From the Chromeball Incident interview with Danny
CI- ‘One thing that has often plagued some people’s perception of you are charges of homophobia. Why do you think that is?
DW- I really don’t know why that is. It’s the strangest thing to me because I’ve always interacted and had friendships with people throughout my life who are gay. I’ve never been anti-gay, homophobic or anything like that. I never understood where that came from. I’ve never done anything negative towards anyone because of their sexuality. Never. I’m just not like that. I know that there are people who say that about me and it kills me, man. It really does. It’s an unwarranted attack on my character. I have nothing against gay people whatsoever. At all.
CI- How do respond to critics who cite the Plan B “Fags” ad? Or the XYZ Bulletholes Rainbow Flag graphic?
DW- I’m not the one who made those things. Just because I ride for a company doesn’t mean that I’m the guy behind every design or every decision being made.
The “Fags” thing was a response to our critics because that’s what people were calling the Plan B team. Some people wanted to hate on us and evidently, that’s the best they could come up with. People actually tried to spread that rumor. That ad was our way of making fun of them. It was obviously a tongue-in-cheek response to that specific name we were being called.
“Yeah, we’re a bunch of ‘fags’.”
I understand people feeling the way they do about that XYZ shit but, again, that had nothing to do with my influence. I wasn’t the only person who had an interest in XYZ. I did not design the art and I did not choose to run it. It was another rider’s graphic that I had no part in.
I honestly think that it had more to do with shock value and trying to be funny than anything else. Uncensored and explicit, much like Big Brother and the World graphics from that era. It was admittedly a different time and they were much younger… again, I’m quite positive that these things were not being thought all of the way through.
I honestly wish they would’ve never made that shirt.‘
I remember his interview as well where he was asked if he had a gay child, and his answer was definitely not queer friendly
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