The Gideonse Bible   With the beard? Yeah, you!

In case you haven’t heard, Jay Leno has some mad issues with the gays. Jeff Whitty, who wrote the book to “Avenue Q,” among other things, has become the go-to-guy for calling out Leno on his idiocy and bigotry. Last week, after Leno asked Ryan Phillippe to give him his “gayest look,” Whitty was justifiably pissed. Here’s what happened, according to Jeff:

Not everyone can stomach you, I fear, so for those who can’t, I’ll do a little transcription. You were interviewing Ryan Phillippe, whose first acting job was as a gay teenager on “One Life to Live.” So naturally you honed in on how WEIRD and HILARIOUS it was that he played a GAY PERSON — while Phillippe reasonably tried to shift the conversation to the larger issue of how weird it was to be on a soap opera.

But you couldn’t be stopped! You went for the comedy gold!

JAY: Can you give me like — say that camera is your gay lover — number two –

PHILLIPPE: Wait a second. Wait a second.

JAY: Can you give me your gayest look? Say that — say that camera is Billy Bob — Billy Bob has just ridden in shirtless from Wyoming.

(Your sycophantic audience hoots with laughter at the idea of a strapping lad like Phillippe giving a “gay look.”)

PHILLIPPE: Wow. That is so something I don’t want to do. Are you just going to embarrass me tonight, or –

JAY: No, I got more stuff. This is the least of it.

I’ve gotta ask: would you ask a guest to make their “blackest face?” Their “Jewiest face?” Why not? (I charitably imagine your answer to be, “Not all black/Jewish people are the same, so it’s kind of offensive to think there’s a ‘black/Jewish face.’”) Very good!

Lawdy! Anyway, Jeff continued here. And signed off with this picture. Well, it’s become a viral sensation, and over at MyGayestLook.com, folks have been donating pictures of their “gayest look.” So, I made a little pic, which you can see above, as well as on the site.

Tee hee.

Leno’s a tool.

UPDATE: He apologized. He’s still a tool.