Sean Hayes, gives the camera his best butchest pose ever.
The latest cover story in The Advocate is the ultimate exercise in stating the obvious.
Sean Hayes, the actor who played Jack on “Will & Grace,” finally fesses up to the fact that he has no desire for vuh-jay-jay.
That’s right. That master of masculinity… that shining example of all things manly… is actually going on the record as being out of the closet.
Says Hayes to the Advocate interviewer: “I am who I am. I was never in, as they say. Never.”
To which a Rumor Rat source gives a one-word response: “Bullshit.”
According to our exclusive source, Hayes and his publicist made a point of prohibiting questions about his sexuality during at least one nationally televised appearance he and his fellow cast members made on a news interview show.
“With just minutes until the show was to start, Sean’s handler threw a wrench in the works in a big way, announcing to producers that [the host of the show] had to promise not to ask about Sean’s sexual orientation, otherwise Hayes would leave the studio and not do the interview.”
The show staff was mortified, according to The Rat’s source.
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UPDATE: The kill-joys at GossipCop.com say the HollywoodLife story is not true. As always, however, those cyber men in blue are taking the word of celebrity publicists, who we all know are notorious liars.
We’re not saying they’re lying in this particular case, but The Big Cheese is just waiting for a day when those self-appointed guardians of internet truth get busted for taking some bad PR bait, hook, line and sinker.
They do at least “cop” to the fact that the accident happened – it’s just the ambulance-to-the-hospital part that they deny.
Apparently, Cruise politely refused the offer of a ride to the hospital which was made by the responding paramedics.
The website HollywoodLife is reporting that Tom Cruise had to be taken to Cedars Sinai Hospital today after being involved in a motorcycle accident in a nearby neighborhood.
The website says it appears Cruise was injured, but not fatally.
The Rat will keep his beady little eyes on this story for you.
Thank god!
Our fear that Access Hollywood has-been Nancy O’Dell could end up co-hosting Dancing with the Stars has been alleviated.
According to Star magazine, Brooke Burke is ABC’s choice to decorate the arm of primary host Tom Bergeron.
Brooke built her resume as the star of e!’s “Wild on…” series, all the while building her looks courtesy of then-husband Dr. Garth Fisher, a well known Beverly Hills plastic surgeon.
Brooke’s before-Garth and after-Garth photos, after the jump.
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The Big Cheese is very concerned.
Just last December when she announced her departure from Access Hollywood, he breathed a sigh of relief that he would no longer have to hear Nancy O’Dell’s over-amped delivery of celebrity news.
Likewise, when Samantha Harris – who delivered her lines like a chihuahua on crack – announced her resignation from Dancing with the Stars, Cheesy toasted her departure with glee.
Finally, the show would be able to cast someone with understated class to accompany Tom Bergeron and quiz the dance teams after each is scored by the judges.
But, alas, the rumor mill is wreaking havoc on The Rat Pack’s hopes for a tasteful season of Dancing with the Stars, as the grapevine buzzes with word that O’Dell might actually be Harris’ DWTS replacement.
It’s going to be a long weekend in the Rat’s nest, as we all sit on pins & needles awaiting Monday’s announcement of the new co-host.
If you’re on the East Coast, you’ll know this in an hour or so anyway, so it’s not that big of an exclusive, but please note that Rumor Rat did get these particular goods before the competition.
Besides Kate Gosselin, our sources tell us that a certain Beverly Hills bad girl by the name of Shannen Doherty will be among the “stars” (ABC is apparently using that word loosely these days) on “Dancing With the Stars.”
But here’s where it could get very interesting… especially for any live broadcasts the show might do. It seems the all-time Queen of the Nip-Slip herself, Pamela Anderson, will also be a contestant.
Now that’s must-see TV!
February 25, 2010
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Actor Andrew Koenig’s parents and their last-minute exit from the set of Larry King Live Wednesday night has everybody wondering if Andrew – better known as Boner on “Growing Pains” – may have been found.
His mom & dad were in a studio in Canada, and had done an audio check just 90 seconds before King was to come back from a commercial break and talk to them about their missing son.
With no more than 20 seconds left in the break, and without explanation, the Koenigs took off their mics, got up and walked out of the Vancouver studio, leaving King to do the TV talk show version of a tap dance for no fewer than the final five minutes of his show.
Speculation is that the Koenigs got some kind of detrimental news about their missing son during the commercial break, and decided to bail.
To be continued.
February 16, 2010
at 5:39 pm
Talk about a slap in the face!
Grieving widower-slash-slimy-scammer Simon Monjack has apparently made sure his father in-law, Angelo Bertolotti, won’t have access to his own daughter’s grave.
Not only did Monjerk, and Brittany Murphy’s mom, Sharon, put together a short-list of people who are allowed to visit Brit’s burial spot… they also included an even shorter list of people who are not permitted to visit.
And when Angelo showed up yesterday afternoon to visit his daughter’s final resting place, he found out the hard way that he’s not welcome. He was turned away at the gate by Forest Lawn security guards. READ MORE
January 7, 2010
at 5:10 pm
The honeymoon is over for Laurence Fishburn and the crew of long-running TV hit CSI.
When Fishburne first came aboard the show in late 2008, sources tell Rumor Rat, he was always friendly to the people who help put the show on the air.
But since William Peterson left the cast in January of last year, that’s all changed and Fishburne’s become an ego-driven diva.
A CSI crew member tells The Big Cheese that the star now insists on a closed set anytime he’s shooting a scene.
Not only that, but at the production’s Christmas party, he refused to have his picture taken with any crew members.
The Rat thinks Larry should take a look at the season-to-date ratings of his show before he starts playing Mr. High & Mighty.
Since the September season premiere, the show’s averaging 15.7 million viewers per episode.
That’s down from 19 million in the 2008-09 season, when William Peterson was still on board. Not good.
December 30, 2009
at 2:26 pm
Or is George Clooney’s beard becoming more obvious?
We’re just askin’.
December 29, 2009
at 6:05 pm
The Rat isn’t one to go around spreading gossip or rumor.
Just kidding.
And the latest rumor is that Rosie O’Donnell is hooking up with a new ‘ho.
The photo was reportedly taken in Miami, in the morning hours, as Rosie and her as-yet unnamed lady-friend holding hands – or at leasts pinkies – during a stroll.
Expect to hear and read more about this couple in the not-too-distant future.
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