November 15, 2011 | Celeb Watch

Comedian tells gay youth to "grow a pair"

Scott Thompson, the gay member of comedy group Kids in the Hall, can certainly come off as a bit of a curmudgeon. He says what he wants and doesn't seem too concerned about being politically correct.

In a recent interview he was asked about gay kids being bullied. His reply:

"Grow a pair. Here's the thing: The world is not kind to us; it never really will be. The gay male is always going to be at the bottom. I believe the things that happened to me as a child scarred me terribly, and I wish somebody would have helped me with some of the things that happened. But you have to fight back. So much of these bullying campaigns are part of the trend that we were just talking about - the recasting of gay men as eternal victims and it's like, fight back! Fathers should start teaching the boys how to punch. He does that to you, here's what you do: You fucking punch him in the face."