Jonathan Taylor Thomas Kept Cool After Jay Leno "Inappropriately" Asked Him A Question About His Sexuality
Summary
Jonathan Taylor Thomas remained calm and composed while Jay Leno questioned him about his sexuality on The Tonight Show. Indeed, he embraces a major gay role in the new Showtime movie Common Ground, an If These Walls Could Talk–style trio of vignettes about what it’s like to be homosexual in small-town America in the ’50s, 70s, and now.
I watched Speedway Junky sitting right next to her, where every third word out of my mouth was a cussword. "And not that there's anything wrong with that," Leno added. You know if you wanna come out, it's fine," Leno continued. The celebrity had a starring role on Home Improvement, and also starred in several profitable movies before he vanished from Hollywood.
When Jonathan Taylor Thomas appeared, the host asked intimate questions about the celeb's private life.
That just crushed me.
You have a tremendous legion of pining fans yourself. Leno continued to question the star about his sexuality, although Thomas had already answered.
Thomas answered the intimate questions with a smile, and laughed it off as Leno continuously brought up the rumors about his personal life. "And not that there's anything wrong with that," Thomas agreed.
Nice character.
In taking these roles, were you trying to shake your wholesome image?
I thought, If I am going to grow as an actor, I need to challenge myself I didn’t do these pieces to change my image. He added, "But they're rumors, and you should always be kind of careful with that internet stuff."
Jonathan Taylor Thomas Cleared Up The "Rumours" About His Sexuality
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Questioning Thomas about his sexuality (which he wasn't there to discuss anyway), the Tom and Huck star kept his cool, and maintained a calm demeanor as he replied to the host's intrusive questions and comments.
After clearing things up about the rumors that had circulated about Thomas' private life, Leno continued to question the Man of the House actor directly about his sexuality.
Valour! "Aw I miss him come back to acting..." wrote one fan. After Toby’s fumbled attempt to prove his manliness with a female hooker, the piece builds to a harrowing locker-room scene in which our golden boy is gay-bashed and then forced to service one of his teammates while the rest do nothing to stop it. In the spring of 1998, the Internet was suddenly rife with rumors that the then-16-year-old heartthrob, who was winding up his eighth and last year playing Tim Allen’s sarcastic son Randy Taylor on the venerable sitcom Home Improvement, was gay and coming out in the pages of this very magazine.
What startled me was how willingly people accepted it.
I don’t think you’ve really made it in Hollywood until people think you’re gay.
[Laughs] Exactly.
Did you ever log on to see what the actual story was?
No, I really didn’t want to deal with it, and at the time I was working on a Disney film, I’ll Be Home for Christmas.
Or as they like to call it on Cyber-Sleaze…
… I’ll Be Homo for Christmas.
She pinched my cheeks, and then she told me that I reminded her of her brother. "When a rumor starts, it spreads like wildfire." Leno said.
He continued, "Like, about two years ago, people went, 'Jay, he's gay. The I'll Be Home for Christmas actor kept cool, responding by laughing off Leno's comments.
Other stars have responded differently when asked certain personal questions in recent years.
“A great deal was demanded of him, and he was completely committed.