The Celebinator in Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony

The Celebinator is a blogger at the site “youvebeencelenibated.com.” He is clearly a parody of celebrity news blogger Perez Hilton, given that many of his stories are about outing closeted celebrities including Clay “Pain Giver” Jackson. He also infers that Luis and Tony are having a sexual relationship. One wiki suggests that he is meant to be read as a gay character.

The video of the missions “Blog This…” and “…Blog This!,” where Gay Tony outlines their problems with the blogger and where Luis drop The Celebinator from a helicopter to dissuade him from posting more stories appears below (content warning: violence).

LGBTQ references in this game series:

Grand Theft Auto (1997): El Burro

Grand Theft Auto II (1999): Tetsuo

Grand Theft Auto: London 1961 (1999): Pretty Charlie

Grand Theft Auto III (2001): Gay Pedestrian; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002): The Psycho; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004): LGBTQ References; LGB Characters; Queens; OG Loc Mission

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005): Kazuki Kasen; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006): Reni Wassulmaier; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto IV (2008): Brucie Kibbutz; Tom “French Tom” Rivas; Bernie Crane/Florian Cravic; Bryce Dawkins; LGB Love-meet.net users; Elizabeta Torres; Talbot Daniels; Marcus; The Hater; Eddie Low;  Unnamed Homosexual NPCs; LGBT NPCs in LCPD Database; LGBT Media Personalities; LGBTQ References 

Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned (2009): Trans Man

Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (2010): Anthony “Gay Tony” Prince; Clay “Pain Giver” Jackson; Jacob; The Celebinator; Evan Moss; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto V (2013): Trevor Philips; Peter Dreyfuss; Transgender Sex Workers; Locations; LGBTQ References

Citations:

  1. …Blog This! (n.d.). Retrieved from http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/…Blog_This!
  2. GTA Series Videos. (2012, December 12). GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony- Mission #7- Blog This!… YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvQ-3pSTMeg
  3. GTA Series Videos. (2009, November 20). GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony- Mission #14…Blog This! YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk2cNy-5fRo
  4. List of Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony character. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Grand_Theft_Auto:_The_Ballad_of_Gay_Tony_characters#The_Celebinator
  5. The Celebinator. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Celebinator
  6. The Celebinator. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/The_Celebinator
  7. Youvebeencelebinated.com. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/Youvebeencelebinated.com