03/15/2006
Vin Diesel: "How Could You Say That?"
The very expressive Vin Diesel talks to Details this month about certain rumors that have dogged him for years:
The most persistent rumor is that he’s gay. He was once linked to his Furious costar Michelle Rodriguez, but since then he’s never been spotted with a girlfriend, never been seen sneaking out of L.A.’s Element draped with a sloppy WB starlet. A female radio-talk-show caller in New York even confronted him about his sexuality, asking point-blank if Vin played for the other team.“I was like, ‘How could you say that? Why would you say that?’” says Diesel, the smooth space between his brown eyes wrinkling up in a neat W. “I’m not gonna put it out there on a magazine cover like some other actors. I come from the Harrison Ford, Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino code of silence. I’m not gonna do that.”
For that reason, Diesel prefers dating in Europe, where he’s not as easily recognized. He thinks celebrity-on-celebrity hookups are crazy. People going through your trash, taking your photo at Starbucks, mashing up your last names into a Bennifer-style punch line. “It’s a sucker’s bet,” he says.
Hunky Vin's upcoming film Find Me Guilty disguises the actor in a funky hairpiece (read, acting), but no beard.
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So basically he's saying he's gay?
Posted by: Ian | Mar 15, 2006 3:43:18 PM
Can we allow for the possibility that PR folks encouraged their over-exposed, under-appreciated clients to fuel the "is he? or isn't he?" rumor in order to increase the buzz factor among those with some of the highest disposable income on the planet? In other words...who cares?
Posted by: HoyaBoy | Mar 15, 2006 3:54:37 PM
I have always felt he was gay...just a vibe I get.
Posted by: Chris | Mar 15, 2006 3:54:39 PM
sounds like a confirmation to me
especialy since we all know now about marlon Brandos experience playing both teams
Posted by: jimmyboyo | Mar 15, 2006 4:01:24 PM
He's better hurry up and do that guest spot on Will and Grace to defuse those homo rumors.
Posted by: Sam | Mar 15, 2006 4:01:35 PM
I'd forgotten all about Vin Diesel. Does anyone really care what he does?
Posted by: Roscoe | Mar 15, 2006 4:12:16 PM
I saw 'Find Me Guilty' about two weeks ago, and he was really good in it. A very interesting movie about mobsters. His character never rats out his buddies. Sidney Lumet said he cast him based on a short that he made, that was shown at Cannes.
Posted by: Viviane | Mar 15, 2006 4:19:09 PM
Please check this out... It's about Brokeback Mountain and I think you might want to post a link to it. Fred
http://www.afterelton.com/movies/2006/3/affair.html
Posted by: Fred | Mar 15, 2006 4:19:16 PM
who cares
Posted by: jon | Mar 15, 2006 4:24:57 PM
He preferes dating in Europe. That's one we haven't heard before.
Posted by: Nicholas | Mar 15, 2006 4:26:54 PM
So he didn't actually say "No," then?
I think he's cute. Monotone, but cute!
Posted by: Michael W. | Mar 15, 2006 4:38:29 PM
Vin is a cutie. I would have NO problems keeping his secret.
Posted by: Rad | Mar 15, 2006 4:59:03 PM
Vin and I have been dating secretly for ages! he's dreamy.
Posted by: tom cruise | Mar 15, 2006 5:31:55 PM
He prefers dating in Europe = "My girlfriend lives in Canada."
Posted by: MP | Mar 15, 2006 5:40:01 PM
Gay or not, I'm just amused by the fact he's a D&Der.
yeah, I know, totally geeky, but I love it...
Posted by: Rob (lrdarystar) | Mar 15, 2006 5:52:30 PM
Vin Diesel is on Letterman tonite (Wed 3/15) ..if anyone's interested.
Let's all turn our "gaydar" switches on!
Posted by: Mike P | Mar 15, 2006 6:05:16 PM
gay gay gay gay gay
Posted by: GM | Mar 15, 2006 6:34:20 PM
The most obvious giveaway is his having "dated" Michelle Rodriguez. Who else, Portia di Rossi?
