Kings Of Leon Still Fighting With Glee’s Ryan Murphy
By Jeffrey Hyatt
Round one between Glee creator Ryan Murphy and Kings Of Leon featured Murphy calling the band “self-centered assholes” for not letting him use their music on the show, then calling out the band for hating on ‘arts education’ for kids everywhere who wanna rock.
KOL’s Caleb Followill responded calmly by saying the whole hubbub was ‘a shock,’ clearly trying to put a non-story to rest.
But brother Nathan Followill stirred the pot and now Murphy is pissed off again; he’s accused Nathan of homophobia, according to NME.
Followill went to Twitter with a comment that his since been deleted.
Billboard.com reports that the drummer wrote:
“Dear Ryan Murphy, let it go. See a therapist, get a manicure, buy a new bra. Zip your lip and focus on educating seven year-olds how to say fuck.”
Murphy then responded by accusing Followill of homophobia.
“That’s [Followill] a homophobe badly in need of some education,” Murphy said in an email statement sent to Perez Hilton.
“I’m all for manicures, don’t wear a bra. Would guess most gay dudes don’t.”
He added: “I would love to sit down with Nathan or any member of Kings and Leon, and tell them how on Glee we actually love their music, and support their artistry… but cannot condone or even laugh at their clear disdain of gay people.”
Not sure if what Nathan said, didn’t say or implied or whatever is truth, but it seems wrong for Murphy to lump the whole band into the problem at hand.
Followill responded by tweeting:
“I’m sorry for anyone that misconstrued my comments as homophobic or misogynistic. I’m so not that kind of person. I really do apologise.”
Just because the band doesn’t want their music played on Glee is really no reason for Murphy to get all pissed off. He might have overreacted just a touch.
I’m sure KOL are flattered, but Murphy should just respect their decision and start thinking how to get Britney Spears or, even better, Gwyneth Paltrow back for another episode.
If Team Glee are mad well too bad!
It’s hard to believe Nathan’s tweet was meant to be hurtful, just a drummer standing up for his band. He should have just tweeted, ‘dear ryan murphy – go f**k yourself,’ and called it a day.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 1:08PM
This is when the term "Homophobia" is overused and abused to manipulate. What he said wasn't homophobic and what's more he just seemed irritated that a seemingly grown adult can't handle a simple NO! Does he think that he can get whatever he asks for? This is America, freedom of choice is a wonderful thing, he should have respected it and moved on instead of making himself look like a spoiled adult.
Monday, January 31, 2011 9:09AM
[...] Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill has a torn bicep. Unfortunately the story does not take a wild turn with reports of a bar fight between Followill and recent nemesis/Glee creator Ryan Murphy (see: Ryan Murphy Despises Kings of Leon For Various Reasons). [...]
Monday, February 7, 2011 4:19PM
Dude the guy from Glee needs to get over it, they're not sellouts deal with it. I applaud them for not wanting their music played out in that show, they are real musicians and artist not looking for any and every way to sell themselves out. Glee sucks, and the guy needs to get over himself. . . . .sounds more like he is the self centered a hole to me haha