Rian van Heerden (Pic: Facebook) It seems that swearing is a far more serious crime than homophobia. Openly gay radio presenter Rian van Heerden was taken off the airwaves this week because he swore at a bigoted listener who called him a “m*ffie”. Last week, Van Heerden, who is the host of The Scenic Drive on Jacaranda FM, was sent a homophobic SMS by a listener during the show. “Can you fucking ‘m*ffies’ talk about something else at this time of the day, please?” said the man.
He was referring to an earlier interview with actor Earl Gregory about his role in the new South African rom-com No Hiding Here. [M*ffie is an Afrikaans slur equivalent to “f*ggot”.] Fed up with being insulted once again because of his sexuality, Beeld reported that
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