Jeremy Renner Gave The Perfect Reponse To Those Rumors About His Sexuality

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In a new Playboy interview, Jeremy Renner handles difficult questions with a level head. It’s hard to believe this is the same guy who stumbled through the Avengers: Age of Ultron press tour by jokingly insulting Black Widow and angering fans. When Renner is one-on-one with a journalist, and he sticks to talking about himself and his work, he gives a good interview.

For the first time, Renner speaks publicly about those gay rumors that have circulated for years. The recent demise of his 10-month marriage (to model Sonni Pacheco) only added to the gossip. Renner’s ex alleged “fraud” in the divorce papers also raised some eyebrows. Renner could have asked Playboy to refrain from asking about his sexuality, but he instead fields the question with a fitting answer:

“When you Google yourself and the first thing that comes up is ‘Jeremy Renner gay,’ it’s like, ‘Oh, now you’ve arrived. You’re now a giant movie star.’ I don’t care, ultimately, if that’s what people want to think, read and care about. F*cking say whatever the hell you want about me. Look at where we’re at socially — leaps and bounds ahead of where we started. That’s an amazing thing. To suggest that it’s negative, that being gay is a terrible thing, a perversion or whatever — I just don’t get it. Don’t you wish we were in a world where we’re not shaming, judging and boxing people in?”

Since this is a Playboy interview, Renner also answers the typical questions about the “awful” way he lost his virginity and the disastrous first time he wore a condom. He talks about “chasing girls” in junior high, so there’s the answer Playboy was really seeking.

Renner is promoting Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, and Playboy did remember to ask about the project. Renner admits he never has any bloody idea what’s going on when he makes these M:I movies. That’s nice to hear because the audience usually doesn’t have any idea, either.

(Via Playboy and TMZ)

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