Al Porter Scandal

jack hackett · 24-11-2017 01:21PM

stephen812 wrote: »

https://youtu.be/qTaJ-62HARs

That is absolutely horrific, every sentence that comes out of his mouth is dirty, did they add a laugh track to the video? that wasnt on tv was it? ffs

david75 · 24-11-2017 01:22PM

Nerdlingr wrote: »

"It is my experience that if you are in a gay bar, if I had a euro for every time I was grabbed or pulled or somebody laid a kiss on me and I wasn’t expecting it at all,"

The Independent left out the line after it...."That kinda thing happens, for right or wrong." .... no...no it doesnt happen for right Al.
That type of behavior is wrong, full stop. No wonder he thought he could go around grabbing fellas in toilets and write it off as 'flamboyant behaviour'.

That quote made my blood boil. He’s literally trying to cover his tracks by saying all us gays are like that and do that. Total fvckin bull****. It does happen but very fvckin rarely. In fact I saw it happen one night and some lad grabbed another’s arse as he went past but didn’t yer mans boyfriend see it and suddenly there was almost a fight. So it does happen rarely but he’s talkin out of his hole. It only happens ‘every time he’s in there’ cos it’s him doing it.

jack hackett · 24-11-2017 01:26PM

david75 wrote: »

That quote made my blood boil. He’s literally trying to cover his tracks by saying all us gays are like that and do that. Total fvckin bull****. It does happen but very fvckin rarely. In fact I saw it happen one night and some lad grabbed another’s arse as he went past but didn’t yer mans boyfriend see it and suddenly there was almost a fight. So it does happen rarely but he’s talkin out of his hole. It only happens ‘every time he’s in there’ cos it’s him doing it.

Yea if i was gay i would be extremely offended by Al Porter, he tries to make out that all gay people are effectively sex pests and pervs whereas my logical assumption is that gay people are more or less the same as the rest of us, generally decent and respectful people but some will be ott and some will be sex pests but to say its common place among the gay community or even insinuate that its ok because he is gay, well thats just plain wrong

24-11-2017 03:04PM

I just read that indo article on my break, he goes on to say that if his career on radio finished tomorrow, TV3 sacked him, the Panto scene dried up and his gig numbers collapsed, then he could always go back and train to pursue his first love "Teaching Drama"...well considering they vet teachers of all types now........

Turns out all of the above has come true and simultaneously wiped out any hope of working with children in any capacity now!!

One would imagine at least.

jack hackett · 24-11-2017 03:20PM

rusty cole wrote: »

I just read that indo article on my break, he goes on to say that if his career on radio finished tomorrow, TV3 sacked him, the Panto scene dried up and his gig numbers collapsed, then he could always go back and train to pursue his first love "Teaching Drama"...well considering they vet teachers of all types now........

Turns out all of the above has come true and simultaneously wiped out any hope of working with children in any capacity now!!

One would imagine at least.

wow, was this interview conducted before he was outed as a sex pest? perhaps he knew he would be found out but neglected to think that he can never work around children again

Adamocovic · 24-11-2017 03:40PM

jack hackett wrote: »

wow, was this interview conducted before he was outed as a sex pest? perhaps he knew he would be found out but neglected to think that he can never work around children again

Apparently was conducted very shortly before he the allegations rose. It's something topical at the moment which he had been asked about before.

He had done a similar interview that had been released before the allegations came out, where he talked about how he hasn't ever witnessed sexual assault or the likes. This isn't confirmed but a bit of me thinks that him writing that might have been the reason for some people to finally break their silence on the things he has done.

jack hackett · 24-11-2017 03:51PM

I know this sounds a bit mad but was the gardener Gerry Daly filling in for Porter today? caught a bit of it there in the car and i could have sworn it was Gerry Daly

24-11-2017 03:52PM

like everyone being interviewed now, he was asked for his take on the Weinstein thing and how it will shape the "showbiz" industry going forward.
Like most "hiding in plain sight" Celebrity pervs, he went on about how shocked he was by it all and how he's never seen the likes in his own experience.

