…I mean Lebanese cuisine:
Classic Cyanide and Happiness: Lebanese
Priceless! Just like Salma Hayek’s interview with a British journalist in 2008 [YouTube Video]:
Eamonn Holmes was left red-faced today after wrongly announcing Hollywood actress Salma Hayek was a lesbian on live television.
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After introducing the film star, Holmes commented on her surname – which she inherited from her father Sami Hayek, who is Lebanese.
He said: ‘Hayek doesn’t sound very Mexican.’
As Hayek tried to explain that she was half Lebanese, Holmes put his foot in it when he asked: ‘You’re a lesbian?’
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Fortunately, she saw the funny side and smiled politely before learning foward and saying ‘Lebanese’ slowly enough for Holmes to understand.
A sheepish Holmes replied: ‘Oh sorry, i thought you were half lesbian. Forgive me.
And then there’s the ultimate classic from the Golden Girls:
But I’ll leave you with a news report from Fox News at the start of the July War. Cue Israel’s bombing of lesbians:
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Mickel
September 17, 2010 at 12:08 PM (UTC 4) Link to this comment
I live in the US and when I tell people I’m Lebanese, a lot of them reply ‘Lesbian?’
Jad Aoun
September 17, 2010 at 10:48 PM (UTC 4) Link to this comment
I guess Americans are more likely to meet lesbians than Lebanese. I mean not many would even know where Lebanon is.
Apparently, Many People Confuse The Word “Lebanese” With The Word “Lesbian” | The Beirut Spring, a Lebanese Blog
September 17, 2010 at 12:23 AM (UTC 4) Link to this comment
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