Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told

[Canon Shooter]

Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told

Seyi Omooba is suing Leicester theatre and talent agency after being sacked for Facebook post on homosexuality

www.theguardian.com

I really dont understand why she is suing the theatre. I do suspect that some fundie group is financing this.

Tommys view -- She should take her backward beliefs and fuck off back under a rock.

What would your view be if she was, in life, a liberal gay woman who refused to play the role of a conservative, Christian heterosexual who denounced the perverted lives of homosexuals?

An Actor can turn down any role.

Well, no shit. Thank you, Captain Obvious.

My question was to the OP and his "view" that the actress should essentially fuck off. I'm simply interested to hear if he would be as toxic if it was a lesbian refusing to play the role of a conservative Christian.

The OP doesn't seem all too eager to respond...

If she had applied to play that role she would have been a time-waster jeopardising the livelihood of others. That would put it on the same level as this selfish individual.

How do you put on a show where the lead actress refuses to play the part ?

Do you have a link to something where she actually said she would refuse the part, or are you basing this all on something she said in a tweet years ago...

 

[Dogmaphobe]

This is a perfect example of the inherent fascism of cancel culture. 20 years ago, if an actress made a statement on the internet, it would not be lifted by a third party to be used to hurt her, and if she DID refuse a part (as opposed to her POTENTIALLY refusing a part), they would have just moved on and found somebody who would. Today, however, the hateful mob wants to absolutely ruin the lives of any who do not march in lock step with their fascism.

I fully support gay rights, I see nothing wrong with homosexuality, and do not support discrimination against gay people. I ALSO believe in freedom of belief, however, which is one of the many things that seperates actual liberalism from this revolting mob of authoritarian leftist haters like we see in this thread.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Too bad Britain doesn't have Freedom of Speech.


Oh, wait,

that only works if you are a minority.

Ms Omooba may consider herself to be part of a minority but that is irrelevant in this instance.

She was hired to play a lesbian character and refused to do so. That leaves the theatre with a big problem.

They should sue her for wasting their time and money.

Your linked article said that she was fired for a facebook post from 2014, not for refusing to follow directions.


Either you are confused, or the article is very poorly written.


To be clear, if she accepted a role and then refused to play it, that would be on her. The question then becomes, why did she accept the role.


But, the facts as presented, it seems she was just sacked for having the wrong thoughts.

I agree the article is poorly written.But the key issue here is that she would not have done the job anyway. Aside from here repellant views that one thing left the producers with no option.

I just looked at the article again.

On second glance, it is clear that someone, the writer of the article or someone at the theater, just made up the bit about her not being willing to play the role.


She took teh role, and then some little fag lefty, went looking for shit and got her fired because of something she said on facebook, 6 years ago.


The claim that her presence on the set, would have been a problem for the show, is also made up bullshit.


btw, it is worth considering that this is how lefty fags come to dominate industries. They discriminate against people for not conforming.

Do you go on Facebook and undermine your company or your boss?

She did not "go" onto to facebook and undermine her boss.


Some little asshole dug up something from six years ago, to get her fired.


That bit where you felt the need to lie about what is going on, to defend your side's behavior?

That is your brain, realizing that you, plural, are the bad guys and that the only way to justify your actions is to lie.

Perhaps her Christian feelings have changed.

Perhaps.


If you heard of a homosexual actor or actress who refused to play in hetro characters or do hetro sex scenes, would you find that offensive and worthy of condemnation and blackballing?

Homosexuals play roles as heterosexuals quite frequently...always have. Look at Rock Hudson's romantic comedies for example..

Obviously.

My question was a hypothetical, IF you heard of a homosexual actor or actress who was not comfortable playing straight roles, or doing sex scenes with members of the opposite sex would you find that offensive and worthy of condemnation and blackballing?



Because I think it would be completely understandable if some one was gay, that they might not be comfortable kissing someone of the opposite sex.


Are you going to answer me now, or do you want to talk some more about shit we both know about?

She can put in her contract that she won't do love, scenes or nude scenes.

Celie is a great role.

And again, you refuse to answer a simple question.


We both know why.


Because if a homosexual actor refused to play straight, or do straight sex scenes, that would be celebrated by the left as "stunning and brave",


while a heterosexual actress doing the same thing, ends her career.


You know that, and that such behavior is clearly hypocritical and bigoted.


That is why you have been too afraid to answer my question.

