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King Latifah doesn’t give a sh*t what you think in regards to her sexuality:
“I don’t have a problem discussing the topic of somebody being gay, but I do have a problem discussing my personal life,” Latifah, 38, told Sunday’s New York Times magazine. “You don’t get that part of me. Sorry,” she added. “We’re not discussing it in our meetings, we’re not discussing it at Cover Girl…nobody gets that. “I don’t feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don’t care if people think I’m gay or not,” she said. “Assume whatever you want. You do it anyway.” Latifah had been linked to her longtime personal trainer. Last December, she denied rumors that they were getting married. “People will make up all sorts of things that are not true,” she told the Chicago Sun-Times. “There ain’t gonna’ be no wedding.”
Wedding or no wedding, as long as Dana isn’t denying that she is a carpet-muncher, then it’s pretty safe to say that she is. People are going to think it regardless…
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Um….leave this woman alone already. She ain’t going to tell the public what they want to know so move on already. Dana Owens ain’t hurting anyone, so let her be.
But wait…didn’t she used to be with Vinny from Naughty?
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Latifah not like the rest of them talking about their marriages (bey) and sex life (janet) in order to sell records or get parts in movies.
The bad part is Janet told everyone everything that she does with Jermaine, yet she still couldn’t sell any records. Go figure.
Who cares what number you are. You didn’t even make a comment about the article. NYT had a great interview about Dana. It’s her business if she is gay. That seems like the first thing people want to know about celebrities if they don’t flaunt a man/girl in people’s faces all the time. But on the other side of it can she still be happy not being able to travel with her significant other whether it be same sex or straight.
Hey Re…
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Whether she is gay or not, *****ody really knows. But one thing is for sure…her girl sucks as a personal trainer.
she know she is gay…. why not just come on out with it, it is not like it use to be back in the day… being gay is now a career booster
Really leave her alone about it…I could careless what she does at home..in fact I’d prefer not to even think about it
@IJM
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Her personal trainer sucks. She needs Heal Zoo.
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******* BOSSIP! Don’t exploit Obama to get on our “good side” and disrespect our legendary women such as QUEEN Latifah. . .and any of you CRACKER-TYPE *****’s on here that co-sign this CRACKER written site, you’re a traitor to your race.
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Queen, who you fooling, cats from around the way know whats up.. All peeps in the Bricks, Ghost Town, and Illtown, know whats up.
Some things are better left unsaid….
I like Latifah…but I don’t like this photo of her.
Whatever makes her scream with delight is all gravy with me…
bottom line, “are you gay?” is a yes or no question. a straight person would clear that up immediately, they wouldn’t give an elaborate explanation about how it’s *****ody’s business. she is definitely gay.
@sally
STFU. what does Janet have to do with any of this, douchebag?
I’m thinking she’s probably gay. IF she is and IF that is her girl…I’m glad for them. Because they’ve managed to be in a monogamous relationship for a long time. And gay, straight, or sideways Queen makes cake. Movies, CoverGirl, etc…Please Latifah don’t hurt ‘em.
Im glad she’s telling yall fools (Bossip & some homo-phobe bloggers) because it isnt anyones business and without her admitting anything ya’ll still call her “King” Latifah & the homophobic gay slur referring to a lebian “carpet-muncher”. Woooooow (like Flava Fla says it)..SMH. I believe in this day in age we need to stop it because we’re tryna get a Black man in office so we dont need anymore discrimination and hate than we’re already seeing. For people that are staunch B.O. suppoters & always cry about racism I think Bossip needs to not stoop so low.
Being gay now is not a career buster, especially when everyone already already knows. I don’t think it’s that big of a deal. Ellen is more popular than ever, Doogie Howzer is doing well, Rosie is making money, Cynthia Nixon is winning Emmys, etc. Queen doesn’t have to make a big deal out of it, just live her life the way she wants to…
Bravo, Queen. We pay for your art,not the details of your personal life.
