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WATCH: Orange Is the New Black's Lea DeLaria on Why She Battled a Bible Thumper on the Subway
If you've ever wanted to go toe to toe with a hateful evangelist spewing about, women, gays, and the end of days, but you didn't because you either didn't want to get involved, or you couldn't muster the energy to fight with a zealot, then Orange Is the New Black's Lea DeLaria might be your new hero after yesterday's video that went viral.
Today, the actress, comic, and singer chatted with her pal Rosie O'Donnell and the other women of The View about just why she went off on the preacher who was ranting about women and homosexuals. For one thing, he was ruining her concentration while she was trying to memorize her OITNB lines! Rosie gives Lea a shout-out for being out and proud long before most celebrities, while Nicolle Wallace congratulates her on tackling bullying as it was happening.
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Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
