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Making "Big Country"

Added 2024-04-26 17:21:43 +0000 UTC

It’s no secret that “Big Country” is a parody of everyone’s strapping favorite uncle, Shannon Sharpe. It started with a pinup and it was supposed to end there, but then folks started coming for Unc’, namely Eddie Griffin and Mike Epps.

It started after Shannon employed, Hollywood Mugler, an openly gay stylist who has a reputation for dating, then outing, professional athletes. Soon, comedians started in with the Riley Freeman “that nigga gay” rhetoric from “The Boondocks,” then all of a sudden scrutinizing things that have been constants for quite some time.

Here’s the major issue: Shannon Sharpe is not married nor does he appear to be dating (if not Hollywood). It’s no secret that a football player of Sharpe’s stature presents a conundrum in the feeble minds of these lazy, unfunny, backwater comedians, but it’s not like Sharpe was presenting himself as a straight relationship guru. Sharpe wasn’t even photographed in a compromising position as was the case with Mugler and former NFL safety Kerry Rhodes. All he did was employ and befriend him.

These comedians are weaponizing same-sex love in the guise of jokes which could ruin a celebrity’s reputation within the Black community. Epps even claimed he refused an invitation to Club Shay Shay in fear of Sharpe staring at his balls. These are not jokes, they are defamation of character, and I hope Sharpe pointed that out (along with his ability to whoop Epps’ ass) when the two had their summit about the issue. Wanda Sykes, Epps’ openly gay co-star of “The Upshaws,” needs to check her boy on this matter before going back on set with him.

Part of me hope Shannon is living his best closeted gay life. Hopefully, one day soon, no one will have to love in secret.