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She has always been one of the most respected people in the industry…She stays humble and she represents beautiful, successful black women of all shapes and sizes…I don’t care what her sexuality is…This woman has never put her business out there for the world and I don’t see why she would now…People are going to form opinions regardless…I mean she could show up right now with a dude on her arm and someone would say he’s a beard so damned if you do and damned if you don’t….
Why are we going so hard on pubic figures admitting their gay? I mean it’s not like we require heteros to announce to the world that they’re straight. What you do in your bedroom is on you and I don’t need to know either way.
what up everyone?
We know how king get down.
lol to the expression “carpet muncher”. shiiiit imma carpet muncher n proud of it!!!
it’s not a big deal….but when someone refuses to answer that question, it pretty much confirms what everyone is thinking….
I like Latifah. I don’t give a damn who she is bangin. People need to mind their own damn business. This woman has accomplished a lot, and that is not easy to do when you don’t fit the typical hollywood mold. Do you Queen!! People need to stop worrying about her, and keep an eye on their own men. There is a good chance that a tenth of the people on this site have a man on the down low.
I don’t blame her I wouldn’t care what people thought ablout me either
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she know she is gay…. why not just come on out with it, it is not like it use to be back in the day… being gay is now a career booster
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It is one thing for Ellen and Rosie to come out the closet. They are white. If a black celebrity were to come out, everyone knows the black community would reject them. Sad but true. So no it’s not a career booster for her.
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It is one thing for Ellen and Rosie to come out the closet. They are white. If a black celebrity were to come out, everyone knows the black community would reject them. Sad but true. So no it’s not a career booster for her.
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I know that being gay isn’t as acceptable in the black community; however i dont think ppl are going to reject her for 2 reasons… 1) most everyone already *****umes she is gay & 2) although being gay isnt as acceptable in the black community there is a lot of black gays on the D.L.
Latifah really is the queen, lezzy or not.
btw, speaking of DL brothas, is idris elba gay?
Well she might be a lesbo! She has had a personal trainer and still looks the same size to me. That personal trainer thing is a front! Carpet Munching continues!
@ShavonDenise
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who cares if Latifah and Idris are gay (and most likely they both are). They are both great black people, just like Obama
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@M*****IVE ATTACK
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who cares if Latifah and Idris are gay (and most likely they both are). They are both great black people, just like Obama
Yes We Can!”
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What makes Idris most likely gay? I thought he was married.
These women might cut you in here for that statment.
but she still doesnt answer the question. so the answer is yes.
im not gay, and if someone asked me, I would tell them. Simple as that. she has not given an answer just like all the other pre-outed celebrities.
I guess her coming out will be when her trainer gets pregnant, or she appears on the cover of People Magazine
I think big ‘Tif’ came out with her bull dyke role in ‘Set It Off’. If I had met her character in a dark alley I would have run like a ***** and I am 6′2 285 and lift 5 times a week. She looked FEIRCE with the braided hair and big ole ‘chest’. LOL
Like she said who she sleeps with Male or Female is her business. Not everyone that’s Gay needs to come out and announce it to the world!
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Well she might be a lesbo! She has had a personal trainer and still looks the same size to me. That personal trainer thing is a front! Carpet Munching continues!
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Exactly Mickey! Not that I care if Queen is really an (not so) undercover King! She only continues to further speculation by making coy comments like that. “No wedding!” And she’s adamant about that, and that’s a personal subject in itself. Yet when the question arises about her sexual preference… “I don’t care what people think!” Pretty lame response. Just come on out King… I aint mad at you. You still doing your thing, whether you like dingaling or not!!! LMAO!
Now back to the topic of Idris Elba! I’d be crushed if he was gay, but I still love looking at his fine *****!!!!! WOO WHO!!!
I could not care less about her preference…she is still the Queen and a beautiful role model….***** what people think….
What makes Idris most likely gay? I thought he was married.
These women might cut you in here for that statment
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Oh please, if he is married, then that “wife” is his beard/front. that’s like been an open secret since he left The Wire. Idris is as gay as the day (or *****) is long.
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Tell Queen, Do your Thang how you want to do it.
I do respect what queen was saying in the interview, but we all know she’s a lezzy but she stay denying it. When Was the last time you saw her with a man?, where are the kids? she’s never coming out period,she’s a female version of Tyler Perry.
