New Jersey Net Richard Jefferson: 'I'm Not Gay'

Reports that New Jersey Net Richard Jefferson dumped his fiance shortly before their wedding have revived rumors that Jefferson is gay, according to Deadspin, or at least those rumors that some New Jersey Net is gay. Jefferson says it's not him.

The New York Post reports: " The couple had planned to top off their $500,000 wedding with a honeymoon in London, where they had tickets to one of the Michael Jackson comeback shows. Of the money he's giving Nichols, Jefferson said, 'I'm not trying to buy her off. She has a lump sum to help her move on.' He added, 'I've made my mistakes in this relationship, 100 percent. But at the end of the day, there were some people who were responsible for the demise of it.' He insisted a rumor he's gay had nothing to do with the breakup.' I'm not gay,' Jefferson said. 'That couldn't be any further from the truth. I have nothing to hide.' Nichols could not be reached."

Gay Director Todd Holland to Actors: To Succeed, Stay in the Closet

Emmy-winning director Todd Holland caused a stir at an Outfest panel over the weekend after advising actors who wants to succeed to remain in the closet:

"Holland, who was talking as one of the featured panelists, and who once worked as a director on the critically acclaimed HBO sit-com The Larry Sanders Show, explained that it's a necessary career choice if a gay actor wants to succeed in Hollywood. Fellow panelist and filmmaker Kirby Dick, director of Outrage, a 2009 documentary about gay politicians who stay in the closet to further their political careers, told Holland: "I know where you're coming from, but it's a regressive argument." Holland, who was legally married before Proposition 8 was passed by California voters in November, responded that he was just being realistic, but Dick believed that if "an A-list actor came out, it would have more impact on the culture than an A-list politician." No one talked about the personal repercussions of a gay actor succeeding in Hollywood by lying about his sexual orientation to the general public."

Certainly one actor who would agree with Holland is Rupert Everett. Everett has continually blamed his lack of career momentum on his openness about his sexuality. Said Everett to Kevin Sessums in April: "There is just very little opportunity for a fag. That’s the reality. There isn’t."

Note: an earlier draft of the L.A. Weekly article stated that Kirby Dick is a gay filmmaker. He is not gay. This has been corrected.

Michael Urie Plays Early Gay Activist, Won't Discuss His Own Sexuality

Ugly Betty actor Michael Urie, who is starring in a play right now called The Temperamentals, about the formation of the nation's first pre-Stonewall gay rights organization, The Mattachine Society, refuses to discuss his own sexuality with New York magazine:

In the context of this play, it's almost impossible not to ask you about your own sexuality. You've never really publicly declared it, but on your own website, you identify yourself as "a member of the LGBT community" and say that organizations that help people with HIV/AIDS or people who are LGBT are "A-Number 1 in my book!" So what's the deal?

Well, that's my M.O. I'm interested in keeping — you know, actors have to be able to do lots of different things, and while I'd say there's an ongoing theme [to the parts I play], I'm also not interested in having any real publicity about who I am and what my private life is and things like that. I'm an actor and I don't want to be a [fill-in-the-] blank actor.

Do you really think that saying "I'm gay" would stop you from getting an array of roles?

That's not really the point. By using publicity to say something like that, it could become a person's M.O, and I'm not interested in that. I really think this article should be about The Temperamentals. I understand where you're coming from and why you think this is important and that this is a play about being true to yourself. But artists and activists are not quite the same thing, and I feel like support can come from lots of different ways.

Do you get sick of reporters asking you about this?

They don't ask about it as much as you might think. Actually, it's been a long time since anyone asked it. I don't think it's really newsworthy if the gay guy from Ugly Betty is gay or not.

Except, of course, if he's playing a character "who left before he could be outed to become a fashion designer so influential he made the cover of Time in 1967" in a play about gays who stood up for themselves by coming out. 

Ricky Martin: I Have Never Talked About Who My Heart Belongs To

Last week, Puerto Rican magazine TV Aqui published a tease on its cover and a Tweet claiming that Ricky Martin told them his heart could belong to a man or woman. That was just a lie intended to sell magazines, apparently (shock).

Said Mike Szysmanski of the Examiner: "I went directly to Saudy [Rivera, the editor of TV Aqui], who is based in Puerto Rico, and asked if Ricky used the B-word. 'No, he didn't say that,' she replied to me. 'What he said was: 'The heart of Ricky Martin... if it belongs to a male or a female... I have never talked about it.'"

So, it appears that cover tease is just what it was. A tease.

And Andrés Duque of Blabbeando translated a video of the actual interview with Martin. Here it is:

"Eh, the heart of Rocky Martin? Look, whether it has or doesn't have a male owner or a female owner, I have never spoken about that topic, so don't..."

But Duque also pointed out that in the same issue the magazine ran a poll implying that if Martin is gay, he is less of a man because of it. Shame.

Watch the video, AFTER THE JUMP...

Chace Crawford is the Summer's Hottest 'Not Gay' Bachelor

After People declares Chace Crawford the "summer's hottest bachelor," Crawford tells the magazine about the stereotypically straight activities he and Ed Westwick took part in when they found out about the gay rumors that were totally being made up about them:

"On the made-up gay rumors about him and co-star Ed Westwick: 'You know what we really did the first time we heard it? Ed goes, 'Oh, did you hear that rumor about us being gay?' I was like, 'Yeah, man.' He starts laughing and we're kind of like, 'Okay, you want to go play pool and have a beer?''"

Adam Lambert Acknowledges Elephant in the Room, Says it's Pink

Adam Lambert continues to play coy about his sexuality. In a recent interview with TV Guide's Matt Mitovich, he's cornered once again about THIS.

MITOVICH: "Have there been ridiculously overt, roundabout ways to get at you about the 'elephant in the room?'

LAMBERT: "They've been actually straightforward, actually, to which I go.. 'heh, uh.' Yeah, so. That elephant, man, it's pink, isn't it?"

Meanwhile, conspiracy theories have been fueled by recent revelations that AT&T provided phones for free text-messaging services and lessons in casting blocks of votes at parties organized by fans of Kris Allen. Is there anything to be done about it now? Seems unlikely.

Watch the interview, AFTER THE JUMP...