Ryan Murphy Attacks Kings Of Leon; Kings Of Leon Fight Back

In an exhaustive (and exhausting) interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Ryan Murphy, creator of Glee, while discussing criteria for the music he – and he alone – selects for an episode, took aim at The Kings of Leon, famous for rarely, if ever, allowing their music to be licensed, who rejected a request by Murphy to allow Use Somebody on the Fox series. Murphy said, somewhat bizarrely, “Fuck you, Kings of Leon. They’re self-centered assholes, and they missed the big picture. They missed that a 7-year old kid can see someone close to their age singing a Kings of Leon song, which will maybe make they want to join a glee club or pick up a musical instrument. It’s like, OK, hate on arts education. You can make fun of Glee all you want, but at its heart, what we really do is turn kids on to music.” According to THR, Kings of Leon Caleb Followill said “This whole Glee thing is a shock to us. It’s gotten out of hand. At the time of the request, we hadn’t even seen the show. It came at the end of that record cycle, and we were over promoting (Use Somebody). This was never meant as a slap in the face to Glee or to music education or to fans of the show. We’re not sure where the anger is coming from.” Caleb’s brother and band mate Nathan, unfortunately, was not as gracious or as intelligent, and mistakenly took to Twitter where he posted “Dear Ryan Murphy, let it go. See a therapist, get a manicure, buy a new bra. Zip your lip and focus on educating 7yr olds how to say fuck.” The tweet has thankfully since been deleted, Nathan soon after posting “I’m sorry 4 anyone that misconstrued my comments as homophobic or misogynistic. I’m so not that kind of person. I really do apologize.”