Her words! Not ours!
There have been a variety of scandals and tragedies that distracted the public from all of those masseurs saying John Travolta made a move on them, but we still haven’t forgotten about that!
Neither has Parks and Recreation star Rashida Jones. During a recent interview, the actress openly admired Frank Ocean’s courage for coming out and expressed hopes that more celebrities would do the same.
One A-list star she hopes will consider being true to himself is the Grease star, as she joked:
“A movie star. Like John Travolta? Come out! Come on. How many masseurs have to come forward? Let├óΓé¼Γäós do this.”
While she was thrilled that both Ocean and Anderson Cooper decided to be honest with the public about their sexual orientation, Jones continued to reiterate the importance of “big stars” coming out of the closet by adding:
“Let├óΓé¼Γäós be honest: Anderson Cooper is a TV personality. Like Neil Patrick Harris ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ okay, yes, it├óΓé¼Γäós great that he came out, but (A) these are both men who have lived in the gay community for a long time and I think everyone suspected, and (B) there├óΓé¼Γäós something about these iconic stars, people who are almost godlike. Because with someone like Frank Ocean, yes, it├óΓé¼Γäós fantastic that he did what he did and his letter was so beautiful, and he├óΓé¼Γäós in such close proximity to all these rappers so he├óΓé¼Γäós battling homophobia just by being honest. But big stars need to come out. Ricky Martin was huge. That was big; I was really happy about that.”
We’re happy when anybody decides to be true to themselves.
If John really is hiding that part of himself from the public (and his wife), we’re sure it’s not easy, and we hope he finds the courage to do what so many others in Hollywood have done.
[Image via WENN.]
