On the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on June 18, comedian Robin Williams plugged his newest movie, “License to Wed.”
In the film, Williams plays a Protestant minister who makes an engaged couple go through a grueling marriage preparatory course. But on Leno’s show, Williams went off on Catholic priests, painting them all as pedophiles.
Williams pretended to be playing a game where the pedophile is hidden under a cup. He said, “Here we go. Find the priest, find the pedophile. Find the priest, find the pedophile. Here you go right now. Move ’em around, move ’em around. Oh, you found the pedophile.”
Williams later put his hand over his groin, saying, “You have to realize that if you are a Catholic priest, you have retired this. That’s it—no more sex.” Then he took a shot at confession: “But they are going to put you in a small dark box and people are going to tell you the nastiest sexual stuff they have done.”
Isaiah Washington lashes out at one gay person in private, and he is banished from “Grey’s Anatomy.” Robin Williams lashes out against all priests in public, and he suffers no consequence.
To top it off, Williams suggests that most molesting priests are pedophiles, when in fact the vast majority of them are homosexuals. But to make a joke about gay priests could get him into trouble. So it’s better to lie. This is justice—Hollywood style.
One more thing: in a recent interview with MoviesOnline, Williams said that “you can’t poke fun at certain religions,” noting that “we just made major fun of the Catholic Church but hey, they don’t blow you up.” So not only is Williams a liar, he’s also a coward. No wonder he’s so well received in Tinseltown.
