Pedro Pascal effortlessly explains what ‘c*nty’ means to Fantastic Four co-star Vanessa Kirby
Vanessa Kirby and Pedro Pascal discuss the meaning of “c*nty” during the Fantastic Four press tour. (Pedestrian TV/YouTube)
Vanessa Kirby and Pedro Pascal discuss the meaning of "c*nty" during the Fantastic Four press tour. (Pedestrian TV/YouTube)
Pedro Pascal has once again proved himself as an LGBTQ+ ally, effortlessly explaining what “c*nty” means to his Fantastic Four co-star Vanessa Kirby.
Known affectionately as “the internet’s daddy”, Pascal is currently on the press tour for his upcoming Marvel movie, The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
The actor plays Mister Fantastic, also known as Dr Reed Richards, the scientist and inventor regarded as the smartest man on Earth, in the Marvel Studios movie.
In a recent interview with Australian outlet Pedestrian TV, the actor hilariously taught Kirby, who stars as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, the meaning of “c*nty”.
The reporter remarked that Kirby has become “a social media icon” for her “forcefield snatched c*nty fierceness face”.
To this, unsure of the meaning, the actress responded, “Oh, God! I don’t know if that’s a good thing.”
Delivering his iconic interpretation of the term, Pascal responded: “It’s a good thing, babe. C*nty face just means fierce, fabulous, beautiful, strong. It’s good, it’s good.”
The origins of “c*nty”
Although the C-word has misogynistic origins, it was reclaimed in the 1980s in New York’s Black and Latino queer ballroom culture as a way “to forge a linguistic identity separate from the straight, white norms of the English language,” linguist Adam Aleksic told Glamour Magazine.
Whilst the word was reclaimed in ballroom spaces “as a form of identity” between Black and Latino gay men, it then expanded to the gay community throughout the 90s and early 2000s. Like its LGBTQ+ counterpart, “slay”, it then became a part of the vocabulary of millions more queer and ally viewers of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Aleksic also explained that in the ballroom scene, “serving c*nt” or “giving c*nt” was more literal, and “implied that you are giving femininity”. Although now, the word is “sort of a synonym of ‘camp’, sort of [meaning] ironically cool”.
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