More than a week after voters in California, Arizona and Florida passed ballot initiatives outlawing same-sex marriage, thousands of people across the country protested the bans in simultaneous rallies Saturday.
Joining in on the demonstrations was Comedian Wanda Sykes. She surprised the organizers of the gay rights rally in Las Vegas this weekend by coming out publicly as a lesbian for the first time. Peep the video above..
KATT WILLIAMS MENTAL HEALTH IN QUESTION
Speaking of Comedians, Katt Williams, 37, was reportedly taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation after visiting family members in Sumter, South Carolina on, Friday (Nov. 14), according to The Sumter Item. Before that, the actor and comedian had run-ins with both city and county law enforcement which stirred from a call to police early that morning.
Sumter Police say officers responded to a call in reference to suspicious behavior by Williams at a local hotel. Williams reportedly showed up to the hotel in a bathrobe with a towel wrapper around his head inquiring about a room. Williams later left after asking for directions which police made no arrest at that time due to no crime being broken.
Williams later appeared on the doorsteps of attorney Garryl Deas’s office around 9:00 AM who Williams sought to hire because he said police were quote “attempting to violate his rights.” Williams went on talking to the attorney until around 9:30 about his entertainment career and rumors that he had perished in a plane crash. At that time, the attorney had to leave for a court appearance, which Williams asked at that point, could he wait in the office til the attorney returned, which Deas said he could.
Deas later returned around 10:30 a.m. to find Williams still waiting, but now Williams’ behavior had changed. “His demeanor was a little troubled,” Deas said stating the actor seemed “disoriented.” This was the time when family or close friends showed up seeking to have the comedian committed, Deas said.
Continuining his eratic behavior, Deas says Williams began “speaking gibberish,” saying “that he doesn’t trust anyone anymore” and everyone has turned against him.
Williams was later transported to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.
Wow. I hope he stays there until he get’s better. Maybe he just found himself another comedy routine. Hey, Martin did it after he was caught walking the streets looking crazy and confused.
The Entertainment Industry is a Pressure Cooker……Good Luck Katt….What you need a prayer, family and close friends. Wait question…Does he have a Wife ?
Katt done lost it! i guess you gotta be a little crazy to be that damn funny. LOL
Damn Kat..I hope he gets some help
I’m shock about Wanda Sykes coming out of the closet….
i swear katt williams is gay
Katt was probably hearing voices before. They probably was the ones telling him to demand an apology from BET.
not in shock about wanda. what surprises me is that she married her female lover. hollywood always knew about her, that’s why she was so heavily embraced. i used to love her show “wanda at large”. I always seen her as the type to be kickin her feet up with a heineken, yelling to her female shorty “where the sandwiches at?”
@5 Are you shocked that she came out publicly or at the fact that she is gay because I think it’s pretty safe to say we all knew that she was gay before this.
Not surprised at all about Ms Wanda. It was only a matter of time before she “came out”…
Poor Katt..Love him to death. My prayers go out to him and his family. He’ll be back at it making us roll with laughter in no time!
Wow! My peoples are from Sumter… what a small world. Hope we aint no kin, mental health problems are heriditary…
Wanda, wow… ok?
Wow, I pray that Katt will be alright…that behavior does not sound healthy!
Not at all surprised by WSykes….I was more surprised to learn that she was once married.
Hopefully KWilliams gets the help he needs. Another sad example of how too much exposure at once can affect you in ways you never imagined. Even entertainers must learn the art of keeping things simple and staying grounded.
wanda sykes had no idea..but hey thats her business.. and personally i think california is dead wrong for changing that my cousin is very pissed because her and her girlfriend always planned to move to california and get married there and thats like just crushin the dream..i agree with wanda you should be allowed to love whomever you choose.
I agree with 13….I was suprised when I saw her live and she talked about her EX. She just didn’t strike me as the married type…so I’m not at all shocked to know that she’s a lesbian….to each its own.
I am surprised to read this about K.Williams, I just watched his DC standup last night. I wish him well and I hope he makes it through this to laugh about it later. laughter is the best medicine
Not at all surprise about wanda i always knew she was gay….
I always knew there was something wrong with Katt, i think i have a sense for these things..
Good for Wanda! There are so many people living in the WORLD that don’t feel free to be the person they truly are and feel they have to hide their sexuality
Marriage is an agreement, that should be shared between two consenting adults. There are plenty of Heterosexual couples who don’t love each other and get married for all kinds of reasons, if there is a homosexual couple who wants to share in the right to marry someone because they LOVE EACH OTHER, then damn it they should be able to.
