GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham Tells TMZ: "I'm Not Gay"

Sen. Lindsey Graham (image via screen capture)

For years, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has been the target of rumors alleging the 63-year-old bachelor is secretly gay.

TMZ caught up to the Republican lawmaker at Reagan National Airport on today and asked about a recent tweet from comedian Chelsea Handler that suggested he is gay.

Handler’s tweet read, “If you’re wondering why Republicans took a sick day today, it’s probably because it’s #NationalComingOutDay. Looking at you @LindseyGrahamSC.”

If you’re wondering why Republicans took a sick day today, it’s probably because it’s #NationalComingOutDay. Looking at you @LindseyGrahamSC

— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) October 11, 2018

Graham was neither amused nor fazed by the question.

“It’s a free country, you can say what you want to say, I don’t care,” Graham told TMZ. “I don’t think much about what she says at all. If she wants to live her life that way. It’s up to her.”

“To the extent that it matters, I’m not gay,” he quickly added. “Belittling people is not as funny as it used to be - and that’s a good thing.”

I'm not aware that being called gay is "belittling people," but I think that comment says more about Graham than anything else.

This isn’t the first time the talk show host has gone after Graham on the gay rumor. Back in January, she was taken to task for a vulgar tweet suggesting compromising video exists of the senator.

Watch the senator’s reaction below.