It seems, at least to this writer who takes respect for the LGBTQ community and gay culture in Hollywood very seriously, like a throwaway joke. Without actually being in London to hear them say this, you can still hear the tongue-in-cheek tone of his comment. “I am a gay man right now just without the physical act-that’s all.” “That is my life outside of this play,” he said. Maybe choosing an inopportune moment to respond to a serious question about a serious play with one of those “I’m relatable!” silly stories celebrities like to tell on the Jimmy Kimmel show, he talked about how, on his off time during rehearsals, he would have eight friends over and they would binge-watch RuPaul’s Drag Race. Garfield plays Prior Walter, a gay man who is dying from AIDS.Īt the discussion, he was asked how he prepared for the role. Garfield is currently starring in a London production of Angels in America, Tony Kushner’s two-part Pulitzer Prize-winning epic examining the AIDS crisis and homosexuality in 1980s America. Super dumb thing to say, right? That’s the headline you’ve seen everywhere. But here we are on Day Two of our stern and stone-faced explanations of why he didn’t.Īs reported in Britain’s Gay Times magazine, Garfield told an audience at a panel discussion that he’s “a gay man right now just without the physical act.” (I really hope everyone reading this has seen that movie…)Īndrew Garfield theoretically meant well. I’m King Gremlin, y’all, and you’ve all given me an entire jug of water. So little patience that I am indeed writing exactly one of those thinkpieces I was just complaining about.