But bossip that “king latifah” never gets old in my book lol
Are you on this Idris is gay/Latifah is lesbian stuff again? O please y’all, this is old news. Of course Idris is gay, its just that you women don’t want to admit this to yourselvess and want to pretend his your man. Women getting all wet for a homo. WTF!
As for QL, that question was clearly yes or no answer,sHe practically outed her in thatt interview.
Would a straight man be a carpet muncer too, I mean its the same act, so why dont we just call all men by that name.. Some of you people need to look beyond your back yard, bdq
given how blacks are so homophobic in the first instance can you blame her??
WASHINGTON – The world economy will slow sharply this year and next, with the United States likely sliding into recession reflecting mounting damage from the most dangerous financial jolt in more than a half-century.
The International Monetary Fund, in a World Economic Outlook released Wednesday, slashed growth projections for the global economy and predicted the United States — the epicenter of the financial meltdown — will continue to lose traction.
“The world economy is now entering a major downturn in the face of the most dangerous shock in mature financial markets since the 1930s,” the IMF said in its report.
The IMF now projects that the global economy, which grew by a hardy 5 percent last year, will lose considerable speed, slowing to 3.9 percent this year. It is forecast to weaken even more — to just 3 percent — next year, marking the worst showing since 2002. In the past, the IMF has called global growth of 3 percent or less the equivalent to a global recession.
The IMF’s projection was made before the Federal Reserve and six other major central banks from around the world slashed interest rates Wednesday in an attempt to prevent a financial crisis from becoming a global economic meltdown.
The Fed reduced its key rate from 2 percent to 1.5 percent. In Europe, which also has been hard hit by the financial crisis, the Bank of England cut its rate by half a point to 4.5 percent, while the European Central Bank sliced its rate to 3.75 percent.
Also taking part were the central banks of China, Canada, Sweden, and Switzerland. The Bank of Japan said it strongly supported the actions.
The financial crisis, which erupted in the United States in August 2007 and has quickly spread around the globe, entered a tumultuous new phase last month, badly shaking confidence in global financial institutions and markets, the IMF said. It has triggered a cascading series of bankruptcies, forced mergers and radical government interventions — such as the United States’ unprecedented $700 billion financial bailout — to stem the fallout.
The new projections come before a gathering of the world’s top economic powers on Friday and the weekend meetings of the IMF and the World Bank. The jarring financial crisis is likely to figure prominently in those discussions.
In the United States, the economy, which grew by 2 percent last year, is projected to slow to 1.6 percent this year. Growth would screech to a virtual halt in 2009, barely budging at just 0.1 percent. That would mark the worst showing since 1991, when the country was pulling out of a recession.
“With a recession now looking increasingly likely, the key questions are, how deep will the downturn be, when will a recovery get under way and how strong will it be?” the IMF asked. Much will hinge on how effective the United States’ steps to stabilize financial markets and get credit flowing more freely again turn out to be. Another important factor is whether these and other actions turn around U.S. consumers, whose retrenchment is hurting the economy.
The IMF — and many private economists — believe the U.S. economy will probably contract in the final three months of this year and the first three months of next year, meeting a cl*****ic definition of a recession. The economy’s last recession was in 2001.
The government’s bailout package is aimed at thawing lending by buying bad mortgage-related debt from troubled financial institutions. The idea is that the banks’ books would then be cleaner, putting them in a better position to lend and get the economy moving.
The IMF said this effort should help to stabilize markets but even so “the process of balance-sheet repair will be long and arduous.” Credit availability is likely to remain constrained throughout 2009, the IMF said.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warned in a speech Tuesday that the economy’s outlook for this year has darkened and the pain could last for some time. His remarks were seen as heralding the rate cut Tuesday.
Looking at other countries, Germany’s growth will slow to 1.8 percent this year, down from 2.5 percent last year. France’s growth will weaken to just 0.8 percent, compared with 2.2 percent in 2007. Britain’s economy will see growth taper to 1 percent, down from 3 percent last year. Canada’s growth will tail off to 0.7 percent this year, from 2.7 percent last year.
