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Published · transcript-backedJason Calacanis: belief
4 Oct 2022 Acquired ACQ Sessions: Jason Calacanis
“At one point Buckley, I think he called him like a sissy or something like really derogatory as a gay man and the world didn't understand.”
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- Speaker
- Jason Calacanis
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 4 Oct 2022
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- ACQ Sessions: Jason Calacanis
Transcript context
…But they were like friends. Best of enemies. They weren't besties like Sacks and I are, but Gore Vidal, he was gay. Kind of closeted or quietly gay and on the left, and Buckley was like a serious conservative and they went to blow sometimes on the show. At one point Buckley, I think he called him like a sissy or something like really derogatory as a gay man and the world didn't understand. He was exactly gay. It was like time period in the '60s where maybe some adults understood like that's a gay man but we don't say that's a gay man. When [...] got into town yesterday, we were driving by the Castros nearby and we saw a naked guy by the Castros.…
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