Especially in these hard economic times, Marriage, straight or gay should be endorsed! Households with 2 or more persons generally tend to do better!!!! it would surely be good for our economy. Just my opinion ya’ll
I hope Katt can get the help he needs and get through this.
LOL at #11….. it really is heriditary. I feel bad for Katt. I think Dave Chapelle put it best when he said that: “these people (celebrities) aren’t crazy, they are just a product of the environment.” Isn’t Katt going to jail soon or was suppose to be?
O and I figured Wanda was gay…. ecspecially when she came on the Ellen show and was speaking so passionately about the “gay” subject…
Wow it’s about time for black celebs to come out of the closet…maybe Latifah will be next.
lol @ Wanda, well she just confirmed what everyone already knew! Luvs her!
Wow, Katt sounds stressed, much like Martin Lawrence did before he lost it..
Sounds like a case of the ooooweee LOL (Anybody remember Martin)
i’m not suprise about wanda
hope kat get better
@ #6
I thought I was the only one that thought that. First time I saw him that’s what I thought. Dude is gay.
but…
Katt…what in the world?!?!?!? is he on something other than mary jane? I wish they had footage of this LOL!….i’m terrible
Wanda…. ugh!!! im sorry but i just cant see the point of same sex marriages, if your a women why the heck would you want to have a wife?? and the same goes for a man who wants a husband…to me thats just one of the weirdest things on earth, marriage was not made for two men or two women. I know im probably gonna offend someone but hey its the truth…
I DONT CAER BOUT THAT PROP 8 SHIT THAT NONE OF MY DAMN BUSSINES PEOPLE CHOSE TO MARRY THER OWN SEX BUT MY MOTHER TOLD ME TO VOTE AGAINST IT CUZ IT WAS AGAINST OUR RELIGION … BUT HEY LET THEM GET MARRIED THEY WILL BE JUGED ON JUGEDMENT DAY
Wanda sykes? wooow. If people want to believe that same sex is TRULY love then they should live somewhere where there accepted. If God didnt create REAL love which is a man and a woman there wouldnt be life here on this earth…how can a man and another man create life?? same for two women…that to me is not acceptable. I believe God created women and men for a perfect reason…not only to shape life and keep it flowing but to demonstrate the true and real power of love.
See this is what “FAME” does to you. I love Katt, but some people can’t handle “FAME”. I hope he pulls through. SMH
Wanda, Wanda, Wanda!!! LOL She is funny as hell!!! I wonder what made her finally come out? Oh well, more men for ME!!! LOL
# 25
same sex marriage is not weird and sick
2 girls and a cup is sick and weird.
painolympics is weird and sick..
honestly i believe being gay is a disorder, something that went wrong during the couarse of pubity that just didn’t go well.
Who am i to judge,let god judge
Now if only these people will come out
Tyler Perry
Queen Latipha
Missy Elliotte
Raz B
Eddie Murphy
Jonny Gill
Fonzworth
John legend
Will smith
Tom cruise
Tyson Beckford
Oprah
@ 31 WILL SMITH IS MARRIED WIT KIDS U DUMB ASS
gay people…uummm not gonna comment. wada…. hope katt gets better love him he is so funny
Stevie Wonder could see that Wanda Sykes was a damn l*sbian. Anytime a black woman is allowed to host TV shows or award galas she MUST either be a l*sbian or with a white man. I can’t think of one that wasn’t.
Katt Williams wasn’t speaking any “gibberish”, nor is he crazy. It’s the so-called black “celebrities” that can function easily and even thrive in that entertainment world of satanism, witchcraft, and hom*sexuality that are the nuts. That is the way of the world. He just ain’t built for that nonsense. He told a story about how he went to a Hollywood party and when he looked in each bedroom, there were disgusting things going on in each room. I knew he was not cracked up for that world when he said that, because the people that are cracked up for it wouldn’t have even mentioned it.
he just had some bad weed that’s all it aint nothing wrong with him. I just pray he doesn’t loose his kids from this
@32
Will Smith is the biggest hom*sexual in Holllywood, and his wife is the biggest l*sbian. All big name black male actors in Hollywood are Boule and have hit the casting couch to sleep with the director. Every last one. Everyone on no.31′s list is a hom*sexual or l*sbian.
