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Hey Leno, How's This for "Gayest Look"?!

Jeff Whitless vs. Jay LenoBroadway playwright Jeff Whitty is once again lashing out at Jay Leno -- this time for asking Ryan Phillippe to give his "gayest look" on the "Tonight Show."

During an interview last week, Leno made light of Ryan's first acting role -- playing a gay teen on "One Life to Live"-- by asking the visibly uncomfortable star to give him his "gayest look." Queer eye for the unfunny guy!


In a letter on his website, Whitty, who won a Tony for "Avenue Q" and is openly gay, calls Jay a jerk for "using the stereotype that we're laughable and really, all the same in the end." Whitty also links to various images and articles of "gay faces" -- like slain teen and hate-crime victim Lawrence King -- and asks Jay, "Which one's the gayest to you?"

After sparring in 2006 over Jay's relentless "gay-baiting" jokes, Whitty and Leno allegedly talked and, er, straightened out the matter. But with this latest incident, it's safe to say Leno and Whitty aren't exactly fishin' buddies.

TMZ contacted a "Tonight Show" rep, but have not heard back.

Tags: Jay Leno, JayLeno, Jeff Whitty, JeffWhitty

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76. Jay Leno used to be funny. Now he's just a low rent, cheapshot artist. His humor is always at the expense of others. He makes nothing but fat, ugly, gay, black, random celebrities, whatever "jokes." His Jaywalking segment is tired and again at the expense of others. His humor is nothing but mean, mean, mean. Time to retire Jay, you've been over for a long time.

Posted at 6:11PM on Mar 25th 2008 by hockeymom

77. 72. Funny a hetreosexual would never have a problem with anyone saying give us your best heterosexual look. Get a life and stop using the gay card for media attention.

Posted at 5:56PM on Mar 25th 2008 by Kim

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and maybe the gay community needs to stop using the "everyone is out to get us" card

Posted at 6:17PM on Mar 25th 2008 by Fernando Valenzuela

78. Jay Leno

Posted at 6:19PM on Mar 25th 2008 by luz lady

79. Jay Leno, do people still watch that guy......bring on Letterman, funny and smart. Leno is so puffed up does anyone really listen.

Posted at 4:40AM on Mar 26th 2008 by luz lady

80. What if Jay had said ""Give us your best Negro look""
or "give us your best "illegal immigrant" look"?
I do not watch talk shows so I could care less either way.

Posted at 7:00PM on Mar 25th 2008 by frogford

81. a gay Broadway playwright - i guess thats a sterotype too - get over it - thats almost as funny as saying a gay interior designer is mad a jay leno - keep it up - you people make it too easy !!!!

Posted at 7:12PM on Mar 25th 2008 by uscusc

82. RE: 30. We know gays are born that way??? really, oh yeah, I see lots of male dogs going after other males, female tigers
cuddling up to other female tigers, sharks, turtles, birds. Hmmmm, nope, nowhere else on the planet is it found, hmmmm.
Speak for yourself!!!

TRIXIE - Actually scientist HAVE witnessed homosexuality in a variety of species - birds, penguins, dolphins, porcupines, canines and even beetles...do some research before you post next time

Posted at 7:29PM on Mar 25th 2008 by AJ

83. I don't Jay Leno not because he's homophobe, but because he's a Right-Wing, RACIST!

Posted at 7:21PM on Mar 25th 2008 by g.q.

84. FROGFORD.....exactly what I was thinking!! Do I think Leno is a homophobe NO...do I think he needs to bring his humor to 2008..ABSOLUTLEY!

Posted at 7:29PM on Mar 25th 2008 by AJ

85. come on people.... jay leno is harmless, he's definitely not the anti-Christ you're making him out to be. if you don't like him or his show, change the channel.

Posted at 8:44PM on Mar 25th 2008 by alex

86. Jay Leno is incredibly unfunny. His jokes are terrible, his interviews are awkward. His jokes are like ones I would make when I'm TRYING to be funny...just real obvious stuff. I'm super not funny.

Posted at 4:36PM on Nov 25th 2008 by Jaydee

87. Reading through these comments is really something. I can't believe that so many people give a f**k about WHO people f**k, when it isn't harming anyone. What a bunch of half-wits. Couch it in whatever "moral" crap you want, you homo-obsessed haters out there need to grow the hell up.

Posted at 4:13PM on Mar 26th 2008 by Jimmy

88. Jay Leno is a bigot plain and simple. I stopped watching his stupid show years ago.

Posted at 10:50AM on Mar 26th 2008 by Damon Todd

89. LENO IS THE WORST INTERVIEWER EVER FOR ANY TALK SHOW IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANKIND....HE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN SOME LESSONS OR MAYBE READ BARBARA WALTERS BOOK " HOW TO INTERVIEW ANYONE"...
LENO SUCKS.

Posted at 9:58PM on Mar 25th 2008 by DONNa

90. I've never liked Jay Leno, always seen him as a sort of "potty mouth". Not in the sense that he's obscene, rather that his humor is more along the lines of elementary school children where farts/bathroom jokes (and gay jokes) are hilarious. I can just picture Leno as the class clown who never grew out of that stage and his jokes have stayed pretty much the same.

Posted at 10:05PM on Mar 25th 2008 by Will

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