BLIND ITEMS — “Which celebrity couple has decided to go all the way with their ‘romance’ and are thinking about getting engaged to pump up their status? He is gay and she has stars in her eyes. Don’t worry, they won’t go through with it. They both want the publicity from the break-up and plan on milking it to the last drop. Not Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene.” [BlindGossip]
(Note: Accompanying photos do not indicate any relationship to the report.)
[photo: Bauer-Griffin]
mike
Renee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
“Which Gay Celeb Will Fake His Way Through an Engagement for the Publicity?”
Every single one of them! 😛
Bryan T
Apparently Squintee was just looking at wedding dresses. Curious!
Oh P.S: They’re all gay.
Michelle
When I first heard this blind item I thought Bradley and Renee also. But is there really any credibility to the rumors that Bradley Cooper is gay? There was a brief speculation a few years ago when he attended a Broadway production with Victor Garber but hardly seems proof positive. He played gay characters in Valentine’s Day and Wet Wild American Summer but so what?
Ted B.
After seeing Justin Bartha on Jimmy Kimmel last night, I do wonder about him and Ms. Olson…just saying. Or maybe Justin was just channeling the spirit of Charles Nelson Reilly….
Aaron
Funny how all the straight girls come on gay websites to defend their “straight” idols. Nooooo, he’s not gay!! Funny, that.
Answer : Alexander Skarsgard and Kate Bosworth.
Marcus
@Aaron:
Jeez, Alexander Skarsgard need publicity that badly?
I’m think B. Coop myself–but he doesn’t need the publicity either, the beards do.
Michelle
@Aaron:
Not so fast. I’m not “defending” Bradley. I am just asking. I would actually prefer it if he is gay. You see, he is the star in my guy-on-guy fantasies, with an ever-changing cast of hot partners.
Jimmi
Squinty and Brad.
That Bitch Téa Delgado
Does Bradley need the publicity? Renée sure does–she hasn’t had a hit in years–but Bradley is currently riding on one hit movie after another, so he doesn’t need any added publicity–unless it’s to counteract the gay speculation:
Aside from the rumors about Bradley and Victor Garber during the run of Alias, lately rumors have surfaced that Bradley and Liam Neeson got it on during the making of The A-Team (Liam, you’ll recall–or might not–reportedly assuaged his grief following the death of Natasha by hiring rent boys). Oh, and when asked on Regis and Kelly what his favorite screen kiss was, Bradley cited Michael Ian Black in Wet Hot American Summer.
Still, if it’s the guy who’s looking for publicity just to raise his profile, I’d agree with Justin Bartha.
Jimmi
@That Bitch Téa Delgado: Everybody in Hollywood needs publicity. When they stop talking, you’re over.
eames
…milking it for all it’s worth? stars in her eyes? seems to be James Franco who’s a bit out of the limelight at the moment and his girlbeard, aspiring actress Marla Sokoloff.
s_b
I can’t decide if the whole Kenny Chesney situation from a few years back makes it more or less likely that it’s Renee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper…
RGM
It says “she has stars in her eyes” which means she is probably not an Oscar-winning actress, aka Renee Zellweger. I imagine it’s more along the lines of people like James Franco and Justin Bartha.
Max E. Padd
Sean William Scott
Michael
@mike: Bradley Cooper makes my Gaydar gun go haywire. The guy is totally gay.
JJ
What if he is genuinely bisexual? It’s possible, right? We’re supposed to be the LGBT community, right? Hello? Anybody out there?
Rob Moore
@Michelle: Mine too!
Kiki
“But is there really any credibility to the rumors that Bradley Cooper is gay?”
Bradley Cooper is faking a relationship with a woman.
Did you see pictures of Bradley and Renee? They are much less convincing than ex Gyllenhaal and Witherspoon showmance.
merkin
A majority of Hollywood stars engage in showmances to generate buzz. The fact that Bradley Cooper is in a fake relationship with Squintie doesnt make him gay.
