Those of us that are die-hard Survivor Cook Islands fans remember just a short while ago how, shortly before Brad was eliminated, Nate made an inadvertent comment, calling his openly gay tribe mate Brad a “Nancy Boy.”
To be quite honest, I was very surprised that this entire situation didn’t explode and get completely blown out of proportion. Since Brad is indeed gay, it would give him the right to get upset and offended over being called a “Nancy boy,” but at first he actually let it go. I believe he realized that it was something said in the heat of the moment, and was not meant as a derogatory slur, but just a general insult (which everyone knows is just fine :P). That was, of course, up until I read a Survivor Cook Islands post at TVGasm.com that said “…Brad’s done a few interviews saying he’s still upset.” Which I personally find hard to believe, unless he had a change of heart strictly in the hopes of extending his 15-mins of fame. Either way, Nate set everything clear in an interview with TVGuide:
FROM TV Guide via TVGasm.com: “At the end of the day, considering Brad’s actions toward not swimming and me calling him out, no, I don’t regret that,” Nate tells TV Guide. “The fact that I called him a nancy boy and it offended him — I want to take that back, because I’d never want to hurt him. He’s a dear friend, and I like the guy a lot. I think people made a big deal out of it because of his sexual preference. I’m not a homophobe. I was an ally of his when I knew he was gay. We were cool. If Adam had done the same thing, I’d have called Adam a nancy boy. If I offended homosexuals or Brad by saying that — if they think I was directing it toward his sexual preference — then I am going to apologize, because that is not my style. I would have called him something else, a ‘f–k-off’ or something else that didn’t [hint at] his sexual preference. I texted him [after my elimination] and said ‘I’m sorry,’ and he said it was cool. But I’ve heard comments that he wouldn’t want to hang out with me, and that is too bad because I thought we were close friends.”