Shadyac is one of the producers of the hugely popular-and hugely crass-comedy, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, which concerns two straight men pretending to be gay so they can get "married" and illegally obtain full insurance benefits. Shadyac and co-producer Adam Sandler (one of the film's stars) reportedly went out of their way to seek the "gay stamp of approval," screening the film for gay activists and even casting two gay celebrities, Lance Bass and Richard Chamberlain, in cameo appearances.

Our critic slammed the movie two weeks ago (zero stars!), partly because it wasn't all that funny or well-made, but also because it was incredibly crude and, ultimately, hypocritical--it resorted to stereotypical gay-bashing for its "humor" early in the film