Interviewer: Davey, how do you respond to the rumors circulating that you are a homosexual? Is there any truth to these? Davey: How should I respond? Ecstatically? Fantastically!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker responds to personal rumors with sarcasm and irony.
- In plain terms
- If I were gay, I would respond ecstatically.
- What can you take from it?
- Use irony to handle invasive personal questions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you handle rumors?
- How do you defend privacy?
Another view
The response is indirect and relies on tone.
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