Earlier this week, english actor tom hardy shot down a reporter asking him about his sexuality at a press conference for the new film legend On thursday, hardy explained why he had. Public speculation about hardy’s sexuality has been buzzing since a 2008 interview when he seemed to admit having had relations with men He later said his quotes were taken out of context. Tom hardy gracefully avoided answering a question about his sexuality at the toronto film festival, saving the reporter from further embarrassment Hardy found the question to be inelegant and humiliating, and admitted later that there was no right way to answer it.
The reporter was referring to an interview hardy gave to british gay magazine attitude in 2008 during which he was asked if he had ever had sexual relations with men. To reinforce this image, a video clip has emerged from a press conference at toronto international film festival where, in 2015, tom hardy was promoting the movie legend in which he portrayed both of the notorious kray twins, reggie and ronnie. The reporter appeared to want hardy to “come out of the closet,” but hardy says, “i’m not in one.” he also realized that any number of responses could have painted him as homophobic.
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