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- WAS PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN GAY?
- NATNAL ENQUIRER APOLOGIZ OVER PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN ‘GAY LOVER’ STORY
- IS THE PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN GAY LOVER LAWSU ETHIL?
- PLAYWRIGHT CLAIMS HE WAS PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN'S SECRET GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYFEBARY 5, 2014/5:12 PMBY DAN AVERYFEBARY 5, 2014 / 5:12 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"PLAYWRIGHT CLAIMS HE WAS PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN'S SECRET GAY LOVER","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-02-05T22:12:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-02-05T22:12:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_141659" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="602"] PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, THE ACCLAIMED ACTOR WHO DIED OM AN APPARENT DG OVERDOSE LAST WEEKEND, LED A SECRET GAY LIFE. THAT'S THE ALLEGATN SCREENWRER DAVID BAR KATZ, WHO DISVERED HOFFMAN'S LIFELS BODY ON SUNDAY, MA TO THE NATNAL ENQUIRER. “WE WERE HOMOSEXUAL LOVERS,” KATZ SAID A NEW TERVIEW WHICH H NEWSSTANDS TODAY. “WE HAD A RELATNSHIP.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE THE OSR-WNER DIED, KATZ SAYS THE TWO WERE “PLANNG TO GO TO THE SUPER BOWL TOGETHER AND HAVE A REALLY NICE DAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="" ALIGN="ALIGNRIGHT" WIDTH="236"] DAVID BAR KATZ[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PUBLICLY, SEYMOUR WAS A LONG-TERM RELATNSHIP WH PARTNER MIMI O'DONNELL, THE MOTHER OF HIS THREE CHILDREN. BUT A SOURCE TELLS THE MAGAZE THAT HOFFMAN’S ISSU WH DGS AND HIS SEXUALY EVENTUALLY DROVE O'DONNELL AWAY. KATZ, A IEND TO BOTH HOFFMAN AND O'DONNELL, MARRIED JULIE MERBERG 1998, AND HAS FOUR CHILDREN WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“HIS DG E, AND HIS AMBIVALENCE OVER WHETHER HE WAS STRAIGHT OR GAY, DROVE A WEDGE BETWEEN HIM AND MIMI AND BROKE THEM UP,” A SOURCE CLAIMS. “ONE PART OF HIM WANTED A NORMAL FAY LIFE WHILE ANOTHER PART WANTED HERO AND THE GAY LIFE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KATZ ALLEGEDLY WNSED HOFFMAN E HERO BEFORE, AND EVEN SAW HIM EEBASE E THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS ATH, BUT "I NEVER THOUGHT HIS ADDICTN HAD REACHED THAT LEVEL,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SAME DAY THE ISSUE ME OUT, THOUGH, KATZ NIED HE CLAIMED AND HOFFMAN WERE ANYTHG MORE THAN IENDS, SAYG ”I NEVER SAID THAT, NO,” AND VOWG TO TAKE LEGAL ACTN AGAST THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
WAS PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN GAY?
Is It Disreputable To Be Gay? In s Febary 17, 2014 edn, the Natnal Enquirer’s ont page story claimed playwright David Bar Katz was Hoffman's gay lover, that he had seen Hoffman eebase e the night before Hoffman's ath, and that he had seen Hoffman e hero on a number of [...] * philip seymour hoffman gay *
“We were homosexual lovers. “His dg e, and his ambivalence over whether he was straight or gay, drove a wedge between him and Mimi and broke them up. One part of him wanted a normal fay life while another part wanted hero and the gay life.
Philip moved to Greenwich Village bee is the center of New York’s gay muny. While he may not have marched paras, waved rabow flags or partnered wh gay rights groups, Hoffman put homosexualy ont and center by portrayg gay characters as beg more than jt gay.
Rather than focg on the fact that the tle character was gay, Hoffman chose to portray thor Tman Capote as nuanced well beyond his sexualy. Yeah, Capote was gay, but he was first and foremost a person. His homosexualy was only part of who he was, not a qualy that fed who he was.
