiches provided by other than antigay fast food giant Chick-fil-A.
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The post seems to insinuate that Chick-fil-A will somehow be incorporated into the once-coveted list of Oprah’s “favorite things” in next month’s issue of the magazine. It was captioned:
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But not everyone is pleased with the Oprah machine throwing its support behind such a vocally antigay company.
“Very disappointed you & the magazine support this awful company,” one person commented on the photo.
“I thought better of you than this @gayleking,” another person said.
“How disappointing. A company like Chick Fil A should not be supported,” a third person added.
Related: Kirk Cameron Spent The Day Working The Chick-Fil-A Drive-Thru Window
Last month, Chick-fil-A opened its first store in New York City, where it was greeted by a group of progay protestors, who were then harassed by antigay protestors shouting things like, “Repent your sins, you homos!”
Honestly, we’re not sure why Oprah’s brand has chosen to endorse such a polarizing, unhealthy and hateful company.
Looks like it may be time to cancel that subscription to O Magazine we never actually signed up for.
Related: Do The Gays Owe Oprah? Hmm… What Did She Ever Do For Us?
Scroll down for pictures of other public figures posing for photos stuffing their faces with Chick-fil-A. Remember, Ms. Winfrey, you can judge a person by the company they keep…
Sidney Davies
because they’re morons.
Skyler Weston Mays
They only care about money
Zachary Palmer
Money speak louder than words
money718
Ask the gays here in NYC who were standing in line that wrapped for blocks at the grand opening and posting pics on instagram
Darryl Moir
If this is true I will ban the o channel for ever.
Warren Clark
they have changed their mind. http://www.grubstreet.com/2015/11/christian-groups-protest-chick-fil-a.html
Sebastian Holiday
Oprah Winfrey is a blagging fraud.
Paul Fucetola
Because Oprah lives in her crystal palace and has no relevance to people anymore. Wake up Oprah and smell the antigay fried chicken.’
Masc Pride
The truth is those big greasy sandwiches are absolutely delicious!
alphacentauri
Because they will do pretty much anything for money, attention, and promoting their “brand” to as many people as possible all while staying closeted!
Walter Delmar
Cause they’re huuuungry!!!
drivendervish
We don’t have to worry about Chick -Fil-a much longer as they drop in popularity much like their supporters. The failed former 1/2 term Alaska governor aka Palin and the drug addicted right wing wacko aka Limbaugh who’s lost so many sponsors and radio stations he can’t even fill a chick-fil- a restaurant with fans. As for Oprah and Gayle it’s likely they think a big move like this will help them hide their relationship a while longer. I wonder if the day will come when Oprah is able to be brave enough about herself to tell the truth like she asks the people she interviews to do?
Xzamilio
Not Oprah!!! My hope-rah!!
miserylovedme24
Unfortunately, we don’t have Chick-Fil-A here in Michigan. But if we did, I’d absolutely eat there. I’ve had it a few times and it’s completely delicious. It seems ridiculous to me to boycott something you like. When I go on eBay and buy something, I have no interest in what the person does with the money. It’s not my money anymore. I just want the product which is well worth it.
Desert Boy
Big Mama O and her wife are dumber than dog poop.
moldisdelicious
I’m more worried about the hate from other gays within my community than those outside it. I can avoid those outside it. I can’t avoid my peers. I don’t eat chickafil.
JerseyMike
I dont see many gay people banning together to protest racism, sexism ect.. why should they care about gay issues.. not saying they don’t care.. When you want people to stand up for you be ready to stand up for them.. I dont care who you are or what you look like when you got my back I got yours.. think about that…
onthemark
@miserylovedme24: “When I go on eBay and buy something, I have no interest in what the person does with the money.”
