Jezebel
The new issue of Elle has an interview with Oscar-nominated actor Terrence Howard. Mr. Howard, of Hustle & Flow and Crash fame, is attractive, that goes without saying. But his thoughts and opinions? Not so much! Some snippets from Elle:
"I like women who look like me. Generally, you're attracted to women who look like you, because the most beautiful thing in nature is your own reflection."On his relationship philosophy:
"If a relationship is built on sexuality, it won't last long. Now I'm completely chaste through a relationship unless I get married. I don't believe in premarital sex. It enabled me to date three or four women at the same time, because as long as I wasn't having sex with them, I could always just walk away. There were some [past girlfriends] who pushed for sex, and sometimes they won. Afterward, I would feel unclean, like I'd compromised my own values. So I would have to let them go because they didn't help me to be a stronger person."
On his deal-breaker:
"Toilet paper - and no baby wipes - in the bathroom. If they're using dry paper, they aren't washing all of themselves. It's just unclean. So if I go in a woman's house and see the toilet paper there, I'll explain this. And if she doesn't make the adjustment to baby wipes, I'll know she's not completely clean."On his divorce:
"I was in love with her, but she was not in love with me. I can't be upset because she doesn't find me the most beautiful thing on the planet."Jezebel's own Anna Holmes was once fortunate enough to interview Mr. Howard for InStyle, and came away with the impression that he hates women. (That part didn't make it into her article!) For one, says Anna, during the interview, Mr. Howard was going through his closet and showing her his favorite clothes — when her arm brushed his. Mr. Howard flinched and said he didn't like "being touched". Other gems? When railing against how 'far" women's fashion has gone — "We've lost modesty" — Mr. Howard told Anna that seeing women dressed provocatively creates a response in him that he can't respond to in a 'natural' way. (Meaning that rape is illegal?). "He then made a comment that women who expose their 'titties' to the public have no right to get angry if people — maybe him? — make remarks about it," she continues. "He said something like 'What's worse, someone exposing themselves or someone commenting on it? Who committed the first sin?'"
Howard's Zen [Elle]
Comments
I thought he was gay?
@vivresavie17: I think this proves that fact, no?
Let's see: doesn't like exposed "titties" in public, baby wipes, pre-marital sex is unclean, loves his reflection, hates being touched, and that hat in the picture...I think Vivresavie's onto something. He's like a gay Howard Hughes.
If I use his bathroom and find no baby wipes, I'll just use HIS electric toothbrush.
He's not gay?
He's gay.
Right?
I think he's A, more than gay.
Oh, and completely crazed. You can just bet he either had no mother figure or else was mothered by a rabid, overbearing bitch from hell.
And here Elle was all concerned about Lindsay Lohan "I am so much better since rehab" cover story. This is FAR, FAR more embarrassing.
Someone needs to introduce this dude to Eric Schaeffer post-haste.
@BiscuitDoughJones: It's hard out there for a simp.
so how crazy am i for being with him on this?
"If a relationship is built on sexuality, it won't last long."
and i'm 100% with him on this: "We've lost modesty."
he always seemed a bit weird to me.
also: totally g-a-y.
or perhaps just asexual.
@whiplashchick: How much modesty does he really have if he thinks he is entitled to yell at a woman about her titties?
@hamburgerhotdog: he's got a valid point. if you show your hoots, don't expect nothing to be said or expected later.
but he was talking about modesty regarding women's clothing, not in general.
Also--am I the only one who finds the baby wipes thing a little creepy. When did this become a trend that we're using them all the time now as if vajayjvays were unclean and needed to be constantly sanitized?
Someone married that? Poor woman. I'd love to hear her side of the story.
So he likes ugly, mustachioed women with soul patches and armed with baby wipes. Also must wear deadly hats. Got it.
Oh my. He did not come off this crazy on Oprah when he was on her Oscar special last year. What a fucking lunatic!
I thought he just had a high-pitched voice...
guess not.
I wondered too when I saw him on Oprah how come his career had never taken off- now I know why.
@whiplashchick: Still, I don't agree with a man trying to regulate women's attire OR behavior, just because he doesn't like it. They have a word for it: misogyny.
@SarahHeartburn: You're my hero.
@whiplashchick: When I get "holla"ed at, I'm not walking around topless, and no--he is not entitled to say jack shit about my body, nor is any other man.
Frankly, it doesn't matter if I'm wearing a sweater or a low cut tank top--assholes like him think they're entitled to comment on my titties no matter what I'm wearing. I refuse to walk around in a turtleneck in the summer because some asshole thinks I give a shit about his opinion of my body, and is delusional enough to think he would ever be worthy of me.
So fuck your modesty excuse. And fuck him too.
@BiscuitDoughJones: I didn't see that he was trying to regulate it (and if he is, he's a choad). if he's just commenting it, i see no problem.
i'm prolly a bad modern woman/feminist because i believe in modesty and sacrifice.
