Geraldo Rivera: ‘C*cksucking Faggot’ Is Not A Gay Slur [Video]

Geraldo Rivera came to the defense of embattled celebrity Alec Baldwin with a bizarre claim the the term “Cocksucking Faggot” was not a gay slur. Baldwin has been taking a lot of heat lately for yelling the insult at a paparazzi photographer back in November.

During an appearance on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show December 19 Geraldo Rivera made the statement that he did not believe that the term “Cocksucking Faggot” was as much a gay slur as it was an insult with a general meaning from a forgotten era.

Geraldo Rivera said:

“I don’t think are insults are equal. [Where Bladwin grew up] those comments were commonplace…. you have to give people some slack.”

Geraldo was aguest commentator on the show where Hannity and aguest panelist named Rachel Sklar were having a heated debate on whether A&E had erred in suspending Phil Robertson, star of “Duck Dynasty”, for his recent derogatory comments about the Gay community. Geraldo Rivera further claimed that Alec Baldwin had been “drummed off MSNBC by fundamentalist gay activists”.

As reported on the Inqusitir, Alec Baldwin had been involved in an altercation on November 14 with a photographer when he called the man a “cocksucking faggot”. Baldwin has since apologized for his choice of words.

Several prominent members of the gay community immediately condemned Alec Baldwin for his choice of words and for using terms that were heavily offensive to the gay community. In the backlash of the controversy Alec Baldwin’s MSNBC show was cancelled and the star has more or less tried to stay out of the spotlight.

Geraldo Rivera has also been in the center of a recent storm of controversy after he tweeted a semi-nude selfie out on Twitter recently. He admitted that it was a mistake that was brought on by a heavy round of tequila drinking. His nationally syndicated talk show was cancelled as a result.

Do you think that Geraldo Rivera owes the LGBT community an apology over the comments he made?