Sunday, February 19, 2017

Culinary Stunting Or How to Co-opt Same Sex Dining Experiences


It all started with a seemingly harmless, honest statement by Austin Nichols on September 27, 2009 in TeenDramaWhore.com:

TDW:  What's one thing that is easy about working on a show like OTH [One Tree Hill] and one thing that is difficult?

[Austin] Nichols: Easy: No traffic here. Hard: Living without In-Out-Burger. 

At first glance, there is nothing much controversial about admitting a personal meal preference.  There are lots of people in California who love this cooked, fresh-to-order treat. Totally understandable that Austin would also miss his favorite fast food hamburger while filming in Wilmington, North Carolina. Simple and direct. Nothing out of the ordinary. Nothing needing to be reconsidered or covered up. That is until three years later on May 11, 2012, late at night, when this happened:

Ally@allyBUNNY
"my girlfriend would be freaking out right now if she was here" - Jeremy to Jake Gyllenhaal and Austin Nichols.

Ally@allyBUNNY
@MelAriella   in-n-out hahah. He said they were nice and scruffy lol   34 min ago.


Fast forward to Valentine's Day, 2017 and the below "romantic" photograph appears with strategically placed, easily recognizable In-N-Out drinking cups. I don't know about you, but nothing says romance like buying your "girlfriend" a $6.50 meal on Cupid's special day. Those pink heart-shaped dark glasses were a nice touch too, in case we didn't know what day it was. Good thing these two walk around LA with their own hired pap to capture these kinds of spontaneous occasions. Otherwise, we never would have known this special "private" moment even happened.  And, what a loss that would have been for all the world.




http://aos-biospec.tumblr.com/post/157264138578/chloebennet-instagram-story-feb-14th-2017



On January 18, 2012 Jake and Austin were actually not just 

tweeted about, but photographed together. This time enjoying a

Sushi lunch. Back then, x17 Online  called the gathering a "Dude 

Date" (translation:  nothing gay here), and hyperfocused on Adam 

Levine's presence. But, Austin Nichols was there too - clear as 

day. During this time, WME had planned several photo ops with 

Jake cast in the main role so he could dramatically say goodbye to 

his most well-known LA friends (my favorite being the sad-face 

filled fest with Busy Phillips a few days earlier.



Setting the stage for Jake's very public "relocation" to NYC.





*Sniff*  These melodramatic scenes almost bring a tear to your 

eyes, don't they? 


Well, the subsequent all male bon voyage Sushi lunch a few days 

later was all part of that same story line.  Jake's people even made 

sure to include a video so that viewers could see Austin getting 

into Jake's car. The narrative somewhat murky because even 

though Jake was leaving Adam Levine behind, he was very much 

taking Austin with him. LOLLLL!








Here is the video itself as someone had saved it to photobucket:








Then there was this tweet a week earlier to underscore just how 

much Jake and Austin love their Sushi.


@jeanyah
 
jean    Today my car got searched by the police, got a pkg tix, sat 

next to Jake Gyllenhall & Austin Nichols at dinner & had great sushi. Yay 2012?
 
2 hours ago January 11, 2012 5:56 AM  



Let's Fast Forward once more to 2017 and see a new sushi lunch:





As is a common practice by Management teams, Jake's publicists 

past and present have made a point of re-writing his and Austin's 

Google searches when it comes to special Jaustin sightings or 

events from the past.  


• Lakers' photos?  Redone with Jake/Reese Witherspoon and then Austin/Sophia Bush


 

• The Post Ranch Inn treehouse suspicion (romantic getaway for 

Jake and Austin)?  Remanufactured starring Jake and ol' Tay Swift



• Jake and Austin sushi lunch 2012?  Replayed with Austin and his 


beard, Chlo Bennet 2017.



• Jake and Austin tweet of being seen at In 'n Out?  Re-Google

searched starring Austin and again the beard, Bennet.



So now when you Google Search the phrase, Austin Nichols sushi 

lunch, you see what has become the Austin and Chloe blog, aka

Waiting for Toothy 2, dominating the top row, no doubt featuring 

the 2017 sushi lunch in their current post.  One doesn't 

even need to watch the video; it's simple and clear to see the 

sought-after goal.


