Oops: Rick Perry’s Wearing a ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Jacket (Video)

That anti-gay ad the presidential wannabe released this week? Yeah, in it, he's wearing a jacket just like Heath Ledger's in "Brokeback Mountain"

Oh, Rick Perry, as long as you keep providing the oops moments, the media definitely won't be able to quit you.

A day after the release of his already infamous "Strong" campaign ad — the one in which he bashes the idea of gays serving in the military — Perry is making fashion news of sorts.

If you think that jacket he's wearing in the "Strong" ad looks familiar, it should … it's almost identical to the one Heath Ledger wore in "Brokeback Mountain."

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And it's a jacket that — kudos to Yahoo! for digging up the evidence — the late "Brokeback Mountain" costume designer Marit Allen noted was chosen to help convey the repressed homosexuality of Ledger's cowboy, Ennis.

Check out a YouTube parody of the "Strong" clip below, followed by Perry's original "Strong" ad:

 

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