Jared Leto can’t stop.
For years, the acclaimed actor and 30 Seconds to Mars frontman has dazzled us with mouth-watering thirst traps, perhaps most memorably with a piece of rainbow cake.
And it seems like he’s just hitting his prime. Leto, who turned 51 in December, posted a shirtless selfie on Instagram Wednesday that made the gays and theys squeal with delight.
With this shot, he totally went in for The Kill. (Bury us, Jared! Preferably beneath you!)
There’s a lot to decipher here, beginning with Leto’s washboard abs and chiseled pecs. Then we move up to his full scruffy beard and matted long hair–complete with a red baseball cap over his eyes.
Based on that description, one may assume Leto is at the gym, showing off his bod at the nearest Planet Fitness.
But that assumption would greatly undersell Leto’s artistic aesthetic. We’re talking about the man who lost 30 pounds and waxed his entire body for his award-winning performance in Dallas Buyers Club.
Instead of a standard gym pose, Leto appears to be standing in a dimly lit, tastefully decorated home, complete with all sorts of classy fixtures.
The shot fits with the rest of Leto’s curated grid. Earlier this year, he posted a photo of himself in Antarctica, staring into the camera while wearing an orange winter hat–fuzzy flaps included.
Those icy blue eyes make us shiver.
Leto is more than a gorgeous man, of course. His continued championing for the LGBTQ+ community sets him apart. As an example: he’s spoken extensively about the discrimination that gay male actors still face in Hollywood.
“I definitely don’t think a gay leading man would have the same opportunities as a straight leading man. I don’t think that. Not for a single second,” he told Backstage in 2019. “It shouldn’t be that way.”
When Leto had the opportunity to play a high-profile LGBTQ+ character in Dallas Buyers Club, “Rano,” a transgender woman with HIV, he met with numerous transgender people when researching the role.
Leto became so immersed in the character (remember, he lost 30 pounds), director Jean-Marc Vallée said he feels like he never even met the actor himself. “I don’t know Leto,” said director Jean-Marc Vallée. “Jared never showed me Jared.”
Fortunately, Jared shows plenty of Jared on Insta, and each picture tells its own story. Scroll down for some more of his masterpieces…
correctio
“flooding basements” why is this phrase being used to describe male arousal, it sounds like you are talking about diarrhea
abfab
It sounds like that to you. It’s known as flourish and yes, embellishment and hyperbole. Either get on the gay train already, or get off of it. Headlines dear, headlines. As old as the hills.
correctio
it is an expression used to describe the moistening of a vagina when people with vaginas — who almost always are women — are aroused. if a man’s “basement floods,” he is shitting himself.
I think the word you are looking for is malapropism
abfab
Malaprops. I’ll wait while you look that word up. If anyone is shitting himself, it’s you.
correctio
why do I waste my time with you abfab
abfab
I’m not your shrink.
DBMC
@correctio
A malapropism is using a word that sounds similar in the place of the correct word, hopefully to humorous effect. Such as “It is an expression used to describe the moistening of a woman’s verbina when people with Virginias…
I’m not sure what you’re trying to say.
Diplomat
Abflab of low IQ,
The alcoholic in your blood stream is raging again. Your rhetoric is misguided grotesque and full of self hating anger. Tone down the attacks munchkin and get off the bottle, you’ll live longer. Until then you may want to consider getting lost to a more suitable venue.
abfab
You seem happy suffering fools gladly…which is no surprise coming from you. Now STFU…you tired old alkee who seems to be projecting his own battle with bottles. That ain’t me, princess.
Be gone, fool.
abfab
Maybe (doubt it) your pal correctio can tell you all about maloprops. It’s likely one of many words you have absolutely no clue of.
Diplomat
Look asswipe. You’re a vindictive self absorbed raging alcoholic out of control. Bachy confirmed your sacred relationship w booze of which you told him to “muzzle it”. Now your sick low life behavior all makes sense. Do us all a favor. Get out.
abfab
”your sacred relationship w booze of which you told him to “muzzle it”. Be careful with your accusations. And there’s no need to triangulate with an innocent party, bachy. Some one throw this cracker a life raft!