There's no Schadenfreude here on my behalf but you have to see the choking irony in him taking such a stance and being found out the very next week.
Was he so arrogant, I wonder as to assume he'd cut his teeth now and the rest would write itself?

jack hackett · 24-11-2017 04:51PM

rusty cole wrote: »

like everyone being interviewed now, he was asked for his take on the Weinstein thing and how it will shape the "showbiz" industry going forward.
Like most "hiding in plain sight" Celebrity pervs, he went on about how shocked he was by it all and how he's never seen the likes in his own experience.

There's no Schadenfreude here on my behalf but you have to see the choking irony in him taking such a stance and being found out the very next week.
Was he so arrogant, I wonder as to assume he'd cut his teeth now and the rest would write itself?

I think, based on his subsequent statement after he was outed as a perv that he felt he would be grand because he way gay and that it was ok for gay people to do that sort of thing because arent all gay people flamboyant and it is the norm in gay nightclubs etc, thankfully it backfired on him

24-11-2017 05:25PM

yeah he seems to be fanning the flames of some old stereo types that all Gay men are hanging round the jacks in the George or panti bar, waiting to be groped or grope!! Quayers and their special powers of seduction!!!:D

jack hackett · 24-11-2017 05:46PM

rusty cole wrote: »

yeah he seems to be fanning the flames of some old stereo types that all Gay men are hanging round the jacks in the George or panti bar, waiting to be groped or grope!! Quayers and their special powers of seduction!!!:D

Yep, that seems to be his defense and it makes him even more of a disgrace

JupiterKid · 24-11-2017 05:57PM

Al Porter is a talentless idiot but if these allegations are true, he's just fanning the flames of homophobia that gay men = sex pests which angers me as a gay man myself.

And there are plenty of homophobes in this little country of ours who would seize on the connection between gay men as pervs/sex pests/pederasts or worse.

LollipopJimmy · 24-11-2017 06:08PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

Al Porter is a talentless idiot but if these allegations are true, he's just fanning the flames of homophobia that gay men = sex pests which angers me as a gay man myself.

And there are plenty of homophobes in this little country of ours who would seize on the connection between gay men as pervs/sex pests/order sastra or worse.

From conversations I've had it seems he is being seen as a twat and hasn't done any damage to the progress that we have made as a nation in terms of moving forward with acceptance. Don't let him anger you or worry you in any way dude

jack hackett · 24-11-2017 06:09PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

Al Porter is a talentless idiot but if these allegations are true, he's just fanning the flames of homophobia that gay men = sex pests which angers me as a gay man myself.

And there are plenty of homophobes in this little country of ours who would seize on the connection between gay men as pervs/sex pests/order sastra or worse.

and Porter has played right into their hands, its actually hard to believe that a gay man in the public eye is happy to use the fact that he is gay to explain away the fact that he is a sex pest, thats like harvey weinstein saying his actions are ok because he fancies girls, what a joke

The_Captain · 24-11-2017 06:19PM

jack hackett wrote: »

and Porter has played right into their hands, its actually hard to believe that a gay man in the public eye is happy to use the fact that he is gay to explain away the fact that he is a sex pest, thats like harvey weinstein saying his actions are ok because he fancies girls, what a joke

Now commonly known as The Spacey Excuse

jack hackett · 24-11-2017 06:22PM

The_Captain wrote: »

Now commonly known as The Spacey Excuse

Yes actually, he did the very same as Spacy and blamed it on being gay

Grayditch · 24-11-2017 06:22PM

Such a bull**** move.

