Joseph Gordon-Levitt Scolds GQ For Comments On Brother's Death
Oh Joseph! What an example of handling an emotionally stressful situation with such class!!
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is NOT happy with some tactless, irresponsible reporting in GQ's August issue concerning his late brother Daniel, so he took to Facebook to voice his well-deserved concerns.
In the lad's mag, the reporter touched upon Joseph's brother's death, stating:
"…the elder Gordon-Levitt died of an alleged drug overdose in 2010. 'It was an accident' is all Joe will say about that."
Obviously the word/style choice the reporter uses is a calculated way of scandalizing a horrible ordeal, and Dan points out in his Facebook rebuttal that:
"The allegations to which she must be referring were made by a handful of gossip websites. They are factually incorrect according to the coroner’s office and the police department. I don’t like publicly speaking about my brother’s death, but I’m making an exception to correct this irresponsible claim."
Super lame, GQ!
We insist you read Joseph's touching and insightful response to the GQ article in FULL below:
"BURNING dAN in GQ
First of all, I’d like to thank both of the Jims and everyone else at GQ for putting me on the cover of their magazine this month. That kind of exposure is a huge help to all the work I love to do, and I’m deeply appreciative.
I’m writing this because I have a problem with what their article says about my brother. I’ll be honest, it really made me feel terrible.Here’s a quote:
‘…the elder Gordon-Levitt died of an alleged drug overdose in 2010. “It was an accident” is all Joe will say about that.’Using the word “alleged” technically allows the writer to say whatever she wants. The “allegations” to which she must be referring were made by a handful of gossip websites. They are factually incorrect according to the coroner’s office and the police department. I don’t like publicly speaking about my brother’s death, but I’m making an exception to correct this irresponsible claim.
By the way, while I asked the writer not to dwell on how he died, I did say quite a bit about how he lived, and how much he means to me. Dan was a brightly positive, genuinely caring, and brilliantly inspiring person, and I liked the idea of such a wide readership learning about him. My parents and I are disappointed with what the article chose to focus on regarding this sensitive subject.
thanks J"
[Image via Facebook.]
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Good for him. Out of order when it messes with someones feelings.
You're tactless and irresponsible all the time. This being the case, you ought not to post stuff like this, you copy-and-paste pansy hack.
O.k. So how did he die? Didn't you want to clear it up? Doesn't this usually happen in Vanity Fair?
Love him!!!
This is a complicated situation. On one hand there's the reporter. I agree, their use of "alleged" was clearly intended to imply it could have been suicide, as was speculated when his death was first made public. I can see why the reporter saw reason to include this aspect of the story, but ultimately, don't agree with the decision. Speculation is exactly that, speculation. If it was a story about the winner of the Superbowl by all means include it, but when it comes to suicide? Definitely not.
However, I have to agree with some other commenters. You're not only guilty of using "calculated" wording to make implications in stories and headlines, you sensationalize. There are plenty of examples, the first that comes to mind is your story on that B2K singer who accidentally slashed his wrist open on a glass coffee table. The way the headline was written, the information it didn't include—that is, the word 'accident' or something along those lines—likely made a number of readers initially think he had cut his wrist on purpose. It certainly didn't strike that out as a possibility. You made an unethical implication of your own.
I love him, and I cannot wait to see him in the latest Batman movie. I am sorry to hear about his brother.
Note: Speaking of wording of articles, there might be an error in this one. "Joe points out…" instead of "Dan points out…".
It sounds like the reporter was just doing his job. On the 911 tape, you hear the operator say the person who called thought is was a drug overdose. It's sad, but Everything I've read says Overdose. He's in the public eye, it's gonna come out.1111111
Actually it is not necessary to use the word "alleged" in the context of someone who is dead. One can say that a dead person was a whore, a thief, a murderer or a pimp as long as they are dead. The simple reason is that the dead cannor defend themselves. A natural person loses all rights upon death. Pretty straigtforward. It's the LIVING one has to be concerned with.