Well, here's an interesting development! A Gorilla in Chicago has spoken up in defence of Chongo, thus breaking ranks with his fellow gorillas.

Big Harry Bongnetz is a well-known Gorilla sports announcer, and he has come out in defence of Chongo. Here is his statement.

"Okay, now listen up, youse guys. This whole Gorilla-Gate brouhaha is just a big joke. Youse are all missin' the point totally. I know Chongo pretty well and I know for a fact that he was not even one bit serious when he said any of them things. He was engagin' in what I would call really broad satire. He was deliberately lampoonin' an extreme form of specism in order to, like, show people exactly how idiotic it is. There is no way Chongo could say them dumb things and really mean them, specially when he needs the gorilla vote! I mean, get real!!! It just ain't plausible. He was puttin' on the act to make the point. The trouble with all youse literal-minded types is you can't see farther than skin deep. You got no idea to look under the surface. Chongo was doin' a broad satire of the specist mentality at its ugliest and people just don't get it. Gettin' mad at Chongo over this is as dumb as all them people gettin' mad over that song "Short People" or that movie about that guy Borat from Whateveristan. What is the matter with you silly apes? Have you all gone soft in the head?

Chongo was expectin' everyone to just bust out laughin' when he made that little speech, specially us gorillas fer Chrissake! But he didn't realize he was talkin' to an audience that is so dumb and quick to take offense that they can't think past the letter "B" in the alphabet before their knee jerks so hard that they kick themselves in the teeth.

Man, I can't believe this GorillaGate nonsense! Here you all are runnin' around yellin' yer heads off about Chongo Chimp bein' specist when he is the staunchest defender of primates that yer ever gonna see make a run for the White House.

I don't know about you, but I am votin' for Chongo in November. And you will too if you got any sense at all in yer thick heads. Grow up and get serious! Geez. Youse apes amaze me, you really do."

Will Big Harry's impassioned words serve to cool this volatile situation down? Only time will tell.