Have to disagree with you there. I make mini- “value judgments” on eBay all the time. If it’s an item I want, but the seller lives in a southern or notoriously Republican state, I look for a similar item from a seller in a “blue” state. There are occasional exceptions. With Georgia I might give a pass to Athens (the college town where R.E.M. and the B-52s were from). With Texas I MIGHT give a pass to Austin. But I live in New England and generally I try to buy locally on eBay, or from safe “blue” states. That’s no guarantee the seller isn’t a right-wing anti-gay kook, but it makes that less likely.
moldisdelicious
@JerseyMike:
Exactly. These same guys will be all crying when a straight person dishes homophobia to them but dont mind when their own gay peers pulls the same bs through the whole masculine vs effeminate gay men crap. It’s like give me a break. They pull the same crap with racism and sexism where it’s acceptable to be that way. It’s hard to take these hypocrites seriously.
Larry
Just proves what you should have already known. If Oprah’s name is on it, MONEY is involved. How you think she got so wealthy? Chik needed a boost and she can provide it.
Jim Trawick
Simple. Because their sandwiches are freaking delicious
NYtoSF
Never watched her show. BFF Who ? & never had a Chick fi la. We (whole family) never will after that stunt & we’re not even gay. They can all go to hell. Who cares?
DarkZephyr
@JerseyMike: Are you straight?
Graig
They actually do help get gay people in Africa murdered. Don’t support chick fila
Kieran
Because those persistent rumors about Oprah and Gayle being lesbians are NOT true dammit!
JerseyMike
@DarkZephyr: Uhh NO!! I’m just tired of gay folk always complaining about someone not defending or protecting them when they don’t do likewise to people of color, women, transgender.. you name it..
Cam
Guess they needed to really make sure those lesbian rumors were put to bed.
Stuart McDonald
Perhaps for the same reason she partnered with rabidly anti-gay, “Prosperity Theology” preacher Joel Osteen. He brings in big $$$ not only for himself, but for her when he was on her network with a regular show. Money, wealth and greed has always been Oprah’s primary motivation, but much more flexible with her other so-called “values”. This is just another example.
Captain Obvious
Stop being drama queens about this already. You manipulate the facts to pretend to be persecuted so you have something to talk about.
The founder of Chic Fil A donates his own personal money to a homophobic group. Chic-Fil-A itself is not homophobic, they have no hate message, and none of the MANY employees are spreading a hate message.
You are trying so hard to hurt the jobs of others. You don’t seem to have a clue how business works or the damage you could potentially do to the people who are working their to feed their kids.
Personal funds are not business funds. He can’t just write a check from Chic-Fil-A to use personally. I know this because my family has owned businesses for over 40 years.
If my Grandmother chose to write a check to support something she would have to use a personal check. She couldn’t just write out a business check for non business affairs.
Chic-Fil-A is not anti-gay. They could however sue you and ever other publication that keeps slandering their name with this ignorant lie.
It’s a chicken joint. Stop crying, grow up already. You’re not being persecuted by a chicken sandwich. No one is burning crosses on your lawn sponsered by Chic-Fil-A.
Choosing not to eat there is one thing but this constant attack on others who do especially celebrities needs to stop. It looks childish and NO ONE in the mainstream media is paying attention to any of it because they know they’d be sued for slander.
Not to mention the way they came about the information of the founder and where his personal funds go is sketchy at best.
So tired of this constantly being repeated by sheeple who somehow don’t understand personal funds versus a business supporting something.
A place doesn’t become pro-gay just because they have a gay employee. A place doesn’t become anti-gay because one person donates to a hate group.
Stuart McDonald
@JerseyMike: Many of us do all the time. And pay the price. Your over-generalization here is false, although I agree that many of my fellow gays — many I know and have known — are quite myopic about achieving and protecting their own rights and insanely don’t apply empathy in order to generalize with others whose rights also need to be achieved and protected. If those others’ rights are ignored by gays, most will ignore ours. And we all have to fight for each other’s rights, or we’ll all lose them.
Stuart McDonald
@Captain Obvious: Huge profits from Chic-fil-A go into the pockets of Chic-fil-A’s owner/family and they make huge donations to rabidly anti-LGBT groups. So we LGBTs are definitely harmed Chic-fil-A. If ownership is ever transferred to others who don’t actively seek to harm us with Chic-fil-A profits, then I’ll agree with you about the jobs situation. btw, Chic fil A pays shit wages that are far below a living wage.