Even the sentence makes no sence. Later, dipshit……. Much later. You can stop now, you win.
rabbit
Friendly reminder this guy has a history of grooming and being inappropriate with underage girls. Might want to pick a different straight guy to fetishize over, Alex.
Man About Town
Alex could also stand to improve his homework skills: Leto’s character in “Dallas Buyers Club” was named Rayon, not “Rano”!
DBMC
I see that he has approached women who are 18 to 25, they are not underage.
Joshooeerr
And Dallas Buyer’s Club was one of the worst movies ever for appropriating and misrepresenting a gay story, and for presenting a trans character as a freak show. The real Ron Woodruff worked extremely closely with the gay community, which was entirely erased from the film. And note how Leto’s Rayon never manages to draw on any eyebrows, even though she’s supposed to be trying her best to pass as a woman. It was a deliberate ploy to make her look freaky. And don’t get me started on the terrible, slutty cheap wigs she chooses to wear over Leto’s long, lush locks. What trans woman would actually be that stupid?
inbama
When I saw the film, I assumed the character was a drag queen. There were men like that back then who considered themselves drag queens but practically lived in it, and some were definitely a campy mess like Leto’s character. And “Rayon” sure sounds like a drag name. Also, the film takes place a good ten years before the invention of the “Trangender Umbrella.”
dbmcvey
If I’m not mistaken the Rayon character was made up for the movie, not based on anyone in real life.
Godabed
no thanks. Love the nature photos though.
Do better than queerbaiting for straight people. I mean what has he been contributing to the community since profiting from playing a trans HIV positive person? Is he even an Ally? You could report on that.
Paulie P
A friend who is in a band was the opening act for Leto’s band.. you were not allowed to talk, look, speak or maybe eye contact with him.
that said… he got a big ole dick.
Robert Bradley
The dick…how do you know? I’m intrigued
xanadude
There’s “dirty hot” and then there’s Leto: “Looks like he needs a flea bath” hot. And yeah, NEVER heard a nice thing about him. #overrated.
Troyfight
@xanadude … yep. Once saw a video clip of him singing with his “band” about 10 years ago, and Jared was crowd surfing…at one point, while he was out there, some fan did something to him, and Jared took his mic, and CLOMPED the fan right on the head HARD. Total jerk. #overrated Next, Ms Alex Reimer.
Darson
I always get a feeling of bad BO from him and the attitude of “Im Jared Leto, enjoy my funk”.
SDR94103
thirst trap, flooding basements. The gay movement is dead. Just sad.
dinard38
I wish to god that Queerty would stop using “thirst trap”. They overuse the hell out of this stupid term.
Peter
I’ve always found him to be self-indulgent and just plain creepy. And he’s had that scruffy beard/stringy-hair look long enough. Did he grow it for a role in a film? If so, what film? Seems like he’s just too lazy to shave and trim.
FreddieW
Sorry, but he looks like a Manson family member.
abfab
Like Squeaky Fromme?
FreddieW
Like Charles Manson.
abfab
I give up.
bachy
Leto believes that aging is a delusion and that one needn’t do so if you manage to see through it. He also eats practically nothing. Say what you will about that but at 51 he looks better than most 36 year olds.
abfab
And his eyes are dreamy. Meow, Leto.
Chaucer
It seems he has put much effort into making himself unattractive and is successful. I don’t think he has any sex appeal at all. Looks like a burnt-out hippie. Too bad.
mz.sam
No shit, Sherlock! Leto needs to be LET GO for once and for all, Queerity.
Terrycloth
He’s the lead singer for his band 30 seconds to Mars..so he likes to keep his Rock Star look..he makes movies now and then too.hes very outdoorsy mountain climbing .rock climbing. Etc.never met him to know if the stories about being a diva or a dick are true..don’t care one way or the other