Google search "Austin Nichols sushi lunch" 




Well, we'll see now if Narnia can crack that top row.  ;-)





Uh oh!



via GIPHY




*wink*


pic sources:   Instagram, x17, photobucket

our playlist: Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
                     
                    You Can't Change That - Raydio











6 comments:

prairiegirl said...

Well, as you can tell from the post, both M&M and I had issues with blogger and the spacing. Have no idea what on earth was going on. Then the paragraphs up at the top were normal, then suddenly they grew narrower. Grrrrrrr.

There was some tongue in cheek fun with the Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots, but the motive behind these re-enactments is serious and real. Mgmnt teams want to re-write the Google searches. They want to erase the organic moment and cover up/paint over it.

Well. We'll fight them tooth and nail on it, pun intended.

prairiegirl said...

And please, by all means, if you have not watched the sushi lunch video of Jake and Austin, please do. It's one of the last times those two guys were photo'd together in a PR-approved photo op and not only that, this is an actual video.

They're not interacting or standing next to each other even, but it's clear that the video was intended for them and was about them. Not Adam Levine, not Gene Hong or anyone else who was along for that lunch tab.

That lunch was about Jake and Austin; as is evidenced by Austin walking around the vehicle so that there is no doubt he is leaving with Jake. Even if the old man is along as chaperone. We all know how that works, right? The old man is the "Cliff" for Jaustin in this specific instance.

Takes several of us back, doesn't it? M&M and I were talking about 2012 just the other evening and recalling how we were all duped into believing Jake and Austin were setting the stage to being more open, perhaps glass closet, things were going to be different with WME.






LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!! What naive and utter fools we were back then. ;-)

Ah well. I reckon they wanted something out there for folks to remember them by before they went so deep in the sinkhole closet, no amount of sunlight was going to reach them. It was a special couple of months back in 2012 - January and part of February. And before Berlinale was even over, the whole bottom dropped out and these two guys disappeared and were replaced by two unrecognizable men that still requires jersey numbers for recognition.


Methodical Muser said...


Takes several of us back, doesn't it? M&M and I were talking about 2012 just the other evening and recalling how we were all duped into believing Jake and Austin were setting the stage to being more open, perhaps glass closet, things were going to be different with WME.

Hope springs eternal, PG. Although, I do remember being curious at the time about why Maggie Gyllenhaal had moved to WME pretty much at the same time as Jake. The announcement was made a few months before to make it seem "organic", but I remember thinking how odd that was. Peter did not move from CAA, but Jake and Maggie did. This move very much hinted at the need to have more coordinated control over the siblings schedules. Not too long afterwards, Maggie started to disappear more and more from the public eye. To the point where she is hardly seen in NY. Sounds like Big Sis is helping Jake with some of that child care duty. You hardly ever see her, in fact, with her own kids any more. A complete reversal from her previous pattern of behavior.

Although Peter has since moved to WME, the step took place four years later (April, 2015). The decision completely separate from Jake and Maggie's strategic career move in late 2011/early 2012 when Jake began to alter his image and slam the closet door shut.

Methodical Muser said...


I'm still waiting for the Pinkberry photo op with Austin and his "Little Bird". That used to be a common hangout back in the day for Jake and Austin. They both love their frozen yogurt. Then again maybe Austin's afraid to be associated with the color pink, even though he has the cover of a beard? *grin*

Although back in May, 2011, Austin didn't seem to mind getting in touch with his more delicate sensibilities. At least, not until someone told him to take that tweet down. As I recall, I think it took him less than five minutes. Something to hide there, Austin?


@Aus10Nichols: I am wearing my fancy pink hat and sipping a mint julep.

prairiegirl said...

I had a heads up that Austin was on The Bates Motel tonight already. I missed him but I'm hanging out hoping to catch a glimpse before the episode is over.

We shall see what we shall see. Did anyone ever watch the old Psycho? Man, that movie just creeps me out to this day. The shower scene, the way his mother's voice talked to him, and that scene towards the end when the chair turns around and his mother - you know...... *screams*

lol. I can't watch that movie, it is just too scary. That one and the Birds. I have only seen The Birds once and that was IT. Never never again. Terrifying.

Don't you love Norah Jones?

prairiegirl said...

lol. I had to add that additional "instagram story" to the mix. Sorry it's so big. lol.

Hit play on that thing.