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Yahoo
10-04-2025
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Matt Bomer looks back on being outed by tabloids: 'It felt kind of unfair... that was stolen'
Matt Bomer feels he was the subject of "unfair" treatment by the media early in his career. On Monday's episode of the Dinner's on Me podcast with Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Bomer recalled a time "when folks could kind of take over your own personal narrative before you even had a chance to." He specifically referenced "outlets like Perez Hilton," which appeared to relish in "talking about my personal life before I had ever had a chance to even do it myself. And it wasn't because I didn't want to; I didn't even have an opportunity to." Bomer publicly came out as gay during a 2012 awards speech, calling his husband, the publicist Simon Halls, and their three children "my proudest accomplishment." But by that time, the rising actor had been the subject of numerous items in celebrity news sites and gossip blogs that speculated on his sexuality. In 2024 he revealed he was told being outed this way cost him the role of Superman in a film to be directed by Brett Ratner. Though there was rampant and damaging speculation, Bomer told Ferguson that "no media outlet was ever going like, 'Hey!'" - as in, they were happy to print rumors, but not inclined to give Bomer the platform to tell his story on his own terms. "I just didn't have a career that warranted that," he explained. "And so it felt kind of unfair to me, that that was stolen by people who did have a microphone at the time." "It was a weird time," Bomer reflected, because he never hid his sexuality in public. "Even when we were walking around in the streets, you know, there'd be pictures of Simon and our kids and I," he explained. Leading up to a planned speech at the 2012 Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards in Palm Springs, Calif., Bomer began thinking that he didn't want his family "to feel like they were some kind of shameful secret or, something I was sweeping under the rug so I could have a great career."Though he lost the role of Superman in 2013's Superman: Man of Steel to Henry Cavill, Bomer's career began to flourish in the early 2010s, with a plum role in the USA Network series White Collar and a big-screen break in the form of Magic Mike. But both characters had begun to cast him in the mold of "a straight leading man." "I didn't have anything to fall back on," Bomer continued. "But what I had was a loving family. That was my safety net. And I was like, you know what? If the worst that happens is that I don't work again and I have this beautiful family who I love and who loves me, then so be it."The actor has gone on to star in series like Fellow Travelers, a historical series set in the world of politics in the 1950s, which explores the deleterious psychic effect that being forced to live in the closet can have on LGBTQ people. Speaking about his character Hawk to Entertainment Weekly in 2023, Bomer noted, "Hawk does have a public persona that he needs to survive and maneuver in the world that he's in, but underneath it all is a real 'f--- you.'" The actor called that, "So refreshing to get to play, but it was also really refreshing to see — not that every intimate gay relationship is like that, but to see an aspect of gay sex brought to life in such an authentic and unflinching way." You can listen to the rest of Bomer's interview with Ferguson on the Dinner's On Me podcast above. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Matt Bomer says his early career was 'stolen' by Perez Hilton's outing
Boys in the Band star Matt Bomer reflected on the beginnings of his acting career and being outed by Perez Hilton on the latest episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson's Dinner's On Me podcast. Sign up for the to keep up with what's new in LGBTQ+ culture and entertainment — delivered three times a week straight (well…) to your inbox! Though he formally came out at Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards in 2012, the actor recalls how his private life was blogger fodder for Perez Hilton in the early 2000s. "It was a time when folks could kind of take over your own personal narrative before you even had a chance to," recalled the heartthrob. "I remember outlets like Perez Hilton talking about my personal life before I had ever had a chance to even do it myself. And it wasn't because I didn't want to; I didn't even have an opportunity to." Though he wasn't closeted per se, Bomer called it "a weird time." "No media outlet was ever going like 'Hey!' I just didn't have a career that warranted that," he said. No one cared about his story at that time, Bomer told Ferguson, because he wasn't a big enough name. "It felt kind of unfair to me, that that was stolen by people who did have a microphone at the time." Bomer formally came out at the Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards in 2012 when he was honored for his HIV activism and he thanked his family on stage during the acceptance speech. "I'd really especially like to thank my beautiful family: Simon, Kit, Walker, Henry. Thank you for teaching me what unconditional love is. You will always be my proudest accomplishment," he said. The actor told Ferguson that he did it because he didn't want his husband Simon Walls or his three boys "to feel like they were some kind of shameful secret or something I was sweeping under the rug so I could have a great career." Listen to Jesse Tyler Ferguson's podcast on .
