Designing duo Dolce and Gabbana, or Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, are now defending their comments about IVF after Elton John called for a boycott.
As we previously reported, John angrily tweeted about Dolce’s comments on using other methods to conceive children other than the natural way.
He said, “I call children of chemistry, synthetic children. Rented wombs, semen chosen from a catalog.” John, who has two children with husband David Furnish, was outraged.
The designers have sat down with CNN to defend Dolce’s comments, which differ from Gabbana’s views on IVF.
"I believe in the traditional family. It is impossible to change my culture for something different. It's me... I respect all the world, all the culture,” Dolce said of his Sicilian upbringing.
Gabbana added, "We love gay couple. We are gay. We love gay couple. We love gay adoption. We love everything. It's just an express of my private point of view.”
Celebrities like Ryan Murphy, Courtney Love and Andy Cohen have tweeted in support of John since the backlash began.
These designers horrifying views are never in fashion. Their clothes are as ugly as their hate. #BoycottDolceGabbana
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) March 15, 2015
Just round up all my Dolce & Gabbana pieces, I want to burn them. I'm just beyond words and emotions. Boycott senseless bigotry! #boycottD&G
— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) March 15, 2015
Turn @dolcegabbana hateful comments into something GOOD- Bid on my D&G suit: http://t.co/0bdafSUyWs & all proceeds go to @family_equality
— Andy Cohen (@Andy) March 17, 2015
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