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"LETTERMAN CALLS PREGNANT TRANS MAN AN 'ANDROGYNOUS FREAK SHOW'"

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LETTERMAN CALLS PREGNANT TRANS MAN AN 'ANDROGYNOUS FREAK SHOW'

David Letterman's show last night not only featured Walnuts' high-larious comedy routine, but also a Top 10 list in which Thomas Beatie, the transgender man who is now 23 weeks pregnant, was labeled an "androgynous freak show."

Letterman attempts to explain Beatie's situation using a cutting motion: "He had the thing."

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    1. JuiceBoxxxx says – reply to this


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      Re: pfunk
      Are you seriously comparing this situation with taking an aspirin?

    2. Angel says – reply to this


      602

      His wife couldn't have a baby. And he thought he'd be nice and do it for his wife. So they could have a baby. But its still a really odd thing for someone to do..well..a man to do

    3. Coco says – reply to this


      603

      Letterman is right, I mean he just said he/she is a freak… He/she is. They're definitely different than what is perceived as normal. So it is right to call them a freak, it's not like this person doesn't hear it everyday. They chose this life style, and they're gonna get this shit with it. They're choice, our criticism.

    4. Emily says – reply to this


      604

      So Perez thinks a guy milking his sexuality for 15 min of Fame is Weak??? If this is 'mean' so is perez ripping on every anorexic coke whore in Hollywood.This guy clearly has issues and this is his one shot at an interview with Oprah
      Thank god I do not live in America.

    5. caro says – reply to this


      605

      waaaaat tht is crazy .. o well now at days u see that everything is truely possible in this life

    6. From Finland says – reply to this


      606

      Yak!!! That is so gross! I can´t understand people like that….

    7. Angel says – reply to this


      607

      in response to Keri-Ann..I agree. this person has taken away the ONE thing women had to call their own. Pregnancy was for a man to experience THROUGH his wife. Not the other way around. I don't know what the world is coming to. Its absolutely UNNATURAL for a man to give birth. I don't judge the man, because he his trying to give his wife a child that she can't have. BUT I don't exactly condone his actions. The man/woman him/herself may be a great person. But the action which he is doing..doesn't really make him/her seem that way. I'm sorry..but thats my opinions.
      I don't condemn the person, I condemn the actions which they make.

    8. charlie says – reply to this


      608

      The pregnant person is man appearance wise but he's actually a women. So what if he's pregnant, your not having the baby leave him alone. And the person that's talking about reading the bible, the bible has nothing to do with having a baby and loving him, no matter if's the birth parent is a male or a female.

    9. TJ says – reply to this


      609

      boo Letterman, boo. I think that photo is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen

    10. Rob says – reply to this


      610

      WOW! I can't believe my eyes. I knew some of the people here weren't exactly open to differences in people but this takes the cake! However much you may dislike the circumstances of this pregnancy both the father and the unborn child are human beings as well as children of God. I can't get over the amount of bigotry, hatred and ingnorance being spouted by some of you, especially the so called "christians". What a disturbing experience to my soul to read so much self-rightous bile.

    11. jammin says – reply to this


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      If you have a vagina and a uterus you are a woman so this is not even a pregnant man. She is out there getting publicity when she should be more worried about her unborn child.

    12. amanda says – reply to this


      612

      This is physically and morally disgusting

    13. Trace says – reply to this


      613

      the only thing i want to know is, if she had a sex change into a boy, so has both parts, how did he get pregnant from his wife and how will he even have the baby?

    14. Marc says – reply to this


      614

      Hey Johnny is that you ? ?

