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I just thought it was kind of grubby behavior. Basically, with the situation where a journalist is threatening to out you, you’ve got to hurry, and some people we didn’t get a chance to tell before it came out publicly. And that’s not ideal.
There are levels to telling people. You tell your close family and your friends and not everybody. Across our two families, not everybody is as accepting as what you’d hope for, and we were trying to be respectful to those people and tell them in our own way.
It was just a hard few days, especially for my partner, who’s not used to being in the public eye and having to deal with stuff like that.Rebel Wilson speaking to The Australian about coming out earlier this year after reporter Andrew Hornery threatened to out her in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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Donston
Some queer celebs want take their significant others everywhere with them publicly and won’t deny the relationship, but they will still get upset if the media and/or social media acknowledges their queerness or their gay commitments. It’s a weird contradiction. I guess it’s a way for some to feel “out” yet private and have cause for deniability. But I do prefer that approach over being aggressively closeted, constantly denying queerness, faking relationships or using gay relationship buzz or queer relationships for press and attention.
What that reporter did was kinda slimy. More than anything, their reasoning behind what they did is what made them look bad.
FreddieW
The only time it’s ethical to out someone is when that someone is a vocal homophobe. Otherwise, it’s rotten behavior that deserves social and professional consequences.
Donston
Talking about non-confirmed queer relationships are a bit of minefield. Celebrities and their relationships are talked about everyday in the media and on social media. However, when it’s a queer relationship (particularly male same-sex relationship) it suddenly becomes problematic to speak on the obvious. It’s especially strange when someone makes it very obvious that they’re partnered with this person, but it’s an issue for anyone to speak on it. I do understand someone not wanting to be out, not wanting their relationship known, still dealing with certain issues or self-understanding that they want to keep private. Yet, publications gossip about rumored hetero relationships after one time a couple is seen with the other. It doesn’t sometimes feel weird and a bit double-standard-y and can come off homo-shame-y.
I will say what that publication did was completely uncalled for. And I doubt they would have done it if it were a rumored male-male commitment. There’s a handful of male gay relationships that the media (even here) absolutely refuses to comment own. They clearly thought it’d be no big deal because it was chick. And their explanation for their behaviors made them look even more tacky and leaching.
CatholicXXX
It’s so nice that she gets to live her authentic self. She no longer has to pretend to be straight or “body positive.” Thin is in.
FreddieW
Thin is healthy, and she looks fantastic.