I think the law of the land should obey God’s law and not try to satisfy humans wants. Who are we humans anyway. If you decide to live your life that way thats on you, but dont think all should go your way, no one for that matter. No one was born gay. Why would God talk against homosexuality but make someone born that way? There is no contradictions in the bible. Read the bible for what it is. Do not add to it or take away!!!! Following the world and not God can have almost everyone Lost (as evident).
I can’t understand paragraphs 2 & 3 from the Kat Williams story. Who wrote this stuff? Do you guys have an editor?
I always knew Katt was crazy and wanda was gay.You are what you are but the gay marriage thing is a bit much.
Drugs are bad and so is drinking too much. Katt needs 12 steps and pray and he will be alright.
the problem same-sex marriage is the word marriage has almost always be linked to faith. We think of it as a bond between God and a man and a woman.
Now Civil unions are still legal and I dont understand why they cant just live with that.
Wanda Sykes says if gay people chose to be gay then straight people chose to be straight and she is so right. there is no gay gene, matter of fact studies have shown that envoirment plays the largest part in the decison of a person to live a gay life style.
People voted no on this issuse because every major religin says being gay is wrong. Not because they hate gay people. I think being gay is wrong just like I think exposing you body for money, or having kids out of wedlock is wrong, but that dosent mean I hate the person. It means that I respect your right to do you but I will not give up my right to believe what i believe and teach my children in my beliefs. If you are a true believe in the Bible as I am you know that you cant in good faith say its okay for to men to lie together.
Its crazy how yall are discriminating about gays and lesbians being accepted when blacks weren’t always accepted. It still goes on to this day. You can say its not the same but in some aspects it is. Sure if you believe in GOD then he will be the judge. Let them have equal rights!!!!!
I MUST BE WEIRD BECAUSE I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT WANDA SYKES BEING GAY. O WELL MORE POWER TO HER
I HOPE KATT GET’S BETTER SOON. HAVE YA’LL SEEN HIS NEW STAND UP “IT’S PIMPIN, PIMPIN”?? HILARIOUS. HE NEEDS TO PUT OUT A NEW ONE EVERY YEARS
Hollywood, it aint for everybody; it will drive you crazy.
# 32
your a dumb ass for thinking just because you’re married you can’t be gay. Theres a reason its called in the “CLOSET”
Your man is probably in the closet as we speak..
Simple ass mutherfu****
Some of the most talented people are the most troubled inside. Weird how that works….
Wanda…not surprised. Wonder if this will backlash against her hosting big name award shows. Still a funny lady….
@ Wanda: Big shocker.
@ JLINZ: Doesn’t someone telling you how to think kind of defeat the whole point of instituting a “voting age”?
@ # 31.. lmao
There are some crazy comments on this thread. I don’t believe the government should waste tax payer money altering the constitution to impugn personal liberties. But I think the whole idea of homosexuals gung-ho on adoption is retarded.
Katt, lmao. I dunno. He’s such a comedian … how do we know he’s not doing this for another skit/role in a movie or for an upcoming standup DVD?
of which, Its Pimpin Pimpin was funny as hell….
@KMNILES
Brotha, I know that you’re not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, but don’t you think that Hollywood already knew that she was a l*sbian and this is why she hosted so many shows in the first place….hint, hint. Whoopi Goldberg, Queen Latifah, Oprah Winfrey, Wanda Sykes….what do they all have in common? Damn.
hopefully she will pave the way for people like Queen Latifah LOL
#21, u got me crying laughing! That is one of the funniest things I’ve heard from Martin. #31, I’m dying laughing at your list! I’m not a bit suprised @ Wanda or Katt.
WANDA DYKES- u are a hypocrite! you used to be married to a man in 1998!!! What’s so wrong with civil unions? i believe that gays should be allowed to have benefits for their partners just as a heterosexual couples. but i don’t think it should be marriage. i think civil unions in every state are fine. AND PEOPLE ARE NOT BORN GAY!! ok, compare how many gay people there are in the world in 2008 compared to the 70′s and sh!t. people for whatever reason decide to become attracted to the same sex. humans are animals. i don’t see no gay dogs, cats, and monkeys humping around. come on now. if you gay, then do you. but don’t test God and don’t say you were born that way.
Im sick a tired of people comparing being gay to being black there is nothing in the bible saying that being black is wrong,discrininatian is wrong. But like #46 said (personal liberties) it is not a personal liberty to be black.