Michael Snyder
Ooooooopraaaaaaaaah, you got some ‘splainin to do!
JerseyMike
@Stuart McDonald: I don’t think I am over-generalizing.. I didn’t say all.. I said most and I mean most.. most gay men don’t like lesbians. I don’t see any gay organizations coming out for black, Hispanic, transgender or women’s causes unless it is organized by that community.. If it doesn’t effect gay white men you will not see the majority of them involved. God forbid if Beyonce, Oprah or anyone else don’t support the gays, they are screaming bloody murder.. I am not just for gay rights I am for everybody’s rights.. We all need to stand up when someone is being wronged.. If I stand by and watch someone one hurt another being you can best believe my day is coming when that person will hurt me.
Giancarlo85
And here we are the usual types defend Chic-Crap-A with everything they got. Captain Oblivious has voiced his STRONG support for Chic-Crap-A. Chic-Crap-A donates millions to Focus on the Family. IF you don’t care about what they do with the money, you’re a bonafide idiot.
Chic-Crap-A uses revenues to fund anti-gay organizations. This is anti-gay. If anyone says they aren’t anti-gay, are lying and not lying well at all. So yeah, come and sue me. Chic-Crap-A has shitty lawyers anyways. Just ask the “Eat More Kale” guy. They sued him and tried to destroy his entire reputation… but in the end they got fucked.
This company doesn’t care about its employees who they pay around minimum wage. Even McDonalds pays more than Chic-Crap-A.
As far as this picture… Chic-Crap-A sells food that fuels obesity. Oprah is being a hypocritical idiot.
http://www.oprah.com/health/The-Causes-of-Americas-Obesity-Epidemic – This article shows up on her website, yet she’s eating this garbage? “Chicken” from Chic-Crap-A has more chemicals than subway bread and a petri-dish at an military industrial lab combined. If you love MSG, you’ll love this shit they call chicken.
They are a deeply anti-gay company who sells garbage that right wingers and gays in denial love eating. Go ahead and try to prove me wrong. You’ll fail.
Giancarlo85
http://time.com/3631523/eat-more-kale-slogan-chik-fil-a/ – Shitty lawyers and a shitty company lost against an honest good man trying to send out a GOOD MESSAGE. This awful disgusting horrible company doesn’t even like someone sending out a message about eating GOOD HEALTHY FOOD. They find it offensive. They want more people to get hooked on their MSG laden shit they call chicken.
Luis H. Lopez
Oprah & Gayle are both pro gay rights maybe they can persuade the company to change its position .
Cam
@Captain Obvious: said…. “Stop being drama queens about this already. You manipulate the facts to pretend to be persecuted so you have something to talk about.
The founder of Chic Fil A donates his own personal money to a homophobic group. Chic-Fil-A itself is not homophobic, they have no hate message, and none of the MANY employees are spreading a hate message. Chick Fil Et is not Anti-Gay
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You have now lied about this multiple times. Why? What is your agenda. It is common knowledge that not only did Chik Fil Et’s own in house chartible arm donate directly to multiple anti-gay organizations, but that they gave one of the anti-gay organizations space inside their corporate offices, and that two of the organizations they funded DIRECTLY supported and funded the “Kill the Gays” bill in Uganda.
Please explain your reasons for lying about this multiple times. They are anti-gay, they supported anti-gay charities and provided free office space for one of them. All of that was through corporate not through a private donation.
Again, please explain why you keep lying about this.
Here is just one article showing how many millions their corporate arm donated to anti-gay groups such as Family Research Council and Exodos international.
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/chick-fil-a-has-spent-5-million-trying-to-stop-gay-marriage/discrimination/2012/07/02/42684
Giancarlo85
@Cam: Thanks for providing the link that shows they are directly funneling PROFITS into anti-gay organizations. This is a simple fact. This isn’t fantasy. This isn’t one executive doing it. It is an entire company that is doing it.
SteveDenver
Is this part of Oprah and Gayle’s closeted smokescreen?
wpewen
She is a narcissistic monster, a popular label these days, but if the shoe fits..
