What did Sam Elliott say about ‘The Power of the Dog’? As he Apologizes to LGBT Community
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Sam Elliott at a panel discussion of Paramount+'s "1883" at the Deadline Contenders Television event Sunday in Los Angeles.Kevin Winter / Getty Images
Finally, Sam Elliott has broken the silence on his controversial comments on The Power Of The Dog movie by making an apology to the LGBT community. Well, the actor Sam has been criticized by many for his comments on the iconic movie Power Of The Dog. It seems Elliott has finally realized his mistakes. But what did Elliott say in his apology?
Read ahead to know more about Sam Elliott making an apology on Power Of The Dog to the LGBT community.
What did Sam Elliott comment about Power Of The Dog?
While we tell you about the apology Elliott has made after his controversial comments on Power Of The Dog. Here’s what the actor said about the movie and its content that raised eyebrows. It was on Marc Maron’s podcast “WTF” that Elliott ended up hurting a lot of people.
Marc Maron: Did you see Power of the Dog, did you see that movie?
Sam Elliott: Yeah do you wanna talk about that piece of shit?
Marc: [ohh noo] You didn’t like that one?
Sam: Fuck no. pic.twitter.com/BGdOd6scwe— Jonathan (@jonathanmb32) February 28, 2022Advertisement
In the podcast, the actor talked about the iconic movie The Power Of The Dog directed by Jane Campion. He called the movie a “sh*t” with “allusions of homosexuality” in it. Making the cowboys of the movie compared to Chippendales dancers. That wears only the bows and not much. He certainly made headlines with his comments.
Benedict Cumberbatch’s reaction to the Elliott’s controversial comments
While the movie Power Of The Dog was several award-winning movies this year. It was Benedict Cumberbatch who played the lead in the movie. However, Elliott in Marc’s podcast commenting on homosexuality and cowboys appearance in the movie certainly hurted Benedict.
Benedict played a closeted gay character in POTD. He called the Elliott controversial comment odd. Meanwhile, Elliott even made comment on Campion for filming in New Zealand and making it seem like Montana. Owing to this, even Jane disliked comments of Elliott.
What did Sam Elliott apologize for his controversial comments on POTD?
After creating a lot of buzz on the internet. Finally, Elliott realised what mistake he did with his controversial comments. Ultimately to correct this, the 77-year-old actor on Deadline Contenders TV Event said that he thinks what he said was wrong.
Sam Elliott apologizes for his controversial comments he previously made about 'The Power of the Dog' #DeadlineContenders pic.twitter.com/XZ86wCAXmL
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) April 10, 2022
He realized how much his comment has hurt the cast and team of POTD. Especially the LGBT community. He then made an apology to POTD, Benedict Cumberbatch, and the LGBT community. Saying he wasn’t very “articulate” in saying about the movie. Lastly, in his apology, he said that his friends from the LGBT community have always supported him throughout his life. As such he realized he hurt everyone of the community with his comments.
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