After the shooting, it was revealed that he had been on the FBI's radar since 2013. He was killed in a shootout with SWAT officers at around 5:15 AM.
Mateen called law officials, pledged allegiance to ISIS and Hezbollah (despite the two groups fighting against each other in Syria), praised the Boston bombing, and was otherwise remorseless about the slaughter. Months later, he traveled two hours to get to the club, before committing the shooting with an MCX semi-automatic gun at around 2:00 AM. According to his father, he became very angry when he witnessed two men kissing. I know not all people are accepting of this belief or religious point of view, but I am.The gunman was Omar Mateen. I as a Christian love and respect all human life, regardless of race, religion, nationality and sexuality, but as a Christian and a pastor, I must stand firmly on the Bible and its teachings, as to how we should live before God. He added of his beliefs, “I am neither transphobic nor homophobic. “They asked me to be a guest, but I probably won’t. “I want to have the very best day she possibly can,” Dotson told Page Six in June. Ultimately, the couple fired Dotson two weeks before their nuptials and Lance Bass officiated their June wedding. Some people believe in way different politics than we do, like there’s just so much you don’t really talk about, so when something like this does get brought up, it makes it very difficult because I don’t want to disappoint anyone in my life.” Like you know what I’m saying? Just leave me alone.”Ĭartwright later explained, “In LA we kind of live in this bubble, so whenever I go back home there are people who believe all different kinds of things. “They made it seem like we were holding flags up that like, ‘anti-gay!’ Like, I’m not going to like, KKK rallies down the street, man. “Social media is really lighting me up about this,” Taylor said in a confessional. Taylor echoed that he didn’t care what Dotson believed in, but he just didn’t want him to post it on social media.
He’s a great family man,” she continued in a confessional, affirming that she does not believe in what he posted. “It’s hard for me because it’s my family friend,” Cartwright told Taylor. I talked to him myself and he promised me that he was not that way, that he was not saying anything about the community whatsoever.”įinally, the couple began to talk about Dotson after completing a pre-wedding workout. However, the couple was made aware of the statements at least six months prior.Ĭartwright even acknowledged them during a January 2019 appearance on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,” saying, “I’m a huge supporter and always will be of the LGBTQ community, and no matter what, I would never try to ever make anybody feel uncomfortable. She told Madix - who is bisexual - that she called the couple, who admitted they were horrified. Vanderpump then went to SUR to talk to Ariana Madix about Dotson. I mean, saying awful things, talking about the sin of same-sex marriage, all kinds of homophobic things.” The episode began with Lisa Vanderpump discussing the matter with Ken Todd in their Rolls-Royce, with the former “RHOBH” star beginning the conversation with, “I woke up this morning, okay, and plastered all over social media, the guy that is marrying Jax and Brittany has made these incredibly offensive remarks about the LGBTQ community. Kentucky native Ryan Dotson found himself at the center of the drama on Tuesday night’s “Vanderpump Rules” episode, as Cartwright, 31, and Taylor, 40, were forced to explain to their friends that they did not support his anti-gay statements and fired him as a result. Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor are finally able to tell their side of the drama with their supposed-to-be wedding pastor.