Sunday, January 8, 2017

Blind Item Reveal #6: Jensen Ackles



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September 22, 2016


There is an almost network show that has been on forever. The lead actor on the show was out to dinner with some members of his church. Apparently the discussion was mainly about the upcoming election and if there was any hope of getting rid of gay marriages. The actor then went on a rant about how he is sick of questions about whether his character is gay and that he would never be supportive of his character being gay because our actor does not want kids to think being gay is normal. Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, but the fandom is basically based on this, so probably not something they wanted to hear.

Reveal:  Jensen Ackles / Supernatural


Aaaah, and let the fandom angst ensue. But in this case, the blind really doesn't match up with the "revealed" celebrity's behavior for the past several years. September 2014 brought an end to the working relationship between Jensen and William Morris Agency and he signed with Gersh.  The Destiel/Cockles pulse was waning to a feather rate until 2015, when the divining rod pulled a strong 180 in the opposite direction and what has become known as the "Sunset" pictures happened.


 
The "Sunset" pictures (with Jared absent and "unavailable") began a trend which continues today at a baffling teeter-totter rate - back and forth, back and forth; J2 Tough Mudder and date night pics one weekend, Cockles boat ride and You Are Not Alone campaign bathroom videos the next:



 



The back and forth from 2015 to 2016 has been dizzying.  J2 fans are just trying to....

 
Without going into the possible reasons why, what seems to be pretty clear in the past two years is that Jensen does not have any problem performing his part for the Cockles/Destiel fandom, which has been a sharp contrast to previous years.  Basically, the talk (the Enty Lawyer blind) does not match the walk (Jensen's actions). 

So, the next question would be why the blind, if its single goal was simply about his heterosexuality?  And, what was the immediate reaction from fans?  One barometer site to go to for answers is  Spn_Gos, whether or not you agree or disagree, believe or side-eye some of the opinions expressed on the blog.

If you try to go back to the thread discussion where the "Reveal" was posted on Spn_Gos live journal community, it appears to me that it's like jumping into a book halfway throughThe discussion starts with the Moderator making a statement in reference to comments which you can no longer see:

MOD NOTE Blind Item - Jensen

[moderator]Troublesock
2017-01-01 03:58 pm (local)
Just as it was the first time this was brought to this site, I am pulling this thread for the following reasons:

1. It does NOT lead to any discussion whatsoever, but just lead to name calling from all sides.

2. As, I mentioned before, CDAN is not a reliable source as stated by the man who runs the site.

If you want to discuss this topic, please do it elsewhere. 
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And the few comments which follow are...frozen.  Gone are the comments which had started the discussion which were speculating about whether the reveal could really be true or not and then were met with accusations that Cockles/Destiel fans were no doubt responsible.  Even though Enty Lawyer has been proven wrong in the past and "plays the Hollywood game" to a certain extent just like about any other gossip writer (possibly with the exception of Michael K), is he really going to take a "tip" from an anonymous civilian claiming to attend Jensen's church?

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Because this blind is not the first time Jensen Ackles has been accused of being homophobic, the Cockles/Destiel segment of the Supernatural fandom seems an unlikely source of the blind tip.  Jensen has been the subject of strong "homophobic" claims dating back to at least 2013 when a fan was rebuffed at a New Jersey Supernatural convention for bringing up the subject of subtext on the show in the sexuality of the character Jensen plays, Dean Winchester.  His conservative upbringing is also well known by fans, but just like the "homophobic" accusations, claims of his being a Republican and this, that and the other have not been backed up with solid evidence.

How about looking at the timing of this blind? The blind was originally posted September 22, 2016, a little over a month after the announcement was made on August 10 that twins were on the way for the Ackles.  One would think the blind wouldn't be necessary to sell the Ackles marriage and family situation, but with speculation on Spn_Gos that a surrogate was being used, PR probably felt some reinforcement of Jensen's 'straightness' was in order.  Particularly, since there were a lack of believable pictures throughout the "pregnancy".  Never mind that there were hardly any photos at all. 

The timing of the Blind Item reveal during New Year's weekend was not odd, in fact the practice of posting reveals over holidays is a common practice with Enty Lawyer.  However, since production on Supernatural ended in mid-December, Jensen has not been photo'd "out and about," except one time during the holiday break. Jared has been portrayed as flying off to Hawaii allegedly with his whole family, but no "pregnant" pic of Genevieve in sight. Conclusion: She wasn't there. LOL! Later, there was an odd grainy photo of the beard with the youngest son posted on twitter. But, as you can see her expectant state is still up for debate.


