So that happened a couple of weeks ago. If you saw it, I'm sorry about that because it was on The Tonight Show. You probably didn't realize it, but THIS WAS THE WORST THING THAT ANYONE HAS EVER SAID OR DONE EVER. Sort-of-famous gay people and not-at-all-famous gay people alike have been up in arms about it. Sinewy, gym-toned arms... ahem! So now, in response to GLAAD basically threatening to make him the next Imus, Leno has apologized for his evil hate-crime atrocity:

Jay Leno apologized Tuesday for on-air remarks he made during a chat with Ryan Phillippe that were then criticized by gay activists and others.

"In talking about Ryan's first role, I realize that what I said came out wrong," the host of NBC's Tonight Show said in a statement to PEOPLE. "I certainly didn't mean any malice. I agree it was a dumb thing to say, and I apologize."

It just goes to show, the gays can be every bit as humorless and uptight as the rest of us. We're all the same!