Jeremy Irons Discusses Gay Marriage [ORIGINAL] | HPL

Actor Jeremy Irons joins Josh Zepps in studio to discuss gay marriage.

HuffPost Live is a live-streaming network that puts you, the community, front and center. HuffPost Live streams 12 hours of original programming 5 days a week with highlights showing overnight and on weekends. We operate out of state-of-the-art studios in New York and Los Angeles and feature a rotating team of hosts and producers.

Get More HuffPost Live!

[discobean]

He's saying marriage may be becoming something other than a union of love and just a political act. People getting married just because or rather insisting on it for the sheer right of it, not out of love for the other person. I totally see his point and do not think he's bringing religion into this at all. It's like people voting just because even if they have no idea who they are voting for or really care, just because they can and feel they ought to.

[jceloz]

Jeremy, u can talk about sandwiches all day and i’d still be listening fully hyped and engaged. in other words, I love you. hehehehe

[uuduu]

Sorry sir, but contrary to what u said, I read that Canada has not legalised pedophilia and bestiality.
Perhaps you can provide the source of your (mis)information ?

[noneofyourbusiness]

As a gay man I totally understand his point of view. He's saying that some people are now wanting the title of marriage for the benefits that it can provide, instead of being for the sole reason of unifying yourself with someone you love.

[LeslieCheung]

You're redefining incest. A father having sex with his daughter is incest even if she doesn't get pregnant. Just google the definition.

[Studio]

The amount of dislikes reveals those who didn't understand a word he said.

[kenkunta]

I get the feeling this man based his trepidation on gay marriage after he watched I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

[pritalaras]

I can hear him talking days and nights

[benyaminewanganyahu]

The hand gesture at 0:52 is amazing! It's like he's performing some sort of spell.

[alexthebullo]

I personally like Jeremy so much.He is soo

[Jdbeal]

I think Jeremy's just thinking out a thought experiment, admittedly not the stage for it, but at the end he seems to snap back into the room when he says "I don't think sex matters at all, I don't think what it's called matters at all"

[heldachan]

Jeremy Irons is saying what if there is a situation like this, and the interviewer didn't quite understand him. The interviewer is thinking his point as a moral question, but not like Jeremy Irons is talking about a situation example. As he said before he doesn't have a strong opinion gay marriage, but what if some people take advantages and do something bad.

[bomdand]

So there is a flaw in the mariage system: people who are getting married for other purposes than being a couple. But why is this a problem only when gay people do it? I've never seen people wanting to ban straight mariage because of it...

I mean, there was a time when only men were allowed to drive, and this right after extended to woman. It would be like hearing men, at that time of history, being opposed to women on wheels, and then saying they're "CONCERNED" about all the accidents it could happen. As if the accidents weren't already happening. It just doesn't make any sense, does it?

[emillion]

A relic if there ever was one....for someone who doesn't have "strong feelings" about the matter, Irons expressed a lot of fear based strawman arguments espoused by conservative pundits. Kudos for Zepps for a quick, incisive rebuttal and ending the discussion with respect and humor.

[JoAnnJacobsen]

WTF is he talking about? Debase "marriage"? Marry your son?

[enquvist]

And your refusal to believe gays should have equal rights is a demand to be able to laud something you are entitled to over others in society who are not so lucky. "Marriage is sacred" until 45% of them end in divorce. Marriage is only 'sacred' if it remains in tact for the entirety of the married couples lives.

[tommymoore]

I remember a time when it was illegal for me to marry a black woman in many of our southern states. Marriage equality is here now in the United States and the sky hasn't fallen. Peace and be well✌

[vectralahu]

all these comments trying to explain why what he said wasnt homophobic but idk man.. instantly thinking of incest when talking about same sex marriage seems a little homophobic to me lol

[AJ-ctom]

I'm very pro-gay, have no issues with it whatsoever. But I think it's worth noting here Jeremy said he doesn't really have a strong opinion here. I think he's genuinely sitting on the fence and playing devil's advocate. Also worth mentioning he grew up where being gay was much more a taboo than it is even nowadays, so to be so dismissive of Jeremy is wrong. I have an uncle who is gay who I've wept for after hearing his troubles so I don't really like homophobia at all. But I didn't get a feeling of homophobia here at all, I got someone talking about why some may take it as a big issue, and the other issues surrounding gay marriage.

[VintageDonuts]

"we debase what marriage is. I worry about that." -Jeremy Irons
"If I say that a spoon is something I put up my arse it doesn't stop you from enjoying your pudding" - Charlie Brooker