text: can the word homophobic be dubbed on a lesbian or gay as well as it applies to persons against gays? was rosie o'donnell justified for saying kelly ripa made a homophobic comment when ripa made a comment to clay aiken during his co-hosting of the reggis show, about not knowing where aiken's hand has been?   apparently, aiken put his hand over ripa's mouth sometime during the show. i think you've snuck an extra question in there! :) first, yes, it is just as possible for a homosexual to be homophobic as it is for a hetrosexual to be homophobic... just sadder. second, no, i don't think ms. o'donnell was justified in saying that ms. ripa's comment made her homophobic. i think it had nothing to do with his percieved orientation and everything to do with the fact that he is male and who knows where his hands had been and whether or not he had washed them recently? if someone put their hand over my open mouth and i hadn't personally seen them sanitize their hands within the past 30 seconds... i'd be upset too and i don't care what their orientation is!