In Japan, growth will cool to just 0.7 percent, from 2.1 percent last year.
Global powerhouses China and India will see growth clock in this year at a robust 9.7 percent and 7.9 percent, respectively. Even if those projections prove correct, they would still mark downgrades from their blistering performances last year. Russia’s economy should grow by a brisk 7 percent this year, down from 8.1 percent last year.
Inflation around the world remains high, driven up by surging energy and food prices through much of this year.
It will be tricky for Bernanke and his counterparts in other countries to navigate weak growth and inflation pressures, the IMF said.
“The immediate policy challenge is to stabilize financial conditions, while nursing economies through a period of slow activity and keeping inflation under control,” it said.
@chaka1
the big difference is those people that you named are white who are more accepting. Blacks gaus in general have it bad in the world and in their own communities.
i meant “gays.”
It sounds like she got a little tude. Don’t *****ody care about her gayness. The main thing people talk about is that she hides it. So she can sound all nonchalant all she wants. She still acts like she’s ashamed of her sexuality.
I commend her for not addressing her personal life to the public. It’s not our *****in’ business. Period. Celebs deserve a little bit of privacy TOO.
Yo – stringer’s gay!!!!!!
Well, there goes the neighborhood. Is he like the black richard chamberlain???
@ As seen on TV, Black Beauty
Could not have said it better. While we joke on this site, I truly do not believe that we are ENTITLED to know every detail about a public persons private life. No matter what, people are going to read into and dissect every appearance, paparazzi photo, and quote in an article.
And the beat goes on, do you, Queen.
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Queen, who you fooling, cats from around the way know whats up.. All peeps in the Bricks, Ghost Town, and Illtown, know whats up
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@ sour grapes
What are you talking about? She never said she was or she wasn;t so she is not trying to fool anyone. She is just saying her business is her business and it really is her business and no one else’s. So I am trying to see what you mean by asking who is she fooling.
If Idris is gay, please tell me he is the pitcher. A man with that fine ***** should not be the catcher.
daywalker , whats good dude? i did a all day investigation into the internet harr*****ment and the the way of it is basically a one way thing but if 2 people convo back and forth like i had said in the first place its not harr*****ment if one person contacts u constantly and you didnt ask for it but if u contact back its mutual just like sweet n sour said but its cool i knew that anyway just wanted 2 go 2 different resources.
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Bossip, you’re a *****ty organization to keep harping on QUEEN Latifah’s sexuality like this. Would you all condemn Beyonce this much if she were lesbian?
Maybe you would, you people are *****holes, but you are not godly.
Queen is an awesome person. Her sexual preference is HER business just like she said. Keep doing everything you do QUEEN.
TG, i agree with u.
Telling people ur gay is not talking about ur personal life, it’s just letting people know what’s up. If she really didn’t give a damn what people thought, she would have let people know she’s gay in the first place so no one has to talk about it and make up ***** later. Not to mention, this is a GOSSIP site.
If anyone is talking about her having a little privacy, they’re a hiprocrite.
Personally, I don’t have nothing against her. She stays on her grind, but I dont’ care if she’s gay, so lets move it right along.
ALL HAIL THE QUEEN!! QUEEN HAS EARNED HER RIGHT TO BE RESPECTED IN THE BIZ GAY OR NOT. U DO U QUEEN CAUSE WE GON LOVE U NO MATTER WHAT!!!
Who cares. I think she is just waiting for the right dude because she is alot of Woman. Yes a WOMAN!! Even though Set It Off was played soo goood lol!
King Latifah is gay. We all know this. I have never seen her with a male unless it was in the movies. She looks like a big man in a dress. She sits like a dude, she walks like a dude, but she doesn’t like dudes.
Her sweat pants and hood gear suits her. It shows her true self. She might as well just admit it like Aiken, Ellen, and Rosie. No one will be surprised.
Don’t care.Hope she’s happy.
It’s Her Life….I’m glad she’s successful….her private life…no comment….