    15. John says – reply to this


      615

      Yeah nig i'm gangstuuuuuuuuh

    16. R. Kelly says – reply to this


      616

      To see such a kind and innocent person bashed by gossip hungry low-life scum such as yourselves is just extremely sad. COME ON PEOPLE, why are you so pathetic that you have to bash a lovely HUMAN BEING and someone that you don't even know? Pray tell. Sure, it's different. No one is going to deny that. But this is a person you're degrading and dehumanizing. And good for him to have a healthy, happy family and a great group of support and love in his life. He seems like a really cool guy. If you find making fun of someone as harmless as this man FUN, you're probably one of the following:
      1. sexually confused
      2. homophobic (and therefore sexually confused)
      3. republican (and therefore homophobic and sexually confused)
      4. insecure (you should be, you're a terrible human being)
      5. bored (go read a book)
      6. jealous that he got on oprah (if you got off your ass and did something with your life besides investing in porn or whatever, there's still hope for you. sorry to tell you crying to mommy perez won't do it)
      if you are any of the above, which you probably are, time to rethink your short and insignificant life, huh? maybe you should go to a soup kitchen and feed some hungry people who deserve to live.
      don't take more time to debate it, proving that you are one of the above sorry excuses of a human being. just get up and learn about real life or watch tv even. ANYTHING less pathetic than this.

    17. cdsg says – reply to this


      617

      disgusting. that just isn't natural

    18. allana says – reply to this


      618

      yeahh i saw him on Oprah && the News,, he is just a woman with plastic surgery to make her look like a man.. Her wife is a man as well (it was on the news) so it isnt all that weird considering she still has her girly parts &etc. If A REAL MAN gets pregnant then theres a problem..

    19. tIFFANY says – reply to this


      619

      WWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    20. Tiffany says – reply to this


      620

      thats just a woman without breasts…it's not a man

    21. Dianna says – reply to this


      621

      This man is embarrassing. He should honestly kill himself. This poor baby is going to grow up so fucked up and wanting to commit suicide it's entire life. It's a shame what this world has come to.

    22. Come on now says – reply to this


      622

      This is not a man having a baby. That WOULD be an interesting occurance… darwins theory being viewed in real time… This is a woman (granted, surgically and hormonally altered) but still a woman. He/she DELIBERATELY kept their womb.

      Newsflash: Men don't have wombs. Women do.

      Talk about some attention hungry dolt wanting their cake and eating it too. Literally.

      And whats up with the April 1st announcement? That alone makes me think its some sort of gimmic. It may be actually happening, but its a stunt of some sort. If it were an ACTUAL man, thats one thing… announcing it is one thing… it being momentous and ending up on Oprah is one thing… but come on now. Put the PCness aside and call it what it is.

      A transgendered woman who kept her interior woman parts is now pregnant.

      *yawn

    23. leeann says – reply to this


      623

      Weird freakin shit!! I feel so sorry for this baby, it's not even born yet and it already has a sad beginning to his/her life. Purchased sperm from a bank, concieved by a syringe, carried by a confused carpet muncher wannabe man. Talk about bringing more kids into this world only to become fucked up confused, angry adults!! SAD

    24. SO SAD says – reply to this


      624

      i've already had nightmares about this whole incident….
      even though what he/she's done is severely twisted…. we can't go to extremes either way…. extremes of accepting it or extremes of rejecting it.
      what was wrong in the first place was for this woman to reject the way God made her, and succumb to her desires to be male. what he/she is doing now by becoming pregnant is selfish and unnatural. instead of hating on him/her and EACH OTHER, maybe say a prayer to our Savior in heaven that He has mercy on this individual.

    25. Tropics says – reply to this


      625

      THIS FREAK SHOW JUST WANTS PUBLICITY FOR THE BOOK IT'S WRITING.

      Very sad for the 'wifes' real daughters. I'm as open minded at you get, but this thing is just stupid. It's not a man, it's a woman who had it's tits cut off and took some hormones. It doesn't even act like a man. It cried when it saw the ultrasound. The baby mamma didn't even cry. She probably doesn't even want this kid, just fame and money. She's got 2 real daughters of her own already.

      SERIOUSLY, WHY DO I HAVE TO BE ALL MUSHY AND TOLERANT OVER EVERY FREAK SHOW PUBLICITY WHORE. THESE FREAKS MADE THEIR OWN CHOICES, DEAL WITH IT.