Here we are in January, 2017, and it looks like closeted Hollywood is still alive and kicking even though strategies and tactics are becoming more and more obvious to the general public.  Gay celebrities not only have to stunt about with beards pretending to be pregnant, but they need to be characterized as expressing homophobic slurs themselves, usually planted via social media by interns who have access to celebrity account passwords, or through agency-approved Blind Item reveals like this one

In other words, one of PR's favorite tools is to characterize closeted celebrities as being hostile toward the LGBT community. Examples being Louis Tomlinson's, Bullshit 1.0 and Bullshit 2.0 "tweets", Liam Payne's tweeted "admiration" of Willie Robertson (of Duck Dynasty fame) and his "family values", and brother Jep Robertson and his wife's close friendships with the Padalecki and Ackles' families. Then, most recently, we have Jake Gyllenhaal attending tonight's Golden Globes Award ceremony and being seated at the same table with known equal opportunity discriminator and homophobe, Mel Gibson. 

Hollywood publicity teams need to know that social media operates on a two-way streetFandoms today do not accept this kind of intolerant,  hate-filled projection of beliefs and behaviors onto their favorite celebrities. Diversity, multiculturalism and most of all inclusion is what fans respect and support. It's one thing to choose to live one's life in the closet. Another to embrace hate and promote narrow-minded bigotry. The end date of this public relations tactic has long expired. Welcome to the 21st century, everyone. 



collaborators: Prairie Girl and Methodical Muser
pic source:  giphy, popsugar, aminoapps, Facebook
our playlist:  Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
                     Tell Mama - Etta James


 

25 comments:

prairiegirl said...

Crank those speakers up and let the Ohio Players jam it out. Woot, woot!!

What an awesome song. Then boogie to some Etta James. Great Sunday music.

Florida Tom said...
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Florida Tom said...

Not getting my hopes up but I am definitely rooting for Moonlight tonight.

prairiegirl said...

Aaron Taylor Johnson just won for Best Supporting Actor. And Nocturnal Animals was supposed to be Jake's film. Really a turn of events.

Florida Tom said...

James co-star in Nocturnal Animals just won a Golden Globe for best supprting actor. He did thank Jake. I don't think Jake is there.

prairiegirl said...

Yeah, I think Jake is trying to make it look like he's running late for the whole show because he was not interviewed on the carpet. Will be interesting to see if he appears, but I would think he will because he's supposed to make a presentation to his co star Ryan Reynolds, who has surpassed him on the feeding chain.

Jake's people tried earlier today to make it look like he was flying in today from St. Bart's to LA. *eyeroll*

Florida Tom said...

Jake is now there PG.

Methodical Muser said...

PG and I thought that Jake might not show up tonight. Either that, or he will show up late to "prove" he really was over in St. Bart's for two weeks. That's the official story his team wants everyone to believe so what better way than to announce he's going to be at the GG and present an award, then have him either not show up because of flight "difficulties" or show up late in the show and then watch him babble on about his airport woes. I think we called it again, PG.

prairiegirl said...

Aaah thanks, Tom! I missed him. Vince Vaughn is on stage now; I think he's supposed to be at Jake's table, too.

I was thinking he about had to be at the show because he is supposed to make some kind of presentation for Ryan Reynolds. It would look bad if he wasn't there.

Boy, the camera sure isn't hardly showing himyet, is it?

Methodical Muser said...

Looks like showing up late is the winner. Like PG mentioned above, he's supposed to make a presentation to Ryan Reynolds. Can't miss that "honor."

Florida Tom said...

Sorry Ryan Reynolds. Jake is taken !!!!

Florida Tom said...

Reeke is in the house. There should be a movie about that somewhere in the future :-)

prairiegirl said...

Reeke is in the house.

lol. Indeed.

Jimmy Fallon seems to have done a pretty good job so far. He looks quite dapper in his tux and I like the way he introduces people with that flair of his.

prairiegirl said...

I would not be surprised to see Jake do one of the future Deadpool sequels. If I recall right, Jake was recently quoted during the Nocturnal Animals promo as saying he wouldn't mind being in a movie like Deadpool. The promo for Life will no doubt be extremely strong on the "bromance" of Jake and Ryan. Ryan, who actually has eclipsed Jake on the food chain.

Just a wonderful speech by Meryl Streep tonight. Excellent.

prairiegirl said...