Posted by: gigi | Mar 15, 2006 6:58:43 PM
A romantic link to Penelope Cruz would clinch it.
Posted by: 24play | Mar 15, 2006 7:16:02 PM
Let's see...perhaps connect the dots -- Tom CRUISE + Vin DIESEL + ROCK Hudson gotta equal Rip Taylor!
Posted by: Roger | Mar 15, 2006 8:22:28 PM
On Conan O'Brien's show last summer, Vin Diesel admitted that he loved listening to show tunes. You should have seen how his face lit up when he was talking about "West Side Story." When he drops the macho act and lets his guard down, as he did briefly in this appearance, he turns into a big girl (sound familiar to anyone?) The man names his biceps and his penis (very un-macho names I might add). He's been known to rent convertibles and drive though LA with the top down singing Aria's. Is he Gay? The real question should be: Top or Bottom? And I think we can all guess the answer to that question...
Posted by: Robert In WeHo | Mar 15, 2006 9:16:31 PM
He's waiting until about a week before the end of his career before he comes out so he'll have something to capitalize on. That should be any minute now.
Posted by: Chad Hanging | Mar 15, 2006 10:05:54 PM
I'd hit it.
Posted by: Tread | Mar 16, 2006 12:37:15 AM
Wow,
He's SO hunky. He only dates in Europe? Way to go encouraging more paparazzi to get their butts over there. Michelle who?
~
Posted by: Gilli | Mar 16, 2006 1:39:36 AM
I'd do him
but then again, I have a thing for bald bodybuilders with mild down syndrome
Posted by: stevo | Mar 16, 2006 5:43:19 AM
i'm in europe. call me.
Posted by: papa | Mar 16, 2006 6:46:28 AM
Lmao @ the picture with the sword.
When Fast and the Furious came out, I was so into him. So, so, so. But the more I watched him, the more I started getting this gay vibe from him. So I started crushing on Michelle Rodriguez, instead. She's the one puzzle piece that doesn't fit though, isn't she? I mean, in this whole Vin Is Gay big picture, she's the error message. Howard Stern totally tricked her into admitting she and Vin had sex. I saw that, and it looked totally legit. So hrmmmm.
This is my favorite blog, btw. I lurk alot.
Posted by: Gena | Mar 16, 2006 7:39:43 AM
I caught him on Conan and Letterman..he told the same story about his first date..when pushed about his 'perfect date' though he said ' I like to get to know the person over dinner and wine' not get to know her. How many of us remember doing the nongender thiing when we were in the closet.
Either way I'm still from the school of leaving public figures alone, unless they are anti gay or scientoligists. ;)
Posted by: patrick nyc | Mar 16, 2006 11:10:07 AM
Who is he, again?
After 15 minutes, I tend to forget...
Posted by: Steven. | Mar 16, 2006 11:24:15 AM
"Hunky Vin's upcoming film Find Me Guilty disguises the actor in a funky hairpiece (read, acting), but no beard."
"No beard" huh? Yoo totally crack me up, Mr Towle.
Posted by: hun | Mar 16, 2006 11:34:52 AM
I slept with him in a villa just outside of Nice in the summer of '04. Adorable, sexy, a very good kisser.
Posted by: god | Mar 16, 2006 12:23:43 PM
I've been crushing on Vin since I first saw him in "Pitch Black". I even loved his "Chronicles of Riddick".
I, too, sort of detected a gay vibe from him, in that muscledaddy way. I'd love to spend an evening wrapped in his arms, just listening to him talk in that gruff voice. WOOF!!
Posted by: Jonathon | Mar 16, 2006 1:53:46 PM
Who really cares who Vin is doing? Is everyone really that bored with their own lives?
Posted by: Renee' | Mar 16, 2006 2:13:14 PM
Renee
You seem to have the time to stop and deliver a message...are you that bored with your life?
