Glee: Grant Gustin Quits Chick-Fil-A
July 25th, 2012
Grant Gustin, who plays Sebastian Smythe, an openly gay member of the Dalton Academy Warblers on the Fox musical-comedy Glee, has quit Chick-Fil-A.
The 22-year-old Gustin on Tuesday responded to the firestorm of controversy created by Chick-Fil-A President Dan Cathy's recent comments opposing gay marriage. Cathy unleashed a firestorm of controversy when he said gay marriage is “inviting God's judgment on our nation.” In a subsequent interview, Cathy insisted the company doesn't harbor an “anti-gay or anti-anything policy or attitude toward anybody that's out there.” Between 2003 and 2010, Chick-Fil-A gave nearly $5 million to groups opposed to gay rights, according to Equality Matters.
“I'm officially done with Chick-Fil-A,” Gustin messaged to his more than 172,000 Twitter followers. “Your food is not good enough to take from a bunch of ass holes. @glaad.”
GLAAD responded: “#Glee's Grant Gustin is 'done with Chick-fil-a.' Thanks for speaking out, @grantgust!”