@hamburgerhotdog: Also, some of us are sensitive in this region. If I even pointed my vayjay at a babywipe I would be in a world of pain for the following three days, even if they are made for babies.
Plus, what man on gods green earth would like any vadge presented to him to smell of clean soft baby ass?
@hamburgerhotdog: if you have any type of shirt on, you not EXPOSING you breasts! exposing implies lack of covering. i agree with you about being judged and commented on just because you're a woman. that's bullshit.
Terrence, you are beautiful, but I'm sure the divorce was the result of her finding a D in your mouth.
Slut Machine had a hilarious post about this: [onedatatime.typepad.com]
@whiplashchick: As much as I feel that women who actively use their bodies to gain attention deserving slating/therapy, I don't think it's anything to do with feminism to take his comment on this negatively. If only because of the context in which he said it, and his obvious overall attitude towards women, even if he isnt actively trying to regulate us.
@whiplashchick: His disparaging comments are meant to shame people, possibly into changing. It won't work, obvs.
Bad feminist? I dunno. Any more talk of 'modesty' and 'sacrifice' and the next word I'm expecting to hear would be 'Jesus'...
@whiplashchick: Yeah, the hateful thing is that I wouldn't necessarily disagree with some of it, but he mouths it all in such a prissy, self-aggrandizing way that I want to offend him just for the fun of it. And it sounds like it'd be easy.
@BiscuitDoughJones: i gagree. and no, the next word isn't jesus. at least, not from me it won't be.
@whiplashchick:
You kinda are. If you read his comments he doesn't seem to be concerned for society as a whole being less modest, he seems to be saying that women better dress modestly or he won't be able to keep himself from forcing himself on them and making crude comments about their titties! That's just fucking creepy.
@whiplashchick:
Hey, break out the burkas! We've got to be modest and protect the menfolk from their uncontrollable reactions to the sight of our tight sweaters or low cut tank tops!
Also, sorry, so not hot. He looks like he has lead poisoning or something.
This guy is just a complete tool. It's sad
@BiscuitDoughJones: Hero I be. Pure baloney on white. But I loves yous toos. Heartburn and Biscuit Dough always make a fine pair.
If he likes women who look like him he should go out with America's Next Top Model winner Eva Pigford cause that's all I see when I look at him.
Are we getting into Eric Schaeffer territory here?
What a winner!
"I like women who look like me."
OH MY GOD, introduce this man to Eva "the Diva" Pigford/Marcille from ANTM. Has anyone ever seen them in the same room?
"I like women who look like me. Generally, you're attracted to women who look like you, because the most beautiful thing in nature is your own reflection."
That is really the pinnacle of gayness.
@SarahHeartburn: Popeye's biscuits give me heartburn for real. Or is that just the feeling of my arteries hardening?
@collegecallgirl: Dag, beat me. Great minds something something.
Also: they both have a complicated relationship with the lady-loving!
@Feefles: that's a cheap shot. i never said to cover everything up.
whatever, i'm defeated now.
He is a closeted gay & an out woman hater. I blame Elle for going to print w/ this interview in a WOMAN'S MAGAZINE. At least Linds is self-hating...which is different and more entertaining (yes, I'm being droll) than being a womankind hater.
What about the fact that he's using abstinence as a reason to date and then ditch multiple women????? I thought if you dated lots of women it was for all the sex!
dude, what is up with all these prudish bitches (can I still say that word?) coming over from consumerist? Is that secretly an internet emergency prayer circle where they dispatch them one by one to come over here and tame the heathens?
whiplashchick, I'm refering to you. This ain't Fashionista and I ain't tiptoeing around.
since when does batshit crazy/misogyny/creepy rapist=gay?
I'm speaking for all homos when I say "We Don't Want Him, Y'all Can Have Him Back!"
@hamburgerhotdog: i'm not offended, if that was the intent. i have my view, you have yours.
i dig consumerist because i worked so long in retail and i'm a bit of a business dork. i love everything in the gawker network.
i'm not trying to tame anyone. i'm just presenting another opinion. love it or leave it, but don't censor or spin me.
someone should call benson and stabler. from what i've learned from years of svu, he sounds like a classic narcissistic, psychosexual deviant...
@BiscuitDoughJones: I would say Jesus is the next thing to come out of his mouth. Especially since Anna recalls his "who committed the first sin" comment. So this is what repressed homosexuality, misogyny, and Christianity combined give us? Jesus.
As for modesty and all that, let's just have a national take your boobs out day in the name of feminism. Maybe then everyone can drop the modest and whore labels.
@DeeJayQueue:
Agreed. He's just a creepy, slimy hetero with mother issues. That most certainly does not make him gay.
@DeeJayQueue: All that doesn't equal 'gay'.
It equals repressed, self-hating, woman-hating gay who will never, ever, ever come out of the closet. He's the type to give a guy a beej and then beat him up for 'tempting' him with 'wickedness'.