You have to remember movies are a business. Maybe he’s doing it because he needs the publicity. Maybe they have a movie coming out next year and this will help sell it. Maybe the studio is trying to make renee bankable again and is pressuring Coop into a showmance. Or maybe he likes banging Asian hookers and this is his cover. There are a million reasons why they’d fake a romance, beyond Cooper being gay.
scott ny'er
@Michael: God I totally hope he is (altho, why I hope so is beyond me, it’s not like he’ll be my BF then, LOL). I’ve crushed on him since Alias and SATC. I also like his less beefy look then. That’s not to say he doesn’t look hot now, because he does look hot now as well.
Jack E. Jett
Say what?
hampton
Well squinty has been out of the loop for awhile. Seems like during her brief “fraud” marriage to that maybe gay country singer who forgot to tell her he was already married to an airline hostess and neglected to get a divorce. So now she will get a Carolina Heera wedding dess and be on her way. Said designer does not need any publicity. But maybe she and Brad really like each other and hat doesn’t mean he is gay. It could be any of the Disney sluts or Gossip Girl gang or even go out on a limb and say Body Jenner. Who is Justin Batha? never heard of him
Taylor Siluwé
I completely forgot Bradley Cooper was on Alias. He wasn’t on my radar then and still isn’t. Cute, funny, but sadly forgettable.
Now my real ALIAS hottie was Michael Vartan.
http://m.blog.hu/he/hellostranger/MichaelVartan.jpg
Yum …. Any gay rumors about him?
Pickles
If pretty much everybody in high school drama was gay, then they go off to LA to be actors, how do ALL of them become straight? (Ok, except Ellen and NPH). Somebody’s GOT to be gay. Maybe, say, 10%?
fredo777
@Max E. Padd: “Seann William Scott”
God, I hope so. I’ve had a thing for that man since American Pie.
And by “a thing”, I mean my penis.
stuffer
Re: Bradley Cooper
It’s not your gaydar that’s going off. It’s the wishful thinking and the tingle you get before you get a boner.
stuffer
PS I get it too. Damn, that man is h-h-h-hawt
scott ny'er
@Taylor Siluwé: OK. Michael Vartan. So hot as well. I mean, Alias had a ton hot dudes and dudettes. But yeah, I crushed on Michael Vartan as well. And did get a slight thrill out of seeing his goods in that weird Robin Williams film.
But… I think Michael Vartan is VERY straight. I think he just got married or engaged if I’m not mistaken.
jeffree
Make it James Franco or Josh Duhamel and I may suddenly start believing there IS a god!
Joey O'H
Didn’t Bradley Cooper and Victor Garber also go to the Golden Globes together during that run?
RGM
Well, maybe I was wrong saying it isn’t Bradley Cooper. I just read on IMDB.com some headline that reads “Bradley Cooper and Renee Zellweger NOT Engaged,” apparently they are denying rumors that they are engaged. Next thing you know we’ll find out they are in fact engaged, then they’ll break up as predicted by the blind item. After reading that headline, I’m quite sure it’s him.
Keith
Sounds most to me like Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens…it has long been rumored that the two of them were set up in a “showmance” by Disney due to Zac’s sexuality. I’ve have actually heard from respected sources that they were contracted to remain together through the end of the “High School Musical” franchise and simply chose to remain together after the contract lapsed for continued publicity. Vanessa really has never succeeded outside of the “HSM” films (she failed in a career in music and the one film she starred in following “HSM 3” bombed) and it’s only her “relationship” with Zac that keeps her relevant and in the tabloids, so I can totally see her being the one with “stars in her eyes.”.
seaguy11
Heidi and Spencer pull this kind of crap all the time.
Taylor Siluwé
No. 33 · Keith
Zac? Wow. Why does the thought of that give me a rush?
Laine
I’m thinking this could be Ryan Seacrest and Julianne Hough. There are a ton of rumors that he’s gay and she’s still trying to be super famous. Currently they are on the requisite exotic vacation together and I heard a radio report that they were seen looking at engagement rings. I wouldn’t put anything past Ryan to finally put a lid on the gay rumors. An engagment might do that for him.