A symbol of Hollywood's glitz and glamour, red carpets are usually all about being seen. In addition to dressing up, being interviewed, selling a new project, a fake relationship, and in this particular case a bromance-romance between two male co-stars, each of whom were trying a bit too hard to sell their "love" for each in front of the cameras. The over the top performances from that day, almost like these two had something to hide.
Part II - Narnia Said It Would Be So: The Jake Gyllenhaal/Junior "Tom" Holland Romance
That's right, hiding something, or more like someone, who was lurking in the shadows, behind the scenes. A certain someone who is supposed to be out of sight, out of mind: Austin Nichols.
Exhibit A, initially the only evidence Austin was at Jake's Spider-man premiere on social media, i.e. Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr:
The caption (in case you can't read it!)? "#austinnichols *hearteyes emoji* June 2019" How generic is that? No idea where he was at, what date the pic was taken, or what he was doing other than walking and carrying his cell phone.
Well, after a little sleuthing, guess where Austin was sighted and on what date? That's right. This was Management's fallback position just in case someone observed that Austin couldn't be seen in Jake's vicinity at the Far From Home Los Angeles premiere.
Well as we can see, Austin Nichols was indeed very much present at the premiere of Far From Home. Here's a notable clue from a photo recently posted elsewhere just this past Wednesday on July 17th, three weeks later:
Thanks, neighbor! And there's the recognizable Hollywood Walk of Fame sidewalk stars in the photo above. Unless one is an intense student of tile, one would never have guessed that this picture, which was posted first on June 28, two days after the premiere,
was from the famous TCL Chinese Theatre where the Walk of Stars is located. But, do you see any stars here? No, I don't either. But ohhhh, here is the layout on Wire Images which has the pictures showing that this was, in fact, where Austin was photographed that day.
Even though, interestingly enough, no one mentions that he was at the Far From Home premiere at all. How are they labeled? Well, they're in the broad category "Celebrity Sightings in Los Angeles, CA", with Austin's photos sweepingly captioned: "LOS ANGELES, CA - June 26: Austin Nichols is seen on June 26 in Los Angeles, CA".
Now Zimbio does have two of the photos on their website (credit given to the same photographer). But, on Google, the pictures are listed as "Austin Nichols Outside the Spider-Man: Far From Home Premiere, June 27. But, June 27 is incorrect, since the premiere was on the 26th.
The "outside"the Spider-Man Far From Home premiere is also telling. In other words, according to the official records, Austin Nichols is on the outside looking in. But, we here at Narnia beg to differ with Zimbio's version of events. See, we have footage of Austin indeed "outside". Obviously, looking for someone. Here's a screen cap of Austin Nichols asking, "Where's my husband?" to the photographer, who had asked "What's up, man?" ;-)
And, here's the buried video: You have to scroll down several rows to find the video
Oh, and let's not forget the "exclusive new footage" from "undercover" Narnia sources, of Austin "outside" holding both hands up as he looked for someone who had eight (8) tickets:
Just kidding! Seriously though, remember, Jakers said there were "a couple of Gyllenhaal's here tonight" after all, a bit of an understatement with the ark-load he and Austin have bred, but he can't give it all away, right? Let's insert the footage of Jake stumbling over his (ne'er more true) words once again,
— c (@ruffalorumour) June 28, 2019
One more point about how Red Carpets are also used as a canvas to convince the public that someone was in attendance. Add a flimsy Instagram post to provide personalized corroboration and the visual evidence becomes "irrefutable" even though several posting oddities are hard to explain, like the inconsistency of the named location:
With Cadieu, the public is told that she was at TCL Chinese Theatres, when the actual promoted event was at TCL Chinese Theatre (singular, not plural).
HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- It was a star-studded night at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Wednesday as Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures joined forces for the world premiere of "Spider-Man: Far From Home."
With Harrison it was an extra "s" and an outdated name which hasn't been used since 2001: Mann's Chinese Theatres
Why not just use TCL Chinese Theatre throughout? An obvious explanation is that PR teams like inconsistency to sow confusion. Especially when it is so easy nowadays to place a pic of someone in a gown or flashy pantsuit in front of a logo display board and say, "See they were there too!" If these shadowy women were truly at the Far From Home premiere, why no pics of either of them with their respective "boyfriend"? Or with one another, since the official narrative is that Cadieu and Harrison are besties? No, it's pretty obvious that the bare minimum was done to "place" these two women at Jake's premiere. While Austin Nichols, the only one of the three whose pictures actually had the correct location of TCL Chinese Theatre throughout, was shoved behind the scenes, apparently trying to hook up with a ticket scalper to get in. LOLLLLL! *wink*
Below is Harrison leaving without an Austin Nichols in sight. How very odd, don't you think? She's all dressed up and escort-less; while Austin is spotted outside casually attired and looking all kinds of relaxed with nothing to prove to anyone.
And then Cadieu - funny how WireIMAGE seemed to get the location right, although still no money shot with her and Jake.
Gee, it looks like all of the accompanying fanfare that came with the Spider-man premiere is a gift that just keeps on giving. The antics in front of the camera hardly comparing to the low-key, behind the scenes arrival of Jake's real husband. Sorry, Tom. Not sorry.
pic sources: Wire Images, Zimbio
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4 comments:
There couldn't be more twisting going on with how PR maneuvered all of these "appearances" if they were all playing Twister, lol.
I think Jake would love nothing more than to announce his family. This was a convoluted, rare way he was able to let his kids see that he told a reporter they were there. I really do think that's why his odd comment was made.
Anyway, these kinds of fumbling around's are the enjoyment I can still get out of these guys. There's a lot of unsavory, but we try to dig beneath the surface garbo that is fed to the public. And there's almost always something that doesn't get covered up or gets missed.
;-)
Very nice to see Jared and Jensen at San Diego Comic Con today, their last one as lead members of the cast of Supernatural. I know the fans are sad, but be happy for them. They had to do this because they're needing to do this for them and their kids. They want to spend more time with them; they're just like Jake and Austin. When you have this many kids, they take a lot of time and they want to be hands on as much as they can while at least one of the parents works. And there always comes a time when it's just time to let go of a job. You know in your heart when it's time.
I would bet my next two paychecks that Star Athlete has got himself a rewarded meard. A meard who has himself a guaranteed spot on the full time roster and high-profile visibility.
This is going to be very interesting to watch; in fact, it already is.
So what was Jensen doing alllll that time he was supposed to be directing an episode while Jared was being seen all over the place, hmmmmm?
I don't think Jared was everywhere they were placing him to be. Those guys were bamboozling folks. That's what they have to do just to have time with the kids in the summer. ;-) It takes a lot of smoke and mirrors. And planted comments on Spn Goss.
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