NATNAL ENQUIRER APOLOGIZ OVER PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN ‘GAY LOVER’ STORY
The notorly sketchy Natnal Enquirer is claimg to have unvered the gay relatnship between late Capote actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and his * philip seymour hoffman gay *
We'd be actually sayg, 'Well, he's gay, so we should probably show somethg about the fact that he's gay. '"Hoffman revealed his approach to playg gay rol, like the lead Capote, an terview wh Out magaze, sayg "When I play somebody gay, I never thk of as 'I'm playg a gay character.
IS THE PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN GAY LOVER LAWSU ETHIL?
"Whether was the gay-cur, boom-mic operator Stty Boogie Nights, or the flamboyant drag queen Rty Flawls, Hoffman brought siar nuance to LGBT rol throughout his reer, elevatg their stat popular tertgly enough, the LGBT muny regniz Hoffman for troducg a certa element of sexual ambiguy to seemgly straight characters. Crics praised Matt Damon for his role as Liberace's 17-year-old lover Behd the Canlabra, not to mentn the fact that he played a gay lead The Talented Mr. One tabloid claimed Philip Seymour Hoffman was a gay relatnship.
PLAYWRIGHT CLAIMS HE WAS PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN'S SECRET GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYFEBARY 5, 2014/5:12 PMBY DAN AVERYFEBARY 5, 2014 / 5:12 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"PLAYWRIGHT CLAIMS HE WAS PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN'S SECRET GAY LOVER","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-02-05T22:12:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-02-05T22:12:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_141659" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="602"] PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, THE ACCLAIMED ACTOR WHO DIED OM AN APPARENT DG OVERDOSE LAST WEEKEND, LED A SECRET GAY LIFE. THAT'S THE ALLEGATN SCREENWRER DAVID BAR KATZ, WHO DISVERED HOFFMAN'S LIFELS BODY ON SUNDAY, MA TO THE NATNAL ENQUIRER. “WE WERE HOMOSEXUAL LOVERS,” KATZ SAID A NEW TERVIEW WHICH H NEWSSTANDS TODAY. “WE HAD A RELATNSHIP.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE THE OSR-WNER DIED, KATZ SAYS THE TWO WERE “PLANNG TO GO TO THE SUPER BOWL TOGETHER AND HAVE A REALLY NICE DAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="" ALIGN="ALIGNRIGHT" WIDTH="236"] DAVID BAR KATZ[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PUBLICLY, SEYMOUR WAS A LONG-TERM RELATNSHIP WH PARTNER MIMI O'DONNELL, THE MOTHER OF HIS THREE CHILDREN. BUT A SOURCE TELLS THE MAGAZE THAT HOFFMAN’S ISSU WH DGS AND HIS SEXUALY EVENTUALLY DROVE O'DONNELL AWAY. KATZ, A IEND TO BOTH HOFFMAN AND O'DONNELL, MARRIED JULIE MERBERG 1998, AND HAS FOUR CHILDREN WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“HIS DG E, AND HIS AMBIVALENCE OVER WHETHER HE WAS STRAIGHT OR GAY, DROVE A WEDGE BETWEEN HIM AND MIMI AND BROKE THEM UP,” A SOURCE CLAIMS. “ONE PART OF HIM WANTED A NORMAL FAY LIFE WHILE ANOTHER PART WANTED HERO AND THE GAY LIFE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KATZ ALLEGEDLY WNSED HOFFMAN E HERO BEFORE, AND EVEN SAW HIM EEBASE E THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS ATH, BUT "I NEVER THOUGHT HIS ADDICTN HAD REACHED THAT LEVEL,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SAME DAY THE ISSUE ME OUT, THOUGH, KATZ NIED HE CLAIMED AND HOFFMAN WERE ANYTHG MORE THAN IENDS, SAYG ”I NEVER SAID THAT, NO,” AND VOWG TO TAKE LEGAL ACTN AGAST THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
"We were homosexual lovers.