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Friday Night Lights producer Peter Berg blasts Caitlyn Jenner as someone ‘who traded 2 balls for 2 boobs’
While Caitlyn Jenner has been getting much acclaim for her acceptance speech while accepting the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday (15 July), director-producer Peter Berg pitched a social media rant.
Berg, producer of the television series Friday Night Lights and director of the films Battleship, Lone Survivor and Hancock, posted a photo of Jenner on his Instagram account alongside that of Army veteran Gregory Gadson who played a role in Berg’s Battleship and who had lost both of his legs in combat.
Berg wrote as a caption: ‘One man traded 2 legs for the freedom of the other to trade 2 balls for 2 boobs. Guess which Man made the cover of Vanity Fair, was praised for his courage by President Obama and is to be honored with the ‘Arthur Ashe Courage Award’ by ESPN?’
While the photo received more than 3,000 likes, many others took Berg to task.
Wrote one woman: ‘Considering transgendered people are being killed for being themselves, I think it’s pretty brave for an American, masculine sports hero to be a role model. Some trans kids want to kill themselves because they are bullied, looked down upon and shunned, even by their own family. Shame on you.’
Berg created the opening animation sequence for ESPN’s Monday Night Football in 2013 and has a professional relationship with Friday Night Lights book author Buzz Bissinger who interviewed Jenner and wrote the cover story for Vanity Fair’s July issue.
Jenner addressed her critics in her acceptance speech.
‘If you want to call me names, doubt my intention, the reality is, I can take it,’ she said. ‘But for thousands of kids out there coming to term with who they are, they shouldn’t have to take it … So for the people out there wondering what this is all about, whether it’s about courage or controversy or publicity, I’ll tell you what it’s all about: It’s about what happens from here. It’s not about one person, it’s about thousands of people. It’s not just about me. It’s about all of us accepting one another. We’re all different and that’s not a bad thing — it’s a good thing.’
UPDATE: Following considerable backlash, Berg took to Instagram again on Thursday (16 July) and struck a different tone: ‘I have the utmost respect for Caitlyn Jenner and I am a strong supporter of equality and the rights of trans people everywhere. I also believe that we don’t give enough attention to our courageous returning war veterans, many of whom have sacrificed their bodies and mental health for our country and our principals- principals that include the freedom to live the life you want to live without persecution or abuse.’
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