# Gaydar in reverse: what celbrities can be conclusively ruled out as homosexual? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239 "2008-10-02T22:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/1 "2008-10-02T22:17:30Z")
Inspired by [this Cafe thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=485109). I’m basically proposing the inverse of the same question: which celebrities register the weakest (or even non-existant) gaydar readings? Folks for which their coming out would just seem to come from absolutely nowhere. EDIT: it occured to me that the title is a bit absolute – it’s better cast as “ **which celebrities, in your opinion, are closest to being conclusively ruled out as homosexual?** ” ---
**Author:** ![A\_shameful\_cracka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@A\_shameful\_cracka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_shameful_cracka)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/2 "2008-10-02T22:22:04Z")
Johnny Depp. He’s been romantically linked with several ladies, one enough to get her name tattooed on his arm, and yet he repeatedly chooses effeminate or at least un-masculine roles in movies, which makes me think he’s confident in his heterosexuality. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/3 "2008-10-02T23:26:09Z")
I don’t get a gay vibe off Johnny Depp at all but wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if he came out as bisexual. He just seems confident and self-assured in general, and I could easily see all his public relationships just happening to be heterosexual while he may get a little guy on guy love from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/4 "2008-10-02T23:28:00Z")
Clint Eastwood Chuck Norris Anne Hathaway Julia Roberts ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/5 "2008-10-02T23:32:17Z")
Newman Redford Eastwood ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/6 "2008-10-02T23:36:56Z")
Sean Connery John Cusack Bruce Willis David Duchovny. I suppose with his sex addiction, he could get “desperate enough” to try males at some point. Although his show _Californication_, which he wrote, was pretty much about him banging hot women left and right. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/7 "2008-10-02T23:45:32Z")
Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Vince Vaughn, and the rest of the “Frat Pack” comedians - except for Owen Wilson. I think he could be a “maybe.” ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/8 "2008-10-02T23:46:12Z")
> [@Engineer\_Dude](#): > > David Duchovny. I suppose with his sex addiction, he could get “desperate enough” to try males at some point. Although his show _Californication_, which he wrote, was pretty much about him banging hot women left and right. Damn, I gotta start writing about banging hot chicks to get in on THAT action! ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/9 "2008-10-02T23:48:59Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Vince Vaughn, and the rest of the “Frat Pack” comedians - except for Owen Wilson. I think he could be a “maybe.” That would explain the nose. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/10 "2008-10-03T00:36:02Z")
Pierce Brosnan John McCain ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/11 "2008-10-03T01:07:01Z")
Wilt Chamberlain ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/12 "2008-10-03T01:10:13Z")
> [@A\_shameful\_cracka](#): > > Johnny Depp. He’s been romantically linked with several ladies, one enough to get her name tattooed on his arm, and yet he repeatedly chooses effeminate or at least un-masculine roles in movies, which makes me think he’s confident in his heterosexuality. The woman’s name on his arm is his mother’s. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/13 "2008-10-03T03:47:34Z")
William Shatner Bill Clinton Frank Sinatra – of course, he’d have to come back to life first, which might not be quite as shocking as his zombie homosexuality ---
**Author:** ![Flip\_Pancake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Flip\_Pancake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip_Pancake)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/14 "2008-10-03T04:13:37Z")
> [@plnnr](#): > > The woman’s name on his arm is his mother’s. I think \*\*A shameful cracka \*\*was referring to Depp’s [Winona Forever](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winona_Ryder) tattoo. No ping on the gaydar from Woody Allen Sarah Jessica Parker Gwyneth Paltrow ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/15 "2008-10-03T06:02:51Z")
Charles Bronson Charlton Heston ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/16 "2008-10-03T06:31:59Z")
Freaky, I was just thinking this earlier. My answer should’ve been thought of by most already!-Gene Simmons. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/17 "2008-10-03T06:49:24Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > John McCain Yeah, but he had no women for 5.5 years. ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/18 "2008-10-03T07:11:21Z")
Jack Nicholson. Rainier Wolfcastle. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/19 "2008-10-03T07:34:37Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Yeah, but he had no women for 5.5 years. [80s\_power\_ballad]In the damn Haoi pit of hell, I learned how to love…[/80s\_power\_ballad] ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-in-reverse-what-celbrities-can-be-conclusively-ruled-out-as-homosexual/466239/20 "2008-10-03T10:33:13Z")
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