After Controversial Comments on Homosexuality, Carson Grilled at Campaign Event

Dr. Ben Carson got a little more than he barged for at a campaign event Monday in New York when a woman confronted the Republican presidential hopeful, asking him point blank: "Do you think I chose to be gay?" ABC News reports.

The daring question comes several months after Carson made headlines for making controversial remarks, suggesting being gay is a choice by citing prisoners.

"...A lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight -- and when they come out, they're gay. So, did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question," Carson said last March.

At the campaign event this week a woman wearing a tee shirt of a local LGBT community center confronted Carson, saying, "I have a quick question... Do you think I chose to be gay?"

"Did you choose to be gay?" Carson asked.

"Yes, do you think I chose to be gay?" the woman asked again.

"That's a long conversation," the retired neurosurgeon said.

"I think you're full of shit," the woman replied with a smile before walking away.

Carson responded with "OK," and posed for pictures with supporters.

Check out a clip of the incident below.