I have observed her for almost 30 years–She was NEVER political, she did things to get reactions (mostly for her own emotions). Caught on camera crying at Obama’s inauguration, I felt man, we really could have done without her all these years. I have this feeling in common with what I’ve observed are a lot of pretty rational straight guys, she REALLY rubs them the wrong way, and not because of any perceived “liberalism” or gender politics. She’s kind of a squealing pig.
Rhettoric
The “food” is overpriced and pedestrian. You can get the same and better at Churches, Hartz or any of a number of smaller non-franchised family operated establishments.
Daniel-Reader
Hormones are injected into chickens these days. So much so that chickens cannot reproduce naturally on farms – they require human intervention. Hormones and cancer, what a combo meal.
Bob LaBlah
Oprah is a very smart business woman, as is Gayle. Do any of you have a doubt in your mind that they didn’t think about the publicity that a picture at this restaurant would offer and made a deal with Chic-fil-A in regards to how much for the next year (at least) they would pay for office platters of sandwiches and side dishes?
That’s why SHE (Oprah) has right at three billion dollars and we don’t. Gay rights be damned that is not their problem, is it?
Giancarlo85
@Bob LaBlah: Viewers are responsible for her having that money. And they can remove their support.
ChicFilA is carcinogenic. Period.
@Daniel-Reader: I know a local Peruvian restaurant that cooks woodfire organic chicken.
sportsguy1983
Because their chicken sandwiches taste really good
Brian
I have sensed that Oprah is all about the money. She has nothing in common with struggling blacks.
Carl Cordell
The company is trying to change it’s image and distance itself from it’s anti-gay campaign. This is NOT the way to achieve this! If they want to say they are sorry they should first say they were wrong. Secondly, walk the walk. Donate to gay programs to show they want to do more than simply get money from people that quit eating their food. Everyone deserves the chance to change but, a PR stunt isn’t going to work. There are a lot of bitter feelings and distrust.
Giancarlo85
@sportsguy1983: No. They don’t. And that is the MSG talking tricking your brain into thinking that. They cannot remove MSG from their food or their sales would collapse.
Xzamilio
@Brian: Why the hell should she? She has nothing in common with struggling whites, struggling Latinos, struggling Asians, struggling ANYTHING. The heffa’s a billionaire. If anything, I want that in common with her. You don’t get on a level lower than your own… you aim higher.
Of course she’s all about the money… who the fuck isn’t???
CWM85
For money that’s why.
Ummmm Yeah
Because the vast majority of blacks are homophobic and don’t give a damn about gay rights. That’s why.
Aromaeus
I ate there once and got really bad diarrhea. Never again.
Arconcyyon
No is the anormalitying the single restourant festfood ungrand lanche . Chick-fil-A.name is picitrue is gales aves no ant-gyus no public clientps gyus no oky . Sucess the very tuor clientt´s like the love life new fastlanche . McDawwonld future public leauge Sport .
wpewen
@Bob LaBlah: That’s if you admire her her for being wealthy. I do not. Not because she is wealthy. But rather because anybody who runs a magazine about themselves in the way she has over the years is pretty twisted in their own way. You cannot avoid Oprah, she stares at you every time you go to the checkout. With the Beatles as a kid I dug it. They made great music. Oprah just talks a lot, preferably about herself….
Baba Booey Fafa Fooey
Well, I will never support that asshole again.
Baba Booey Fafa Fooey
And, didn’t she jus sign a deal with Weight Wachers? What a big fat POS.
mezzacanadese
Personally, I ate at a Chik-Fil-A once quite a few years ago, and didn’t think that their food was that great. I just don’t see the appeal. Now that I know they are anti-gay, I will encourage my friends not to go there. As for Oprah and her staff, they should be ashamed of themselves.
Stephen Meeks
Very disappointing.
Gothrykke
I wonder how much Oprah I can get for $5. Will I just get the O seal of approval sticker to slap on my book, or will she spit on me too? How much for her to talk dirty to me?
These are all relevant questions considering the brand just earned itself a ‘motel’ off the Vegas strip.
Allie Pocket
to prove they’re not lezzies ð???ð???ð???