Posted by: Guy | Mar 16, 2006 4:48:14 PM
LOL
Posted by: Chad Hanging | Mar 18, 2006 1:09:47 PM
Who cares if he is gay?. He is gorgeous. To be sure somebody should ask his twin brother in Brooklyn. But, who cares if he's gay, he's gorgeous one way or another.
Posted by: Oscar | Mar 18, 2006 6:04:06 PM
You know, I think the problem is that people tend to focuse on the wrong issues. I can't say that I get a gay vibe from this guy, but then again I'm not gay. I would like to believe that in a perfect world it wouldn't really matter if he's gay, or hetero. I can truly understand him not wanting the public in his business and the paparazzi constantly publishing is life. Why does it make him gay if he chooses not to date public? Who knows, I could be completely off base with the whole thing. I just think the man doesn't want his private life (whether it be dating, sexual orientation, or family) in the spot light. Does that make him gay? Does it make him gay because the public hasn't seen him with a woman? Does it even matter???
Posted by: BiSAc | Mar 19, 2006 1:22:39 AM
Bisac - you make my point and answer your own question about the meaninglessness of psychosexual orientation of actors, celebrities, or your neighbour.
The succinct and pithy answer is "no, it doesn't matter, and is no more important to both his or my life or whether or not the actor is skilled at his craft or not.
The reality is that it is often about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and that motivates producers to cast straights in gay roles, and never to cast outed gays in straight romantic roles.
Also, then BISAC, imagine if the US taxpayer had to provide same-sex families with THEIR share of the tax base? Imagine if straights did not receive tax benefits that should rightfully be given to widow/ers of same-sex couples and their children?
Imagine, if you were gay, in a same-sex coupling and raising children. Imagine if you knew it would take thousands of dollars to protect both of you MINIMALLY and SUBJECT TO NOK CHALLENGE? Imagine if you knew that your neighbour would receive his straight married with children share of benefits and DENY YOU AND YOUR FAMILY their fair share? Getting hot and angry at the blatant injustice, eh?
I am a Canadian and we have stopped this homophobic nonsense. (Harper can do nothing in his "90-day wonder minority government").
The truly civilised nations of the world have moved away from Catholic theocracy. The Enlightenment has hit the Old Countries and the New World has adopted the latter.
The US is not, IMHO, a just nation where minorities are concerned. Look at the facts where First Peoples or African-descended persons are concerned as well. Tolerance is a malevolent emotion. It implies that justice is subjective and subject to capricious and arbitrary judgements.
Posted by: Raymond | Mar 19, 2006 8:01:26 AM
I had no idea the rest of the world was wondering about this guy; I thought I was the only one. I hate it when guys make the extra effort to be macho. Vin tries too hard. And so what if he slept with a woman? That doesn't mean a thing.
Posted by: Eggs on Toast | Mar 19, 2006 10:05:02 AM
Whatever happened to John Leguizamo being gay? I thought he was on a coming out track until a saw him butch it up on Leno a few years back. Is he confirmed straight?
Posted by: Chad Hanging | Mar 19, 2006 3:56:20 PM
What would be the signifiance of Vin Diesel coming out as gay now as opposed to when he regains popularity and potentially gains respect as an actor much later on down the road?
Posted by: Chad Hanging | Mar 19, 2006 4:14:10 PM
Europe, so he likes Bel Ami boys
Posted by: Jack | Mar 19, 2006 8:03:56 PM
I'm currently dating "Mark" Vin Diesel. He
was over at my house in Newport Coast last
weekend and we were having sex all night long. So there he's not GAY after all.
Posted by: Tracey with a T | Apr 1, 2006 12:27:05 AM
i havent heard much about vin diesel and i dont think hes gay........ive seen him kiss women and stuff i really dont know so....yah
Posted by: stephanie | May 6, 2006 7:43:08 PM
What he's saying people is that he's not going to put his relationships with women out in the public forum or media for everyone to hash-n- trash like every other celeb. Look people: hear him, his words are soooooooo clear. "HIS PERSONAL LIFE IS NONE OF ANYONES BUSINESS!" He can't get any plainer than that. Stop trying to read into something that's not there. If you can't understand what I just said let me put it into words you will understand "shut up and mind your own business". Leave the man alone.
