Tyson Beckford on gays and 'stupid straight people'
Actor and model Tyson Beckford can make women and men weak at the knees. Just watch his entrance on ?Make Me a Supermodel,? Bravo?s new competition reality series that?s hunting for the freshest camera-ready hotties. The boys and girls gush. One male contestant?s jaw drops. Beckford is used to it. "I?m straight, but I have my gay fans and I also have my straight fans, and I do not want to ever offend either one," he said. "I mean, what is fashion without a little gay in there?" He caught flak for appearing at a gay event in 2006 in Washington, D.C., but could really care less. "Yeah, but that was just from the straight idiots who didn?t know any better. I got a gay friend who likes to call them 'stupid straight people,'" he laughs. "And I love him for that. And I tell him, 'You know what? Those stupid straight people are giving me hell again.' I don?t see what that has to do with who we are as a person."