You are aware that gay actors have had to cover up their sexuality since the dawn of time. It didnt seem to bother you then.Rock Hudson, Randolph Scott,Cary Grant, Montgomery Clift I am sure there are many more.

Your hypocrisy is limitless.

 

[Unkotare]

Here comes the hypocrite Brit (hypobrit? Britocrite?) misanthrope trying desperately to virtue signal.

 

[Correll]

Too bad Britain doesn't have Freedom of Speech.


Oh, wait,

that only works if you are a minority.

Ms Omooba may consider herself to be part of a minority but that is irrelevant in this instance.

She was hired to play a lesbian character and refused to do so. That leaves the theatre with a big problem.

They should sue her for wasting their time and money.

Your linked article said that she was fired for a facebook post from 2014, not for refusing to follow directions.


Either you are confused, or the article is very poorly written.


To be clear, if she accepted a role and then refused to play it, that would be on her. The question then becomes, why did she accept the role.


But, the facts as presented, it seems she was just sacked for having the wrong thoughts.

I agree the article is poorly written.But the key issue here is that she would not have done the job anyway. Aside from here repellant views that one thing left the producers with no option.

I just looked at the article again.

On second glance, it is clear that someone, the writer of the article or someone at the theater, just made up the bit about her not being willing to play the role.


She took teh role, and then some little fag lefty, went looking for shit and got her fired because of something she said on facebook, 6 years ago.


The claim that her presence on the set, would have been a problem for the show, is also made up bullshit.


btw, it is worth considering that this is how lefty fags come to dominate industries. They discriminate against people for not conforming.

Do you go on Facebook and undermine your company or your boss?

She did not "go" onto to facebook and undermine her boss.


Some little asshole dug up something from six years ago, to get her fired.


That bit where you felt the need to lie about what is going on, to defend your side's behavior?

That is your brain, realizing that you, plural, are the bad guys and that the only way to justify your actions is to lie.

Perhaps her Christian feelings have changed.

Perhaps.


If you heard of a homosexual actor or actress who refused to play in hetro characters or do hetro sex scenes, would you find that offensive and worthy of condemnation and blackballing?

Homosexuals play roles as heterosexuals quite frequently...always have. Look at Rock Hudson's romantic comedies for example..

Obviously.

My question was a hypothetical, IF you heard of a homosexual actor or actress who was not comfortable playing straight roles, or doing sex scenes with members of the opposite sex would you find that offensive and worthy of condemnation and blackballing?



Because I think it would be completely understandable if some one was gay, that they might not be comfortable kissing someone of the opposite sex.


Are you going to answer me now, or do you want to talk some more about shit we both know about?

She can put in her contract that she won't do love, scenes or nude scenes.

Celie is a great role.

And again, you refuse to answer a simple question.


We both know why.


Because if a homosexual actor refused to play straight, or do straight sex scenes, that would be celebrated by the left as "stunning and brave",


while a heterosexual actress doing the same thing, ends her career.


You know that, and that such behavior is clearly hypocritical and bigoted.


That is why you have been too afraid to answer my question.

You are aware that gay actors have had to cover up their sexuality since the dawn of time. It didnt seem to bother you then.Rock Hudson, Randolph Scott,Cary Grant, Montgomery Clift I am sure there are many more.

Your hypocrisy is limitless.

That was a little before my time.

 

[surada]

Too bad Britain doesn't have Freedom of Speech.


Oh, wait,

that only works if you are a minority.

Ms Omooba may consider herself to be part of a minority but that is irrelevant in this instance.

She was hired to play a lesbian character and refused to do so. That leaves the theatre with a big problem.

They should sue her for wasting their time and money.

Your linked article said that she was fired for a facebook post from 2014, not for refusing to follow directions.


Either you are confused, or the article is very poorly written.


To be clear, if she accepted a role and then refused to play it, that would be on her. The question then becomes, why did she accept the role.


But, the facts as presented, it seems she was just sacked for having the wrong thoughts.

I agree the article is poorly written.But the key issue here is that she would not have done the job anyway. Aside from here repellant views that one thing left the producers with no option.

I just looked at the article again.

On second glance, it is clear that someone, the writer of the article or someone at the theater, just made up the bit about her not being willing to play the role.


She took teh role, and then some little fag lefty, went looking for shit and got her fired because of something she said on facebook, 6 years ago.