Posted by: Jadiannah | May 13, 2006 6:04:57 PM
bravo Jadiannah!
Well said....the guy is hot, who cares if he`s gay or not...who gives a sh*!
I still luv ya vin xxxx0000
Posted by: skit76 | May 15, 2006 7:50:18 AM
i think ur hella sexy and if i wasnt young i would marry u hahaha... seriuosly
Posted by: chanel | May 30, 2006 3:39:01 PM
Who cares if Vin Diesel's gay, he is 100% hot, plus he n Michelle Rodriguez went out bout 7 year ago afta fast n furious, n can i say i fink shes totally hot 2, shes the only woman i actually feel attracted to, there both n id go wiv either 1 of em x-x-x
Posted by: Louxxx | Jul 16, 2006 3:11:02 PM
sorry bout tht was ment 2 write THERE BOTH REALLY HOT. id luv 2 get wiv michelle rodriguez or vin diesel! x-x-x
Posted by: Louxxx | Jul 16, 2006 3:12:57 PM
well i dont care what nobody says vin is not gay and i know cause i just do so deal with it
Posted by: Megan johnson | Aug 3, 2006 9:34:35 PM
jesus why is everybody so interested if vin is gay or not . he's still the sexiest man on earth .anyway sumone being gay should'nt change the way u tink or feel about them anyway .personally i dont think he is but what does it matter to us if he is its not like were going to get him ... no such luck in this world is there...anyway love ya loads vin forever xxx
Posted by: sophie | Aug 23, 2006 12:23:55 PM
jesus why is everybody so interested if vin is gay or not . he's still the sexiest man on earth .anyway sumone being gay should'nt change the way u tink or feel about them anyway .personally i dont think he is but what does it matter to us if he is its not like were going to get him ... no such luck in this world is there...anyway love ya loads vin forever xxx
Posted by: sophie | Aug 23, 2006 12:24:02 PM
obviously anyone posting comments care. He is the shit. I could care less about the petty stuff. He, as many others who have gay fans, would not want to offend them or anyone, he does not find it relavant.
Posted by: Crystal | Sep 29, 2006 1:08:18 PM
obviously anyone posting comments care. He is the shit. I could care less about the petty stuff. He, as many others who have gay fans, would not want to offend them or anyone, he does not find it relavant.
Posted by: Crystal | Sep 29, 2006 1:10:14 PM
I think it is perfectly fine that Vin Diesel, likes to keep his relationships under raps. I wouldn't want people all in my business and following me around everyday, dragging my name in the mud. So leave the man alone. When he wants use to know something, he'll tell us.
Posted by: Diesel_Ken21 | Dec 23, 2006 9:19:48 AM
you shouldn' hang all over him like that. he's clearly stating that its none of our buisness and that he just won't talk to you if your being mean like that.And its his private life would you like it if the press were butting into your private life and anyway he wouldn't mingle with us commoners hes too buisy for that.
Posted by: kenny | Mar 3, 2007 11:02:19 AM
R U GAY? r u channings dad??? u guys should do and issue togetha
Posted by: Vanessa | May 21, 2007 4:34:23 PM
R U GAY? r u channings dad??? u guys should do and issue togetha
Posted by: Vanessa | May 21, 2007 4:34:55 PM
I dont care if hes straight,bisexual,or gay.....hes the hottest man IN hollywood...and the most normal. He doesnt flash his business all over,and i think thats very decent of him. I still am madly in love with him. I already tell whoever im with,"If he showed up at my door, I'd leave you,Sorry!" So yeah. Love ya Vinnie baby!XoXoX
Posted by: Dana | Jul 24, 2007 4:34:51 PM
Vin Diesel is so hot ... ("how hot is he?") ... if he were gay, I'd get a sex change just to have a shot at getting his attention.