      PEREZ IS JEALOUS BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW HARD HE TRIES HE CAN'T BE AS FREAKY OR AS FAMOUS AS THIS THING.

    26. Tropics says – reply to this


      626

      BTW, THE FREAK SHOWS PICTURE MAKES ME WANT TO BARF.

    27. Liz says – reply to this


      627

      Why is this a "freakshow"? Because it disrupts the heteronormative ideaology that has been espoused by America? Get a life people

    28. freakshow says – reply to this


      628

      we don't have to be shit. it is an androgynous freakshow. do whatever it wants , but it doesn't need to be a spectacle. then we wouldn't call it a freakshow.

    29. ew says – reply to this


      629

      that's seriously the nastiest thing i've ever seen. if "he" can have a baby and be pregnant, than "he" is a SHE. it's the laws of nature people!! it's not rocket science. if you have the woman parts, you're a woman. i swear people never took anatomy and physiology in high school.

    30. randalise says – reply to this


      630

      Re: R. Kelly – DUDE! Check that finger your are pointing. How many on YOUR hand are pointing right back at YOU. What is and has been stated about this person are called opinions..and like assholes, everyone has one. On that note..why dont you just cram yours on up yours!! LMAO..sick puppies in the world today…

    31. Kat says – reply to this


      631

      What bothers me about this is that every interview or articles about this say's "man having a baby" how misleading is that?, more like a woman who turned into a man halfway is having a baby or transgender woman/ man having a baby! what ever you like but not man having a baby?!, i wish a man could have a baby but no man who wasn't born woman first will ever have a baby as long as he has no womb or reproductive system, he's only chopped his boobs off the rest is still woman, only he feels like a man and that's all , they should stop making money from this, it's no headline.

    32. still a woman says – reply to this


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      Re: bEBOLD – the thing is he shouldn't be selling the story and getting publicity and money for it (which i'm sure he would be) and then they say they will have to go into hiding because of threats again them, well they should have done this quietly and no one would be under threat this was not good for the child to come out lik that, what did they think would be the response? he is still a woman to me since he has a woman's reproductive system and a you know what else to give birth like all other women so it's still a woman's labour

    33. Woman no Man says – reply to this


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      Re: Angel – by the way his "wife" already had children, now 2 grown children so he's not giving her the children she can't have since she has them already, this is for him all the way

    34. Bean says – reply to this


      634

      This is a freaking woman!! Never a man! She never had her sex organs removed!!!!!

    35. SADDAM SEALH says – reply to this


      635

      OK MY OPINION IN THIS ISSUE ITS
      WE ALL A FREAK AND THIS GUY IS FREAK WHY HE OR SHE WANT TO GO TO OPRAH SHOW ITS WRONG
      TRUST ME UR KID DONT NEED TO BE IN THIS HELL

    36. Pogue Mahone says – reply to this


      636

      Well….I guess breastfeeding is out of the question!

    37. x-Punk-Princess-x says – reply to this


      637

      Sori, but datz fukin weird, fink bout da kid goin 2 skool, ' Ha ha!! Ur mumz a man!!!'

    38. x-Punk-Princess-x says – reply to this


      638

      Re: shan – read numba #82 first, page 1, dnt say the bible aint real, ur da 1 huze goin 2 hell at the end ov the world, i'll b da 1 laughin at u.

    39. jenn says – reply to this


      639

      why be sensitive about this? that is interesting advice coming from you perez

    40. monika says – reply to this


      640

      Letterman is right. The man is both androgynous and freakishly spawning children while on artificial hormones and such. People should adopt instead of risking birth defects. We shit on alcoholics for drinking while pregnant. How is this different? Pregnancy isn't for everyone and it ultimately affects the poor child, not the selfish parents.

    41. puppies are soft! says – reply to this


      641

      Re: R. Kelly – isn't there a child you should be fucking right now instead on spending time on your computer…we all know that R. KELLY loves FUCKING pre-pubescent CHILDREN…so get back to the playhouse and fuck that child ’till she screams!