The claim that her presence on the set, would have been a problem for the show, is also made up bullshit.


btw, it is worth considering that this is how lefty fags come to dominate industries. They discriminate against people for not conforming.

Do you go on Facebook and undermine your company or your boss?

She did not "go" onto to facebook and undermine her boss.


Some little asshole dug up something from six years ago, to get her fired.


That bit where you felt the need to lie about what is going on, to defend your side's behavior?

That is your brain, realizing that you, plural, are the bad guys and that the only way to justify your actions is to lie.

Perhaps her Christian feelings have changed.

Perhaps.


If you heard of a homosexual actor or actress who refused to play in hetro characters or do hetro sex scenes, would you find that offensive and worthy of condemnation and blackballing?

Homosexuals play roles as heterosexuals quite frequently...always have. Look at Rock Hudson's romantic comedies for example..

Obviously.

My question was a hypothetical, IF you heard of a homosexual actor or actress who was not comfortable playing straight roles, or doing sex scenes with members of the opposite sex would you find that offensive and worthy of condemnation and blackballing?



Because I think it would be completely understandable if some one was gay, that they might not be comfortable kissing someone of the opposite sex.


Are you going to answer me now, or do you want to talk some more about shit we both know about?

She can put in her contract that she won't do love, scenes or nude scenes.

Celie is a great role.

And again, you refuse to answer a simple question.


We both know why.


Because if a homosexual actor refused to play straight, or do straight sex scenes, that would be celebrated by the left as "stunning and brave",


while a heterosexual actress doing the same thing, ends her career.


You know that, and that such behavior is clearly hypocritical and bigoted.


That is why you have been too afraid to answer my question.

You are aware that gay actors have had to cover up their sexuality since the dawn of time. It didnt seem to bother you then.Rock Hudson, Randolph Scott,Cary Grant, Montgomery Clift I am sure there are many more.

Your hypocrisy is limitless.

So what? They still played Heterosexual roles. You're an imbecile. If playing a gay Celie is against her religion, that's her right and her choice.

 

[surada]

This is a perfect example of the inherent fascism of cancel culture. 20 years ago, if an actress made a statement on the internet, it would not be lifted by a third party to be used to hurt her, and if she DID refuse a part (as opposed to her POTENTIALLY refusing a part), they would have just moved on and found somebody who would. Today, however, the hateful mob wants to absolutely ruin the lives of any who do not march in lock step with their fascism.

I fully support gay rights, I see nothing wrong with homosexuality, and do not support discrimination against gay people. I ALSO believe in freedom of belief, however, which is one of the many things that seperates actual liberalism from this revolting mob of authoritarian leftist haters like we see in this thread.

She had already signed up for the role.. They were going into rehearsals.

 

[surada]

Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told

Seyi Omooba is suing Leicester theatre and talent agency after being sacked for Facebook post on homosexuality

www.theguardian.com

I really dont understand why she is suing the theatre. I do suspect that some fundie group is financing this.

Tommys view -- She should take her backward beliefs and fuck off back under a rock.

What would your view be if she was, in life, a liberal gay woman who refused to play the role of a conservative, Christian heterosexual who denounced the perverted lives of homosexuals?

An Actor can turn down any role.

Well, no shit. Thank you, Captain Obvious.

My question was to the OP and his "view" that the actress should essentially fuck off. I'm simply interested to hear if he would be as toxic if it was a lesbian refusing to play the role of a conservative Christian.

The OP doesn't seem all too eager to respond...

If she had applied to play that role she would have been a time-waster jeopardising the livelihood of others. That would put it on the same level as this selfish individual.

How do you put on a show where the lead actress refuses to play the part ?

Do you have a link to something where she actually said she would refuse the part, or are you basing this all on something she said in a tweet years ago...

Read the article.

Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told

Seyi Omooba is suing Leicester theatre and talent agency after being sacked for Facebook post on homosexuality

www.theguardian.com

 

[Auld Phart]

Do you people NOT know how to break a thread chain?

 

[Lysistrata]

From the linked article:

Omooba said she had not read the script in full before accepting the role, and had not asked the director or producers whether they intended Celie to be played as a lesbian in the production. That she is suing the theater is ridiculous. It should be the other way around.​

​

She should have read the script before auditioning and accepting the job. People who can't do a job for any reason should not apply for that job. These people who plop themselves into a job without mentioning their restrictions and then declare that the job requirements have to be changed to suit their whims should get the boot.

