”I definitely get hate mail. But I have ever since I started doing radio in 2000, so it’s been, I guess, 9 years since I’ve been in the public eye and broadcasting. I always get hate mail. And, actually, a lot of the hate mail I get mentions that I am gay. But the proportion of that has stayed constant over time.”
MSNBC talk show host Rachel Maddow taking her “enormous” lesbian presence onto the set of daytime TV via ”The View.” (The View)
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