Yes, ok, he’s admitting that he finds the fanart a little weird here, but explicit fanart in general is a little unusual to most people. In fact, Quinto even says that the My Little Pony fan art was “even weirder” than the slash fanart. At no point in the Quinto clip did I feel that homosexuality was something that was being made fun of. In the Quinto clip we have Quinto, a gay man, Alyson Hannigan, who played one of the most famous lesbians in TV history, and host Andy Cohen, the first openly gay host of a late night talk show. The entire thing took a turn for the uncomfortable very quickly and it’s pretty hard to watch. Words used to describe it was “wrong” and “appalling.” The crowd groaned and booed and was definitely not on board with it. I firmly believe he’s an ally, but he is (most likely) straight and the angle of that clip seemed to be “hey Martin! Look at your character kissing another man!” Now Graham Norton, the presenter of that infamous Freeman clip, is a gay man himself, but I find that does little to alleviate my discomfort when there is a room full of people giggling and booing at a picture of two men kissing. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t think there is a single homophobic bone in Martin Freeman’s body. Lets start with who’s participating in this discussion.
Graham Norton showing Martin Freeman explicit fanart.
