 Posting to Newsweek.com, Chenoweth noted that Hayes was nominated for Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Tony Awards and that "thousands of people have traveled from all over the world to enjoy Hayes' performance and don't seem to have one single issue with his sexuality".She accused Setoodeh of engaging in selection bias through his choices of actors upon whom he focused the article and found the entire piece "horrendously homophobic".Following Chenoweth's response, "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy called for a boycott of "Newsweek", writing in an open letter, "This article is as misguided as it is shocking and hurtful.