Tom!!!!! How about that, Moonlight won!! #BestMotionPictureDrama

prairiegirl said...

Little bit of an inconsistency looks like

Hmmm, looks like Jan 4 and Jan 8 got switched around, doesn't it?

Just stop it.

These PR teams really need to wise up. With Tumblr and Twitter and even Instagram, the inconsistencies can be seen and reblogged for others to take notice. Gifs can be great assistance as well. And the GPS'ing of celebrities merely by thinking that a lame tweet of "Jake Gyllenhaal is on my flight!" is going to cut it, is 2012 thinking. Amazing what just a few years has changed.

prairiegirl said...

Watching Jake's antics yesterday and those of his publicity team as well, was something else. His people seemed more concerned with holding up that whole St. Bart's story and acting like he was there all week, than they did making sure he was at the Golden Globes on time and supporting his other cast mates of Nocturnal Animals. No wonder his Twitter search is filled with robot tweets - to drown out a few of the questioning ones wondering where he was, why was he sitting at the same table with Mel Gibson, why was he at the awards to introduce Deadpool, and how come he looked so somber throughout.

Jake missed the red carpet, he was late to show up in his seat and he kept disappearing throughout the awards. Now you see him, now you don't. Unless he was chatting (I'll call it chatting lol) up various male peers backstage, I guess I am to assume he drank water all day long and kept having to run to the men's room to empty his bladder.

prairiegirl said...

I mean.....it was just a darn shame. He looked so nice and yet it was like he was on the outside looking in. It seems to me that Jake was at the Golden Globes basically to foot rub and feed grapes to Ryan Reynolds all night. What. A. Switch.

The whole seating situation was befuddling. Was it all just because of Life? Is that why Jake was at Ryan Reynolds' table? Or is it because Jake is trying to get a part in the next Deadpool movie? Interesting that Jake's part at the awards was to introduce that movie. There were other folks trying to figure out why he was the one introducing the film clip.

In the video of the seating chart, Jake originally was supposed to sit next to Ryan Reynolds, but he ended up sitting opposite, and turned around so that he had the best seat in the house - front row and center. You couldn't miss him. Nice for those of us though who wanted to see him though. LOLLLL!!

But why wasn't he sitting with Tom Ford? That seemed very strange to me, anyway. Jake's people had to have done some last minute bargaining to get Jake that spot on stage because he was not announced until yesterday. Talk about the 11th hour. ;-)

destiny said...

Enjoying the music, love the Ohio Players. And totally appropriate for the Supernatural roller coaster.

Not to mention the Jake roller coaster. Glad to see I wasn't puzzled all around by his role and seating arrangements at the GG. Maybe he decided to participate/attend at the last minute?? Still strange.

Loved Meryl Streep's speech, so well done. And happy to see Moonlighting win, since it probably doesn't have a chance against La La Land at the Oscars. Lots of good movies this year that just don't have a chance. I especially liked Hell or Highwater, a film that got a few nominations, but no buzz or awards.

prairiegirl said...

"Love Rollercoaster" is awesome and love that Etta James song Tell Mama as well.

There is so much hinky going on with Jake over yesterday, it's enough to fill a diary. This new picture emerged earlier this afternoon. It's Jake and his 3 Nocturnal Animals co-stars. He looks totally tipped in. The other 3 individuals are in light, Jake is in a dark cloud. Makes no sense at all.

WME and their image control of Jake

prairiegirl said...

Good morning! And the big news today is....

Jake has gotten one of the award nominations that he and Austin have been hazed over so hard for, Best Lead Actor at the BAFTA's.



prairiegirl said...

Congratulations to Mr. Jake and wow, 9 BAFTA nominations for Nocturnal Animals, among them Best Director, Best Supporting for Aaron Taylor Johnson, Editing, Cinematography, etc.

Hope everyone has a great day. It is 54 degrees outside right now, is that not crazy or what? And windy as all get out. And 50's tomorrow and then ice and freezing rain all weekend long.

Our poor Mother Earth is so whacked out.

Methodical Muser said...


Congratulations, Jake.

Looks like we called it, PG. All of that nonsense in St. Bart's was part of the campaign for Jake to be made more "acceptable" during awards season. Let's see if the Oscar voters reward his pap-filled efforts.

Florida Tom said...

The Baftas do seem to love Jake :-)

prairiegirl said...

That they do, Tom. And Jake loves the UK. I think he, Austin and the family are overseas a lot more than many of his followers realize.