EIREDriver · 24-11-2017 08:45PM

stephen812 wrote: »

Just stumbled across this, makes for interesting viewing:

"I feel like I should hold something...... if only somebody had something mic shaped"

https://youtu.be/qTaJ-62HARs

Jesus when he forces a kiss on the lad at the end. "There's a fine line between banter and an incident"

:pac:

Jobs OXO · 24-11-2017 09:06PM

EIREDriver wrote: »

Jesus when he forces a kiss on the lad at the end. "There's a fine line between banter an incident"

:pac:

It's pure deviency. Thank god he's been stopped.

Vela · 24-11-2017 09:17PM

I read through the FB comments on his statement and I couldn't believe the amount of people defending him. Even a girl I know - who should totally know better. She said she'd met him and he was sound so it clearly wasn't true? Wtf?

People. Seriously. People just wreck my head sometimes.

24-11-2017 09:32PM

stephen812 wrote: »

Just stumbled across this, makes for interesting viewing:

"I feel like I should hold something...... if only somebody had something mic shaped"

https://youtu.be/qTaJ-62HARs

Can’t believe RTÉ called that “entertainment” for Christmas viewing, or indeed anytime viewing. That is the greatest load of trash I have seen RTE associate itself with and down through the years, there’s no end of examples you could use.
They talk about lowest common denominator where I would have placed the likes of Mrs. Browns Boys ; each to their own and all of that but is there even a label you can put on that type of humor?

24-11-2017 09:40PM

EIREDriver wrote: »

Jesus when he forces a kiss on the lad at the end. "There's a fine line between banter and an incident"

:pac:

Yes that kiss was pretty much forced upon your man.

25-11-2017 01:32PM

Surprised RTE havent removed that from youtube. That brand of humour is definitely "in keeping" with his penchant for sexual assaulting people!

digzy · 25-11-2017 01:40PM

Not defending Al Porter, but it’s an interesting reaction from the audience to what is basically an assault!

splinter65 · 25-11-2017 01:45PM

There are a limited number of posters active on this thread but to me it is alarming how some have argued that his act could definitely be described as mainstream entertainment and one in particular insisted that he is in effect a family entertainer, suitable for all the family.
It’s alarming because I don’t know now if I’m being prudish and over protective or is it the case that these people are ludicrously over liberal?

poisonated · 25-11-2017 03:35PM

People are pretty quick to assume he is guilty. I mean, he might be but there is no proof.

splinter65 · 25-11-2017 03:39PM

poisonated wrote: »

People are pretty quick to assume he is guilty. I mean, he might be but there is no proof.

Your right there’s no proof.
But he hasn’t denied the allegations at all over a week later so that’s a bit odd if the incidents never happened.

poisonated · 25-11-2017 03:44PM

splinter65 wrote: »

Your right there’s no proof.
But he hasn’t denied the allegations at all over a week later so that’s a bit odd if the incidents never happened.

True.

Ash.J.Williams · 25-11-2017 03:59PM

splinter65 wrote: »

There are a limited number of posters active on this thread but to me it is alarming how some have argued that his act could definitely be described as mainstream entertainment and one in particular insisted that he is in effect a family entertainer, suitable for all the family.
It’s alarming because I don’t know now if I’m being prudish and over protective or is it the case that these people are ludicrously over liberal?

There are two types of comedian... Mainstream and alternative... Al never was and never will be alternative. Micky jokes have been mainstream since day one. Look at all the pussy jokes for example in are you being served. It's just in this case behaviour went unchecked....ever hear funny Fri on Joe Duffy? Also mainstream... There you will hear slanty eyed Chink jokes and "funny accents" and casual racism... Mainstream comedy is lowest common denominator comedy

K.Flyer · 25-11-2017 04:07PM

splinter65 wrote: »

Your right there’s no proof.
But he hasn’t denied the allegations at all over a week later so that’s a bit odd if the incidents never happened.

What he said was ".. upon legal advice, I cannot comment on specific allegations at the present time.."
Thats standard advice from lawyers when there are allegations being thrown at someone. He's just following the advice from his legal team.

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