Dennis Leary On Rape Scenes: Don’t Pull Out

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Emmy-nominated Rescue Me, returns for its 4th fourth season this summer and in our new issue, the star of the show and notorious nicotine inhaler, Dennis Leary stirs up some shit about the how brands treat celebs differently, specifically singling out Snoop Dogg and Paris Hilton. He talks about Snoop’s gang history and Paris’ night vision tape. At first we didn't think much of Leary calling out Paris Hilton’s preferential treatment, but after that cakewalk in jail, he may be on to something. Check what he had to say about T-Mobile pulling ads from the show over the infamous rape scene:

That annoyed me because it distracted from what a great acting job Andrea Roth, who plays Janet, my wife, did in that scene. Also, at the time, two of T-Mobile's spokespeople were Snoop Dogg, who is a convicted gangbanger, and Paris Hilton, who's been videotaped under the same circumstances. It's all relative, though. There was one woman on CNN crying about what we did in that scene, and when they asked her if she'd watched the episode, she said no. But you know, I probably found out about George Carlin's seven things you can't say on television and the Godfather book because they were banned by the Catholic Church. The more noise people make, the more movies or CDs or books you sell.