    42. danielle says – reply to this


      642

      you can tell he used to have boobs

    43. samantha says – reply to this


      643

      wow…are you fricking kidding me this is disgusting…… I want to vomit….how selfish to get a child involved in your fucked upness…. it was your choice to be a transgender nut job…not a poor childs…fucking loser

    44. SweetGal_Debbie says – reply to this


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      Look she can call herself a man if she wants to but I want to know how she got the government to legaly recognise her as a man when all she had done was surgicaly remove her breasts & take male hormones? She has all female internal reproductive organs, she has a vagina! This is a woman! Are we to believe all women who develope cancer & must have their breasts removed are now men?

      If a person goes to the doctor & has the complete surgery & has all their sexual organs removed they were born with & assumes the opposite sex thru reconstructive plastic surgery & hormones then & ONLY then are they considered the opposite sex! As far as I'm concerned this woman is nothing more than a pre surgery Tranny. How she got the government to declare her a legal man is beyond common sense, or am I missing something?

      I'm very happy whenever a child is brought into the world by loving parents whoever they are. I am not judgemental in the least. But if you cut your hair off, take male hormones to grow a beard & remove your breasts but you keep your vagina all you end up being is a flat chested woman in dire need of Electrolysis! IF she really wanted to be a real man, yet be able to carry a child, she could have kept her female reproductive organs, had the genital reconstructive surgery to make a nice male organ & when he was ready to deliver have a cesarean section. There would be ways to artificialy inseminate him thru opening in the belly button or in the groin under an epidural.

    45. EBA says – reply to this


      645

      you all are a bunch of ignorant assholes.

    46. Beth says – reply to this


      646

      I must be stupid but in my anatomy classes the defination of a male was not defined as a male having female reproductive organs. A woman has them and even if the breasts were removed and if they were taking the hormones to gain the masculine voice and facial hair they must still have enough female hormones in their body to produce an egg to be fertalized. So where is this a man?????? Looks do not make a man. SO why is everyone making such a big deal out of this. She is still a pregnant woman and will always be a woman until the female sex change is done to make her a man.

    47. Lisa says – reply to this


      647

      This situation is a disgusting disgrace. And this guy's wife is just as nuts as he is!!! How about thinking about the child???

      What in the hell is next??

    48. Lara says – reply to this


      648

      Re: Joshua

      Wrong. Still has XX chromosomes and the plumbing of a woman. Therefore she is still a woman for now.

    49. superdave says – reply to this


      649

      G—–R—–O——-S——-S——- NASTY BITCH/WANNA BE MAN

    50. SensitiveMyAss says – reply to this


      650

      Maybe Letterman called him/her/ that because he/she IS A FUCKING FREAK SHOW. So you wanna be a man now? MEN DON'T HAVE FUCKING BABIES. That confused tranny should make up their fucking mind.

    51. joe says – reply to this


      651

      Has any doctor come forward to actually testify that this supposed guy is really pregnant or does he just have a very big beer belly or some kind of large tumor. How did he get pregnant is another question? Men don't have any of the organs to support a baby as far as I know. A lot of questions yet no real answers so I'm going to bet this is total FUD!!

    52. Goddiva says – reply to this


      652

      Re: your mom – It's fuckers like you that fuck up society with your everything goes. I guess adults who fuck children should be left alone as well as those who wanna fuck fido?

    53. Goddiva says – reply to this


      653

      Re: veroncia – dumb BITCH they MADE it our business when they started selling their story to the tabloids and going on tv interviews so fuck you

    54. Miram says – reply to this


      654

      Wow! Unbelievable
      well I think this IS really- twisted - whats the benefits of (s)he doing all of this
      Is it cause of all the fame - (s)he might recive
      Come to think of it Oprah can have some twisted ways of getting viewers for her show
      PITY!

