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  • Passion Pit Singer Michael Angelakos Comes Out As Gay

    American singer Michael Angelakos, front man of Passion Pit has come out as gay on a podcast.

    Michael Angelakos, frontman of Passion Pit has come out as gay on a podcast produced by writer Brett Easton Ellis.

    Angelakos, 28 who has released 3 albums in the UK divorced his wife Kristy Mucci earlier in 2015.

    They were married for two years.

    The singer decided to come out to Brett because he “admires” him. He admitted that the most difficult thing about coming out was admitting he was gay to himself.

    After the podcast was released Angelakos took to Twitter to write,

    “everything’s going to be okay”

    https://twitter.com/passionpit/status/663848760318033924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

     

    and then went on to thank his fans saying,

    “i’ve received so many kind and supportive messages today. thank you for reaching out and being so kind to me.”

    https://twitter.com/passionpit/status/663912575453761536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

     

    He said that his ex-wife was extremely supportive on hearing the news. He remarked,

    “I just wanted so badly to be straight, because I love her so much,

    “I think that was one of the most painful things when we decided to separate.

    “When I decided to really deal with it head on – which was, I don’t know, in June – she was the one that kind of spearheaded it in a way.

    “She said, ‘You need to figure out what’s going on with your sexuality, you can’t hate yourself any more.’”

  • Bret Easton Ellis Slams Matt Bomer Casting

    American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis slams casting Matt Bomer in Fifty Shades Of Grey Movie.

    The best selling author Bret Easton Ellis said that casting the openly gay actor Matt Bomer in a film adaptation of the record-breaking novel ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ would be wrong because his sexuality ‘complicates the role’.

    The Hollywood star, who was last seen doing the full monty in the box office smash ‘Magic Mike’ has been rumoured to take the role of Christian Grey in an adaptation of E. L. James’s erotic bestseller.

    On hearing the news Ellis took to social media network Twitter to Tweet that it would be ‘absolutely ludicrous’ to give the role to Bomer.

    ‘Okay. Let’s finalise this. Matt Bomer is totally hot and a very good actor. He is NOT right for Christian Grey and it complicates the role,’ he posted on Twitter.

    The author, who has admitted to having relationships with both men and women added: ‘I don’t care how good an actor you are but being married to another man complicates things for playing CG.’

    He denied that his views were homophobic saying it was: ‘about an intensely straight actor wanting absolutely to screw Ana Steele.’

    Ellis had expressed an inclination to adapt the novel into a screenplay, but confirmed that he was no longer in the running for the project.