Joetx
Is anyone really surprised? Oprah teamed up with homophobic megachurch pastor T. D. Jakes.
Like so many celebrities, Oprah is ill-informed & superficial in her understanding of issues.
BlueRoyale
@miserylovedme24: So, funding someone to gun you down doesn’t interest you, cause… you got a chicken burger out of the deal? Is that the price of your self respect? A chicken burger? OH, but it was delicious…
Giancarlo85
@Carl Cordell: The company still donates millions directly to Focus on the Family and other anti-gay organizations.
@Ummmm Yeah: Ummmm nope. You do realize the only reason why voters passed same sex marriage in Maryland was because of African Americans? And polls show near majority support.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/newsdesk/virtually-every-demographic-group-now-supports-gay-marriage
@miserylovedme24: Absolutely delicious? Boy oh boy… you don’t know anything about food if you think their crap is “absolutely delicious”. Do you even know about the practices of their suppliers? How they treat animals? They make KFC look humane.
You have no backbone and I don’t expect you to respond. And as I said to the other guy… your brain is being tricked. The food is trash, but the MSG is fooling you.
Bob LaBlah
@wpewen: “That’s if you admire her her for being wealthy. I do not. Not because she is wealthy. But rather because anybody who runs a magazine about themselves in the way she has over the years is pretty twisted in their own way. You cannot avoid Oprah, she stares at you every time you go to the checkout. With the Beatles as a kid I dug it. They made great music. Oprah just talks a lot, preferably about herself….”
When I am in the supermarket line I pick up the National Enquirer and read it until I get checked out and put it back. I’m serious, I THINK I’ve picked up her magazine once. Again, I said I THINK I picked one up. I have NEVER seen anyone pick up her magazine and read it in the checkout line. But some one is obviously buying it because it is going strong on advertising revenue. I do remember laughing hard at ol’ bowling ball headed Rosie Odonnell’s pathetic attempt to get a magazine going and was so happy she failed. In case you haven’t figured, I don’t nor ever did like Rosie.
1EqualityUSA
“Sucess the very tuor clientt´s like the love life new fastlanche . McDawwonld future public leauge Sport .”
Totally, Arconcyyon
Captain Obvious
@Cam: You site an unknown site as a “source” and didn’t read the comment section of said terrible site to see people saying the opposite? K.
aidanbh
Somebody did not proofread this article. They were “provided by NONE other than Chick-fil-A”.
captainburrito
@Giancarlo85: Supermarkets in the UK did that with ready meals and they taste fine to me.
captainburrito
Didn’t CFA already stop donations to anti-gay groups? So why are we still angry? Did they backtrack?
Alistair Wiseman
Example #23,896 that is not always about the gay community.
chuck
It would be fun to watch them choke to death…
1EqualityUSA
Junk food is so gnar. Apples rock.
GaybyGod
What one sows, so shall they reap…
1 – sandwitch =
440Calories18gFat4gSaturated Fat0gTrans Fat55mgCholesterol1390mgSodium41gCarbohydrates2gFiber5gSugar28gProtein
Giancarlo85
@captainburrito: ChicFilA relies on chemicals. Their food contains a variety of chemicals. Even their bread has more chemicals than subway. People are eating ultra processed crap.
@captainburrito: You think wrong.
Cam
@Captain Obvious: said…
“@Cam: You site an unknown site as a “source” and didn’t read the comment section of said terrible site to see people saying the opposite? K”
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You have lied on every single posting about Chik Fil Et. I provided an accurate link and you could not dispute any of the information so put up a vague commentary with no siting.
So what is it? What is your game? Why are you lying about Chik Fil Et and trying to say claim that they are not funnelling corporate profits into anti-gay activities? What do you gain by lying?
And don’t pretend you don’t have an agenda, your posts about Chick Fil Et, are defensive and over the top every single time they are mentioned.
Captain Obvious
@Cam: No I haven’t and no you didn’t. You’re really weird.
Yes it’s all a conspiracy and I’m in on it. We’re all lizard people and we’re controlling people’s minds with chicken sandwiches to make everyone homophobic.
Go put your tin foil cap on so we can’t read your thoughts.
