[Resettozero]

Why not? Americans generally find the “we all know you’re gay so stop pretending” line of humor pretty funny. And actually we tend to like it more when people DON’T think the target is gay, it’s more absurdist then.

I see your rationale and can imagine why you are defending Graham.

[discostu]

I’m not defending anybody, just pointing out that the vast majority of the time a cigar really is just a cigar. Joel made a lot of gay jokes in his set, and people laughed at all of them, getting suspicious that one was an “outing” is kind of silly. I don’t know and don’t care if Graham is gay, it’s his voting record I oppose and that gets neither better or worse with who he beds. It’s a joke, just a joke, reading more into it is just sad obsessive behavior.