Were you as shocked as I to read that Luke McFarlane is gay? I mean, I didn't even realise girlfriend was ever in the closet, but there's sure as hell been a lot of fuss about it over the last couple of days. In our dear gay blogosphere like it's some kind of revelation. Ooh, a gay guy off the telly officially came out and, like, talked about it and stuff!
Anyway, McFarlane talked about his sexuality in the context of his role in Brothers and Sisters to Canada's Globe and Mail - a patriotic choice, but I'd so go on Oprah to tearfully spill the beans. She eats this shit up! Apparently, there have been rumours about McFarlane since he was spotted first dating T R Knight, then (allegedly) moving on to Wentworth Miller - girlfriend sure puts it about!
"I don't know what will happen professionally ... that is the fear, but I guess I can't really be concerned about what will happen, because it's my truth. There is this desire in L.A. to wonder who you are and what's been blaring for me for the last three years is how can I be most authentic to myself - so this is the first time I am speaking about it in this way."
McFarlane does keep typically quiet about his love life though. When asked if he's currently single, he goes down the Ricky Martin route of saying: "That is my personal life. That is where I draw the difference." Nice try, but we've all seen the photographs of McFarlane with our Wentworth and such a darlin' couple they make too!
You see, what I'd like for once is for a gay actor to just put it all out there like Britney Spears or Madonna and have lots of messy love affairs and always be in the tabloids and on Oprah. Ok, so Rupert Everett and Marc Jacobs do their best to be tramps, but it's not good enough. I'm sick and tired of these gays being so well behaved and always taking the moral high ground. It's all become way too respectable and wholesome. I want them to be as skanky and shocking as the hetties, then we'd truly have equality!
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Luke McFarlane: "I don't know what will happen professionally ... that is the fear, but I guess I can't really be concerned about what will happen."
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now for wentworth to do the same
or maybe some shot of him and luke in a scandalous position to out him in the tabloids!
I think gay celebs have just as much dirty laundry as anybody. If enough of the public was willing to pay to see it--we would! And, sadly, I'd love to see it. Lots of good drama we're missing out on there! But, I suppose, magazines don't want to turn off their not-ready-to-completely-embrace-the-gay-community readers. Paparazzi goes where the money is, if they're not going to get paid for it, they aren't going to hunt for it.
I really couldn't agree more with you on your last point and would love to see that happen for true equality.
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