Giancarlo85
@Cam: Captain Oblivious is hopeless. He can’t help but wat the poison pills ChicCrapA sells. He defends them like a drug addict who defends his addiction.
1EqualityUSA
lizard people…they’re everywhere.
inkpeninmd
@Captain Obvious:
You might want to do your homework. Chin-fil-a is a privately held company. So Dan Cathy is Chik-fil-a and Chik-fil-a is Dan Cathy.
bobk49
Guess they both need to hide deeper in the closet
Maude
@drivendervish:
Just so the truth is known….Rush is heard on over 700 stations…..most broadcast talk-show hosts would kill for 50.
I don’t like Rush Limbaugh anymore than you do, But if we don’t speak truth among ourselves, and continue to make up lies to each other, we haven’t got a snowball in hell chance to intellectually convince the fence sitters to join us, rather than them.
martinbakman
To me Oprah has seemed clueless-by-choice concerning LGBT people. Pushing Chic-Fil-A now is more than awkward. So disappointing. If all those young women want to be plus-size like Oprah, they’ve picked the right fast food.
I get how some of you are tired of the PC police sounding the alarm too often, that we’ve become a bunch of complainers. But for me, I wouldn’t enjoy eating food from a Company where the Chairman and CEO supports Exodus, Family Research Council and other nasty groups that prefer we do not exist. Dan Cathy and his ilk should be exposed for what they do. Sorry, it is fair.
I know some kweens that love their Chic-Fil-A so much you’d think it makes them sh!t rainbows instead of raising their cholesterol. There is a gay blogger that wrote what a nice guy Dan Kathy is. That’s fvking fantastic.
But for me, the Dan Kathy’s of the world should be publicized for the harm they contribute. Then we can make a choice . I made mine.
Giancarlo85
@martinbakman: Well to put it even more simply… I wouldn’t enjoy eating food that would eventually give me cancer. Seriously their “chicken” has more chemicals than industrial grade solvent.
1EqualityUSA
Chic-Fil-A-Colon.
Alistair Wiseman
@drivendervish:
Whether you like it or not, Rush Limbaugh is the #1 most listened to talk radio host in the country with over 14 million weekly listeners.
http://www.talkers.com/heavy-hundred/
Giancarlo85
Who cares about Rush Lameass? If you look at actual figures, his numbers are way down. Who listens to radio anymore asides from some old crusty conservatives?
Cam
@Captain Obvious:
In other words you could not dispute any of the facts so try to play it off by spouting ridiculous lines.
Yeah, Clay Aiken and Rosie O’donell’s publicists used to do the same thing when people would states facts that pointed out their clients were gay and they couldn’t respond.
So again, you claim Vhik FIL Et isn’t anti-gay, I provided multiple examples proving it is, you keep now trying to deflect off topic, and I ask you what your agenda is, and you have no answer.
Cam
@Alistair Wiseman:
Oh look, somebody deflecting. First, about Rush Limbaugh, enjoy talking about his ratings because his ad revenues are now harming stations which is why he has been dropped from multiple stations in the past few few years. Most major companies refuse to run their ads during his show.
Also, nice how you refuse to talk about why you are so supportive of businesses that donate money to harm you and why you even cheer for broacasters that seek to destroy your civil rights. Seems like a massive case of self hate.
Alistair Wiseman
@Cam:
Wow! You must think you are psychic, Miss Cleo. But, just like Miss Cleo, you got it wrong.
I do not listen to Rush Limbaugh, nor have I ever bought any of his books. So how is it I support him? By stating facts about his listenership?
Rush Limbaugh’s net worth is $410 million with a salary of over $70 million per year. What were you stating about his “ad revenues” again? Where do you think all that money comes from?
Rush Limbaugh is currently the highest paid radio host in the country with the highest listenership.
For those of us not of the Left, what you call “deflection” and “self-hate”, we call facts.
http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celeb/radio-personality/rush-limbaugh-net-worth/
Giancarlo85
Again, who listens to radio anymore? His listeners are dying off because of old age. What is the average age of his listeners? 75? 80? Nobody cared about him.