Terrence Howard Refuses To Kiss Males As An Actor

Within the case of Terrence Howard, two issues might be true: He’s fairly a proficient actor, and he has an plain fame for saying — and doing — issues that vary from “problematic” to “flat-out unacceptable.”

In the course of the interview, Terrence revealed that he was unable to painting legendary singer Smokey Robinson in a biopic as a result of he was already contemplating enjoying Marvin Gaye in a biopic to be directed by Lee Daniels.

Terrence then claimed that, throughout a go to to late music producer Quincy Jones’s home, he heard a rumor that modified his perspective when it got here to taking over the position. “I used to be over at Quincy Jones’ home and I’m asking Quincy, ‘I’m listening to rumors that Marvin was homosexual,’ and I’m like, ‘Was he homosexual?’ And Quincy’s like, ‘Sure.’”

It must be famous — not as a result of it issues, however purely for functions of authorized accuracy — that Marvin by no means publicly got here out as queer throughout his lifetime. There are only a few, if any, documented accounts that exist about him having relationships with different males.

However Terrence — who as soon as publicly and infamously insisted that 1 occasions 1 equals 2, which it completely doesn’t — says that this little bit of rumour from Quincy was sufficient to persuade him that he “couldn’t” star within the movie.

“They’d’ve needed to do this, and I wouldn’t have been in a position to do this,” he mentioned. When Invoice requested, “You imply you couldn’t kiss a man on display screen in a film?” Terrence responded, “No. As a result of I don’t pretend it. That will fuck me. I might reduce my lips off. If I kissed some man, I might reduce my lips off.”

When Invoice pressed Terrence additional, he replied, “I can’t play that character 100%. I can’t give up myself to a spot that I don’t perceive.” He additionally took the time to specify his perception that “It doesn’t make me homophobic to not wish to kiss a person.”