TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres just made headlines for outing a whole slew of gay TV stars. The twist: they’re all animated.
DeGeneres made the proclamation during a recent broadcast of her show, dubbing herself the “leading expert on gay” before launching into her outing fest. Apparently, the announcement by HBO Max that the popular Scooby-Doo character Velma Dinkley would get her own spin-off prompted the remarks, as the character has long been considered something of a lesbian icon.
“People online are once again debating whether Velma is a lesbian,” Ellen explained. “So here are my thoughts. First of all, she’s a cartoon character so no one should really care about her sexuality. Secondly, just ’cause she wears those clothes and has short hair doesn’t mean she’s a lesbian.”
“And third, obviously, she’s a lesbian,” Ellen admitted. “Come on. Velma, she’s on our team. She does all the things lesbians do. She has short hair. She has thick glasses. She solves mysteries. She’s basically the Rachel Maddow of cartoons.”
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“I heard that she’s trying to get the rest of the gang to trade in the Mystery Machine for the Subaru Outback,” she also added.
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It didn’t stop there. Ellen then launched into a full roster of cartoon characters, all of whom she claimed are gay.
“First, there’s Peppermint Patty [of Peanuts],” Ellen continued. “Let’s look at the evidence here. She wears Birkenstocks. Her name is Patty. Her best friend calls her Sir, which is short for Sir-iously gay.”
“Another allegedly gay cartoon character is Spongebob Squarepants,” she went on. “Nickelodeon even tweeted out a picture of Spongebob on Coming Out Day, so they seem to support this theory. He spends a lot of time with his friend Patrick. He has a pet snail. I don’t know if that’s gay. It just sounds like it is though. I mean, who has a pet snail?”
“A lot of people think Bugs Bunny is gay,” Ellen said. “But let’s be clear. Dressing in drag does not make you gay. Bugs is just kinky.”
Ellen then went on to confront the long-standing theory that Elsa from Frozen is a lesbian. “I’m not sure why this rumor started in the first place,” Ellen admitted. “I guess as soon as a Disney princess doesn’t spend the entire movie pursuing a man, that makes her gay.”
Amid laughs from the audience, Ellen then began to rapid-fire out.
“Snagglepuss? Gay. Ursula? Gay. He-Man? Gay. Yogi and Boo-Boo? Gay. Flounder? Gay. Four of the seven dwarfs? Gay. Jiminy Cricket? Gay. The candlestick from Beauty and the Beast? French or gay, same thing.”
I mean, we can’t disagree.
ptn2719
“He-Man? Gay.”
This explains a lot from my childhood.
Fahd
Some writers worked on this piece, and it might be a funny bit if it were delivered by someone whom I respected and thought was funny. Delivered by Ellen, however, my reaction is meh. I suppose her publicist proposed this post to Queerty, but I, for one, don’t like hearing about her, at least for the time being. Reminds me of the positive stuff about that reporter on CNN.
Dymension
What. Ever.
Harley
I have to agree. Anyone who would hide dirt in an inaccessible place in her home to “gotcha” her cleaning staff is Joan Crawford level of bitchiness.
Fahd
There´s much worse believe me. Minimizing is one tactic that her paid people, who are everywhere, are using.
Ryan99
Are we over the sexist slamming of Ellen for not being nice enough? Hard to keep track.
Fahd
I think using the label “sexist slamming” is unfair to the people who’ve looked at her history at work and who have decided to stop watching her shows or who have decided that they don’t want to go along with her publicists’ efforts to rehabilitate her image.
Dymension
Yup! My sentiments exactly…
Cam
Except for the fact that multiple people who accused Ellen of abusive treatment were women. So your trying to minimize their pain would seem to be the real sexism here.
What it sounds like you are saying is that it is ok for Ellen to break the law and create intolerable working conditions for others because she’s a woman and to call her out is sexist.
Her folks already tried that defense and were dragged all across social media.
marshal phillips
Patricia Highsmith, lesbian novelist and short story writer, had pet snails. Case closed.
winemaker
Why the constant news and updates on this on the way out neurotic ‘has been’ trying to be relevant? ellen degenerate’s played the gay thing too long as if it gives her license to treat people like CRAP. Really enough on this story. Most of us have better things to do with our time than relive her ongoing drama. Really most of us don’t’ really give a rats ripe ass about this stuff .Enough on ellen degenerate already and her ongoing drama.
Dymension
Oh, do shut up.
taddeo
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dhmonarch89
the Candlestick- no, the clock was gay
RickHeathen
“My goodness, look at the time.”
Troyfight
@dhmonarch89 yeah, they messed that one up….weird tho because hard to get that one switched because the candlestick was chasing the female duster repeatedly. Anyway…all in all kinda funny, and I’m not the biggest E fan.
scotty
colonel mustard in the dining room with the candlestick.