Guys, I heard a rom- mor over the weekend that ptured my heart so fully, I felt real spair when I found out wasn't te. It was sort of like I was a rom- and this rom- mor was the foc of my sire, and when was revealed to be a d, I jt stood there lookg like turn-of-the-century Rachel Leigh Cook, all angsty disappotment. And anger at myself, for havg believed the first place. The mor was this: Pl Feig (director of Brismaids and The Heat) was planng a gay romantic edy starrg Channg Tatum and John Milhiser (one of the new SNL guys). The juicy headle turned out to be all but fake: This was apparently jt a pie--the-sky ia that me up sually at the same Feig-attend dner Anna jt went to. After most of the Inter ran wh the story, thgs settled down and beme clear that Tatum's volvement was jt a brastorm, nothg more, though sounds like Milhiser is ed circlg the project, which would be about an average du datg a guy physilly far out of his league. None of the back-and-forth chang the fact that this is
Contents:
- DID CHANNG TATUM COME OUT AS GAY?
- IS CHANNG TATUM GAY? THE ACTOR IS DIVORCED & CURRENTLY DATG ZOë KRAVZ
- INTRODUCG THE STROMO! WHY STRAIGHT MALE STARS ARE GOG GAY(ISH)
- IS CHANNG TATUM GAY? UNRAVELG THE TTH ABOUT HIS SEXUALY
- IS CHANNG TATUM GAY? SEPARATG FACT OM FICTN ABOUT HIS SEXUALY
- HOW THE RUMORS OF CHANNG TATUM BEG GAY STARTED
- CHANNG TATUM DANC TO “PONY” AT L.A. GAY PRI PARA FOR MAGIC MIKE XXL: WATCH!
- ‘MAGIC MIKE’ IS BIG DRAW FOR GAY MEN
- THE TTH ABOUT THOSE CHANNG TATUM GAY ROM-COM RUMORS AND WHY I NEED THEM TO COME TE
DID CHANNG TATUM COME OUT AS GAY?
Rumor: Actor Channg Tatum me out as gay. * tatum gay *
"I thk he is gay, " one person wrote, to much have circulated for years that Tatum is secretly gay or bisexual. Actor Channg Tatum me out as gay.
IS CHANNG TATUM GAY? THE ACTOR IS DIVORCED & CURRENTLY DATG ZOë KRAVZ
Dpe Channg Tatum Gay's speculatns, he has publicly been a relatnship wh women. His movie "Magic Mike," which he plays a male stripper, beme popular among the gay muny. * tatum gay *
On 28 May 2015, a news-like lk began to circulate on Facebook claimg popular actor Channg Tatum me out as gay. The lk's headle stated "Channg Tatum out as Gay, " and the preview text read "Channg Tatum out as Gay followg a number of mours":. Channg Tatum has been the subject of gay speculatns.
His imprsive actg skills won fans' hearts, and the movie ronated wh diverse dienc, cludg the gay actor who plays the tular character acted as a male stripper the movie anchise.
His embodiment of the role sparked gay speculatns, but the actor has never addrsed the mors, and he has publicly dated women. | Source: Getty ImagDifferent Publitns Called Channg Tatum 'Stromo—Straight Homo'When the first "Magic Mike" was released, the gay muny was happy to watch cemas as they saw Tatum and other actors remove their cloth even though the movie was not explicly his role as Mike, he leads a double life where he works as a roofer durg the day, while at night, he tak center stage as the ma attractn of the Kgs of Tampa, a group of male strippers. Also, a rom- mor — which later turned out to be fake — ma rounds about Pl Feig planng a gay romantic edy starrg Channg Tatum and actor John 2015, a publitn lved to why straight male actors were gog gay-ish and referred to the actors as "stromo, " morn, lady-lovg male actors who amp up their appeal to gay dienc for pri and publitn went on to list actors like Tatum, Nick Jonas, Chris Hemsworth, and more.
INTRODUCG THE STROMO! WHY STRAIGHT MALE STARS ARE GOG GAY(ISH)
Channg Tatum and Roxane Gay have secretly been workg on wrg a romance novel together sce 2017. * tatum gay *
Another publitn explorg the ncept of "stromo" argu the term self is unnecsary and problematic as there is a growg trend of straight actors actively engagg wh the gay male mographic as part of marketg strategi. It seems the days that straight male stars aren’t strsed out at beg perceived as gay or extremely gay-iendly.
Far om feelg stigmatized, they wele the gay gaze, starg vgly and molg shirtls on the vers of such gay magaz as Out and The Advote, or both. Wh the current crop of “straight homos” — ll them “stromos” — some very blurred l have emerged. Today’s stromos are the flip si of gay actors who want to read straight for their reers: They are straight actors strivg to read gayish to optimize their appeal — and maximize the number of butts, gym-mold or otherwise, movie theater seats.
