Is Jared Leto Gay or What?
By JEFF SIMMERMON & KENNETH HILL
Editors' Note: Reading this won't make you any straighter or gayer than you already are. |
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So there's an AIM Interview today on AOL Music in which Jared Leto says he's gay. | |
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For real. | |
| In some tiny, imperceptible way, my world is changing. Suddenly, the sun seems a little warmer, and the leftovers I am eating for lunch taste great! | |
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Can you just for five minutes stop being such a smartass and celebrate this for the beautiful thing that it is? |
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| I'd love to, really, but I can't completely give myself into this yet. I'm a cynic, sure, but hear me out: A) I'm not 100 percent positive that I buy it, and B) Who cares who's gay or not in Hollywood? It's like finding out that stars are Australian, Canadian, or raised Mormon. Interesting, but doesn't change the taste of my lunch. | |
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Well, he did joke with OUT magazine a few years ago about being gay. | |
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ThirtySecondLeto : I'm gay |
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See, a goose is not what I think of as a serious bird. Serious as a bald eagle, yes. Serious as a starving vulture, OK. Serious as a goose … |
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Jeff, you are still pretty clueless about gay culture, so I can see how you would say that. The fact is, "gay as a goose" is a well-known phrase. It means GAY. |
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Then he compares himself to Morrissey, though, who has a history of being sexually ambiguous and toying with the media. Also, to paraphrase the late Lloyd Bentsen: I've heard Morrissey, and you, sir, are no Morrissey. |
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Your blatant music snobbery has no place in this discussion. |
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| On the other hand, this is a guy who's dated Lindsay Lohan, SCARLETT FREAKING JOHANSSON, and been engaged to Cameron Diaz. He has eaten Beluga caviar at the palace of the czar. If he doesn't like it at this point, he's not gonna learn. | |
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Here's where I come down on it: |
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| True. I'm glad he's mostly kinda-sorta out and confident enough with it to share with AOL. I just wanted him to burn the closet down around him – but not everyone shares my love of pyrotechnic theatrics. | |
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Let's not forget our bi friends either. |
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Right, sorry. If he's out or bi, I'm glad he's embracing himself more fully, and life is only going to get better. I'm glad for him, and I'm glad for the sake of self-interest as well. Because every Hollywood heartthrob who comes out makes neurotic straight guys like me a little bit more appealing. |
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This is all helping you. I'm thrilled for you and your kind. |
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