Comments on: Faker frontman ‘king hit’

By: Jol

Jol — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:16:10 +0000

The statement the hotel release says Nathan dissapeared from the hotel until 3.30 am. I was with Nathan and Nic after the show and they were both quietly hanging out backstage. Nathan came out to have a drink and a conversation but was coherant and quiet when I left just before 3.

By: warwick

warwick — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:49:10 +0000

I am from Launceston and know all the staff at Hotel new york and couldnt imagine for a second that they would be predudice for even a second they have and employ many people from different walks of life.. I think that NATHAN in his state had no other option by to cry gay bashing I mean wouldnt you want the exposure when your las great hit was ” this heart attack” i dont even think thats on juke boxes anymore it was that long ago

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[…] Twitter to make the allegations, followed up by a more detailed description of the incident in the Star Observer. The Hotel New York responded by saying Hudson was extremely intoxicated and that it would have […]

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By: Tristan

Tristan — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:19:03 +0000

@ Seymour
Actually security are trained and paid to ensure the safety of all patrons, and if a patron is causing trouble and harm, they are within their rights to subdue and eject the patron if necessary. I would like to see you go up to a drunk, angry person who is pushing people around and try and ask politely if they would leave. You better be wearing body armour if you do!

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:17:08 +0000

It’s sad that he needs to blame homophobia, instead of his own intoxication for this poor behavior. It doesn’t matter who you are, what colour your skin is or your sexual orientation – if you’re drunk and cause problems, you get thrown out. Deal with it. Stop crying wolf mate.

By: Seymour

Seymour — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:09:09 +0000

So for a moment lets remove his sexuality, i think the issue stil lies with the venue and how the situation has been delt with.

I dont care how ignorant a person is, if the people who are paid to do their job are incapable of defusing a situation without violence then its about time you trained them properly. Or call the police.

An earlier comment by Rob “He wasn’t king hit, but was subdued due to his behaviour” is a good indication that physical force has been used by someone no doubt who was not competent in dealing with this kind of situation or could not control their own anger.

if the patron is being a knob, call the police it is not your right to assault or cause another harm.

By: Phaedra

Phaedra — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:04:36 +0000

Looking at this further and rereading comment I believe I was wrong. Tasmania has not changed there is something wrong with these stories.

By: Phaedra

Phaedra — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:57:26 +0000

Things must have really changed in Tasmania since the 70’s. I worked in what was then a Major drag Show Called The Peter Mosselle Show for two years. The local member of Parliament rented me a beautiful Queen Anne house about 3 sts from The Royal Oak Hotel where our show was and we were invited everywhere. The welcome and hospitality was amazing. The Audience so gracious. We had people who would fly in regularly from out lying Islands. One group flew in every week. Charming,charming people. Never a problem and this was when everything to do with us was still highly Illegal. Tasmania is still my favourite state. PS We were the longest running show ever in Tasmania and a drag show to boot. That must say something.

By: Tristan

Tristan — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:26:30 +0000

It's interesting to note that nathan hasn't Tweeted anything since... http://mobile.twitter.com/nathanfaker Damage control much?

By: Groove

Groove — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:11:02 +0000

This is a pretty unbalanced story. Nathans post hang over twiiter comment:
“My last comment was authentic. I’m kind of sore (bruise on my left cheekbone) so I’m gonna be quiet while I try and figure out what happened”

Sounds to me like he has no idea what happened, and its disppointing you let this run being so unbalanced. Just you wait, he’s going to regret this storm in a tea cup

By: Garrett

Garrett — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:39:11 +0000

Isn’t it Ironic that this guy, Nathan, is obviously so susceptible to negative sterotypes by calling Tasmania homophobic and backward? It appears to me that the only one bringing homophobia to this issue is Nathan. As for being backward – Faker’s management obviously thought that Tasmania wasn’t too backward otherwise they’d not have covered Tassie in their tour.

Should I ever find myself in the same situation I unfortunately can’t blame homophobia – I’ll have to think of something else, like maybe that I’m white or short or just maybe that I’m too pissed and should find the nearest souvalaki and head home!

Last question – How can a fight feel homophobic?
Were the weapons of choice dildo’s and KY?

By: Sally

Sally — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:33:54 +0000

I live in Launceston, I have alot of gay friends and I know they feel as comfortable being who they are as they would other places they’ve been.
Tasmania is such a poorly judged place which hardly anyone gives any attention to, I think it’s sad that this one incident is slowly ruining any respect we had left.

Logical view point: As a small city in a small state that barely has anything entertaining to do on a regular basis, why would someone who would clearly want popularity, tourism and a good repuatation for treatment of live acts, potential ruin his future business oppurtunities?

By: Tasmanian

Tasmanian — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:22:36 +0000

I live in Launceston and although this incident may have happened (I wasn’t there but I don’t believe it did)and this is not the mainstream consensus toward homosexuality. As a resident, I know that homophobia is not a widespread opinion. I have alot of gay and lesbian friends, all of which are open and frank about their sexuality attend New York without any problems what-so-ever.

By: Nicole of Tas

Nicole of Tas — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:11:05 +0000

It sounds like a definite publicity stunt to me. Haven’t those guys been out of action for a while? (This is how a lot of people have been finding out he was gay to begin with! Probably manager included, lol) I’ve been to that hotel including with openly gay mates, male and female) quite a few times, and there’s never been a problem. Sounds like he’s sour because they didn’t let him behave however he wanted. Faker indeed!

By: Tristan

Tristan — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:56:20 +0000

@ DGrace
Yep, believe the ‘recollections’ of a drunk guy rather than multiple sober staff who are willing to share CCTV footage with the public. Makes lots of sense. Nathan Hudson was just sour and made the whole thing up- if he didn’t and it really happened, there’s no way he wouldn’t go to the police.

By: DGrace

DGrace — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:35:09 +0000

Based on the level of homophobia that still exists in this backward country, and having witnessed blatant homophobia at other hotels, even in Sydney, i know who i believe…

By: SoundSuss

SoundSuss — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:40:08 +0000

Why is it when ever a homosexual is involved in an incident like this, it’s considered a hate crime. Gays can be assholes when drunk. You can’t go in to a pub drunk, it’s a simple as that. I’ve been hassled by security trying to get in to a venue drunk many of times and I have been shoved because I was drunk and running my mouth off, not because I was gay #getoffthebandwagon

By: Charles

Charles — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:54:12 +0000

To all those generalising about Tasmanians… Queensland gave us Pauline Hanson, NSW gave us Tony Abbott, Victoria gave us Steve Fielding … but Tasmania gave you Bob Brown!

By: ben

ben — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:06:27 +0000

Wow, that is two very different stories! Someone is telling porkies…

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