Hardy then says: ‘Are you asking about my sexuality? Why? Thank you,’ to nervous giggles throughout the room.
Hardy coldly responds: ‘What are you on about? What is your question?’, at which point the reporter cites the Attitude interview. Do you find it hard for celebrities to talk to media about their sexuality?’ (He added at the time: ‘I’m an actor for f***’s sake,’ but later claimed his comments were misconstrued).Īt the press conference, the reporter asks: ‘In the film your character is very open about his sexuality, but given interviews you’ve done in the past, your own sexuality seems a bit more ambiguous. However, the British star took issue when a Daily Xtra journalist linked this to Hardy’s own (famous) comments to Attitude magazine in 2008 that he has ‘of course’ had sex with men. Hardy attended the conference to promote his new film Legend, in which he plays bisexual gangster Ronnie Kray. Toronto International Film Festival over the weekend.
Tom Hardy was not best pleased when asked about his sexuality at a press conference at the