Now a lot more straight guys are playg gay rol than ever before — and are happy to be on our vers. They requt our vers, gay role or not. “Studs are realizg that gay people don’t jt go to gay movi.
IS CHANNG TATUM GAY? UNRAVELG THE TTH ABOUT HIS SEXUALY
Is Channg Tatum Gay? Delve to the speculatns surroundg Channg Tatum's sexualy and disver the tth about Channg Tatum. * tatum gay *
“For basilly straight films, we’re hired to do gift bags at nightlife events, ftivals, paras, gay bars and clubs.
IS CHANNG TATUM GAY? SEPARATG FACT OM FICTN ABOUT HIS SEXUALY
Acrdg to a new ver, the 'Magic Mike' star is reportedly still workg on a romance novel project wh Roxanne Gay six years after was first nfirmed to be the works. * tatum gay *
The petn for clients to market gay clubs is fierce — ’s a ptive dience.
HOW THE RUMORS OF CHANNG TATUM BEG GAY STARTED
Interviews around the untry show that gay men have been flockg to “Magic Mike” numbers not seen sce “Brokeback Mounta” 2005. * tatum gay *
If you look at polls, many people over 60 have all kds of prejudic; unr 40, everyone supports gay rights and most people don’t re about labels anymore. Not only that, magaz that ter to the gay muny guarantee betiful shots.
Gaydar creasgly is feelg broken Hollywood and New York and is a ad issue Europe. “It’s a mon qutn at parti: ‘Is he gay — or European? Now gay and straight men shop at the same stor, go to the same hairdrsers and tailors.
Straight men want the same thgs as gay men — except the genr of their sexual partners. On the Ksey heterosexual-homosexual slidg sle, tablished by sex rearcher Aled C. Ksey, Sav-Williams lls men who fall wh heterosexualy but toward the gay si of the sle “Ksey 1’s, ” explag: “Their primary object of sire is women.
CHANNG TATUM DANC TO “PONY” AT L.A. GAY PRI PARA FOR MAGIC MIKE XXL: WATCH!
” Jt ask ultimate stromo Jam Fran, who recently announced, “I’m gay my life up to the pot of terurse. ” Other prumable Hollywood Ksey 1’s: Joseph Gordon-Levt, who never refut gay nuendos (“That would be really tacky, ” is his sentiment); and Tom Hardy. Stromos don’t necsarily have to walk the walk but n talk a good game about their man-csh: Ryan Reynolds adms that if he were gay, would be wh Robert Pattson.
In tim past, when Marlboro men and tough-guy ins like Jack Nicholson, Gene Hackman, Al Paco and Robert De Niro reigned, bromance subjects Pattson and Goslg might have sued or worse at any implitn of gayns.
“The current straight actors are more than fortable wh gay men sirg them, ” explas Out‘s Hickl.
‘MAGIC MIKE’ IS BIG DRAW FOR GAY MEN
“My straight iends love when gay men flirt. As their dience be ‘gayer, ’ they have to bee gayer or end up lookg dad-ish. Footballer to give terviews to gay magaz and may have exprsed pri his gay-in stat, but he’s equally if not more famo for braidg his hair, patg his nails and posg Empor Armani unrwear a 2009-2010 mpaign for a reported 20 ln pounds.
Confs male-celebry hairdrser Sean Jam: “I’m not sure when gay and straight looks swapped, but men general are marketg themselv much more the days so they n have the perfect datg profile picture for Tr to meet girls or guys. Today Los Angel, there are nail salons jt for men (Hammer & Nails on Melrose), straight guys gog for eyebrow shapg (brow queen Anastasia Soare says, “Male stars e the salon all the time and are fe if someone tak their picture”) and the pursu of the gay male-body ial.
Our straight guys vers gay guys is an even spl. The succs of Tatum's picture books has given him a taste of publishg and he's ready to take to the next level by workg on a romance novel alongsi (former Glamour ntributor) Roxane Gay. After a hilar exchange (Gay wrote that she wanted to “hug every part of him wh my mouth”), the two got to talkg and Gay shared a half-wrten outle of a story she wanted to tell.
THE TTH ABOUT THOSE CHANNG TATUM GAY ROM-COM RUMORS AND WHY I NEED THEM TO COME TE
Gay, famoly known for her poignant work such as Bad Femist and Not That Bad, shared wh The Advote how the pair lked up.
“[Gay's agent] said, ‘Channg Tatum wants to work on a project wh you. ’” To Gay's surprise, none of was a joke and Tatum really did want to work on a project wh her.
Matt Wkelmeyer/Getty ImagTatum charmed Gay a way she wasn't expectg: “For whatever reason, he is timately aware of his privilege. Coupled wh Gay's magic touch, they are sure to tell a story that will pull at our heartstrgs and leave wantg more.