 

[Canon Shooter]

Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told

Seyi Omooba is suing Leicester theatre and talent agency after being sacked for Facebook post on homosexuality

www.theguardian.com

I really dont understand why she is suing the theatre. I do suspect that some fundie group is financing this.

Tommys view -- She should take her backward beliefs and fuck off back under a rock.

What would your view be if she was, in life, a liberal gay woman who refused to play the role of a conservative, Christian heterosexual who denounced the perverted lives of homosexuals?

An Actor can turn down any role.

Well, no shit. Thank you, Captain Obvious.

My question was to the OP and his "view" that the actress should essentially fuck off. I'm simply interested to hear if he would be as toxic if it was a lesbian refusing to play the role of a conservative Christian.

The OP doesn't seem all too eager to respond...

If she had applied to play that role she would have been a time-waster jeopardising the livelihood of others. That would put it on the same level as this selfish individual.

How do you put on a show where the lead actress refuses to play the part ?

Do you have a link to something where she actually said she would refuse the part, or are you basing this all on something she said in a tweet years ago...

Read the article.

Actor’s homophobia made her commercially toxic, tribunal told

Seyi Omooba is suing Leicester theatre and talent agency after being sacked for Facebook post on homosexuality

www.theguardian.com

I did.

And, when I did, I saw this:

"To get to the stage of rehearsals and then for the lead actor to say she wouldn’t play a lesbian, our theatre’s credibility would be shot … we would have had to draw a line under the production and cancel The Color Purple...”

The fact of the matter is that it never got to that point. She never told the producer's she wouldn't play the role. Instead, the producers found something she'd written five years prior and, based on that, decided to fire her.

The article states that she would've refused.

The pertinent point is that she never did...

 

[Foreigner Looking In.]

Too bad Britain doesn't have Freedom of Speech.


Oh, wait,

that only works if you are a minority.

Ms Omooba may consider herself to be part of a minority but that is irrelevant in this instance.

She was hired to play a lesbian character and refused to do so. That leaves the theatre with a big problem.

They should sue her for wasting their time and money.

Your linked article said that she was fired for a facebook post from 2014, not for refusing to follow directions.


Either you are confused, or the article is very poorly written.


To be clear, if she accepted a role and then refused to play it, that would be on her. The question then becomes, why did she accept the role.


But, the facts as presented, it seems she was just sacked for having the wrong thoughts.

I agree the article is poorly written.But the key issue here is that she would not have done the job anyway. Aside from here repellant views that one thing left the producers with no option.

I just looked at the article again.

On second glance, it is clear that someone, the writer of the article or someone at the theater, just made up the bit about her not being willing to play the role.


She took teh role, and then some little fag lefty, went looking for shit and got her fired because of something she said on facebook, 6 years ago.


The claim that her presence on the set, would have been a problem for the show, is also made up bullshit.


btw, it is worth considering that this is how lefty fags come to dominate industries. They discriminate against people for not conforming.

Sacked actress 'kept no gay roles rule secret'

A tribunal is dealing with Seyi Omooba's dismissal from The Color Purple over a Facebook post.

www.bbc.co.uk

Nope, she had a red line around playing lesbian roles or doing sex scenes. She kept that secret from the producers and didnt read the script.

Maybe she has a case against the agent who sent her for the job but she really should have read the script before wasting peoples time.

On Tuesday, the Central London Employment Tribunal heard Ms Omooba had previously told her agents, Michael Garrett Associates Ltd (Global Artists), she would not play a gay role or do sexually explicit scenes.

And whats wrong with not wanting to do sex scenes or lesbo kissing etc????
She's an actress who can choose her roles, not some kind of hooker.
I thought you leftists beleived in women empowerment.

 

[Lysistrata]

The whole profession of acting is based on one's ability to convincingly portray someone whom they are not in real life. Tom Hanks did it brilliantly in Philadelphia, playing a gay man dying of AIDS, when he is a happily-married heterosexual in real life. If a person cannot separate who they are in their own lives from the characters they play, they either shouldn't be in the business or should choose carefully what roles they audition for, or accept if offered, according to their beliefs. It's their responsibility.

 

[marvin martian]

Too bad Britain doesn't have Freedom of Speech.


Oh, wait,

that only works if you are a minority.

Ms Omooba may consider herself to be part of a minority but that is irrelevant in this instance.