Ok ya’ll-I think the gay community has got this whole marriage thing twisted! Nobody said you can’t love who you want! As for being gay not being a choice, those desires might be there for whatever reason, but acting on them is what makes the gay lifestyle a CHOICE! I am appalled at Wanda Sykes comparing being gay to being black or female-there is NO COMPARISON because there is no CHOICE about the skin or sex you are born with! Furthermore, legalizing such things as gay marriage and adoption ultimately will allow homosexual practices to be taught to our children in schools across America as the “norm”, which ultimately contradicts what so many parents are teaching their children at home. While I think it is very important to teach children tolerance and love when it comes to all people, as someone who strongly believes that heterosexual marriage is the only way God intended marriage to be, I do not want my children to be taught by the outside world that “gay marriage” is an appropriate standard. I also want every future generation to understand that with choices come consequences, be they good or bad. Just because you choose to live this lifestyle doesn’t mean that the rest of the world has to conform to your choice! That’s like me being pissed off because every clothing store doesn’t carry my size, even though I choose to eat ice cream every weekend and not work out (and yes, I’m a big, beautiful girl, so I KNOW how frustrating this can be). Still, I’m not about to hold phat girl rallies and DEMAND that EVERY store in America carry size 28. I have a choice here: I can hit that elliptical machine and those veggies OR I can hit up Lane Bryant for my gear! The same goes for those living the gay lifestyle: You can love who you want to love and accept that you can’t marry and have all the benefits that come with that, or you can move to a state where it is legal for you to do your thing instead of getting mad at the rest of the world for not embracing your choice!
WOW! The careers of two comedians in double jeopardy!
-Wanda, because she came out of the closet, and
-Katt, because he showed up to the hotel in a bathrobe with a towel wrapper around his head and spaced out in the Attorney’s office.
In his comedy routine, Katt talks about the potent stuff that he uses.
The list of comedians with reprobate minds: Richard Pryor, Martin Lawrence, Dave Chapelle, Robin Harris, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, and now Katt Williams and Wanda Sykes.
#51
Exactly, i cant stand it when people spew that crap “i was born gay” wtf??? what kind of nosense is that… being gay is choice theres no ifs or buts about it.
What a shame 4 Wanda, but I already knew.
@ # 37
“I think the law of the land should obey God’s law and not try to satisfy humans wants. Who are we humans anyway. If you decide to live your life that way thats on you, but dont think all should go your way, no one for that matter. No one was born gay. Why would God talk against homosexuality but make someone born that way? There is no contradictions in the bible. Read the bible for what it is. Do not add to it or take away!!!! Following the world and not God can have almost everyone Lost (as evident).”
well said.
Number 51
I have to disagree with you,, maybe people weren’t born gay but people have been gay for a very long time. And the world and society have always seen it as a BAD thing. that shit started since sodom and gomorrah… Maybe even before that who the hell knows. But I know that it’s been here for a long time,, but people are afraid to come out bcuz they think they won’t be accpeted and maybe deep down inside they know something is wrong with them…I don’t think people choose to be attracted to the same sex. Like i said in my previous comment.. It is something that happened during puberty that didn’t change.. you know how when you’re 5 you hate boys and boys hate girls they think everything is ewww, girls only wanted to play with girls and boys only wanted to play with boys. well during the puberty the x’s and the o’s didn’t cross or something and thats what happened.
whoa Soror Wanda is lesbian! dont matter, she still funny as hell, love her!
Skee-Wee Soror!
In regards to the comment “compare how many gay people there are in the world in 2008 compared to the 70’s and sh!t.” The 70s was a different era then 2008. In the 70s, ppl were finally getting comfortable with the whole free love, sex, etc. You cannot compare the 70s and 2008 b/c those are extremely two different different times and 2 different generations which makes your argument null and void. Coming from a philosophical standpoint, you can’t make an argument and justify your claims from a Religious standpoint b/c 1. Not everyone is religious 2. Ppl who are religious may have a different view from you 3. Religion is not a tangible answer. The only thing you can prove is the bible & ppl have many views on that also in which some ppl say that it contradicts itself. So that further makes your argument null and void. I’m sorry but I’m a psychology major with a minor in African-American Studies so I tend to see things from a different standpoint…I’m also apart of the Generation X era and we tend to see things differently also. I will come back later b/c I have class right now.
@ 31…LMFAOOOOO…You forgot to put Alicia Keys on the list.