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Matt Bomer Slams 'Victim Narrative' That He Lost ‘Superman' Role Over Sexuality
Although longtime Matt Bomer fans will likely always have a Superman-shaped hole in their heart, he's moved on. As the Golden Globe winner promotes his new Hulu gay sitcom Mid-Century Modern, he recently criticized an outlet that referred to his public outing as a 'painful turn of events' that 'lost him the title role' as the Kryptonian DC superhero. More from Deadline 'Mid-Century Modern' Star Nathan Lane: A Gay Sitcom "More Important Than Ever" While "All Our Rights Are Under Threat" - Contenders TV Gayle King Faces Backlash For Letting Gay Slur Slip On 'CBS Mornings' 'A Nice Indian Boy's Jonathan Groff & Karan Soni On Why Bollywood "Feels So Gay" & The "Really F-ing Special" Behind-The-Scenes Love Story 'This conversation had nothing to do with Superman, so please stop painting me into a victim narrative for your own clickbait,' he wrote in part in a since-deleted post on X. 'I love my career and wouldn't change a thing about it. The conversation we had was about a lack of journalistic integrity, and now you've done the same thing. Please do better. I wish you the best always, Matt.' Bomer, who publicly came out in 2012, previously recounted auditioning for the aborted J.J. Abrams script Superman: Flyby, claiming that he even signed a three-picture contract with the studio at one point. 'I went in on a cattle call for Superman, and then it turned into a one-month audition experience where I was auditioning again and again and again,' he told THR in June 2024. 'It looked like I was the director's choice for the role.' When asked if his sexuality was a factor in the studio's reluctance to hire him, Bomer said, 'Yeah, that's my understanding. That was a time in the industry when something like that could still really be weaponized against you. How, and why, and who, I don't know, but yeah, that's my understanding.' Last weekend, Bomer discussed his role as gay, ex-Mormon flight attendant Jerry Frank in Mid-Century Modern at Deadline's Contenders TV, raving, 'I cannot tell you how liberating it is to play a character without shame.' Best of Deadline Which Colleen Hoover Books Are Becoming Movies? 'Verity,' 'Reminders Of Him' & 'Regretting You' Will Join 'It Ends With Us' 'The Last Of Us' Season 2: Everything We Know So Far Book-To-Movie Adaptations Coming Out In 2025
The Independent
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Matt Bomer reflects on being ‘unfairly' outed by media
The actor Matt Bomer appeared on Monday's episode of Jesse Tyler Ferguson 's podcast, speaking about how he felt when the media outed his sexuality. Bomer came out as gay publicly in 2012 during the Chase Humanitarian Awards, thanking his partner, Simon Halls, during his speech. However, Bomer told Ferguson that outlets such as Perez Hilton took 'over [his] own personal narrative before [he] even had a chance to'. Speculation around Bomer's sexuality was rife before he came out, with tabloid media outlets discussing his personal relationships before he ever had. 'It wasn't because I didn't want to,' Bomer emphasised, 'I didn't even have an opportunity to.' The actor also spoke of his concern that he didn't want his family 'to feel like they were some kind of shameful secret or something I was sweeping under the rug so I could have a great career'. Although Bomer had never 'officially' come out to the media, he never hid his sexuality when out in public. Bomer said he didn't feel that he had the platform to actually announce his sexuality, adding that his right to come out publicly was 'stolen by people who did have a microphone at the time'. As well as not being given the agency to come out on his own terms, Bomer also previously claimed that being outed as gay meant he lost out on the chance to play Superman in the 2000s. However, Bomer found success as Neal Caffrey in White Collar and, more recently, as Hawkins in Fellow Travelers. Fellow Travelers, which aired on Paramount in 2023, explores the effects on LGBTQ people who are forced to live in the closet in the 1950s. Set in Washington, DC, Bomer stars opposite Jonathan Bailey. The two start an intense affair as Senator McCarthy (Chris Bauer) launches the 'Lavender Scare', a persecution of gay people in the United States. Bomer said it was refreshing to play the part of a gay man, particularly after both White Collar and Magic Mike cast him in the mold of ' a straight leading man'.
Yahoo
28-03-2025
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Watch: Matt Bomer would join 'White Collar' reunion 'in a heartbeat'
March 28 (UPI) -- Matt Bomer said he jump on the opportunity to film a White Collar reunion on The Tonight Show Thursday. "I would do it in a heartbeat," he told Jimmy Fallon. "That was my first television family, you know, like SNL was your first television family. I'm still good friends with all of them. We have dinner. We're on a text chain together." In the series, which aired in 2009 and ran six seasons on USA through 2014, Bomer portrayed Neal Caffrey, a "dapper criminal" who now acts an FBI informant. Executive producer Jeff Eastin previously announced a reboot title, White Collar Renaissance, in September, but additional information has not been shared since that time. "I would love to, you know?" Bomer continued. "But those decisions are kind of above my pay grade..." Bomer, 47, also stars opposite Nathan Lane in Mid-Century Modern, which is now streaming on Hulu. "Mid-Century Modern is about found family," Bomer said. "It's about a group of friends who are reunited over the death of one of their best friends and decide to cohabitate together, and all the ups and downs that come with that, but really, it's about, you know, celebrating and loving your friends for their most authentic selves, which I think is what we all want in this world." Nathan Lee Graham and the late Linda Lavin also star in the show, directed by James Burrows. "He directed Cheers, all the way back to Mary Tyler Moore, every episode of Friends, every episode of Will & Grace, Frasier. Icon," Bomer said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mid-Century Modern (@midcenturyonhulu)
