French Conservatives Struggle With Giant Inflatable Butt-Plug

French Conservatives Struggle With Giant Inflatable Butt-Plug
Paris. Anyone who’s been there knows that the locals can be a little uptight. Now, there’s a reason that people can point to… and photograph, and complain about to the media.

French ultra-conservatives are pretty upset that there’s a giant butt-plug in the middle of Place Vendome, says Gawker.

The artist behind the 24-foot inflatable foreign object, Paul McCarthy, calls it a tree. In fact, “Tree” is the piece’s official name. The artist is also famous for inflatable piles of poo, and a sculpture of Santa Claus holding a dildo.

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Although it’s clearly evident that “Tree” depicts a sex toy, most folks don’t seem to care all that much (it’s art, people).

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However, French Spring, a political far-right group that opposes gay marriage, calls “Tree” a sex toy and therefore a disgrace to the historic plaza.

paul mccarthy tree

Like it or not, the inflatable sculpture, which was installed as part of the Contemporary Art Fair, will be gone in mid-November.

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Neil Patrick Harris Says a Kiss from Burt Reynolds Helped Him Realize He Was Gay: VIDEO

Neil Patrick Harris Says a Kiss from Burt Reynolds Helped Him Realize He Was Gay: VIDEO

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In his new Choose Your Own Autobiography, Neil Patrick Harris writes about coming to an understanding that he was gay, and reveals that one of his ‘aha’ moments was on the set of the 1989 TV show B.L. Stryker, when he received a surprise kiss from the show’s star Burt Reynolds.

Writes Harris in the book:

As a joke at the end of one take, Burt leans over and kisses you square on the mouth…The crew thinks this is very funny, but it makes you uncomfortable. Uncomfortable and, it will ultimately turn out, gay. Burt Reynolds’ kiss makes you gay.

Harris appeared in one episode of the short-lived series. And thankfully (or not)  for us, the entire episode is on YouTube.

Check it out, AFTER THE JUMP


Andy Towle

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