      I lost so much respect for Perez for posting this sh** on his wed-site
      which I'm addicted to

    55. Goddiva says – reply to this


      655

      Re: Yasz – You dumb fuckers who are so supportive of this bullshit should all be lined up and shot. This is not the fucking 60's with live and let live. Even they had to face reality. They are consequences to the choices we make that affects society as a whole: in the 60's drugs were "to free your mind" and turned upside down it gave us the 90's with crack babies. The 70's were about free love which in the 80's gave us the AIDS epidemic. So shut the fuck up with that "so what" shit and they're in love yadda yadda. Someone needs to terminate the whole fucking demented disgusting ass family

    56. N. says – reply to this


      656

      it's not a man! big wup, a woman who has been taking male hormones is preggers .. well, technically, HE is a SHE! it's not that amazing.

    57. Charlie x says – reply to this


      657

      How the hell is he gonna breastfeed that baby?

    58. ABS says – reply to this


      658

      IS THIS FUCKING REAL??

    59. suleiman says – reply to this


      659

      omdzzzzzzzzzz eeeeewwwwwww

    60. georgelopez says – reply to this


      660

      That's fucking disgusting x's 1000! That poor child!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    61. 1+1=3 says – reply to this


      661

      omg

    62. Rachel says – reply to this


      662

      How can a woman who's trying to be a man even WANT to have a baby???? - it's just waaaay inconsistent …
      I guess breastfeeding is out of the question!

    63. This is Satan says – reply to this


      663

      Welcome to my playground!!!! it's about to get hotter on earth. First

    64. Mariah says – reply to this


      664

      ohmifuckingod.
      i agree with joe
      sometimes being american SUCKS
      my lord =O
      i feel bad for that kid. growing up as a freakshoww…

    65. Erica says – reply to this


      665

      whats soo gross about having a baby?? its a beautiful thing stop being judgmental sickos!! let it be.

    66. ayrianna says – reply to this


      666

      he should be prepared for that type of language. He really is a "androgynous freak show", but its not a bad thing that was his choice and I honor his "balls" to be so proud of his lifestyle.

    67. tina b says – reply to this


      667

      $$$so fucking what he/she has female parts, science isn't that amazing no is he/she. how much $$ is this story generating?

    68. anon1 says – reply to this


      668

      This is gross. I have no problem with gay adoption or gay parenting or even gay marriage. But this is just TOO far, this is definitely pushing it. I can't help but feel bad for the child.

    69. Shut up perez says – reply to this


      669

      PEREZ telling people to be sensitive! That is freakin HILARIOUS!! Letterman was right. This is disgusting. This country is getting ridiculous.

    70. PerezHiltonSucks says – reply to this


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      Sensitive!!!! What part of SENSITIVE do YOU understand?? You are only Sensitive to what you want to be PEREZ !!!!! This is a woman… She was born with ovaries and a vagina !!!!! You can call her anything you want but she is a WOMAN !!!!! Don't call her a man… I am sensitive to all genders but white is white and black is black !!! They can live next to me and if they are good people… and I don't doubt that they are. All people need respect and that MR. PEREZE should see it too !!!! BUT SHE IS A WOMAN !!!!

    71. andrea says – reply to this


      671

      u people are so ignorant. people need to open their sick little cruel minds and realize life can be lived ni many different ways. they're is no right or wrong about who you love or having a baby. get a life and stop judging others!

    72. malu says – reply to this


      672

      just because i am flat-chested change my name to Joe Schmoe, and take testosterone does not make me a man. i mean seriously i think the media just needs something to talk about."OMG PREGGY MAN PREGGY MAN!!!!"
      and then when u look at it "well it's really Jessica Schmessica, but we need more ratings, sorry people."

    73. FreakDoll says – reply to this


      673

      WTF!

      this is disgusting

    74. Chanel says – reply to this


      674

      Iewll, om te kotsen zeg!
      Maarja hij moet het zelf weten.