She was hired to play a lesbian character and refused to do so. That leaves the theatre with a big problem.

They should sue her for wasting their time and money.

It seems you just dislike her because she's black.

 

[Foreigner Looking In.]

The whole profession of acting is based on one's ability to convincingly portray someone whom they are not in real life. Tom Hanks did it brilliantly in Philadelphia, playing a gay man dying of AIDS, when he is a happily-married heterosexual in real life. If a person cannot separate who they are in their own lives from the characters they play, they either shouldn't be in the business or should choose carefully what roles they audition for, or accept if offered, according to their beliefs. It's their responsibility.

That's rubbish.
Actors turn down roles on ethics all the time.
Do you think if the likes of some leftist was asked to play the role of a Proud Boy, which portrayed the character in a positive light and glorified him, he would take it???
What if a black actor was asked to play a role which he thought was a negative stereotype??

 

[Foreigner Looking In.]

Too bad Britain doesn't have Freedom of Speech.


Oh, wait,

that only works if you are a minority.

Ms Omooba may consider herself to be part of a minority but that is irrelevant in this instance.

She was hired to play a lesbian character and refused to do so. That leaves the theatre with a big problem.

They should sue her for wasting their time and money.

It seems you just dislike her because she's black.

Yup.
And religious.

 

[Correll]

The whole profession of acting is based on one's ability to convincingly portray someone whom they are not in real life. Tom Hanks did it brilliantly in Philadelphia, playing a gay man dying of AIDS, when he is a happily-married heterosexual in real life. If a person cannot separate who they are in their own lives from the characters they play, they either shouldn't be in the business or should choose carefully what roles they audition for, or accept if offered, according to their beliefs. It's their responsibility.

The jewish actor who played Col Klink in Hogan's Heroes, told the producers of the show that he would only play a nazi, if the nazi was to NEVER be made a sympathetic character.


Having roles you don't want to do, is completely reasonable for an actor.

 

[ESay]

This thing is all about the right of employer to form the staff and fire the employees. Did the employer breached the contract or labour laws? If not, they are right to do what they please.

 

[surada]

Too bad Britain doesn't have Freedom of Speech.


Oh, wait,

that only works if you are a minority.

Ms Omooba may consider herself to be part of a minority but that is irrelevant in this instance.

She was hired to play a lesbian character and refused to do so. That leaves the theatre with a big problem.

They should sue her for wasting their time and money.

Your linked article said that she was fired for a facebook post from 2014, not for refusing to follow directions.


Either you are confused, or the article is very poorly written.


To be clear, if she accepted a role and then refused to play it, that would be on her. The question then becomes, why did she accept the role.


But, the facts as presented, it seems she was just sacked for having the wrong thoughts.

I agree the article is poorly written.But the key issue here is that she would not have done the job anyway. Aside from here repellant views that one thing left the producers with no option.

I just looked at the article again.

On second glance, it is clear that someone, the writer of the article or someone at the theater, just made up the bit about her not being willing to play the role.


She took teh role, and then some little fag lefty, went looking for shit and got her fired because of something she said on facebook, 6 years ago.


The claim that her presence on the set, would have been a problem for the show, is also made up bullshit.


btw, it is worth considering that this is how lefty fags come to dominate industries. They discriminate against people for not conforming.

Sacked actress 'kept no gay roles rule secret'

A tribunal is dealing with Seyi Omooba's dismissal from The Color Purple over a Facebook post.

www.bbc.co.uk

Nope, she had a red line around playing lesbian roles or doing sex scenes. She kept that secret from the producers and didnt read the script.

Maybe she has a case against the agent who sent her for the job but she really should have read the script before wasting peoples time.

On Tuesday, the Central London Employment Tribunal heard Ms Omooba had previously told her agents, Michael Garrett Associates Ltd (Global Artists), she would not play a gay role or do sexually explicit scenes.

And whats wrong with not wanting to do sex scenes or lesbo kissing etc????
She's an actress who can choose her roles, not some kind of hooker.
I thought you leftists beleived in women empowerment.

True, but in the Color Purple Celie is a lesbian.

 

[Correll]

This thing is all about the right of employer to form the staff and fire the employees. Did the employer breached the contract or labour laws? If not, they are right to do what they please.

That fact that so many of the lefties are lying about the actual reason for the firing, shows that even they know this is indefensible.