Posted by: phaenyx | Aug 28, 2007 4:08:40 PM
See i never thought he was gay and i agree with him about not putting his business out there and plus i look up to him from where he comes from to the place he it at now and things he do i am not gay and don't belive he is ethier so do you vin and forget what people say!
Posted by: Michael | Aug 29, 2007 2:16:22 PM
Vin is d HOTTEST #1 male in d whole world! It doesnt matter if VIN D is straight, square or triangle! Let's re-visit our dctionaries 2 check PRIVATE!! I ADORE VIN n SUPORT Him al d way! I'l neva criticize him! He's ma twin, i was born on 18 July '83. Nuttin wrong wit dreamin, hugin' him or 2 C him personally wud B a dream come true! Vin, ya shud come 2 SA man! Even if it's jst 2 meet yo twins Nelson Mandela n myself!! Wil always LUV YA VIN!!!;-) Lady T, South Africa
Posted by: Lady T | Oct 22, 2007 2:16:15 PM
I was always told you don't believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see having said that I find vin facinating in many ways I would be happy just to sit and have a couple cups of cofee with him.
Posted by: jerrie | Nov 1, 2007 1:09:18 PM
gay or not gay he is richer then everybody on this page and always will be and do you all know why?
BECAUSE HE IS WORKING RIGHT NOW AND NOT ON THE NET GOSSIPING!
he has no time for this,he has a life i cant say that for the rest of you becouse you are all acting like children,becouse your soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo busy
talking SH** so i suggest you people find somthing else to do with your spare time and leave this man alone.
* go shopping
* spend time with your kids
* GET A JOB
LADIES HE DONT WANT YOU NOT NOW OR EVER
you run your mouth to much what movie star wants a gossiping women not me if i were famous.im so tired of reading these things (is he gay) *******GET****A*******LIFE********
AND GUYS
if the man is gay or not every night when he gets in the bed he will be rich and you will be poor because he is being a real man and gets on the net every day i guess to look at his bank figures AND HOW HE CAN MAKE MORE MONEY
and not on a website gossiping with a bunch of women like most gay men do so i ask you fellas.
*ARE YOU GAY*
SO TO ALL OF YOU START THE NEW YEAR OFF RIGHT WITH THIS LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION THAT CAN TAKE YOU TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF LIFE FOR EVER AND EVER AND EVER.
*** MIND YOUR OWN BUSSINESS**
Posted by: ELEGGUA | Nov 1, 2007 8:31:10 PM
HES NOT GAY AND EVEN IF HE IS I STILL LOVE HIM
Posted by: dEvYnN | Dec 31, 2007 12:32:29 AM
VIN WAS JUST SPOTTED WITH MODEL ASHLEY CHARLES AT AN ARIZONA CLUB,HE IS NOT GAY!
THE OWNER OF THE CLUB SAID THEY WERE HANGING ALL OVER EACHOTHER AND EVEN WENT TO A PRIVATE ROOM.
Posted by: Dave | Jan 11, 2008 11:47:07 AM
my friend thinks he's gay but whether he is or isn't he's still cool so whats the problem
Posted by: alex | Feb 13, 2008 1:23:56 PM
Puhleez. Every time this guy opens his mouth I see Prada bags falling out of it.
Next time asks if I'm gay, single, or attached, I'm going to say - "I date in Europe".
Posted by: Dave(2) | Feb 13, 2008 1:35:04 PM
well i don't see prada bags falling out of his mouth plus it really isn't any of our business whether he's gay, straight, or bi
it's his life not ours so we should leave him alone.
Posted by: alex | Feb 15, 2008 1:28:58 PM
HE HAD SEX WITH ME
HE WAS IGHT I THINK THAT
GEORGE BUSH WAS BETTER
Posted by: nathan | Mar 8, 2008 8:36:35 PM