    75. lala says – reply to this


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      Re: Holly – FUCK YOU, WHAT KIND OF KID HE OR SHUD I SAY SHE IS GOING TO GIVE TO THIS WORLD?/////???????????? THINK …..
      CAN U IMAGIN WHAT A FREEK CHILD CAN COME OUT OF HIZ FUGLY TUMMY ? WITH ALL THOUS MEDICATION AND MALE HORMONS, ?
      I DON'T KNOW WHATS THE FUCK IS WRANG WITH THE WORLD, WHY CAN'T WE JUST BE WHO WE R AND DO THE NATURE THINKS. FUCK GAYS AND ALL THE TRANSGENDERS AND LESBS IN THIS WORLD.AND FUCK YOUR SIMPATY TOO. YOU GUYS TURNED THE WORLD IN TO HELL.FUCK YOU ALL.

    76. MEL says – reply to this


      676

      this is obviously a GIRL who got HER boobs taken out..look at the scars. SHE took hormon pills to grown hair…your a fucking idiot if you believe this is a man

    77. roxy says – reply to this


      677

      I agree, this pregnant man is just wrong. Poor kid.

    78. Jeffrey says – reply to this


      678

      Letterman is right. That is no MAN. Men do not have vaginas. This is a woman who mutiliated herseld, loaded up with male hormones, and now want to pretend that she is actually a male. When you keep the ovaries, the vag, and the rest of the reproductive equipment, you're a woman. This creature is a mess, and I feel nothing but sympathy for the poor child that is the result of this science project "family."

    79. ertrtertertertsdfg says – reply to this


      679

      kill them both!…..

    80. biatch2006 says – reply to this


      680

      that is fuckin gross…what a FREAK!

    81. mE says – reply to this


      681

      Re: CALL IT WHAT IT IS – BUCK THE BIBLE! YAAAAAAAY

    82. Set Up says – reply to this


      682

      Here's the thing, no one cares that she is transgender, big fucking deal. It is the irony in the fact that she feels like she should've been a man, but yet kept her womb and decided to carry a child. Wtf? What the hell is manly about carrying a child? She/he is exploiting him/herself. I am totally open minded, whatever floats your boat, but this just seems greedy. If she really felt like she wanted to be a man, she would've had a surrogate carry the baby. This just seems like a ploy for attention and maybe some $. People are ignorant, she/he knows that by making this story public, she/he is subject to criticism.

    83. Mandy says – reply to this


      683

      Now this is disgusting, there should be a law against it.

    84. mel says – reply to this


      684

      DECIDE if you want to be male or female freak!! WTF are you gonna tell your kid, you say you're a man but yet you go and get knocked up, letteman's right. FREAK SHOW!!

    85. me says – reply to this


      685

      ok ok first off it is not our place to judge anyone else, second off we should worry about other things like millions of people dying overseas, disease, poverty, and these high ass gas prices bushs greedy ass put us through. If as many people took a stand on that together as they do on this website commenting on other peoples lives this country would be much better off, and third letterman gets paid to say nasty things about people and to be honest this person is NOT A MAN its just a hairy ass woman thats pregnant so how about we refocus the media back on what really matters. And yes the bible has been rewritten a million times over but we all know the basics and its not our place to judge him/her even though that baby will grow up confused as hell. And why the hell are you letting your children read this site??? its not meant for children duh!!! and perez i normally love you but in this case its true you bash celebrities all day long dont get mad at letterman just because its about gays, lesbians and transgenders which is right up your alley. In my opinion they arent breaking any laws so LEAVE THEM THE HELL ALONE

    86. cece says – reply to this


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      F*ck david letterman..thomas sacrifices himself, knowing what this situation would do. All so that he and his wife may have a child. That takes serious heart. Love is love and it doesn't matter where it comes from.

    87. fuck miley cyrus what a slut says – reply to this


      687

      ok u guys this is sad but kinda strange i feel bad for him

    88. Aussie says – reply to this


      688

      I am open minded but this is seriuosly fucked up. I cant believe this selfish halfwit even considered doing this. Obviuosly sHE doesnt care about the child or anyone.

    89. angelica says – reply to this


      689

      WTF!!! THERE'S SO MANY FREAKS IN THE WORLD!!! WE DON'T NEED THIS!!!

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