“I hope he learns from it,”and I hope I’m responsible for breaking the gay barrier in the NFL. I think unfortunately what Culliver said reflects what 99 % of the league thinks.

What’s gonna have to happen is a real star player … a Jackie Robinson type … a real star player is gonna have to come out while he’s playing … and other people will follow.”

- comedian Artie Lange (who is usually a hot mess of epic proportions) going against homophobic comments made by NFL player Chris Culliver, who said that if there were any gay players on his team (the San Francisco 49-ers), they “gotta get up out of here if they do because he “can’t be with that sweet stuff”.

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