BOSSIP WHY YALL PUT THIS PICTURE POSE OF LATIFAH LOOKING LIKE A DONKEY. LIKE DUNK IN THE TRUNK. SHE IS SO MUCH PRETTIER THAN THIS PICTURE.
Thats right Cleo, tell ‘em, girl!
50/11 post about y’all don’t care. yeah you do. Go head Queen and do you Boo.
Ummm, which Rosie is gay? (In the industry)
BOSSIP it is sooooooooooo tired to keep calling people out about maybe being gay..
Are you the gay police??? WTF?????
After that so called “performance” in Set It Off, after looking like she was kissing her brother or dog in Living Single and the taxicab flick, it is safe to say that the King is not gay.
What if she is. Who cares, she’s talented. Thank God she’s gettin’ some, if she is though.
She dont have to tell us a damn thing gossip site or not.
people just want to find areason to tear a good woman down. Hail to the queen. She has been staying out of trouble and she has kept her name in the game even when new school rappers started dominated. She has kept her ***** together ask her how she does it but dont make it seeem like she is obligated to tell you anything personal all these celebritties need to take notes from her and Jigga man. Toodles
umph!
dang stop hattin!…the whole world may be carpet munchers!…but are they gonna admit it?…hell nah!
I agree wholeheartedly with Queen Latifah, it’s none of our business already! Worry about who you’re screwing and who your boyfriend/girlfriends are screwing!
And take a HIV test… Monogamy is a myth…lol… I think I spelled that wrong, but hey I’ve had a couple of vodkas tonight..lol
Who the heck’s questioning her….
after her performance in “set it off” with no oscar buzz……….c’mon.
Seriously why should she have to admit or deny her sexuality. Black folks and that crab in the barrel mentality. We really need to worry about our community and not stupid stuff.
Eww, you wouldn’t catch me between them fat ***** legs eating her crunch and much. Can you imagine the keloids from all the ingrown pube hair? Damn that!
Personal trainer?? More like personal lap lounger!!!
Queen we love you too much for you to be like this..STOP!found you a man okay! LOVE YOU QUEEN!!!!
it amazes me how yall caught up in a ***** life yall wont ever get to know.
sHE iS a tRUE qUEEN tOO! aLWAYS rEP’D tHAT wAY & iS mULTI- tALENTED. sHE’S rIGHT tHEY wILL *****UME…wHATEVER.
Gay or not I don’t care. I think she is a great actress,and I love her movies. However, if she is gay why not admit it, and if not deny it. I don’t think it would hurt hurt career.
Her sexual orientation is her private business.
All I know is I loved her in “Set it Off” with Vivica and Jada.
latifah is gay we all know it hell don’t admit it we all know it. it’ll come out one day eventually along with all the other closet *****s and dykes if latifah don’t come out cool someone else will out her.
She prob anit gay. Maybe she didn’t answa cuz she know’s if she said HELL NO AM NO HOMO people would think she lieing. She don’t give a ***** and i love tha stay up mama much props
Latifa IS a lesbian, I have seen her myself in the Los Angeles GAY clubs several times.
THATS RIGHTS MIND YOURS I WANT HER ALWAYS HAVE THATS 1 SEXY BIGIRL ILL EAT HER ***** HOW SWEET IT IS!
OKAY BOSSIPers! I am a frequent visitor of this website and I love it! But what I don’t like is how disrespectful both the SITE and the BOSSIPers are the LGBT community. I don’t know If most people know but….Lesbians DO NOT LIKE BEING CALLED dykes, and Gay Men DO NOT LIKE BEING CALLED *****s. Both terms are not terms of endearment to these groups (especially from outsiders). Its the same as African Americans don’t like being called a N*@@&$ by other non-african americans. All I am saying is just be a little more conscience of the words you choose folks. I still love all yall, and this site….Just be easy..
God DAMN you people! Leave Queen Latifah alone! Shes had enough of your god DAMN LIES! Leave her the ***** alone! She has told you her answer so stop asking her! Her answer is not going to change you mother*****ers! I am her #1 fan and I am 12 years old and I will back her the ***** up you *****es!