Jared Leto Is Gay
And not shy...
by Tim Nasson
June 1, 2006
Publisher's Note At Bottom of Page
Jared Leto recently admitted to being "as gay as a goose," during an online interview. Should that come as any surprise to those who know and have met him? And, furthermore, should it matter?
I last interviewed Leto for his role as Brad Pitt's lover in "Alexander."
I sat with Brad Pitt and Colin Farrell, two of the other "Alexander" boys, separately, the same day.* (Editor's note, below)
When I interviewed Colin Farrell, who was the first of the three, around 10am, he walked into the interview with a goblet of red wine, slugged it down and left to fill it back up before finishing the interview. I told some close friends about the episode - Colin getting sloshed at 10am on a Saturday, but didn't mention the episode in my feature, which was syndicated to a number of newspapers around the nation.
I then interviewed Brad Pitt, who mentioned, at the time, that he was "in negotiations to have a baby" with his then wife, Jennifer Aniston. I did reveal that in my Brad Pitt feature.
Then I interviewed Jared Leto. All he talked about during the interview, when he did not have one of his hands on my arm, was how hot the sex that never happened between him and Brad Pitt in the movie, would have been, if it had ever been. "That would have been the best gay-on-gay sex ever in a movie. Wouldn't it have been?" he asked me, in all sincerity. Of course, I agreed, and said, jokingly, that, perhaps, Oliver Stone, the film's director, could do a director's cut or a sequel, showing the true story of "Alexander." And Leto went on, "Seriously. It would have been the best movie ever."
As a gay man, myself, it is somewhat easy for me to pick up that someone is gay, when I am sitting with them, whether they are 'out' or not. I, along with many gay men, have good gaydar. Each time I sat with Leto, it was quite obvious to me that he was not straight. Who else is gay in Hollywood, you ask?
The whole point to this Jared Leto revelation is that regardless of whether or not someone is an actor, a doctor, a lawyer or a fireman, when they decide to announce to the world that they are gay, donate ten million dollars a year to a certain charity, have a drinking problem, a drug problem, can or cannot have children, or are getting married or divorced is no one's business but their own.
Thankfully, Jared Leto, once, one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful, and who is now on tour with his band, "30 Seconds To Mars," has decided that for him, now is the right time to come out of the closet.
Oh! You may be asking, why did you mention the Colin Farrell incident, now? Well, he did go into rehab late last year. Whether or not he is clean and sober, that is to be determined. And, as we all know, Brad has just become a father, even though his negotiations with Jennifer Aniston didn't work out as planned.
* Publisher's Note:
June 29, 2006
OK. Time to eat crow. I got my painfully boring epics mixed up.
I attended both the junkets for TROY and ALEXANDER within a period of a couple of months in 2004, and which Warner Bros paid thousands of dollars to include me on - flying me from Boston to Los Angeles each time for a weekend.
Both were Warner Bros. films. Both starred hot men. Both were ancient retellings.
I had interviewed Brad Pitt, Eric Bana and Orlando Bloom for Troy, and somehow got my Brad Pitts, Eric Banas, Orlando Blooms and Troys mixed up with my Colin Farrells, Jared Letos, Val Kilmers and Alexanders.
When I received a number of e-mails asking me if I was on crack and/or if I had even seen Alexander, I wondered what people were talking about.
After recently Googling Jared Leto, I found my name and this article in a story shooting my credibility to hell. And why not? Just because I fall asleep at boring movies - and, yes, I fell asleep at both the Troy and Alexander junket screenings, one, I can't remember which, that was at 10 am on a Saturday morning - and over two and a half hours long, (I think?) - does not give me the right to scribble such misinformation. Ha! I said it.
In any event, the day I interviewed Jared Leto I also interviewed Colin Farrell, who was drinking up a storm of red wine, and that is who Jared Leto was referring to, not Brad Pitt, in the above mentioned article. (I just pulled out the tapes and listened to every minute of the interviews.)
It would pay for me to not rely on my memory in the future, since at the ripe old age of 35, it seems like Alzheimer's Disease is setting in. It's time to dig out the tapes - from now on - whenever I need to call upon a memory from more than a minute ago.
Tim Nasson
Publisher, Wild About Movies
PS. Jared. Next time we meet, please don't confuse me with Dominick Dunne.
