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In 2005, Shalit gave a negative review to the film ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'', in which he described [[Jack Twist]] (the character played by [[Jake Gyllenhaal]]) as a "sexual predator" who "tracks [[Ennis Del Mar|Ennis]] [Heath Ledger's character] down and coaxes him into sporadic trysts".[{{Cite web |date=January 13, 2006 |title=Shalit sorry for `Mountain’ of a mess |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/01/13/shalit-sorry-for-mountain-of-a-mess/ |access-date=March 25, 2026 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}] |
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In 2005, Shalit gave a negative review to the film ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'', in which he described [[Jack Twist]] (the character played by [[Jake Gyllenhaal]]) as a "sexual predator" who "tracks [[Ennis Del Mar|Ennis]] [Heath Ledger's character] down and coaxes him into sporadic trysts".[{{Cite web |date=January 13, 2006 |title=Shalit sorry for `Mountain’ of a mess |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/01/13/shalit-sorry-for-mountain-of-a-mess/ |access-date=March 25, 2026 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}] |
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The [[Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation]] (GLAAD) stated that Shalit's "baseless branding of Jack as a 'sexual predator' merely because he is romantically interested in someone of the same sex is defamatory, ignorant, and irresponsible" and that he "used the occasion to promote defamatory antigay prejudice to a national audience".[{{Cite magazine |date=January 7, 2006 |title=Gene Shalit's Brokeback Mountain Review Angers Gay Rights Group |url=http://www.advocate.com/news/2006/01/07/gene-shalit-trashes-brokeback-mountain-antigay-review |magazine=[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]] |issn=0001-8996}}] Shalit's son Peter, who is gay, wrote a letter to GLAAD defending his father and stating he had not defamed anyone and was not homophobic, and further said the organization had defamed him by "falsely accusing him of a repellent form of bigotry".[{{Cite magazine |date=January 10, 2006 |title=Peter Shalit Writes to GLAAD About His Dad |url=http://www.advocate.com/news/2006/01/10/peter-shalit-responds |magazine=[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]] |issn=0001-8996}}] Shalit himself apologized for the wording of his review.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/entertainment-news/2006/01/11/gene-shalit-clarifies-brokeback-review|title=Shalit ]regrets |
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The [[Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation]] (GLAAD) stated that Shalit's "baseless branding of Jack as a 'sexual predator' merely because he is romantically interested in someone of the same sex is defamatory, ignorant, and irresponsible" and that he "used the occasion to promote defamatory antigay prejudice to a national audience".[{{Cite magazine |date=January 7, 2006 |title=Gene Shalit's Brokeback Mountain Review Angers Gay Rights Group |url=http://www.advocate.com/news/2006/01/07/gene-shalit-trashes-brokeback-mountain-antigay-review |magazine=[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]] |issn=0001-8996}}] Shalit's son Peter, who is gay, wrote a letter to GLAAD defending his father and stating he had not defamed anyone and was not homophobic, and further said the organization had defamed him by "falsely accusing him of a repellent form of bigotry".[{{Cite magazine |date=January 10, 2006 |title=Peter Shalit Writes to GLAAD About His Dad |url=http://www.advocate.com/news/2006/01/10/peter-shalit-responds |magazine=[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]] |issn=0001-8996}}] Shalit himself apologized for the wording of his review.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/entertainment-news/2006/01/11/gene-shalit-clarifies-brokeback-review|title=Gene Shalit clarifies 'Brokeback' review|website=The Advocate|date=January 10, 2006|access-date=April 20, 2026}}][{{cite web|last=Grossberg|first=Josh|date=January 12, 2006|title=Shalit Sorry for 'Brokeback' Bash|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/51444/shalit-sorry-for-brokeback-bash|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529050007/http://www.eonline.com/news/51444/shalit-sorry-for-brokeback-bash|archive-date=May 29, 2015|access-date=January 26, 2015|work=[[E!]]}}] |
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calling Brokeback character a 'sexual predator'|website=The Advocate|date=January 10, 2006|access-date=April 20, 2026}}[{{cite web|last=Grossberg|first=Josh|date=January 12, 2006|title=Shalit Sorry for 'Brokeback' Bash|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/51444/shalit-sorry-for-brokeback-bash|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529050007/http://www.eonline.com/news/51444/shalit-sorry-for-brokeback-bash|archive-date=May 29, 2015|access-date=January 26, 2015|work=[[E!]]}}] |
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