His gay role on "The Sopranos" came back to haunt Joseph Gannascoli.
Vito, who played a gay mobster on the award-winning HBO show, "The Sopranos," was murdered with a pool cue, but Gannascoli has said that the role has caused him trouble in real life.
Since the show aired, the actor has been attacked in nightclubs by real-life wise guys who are angry he played a mobster who was homosexual.
"In my neighborhood in Brooklyn, I defended it," said the tough-talking TV mobster. He said, "It's a bleeping role, morons! It's in every walk of life. Get used to it."
But despite his tolerant and politically correct attitude, the 48-year-old is now in trouble with the gay and lesbian group, GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), who claim that the actor is using the notoriety of his TV death to market a pool cue which is named "A Cue to Die For."
Because of all the hoopla, Rockwell Billiards pulled Gannascoli's cue off the market after GLAAD complained it was offensive and insensitve. For those who did not see the episode on "The Sopranos," Vito got whacked, and a pool cue was used to sexually assault his character on the show.
Gannascoli is angry that the gay rights group got his pool cue banned. "I'm taking it personally," he said angrily. "They should be concentrating on bigger issues like gay marriage. This is such a crock of bull that they should care about something so stupid."
Joseph Gannascoli is happily married to his current wife, Diana. I read on this forum that he will making a cameo appearance at the U.S. Open in October. Things might not be as bad as Gannascoli may think. "A Cue to Die For," his trademark cue, may become a rare commodity; thus, a collector's item. He should bring as many of those cues as he can get his hands on.
See you at the Open, Vito!
JAM
Vito, who played a gay mobster on the award-winning HBO show, "The Sopranos," was murdered with a pool cue, but Gannascoli has said that the role has caused him trouble in real life.
Since the show aired, the actor has been attacked in nightclubs by real-life wise guys who are angry he played a mobster who was homosexual.
"In my neighborhood in Brooklyn, I defended it," said the tough-talking TV mobster. He said, "It's a bleeping role, morons! It's in every walk of life. Get used to it."
But despite his tolerant and politically correct attitude, the 48-year-old is now in trouble with the gay and lesbian group, GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), who claim that the actor is using the notoriety of his TV death to market a pool cue which is named "A Cue to Die For."
Because of all the hoopla, Rockwell Billiards pulled Gannascoli's cue off the market after GLAAD complained it was offensive and insensitve. For those who did not see the episode on "The Sopranos," Vito got whacked, and a pool cue was used to sexually assault his character on the show.
Gannascoli is angry that the gay rights group got his pool cue banned. "I'm taking it personally," he said angrily. "They should be concentrating on bigger issues like gay marriage. This is such a crock of bull that they should care about something so stupid."
Joseph Gannascoli is happily married to his current wife, Diana. I read on this forum that he will making a cameo appearance at the U.S. Open in October. Things might not be as bad as Gannascoli may think. "A Cue to Die For," his trademark cue, may become a rare commodity; thus, a collector's item. He should bring as many of those cues as he can get his hands on.
See you at the Open, Vito!
JAM
