# Is Michael Cera gay? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-gay/553686 "2010-09-14T02:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-gay/553686/21 "2010-09-14T20:56:59Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > > [@Gus\_Gusterson](#): > > > > I read an interview in Empire (a UK movie review magazine) and he said he gets this question a lot. He said that he’s not gay. He went on to say that he’s not really into sex at all; he’s had sex a few times and says that it basically does nothing for him. > > If true (I’m not doubting Gus but sometimes reporters contort the real words a bit) it’s a strange thing to admit in an interview. Why? Asexuality is as real as (and considerably less understood than) any other sexual orientation. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-gay/553686/22 "2010-09-14T21:37:58Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > > [@Sampiro](#): > > > > If true (I’m not doubting Gus but sometimes reporters contort the real words a bit) it’s a strange thing to admit in an interview. > > Why? Asexuality is as real as (and considerably less understood than) any other sexual orientation. Because he’s an actor who, nebbishy and non-threatening though he may be, often plays the romantic lead and thus has a lucrative career that depends to some degree on being viewed as a sexual being. Basically, the same reason that if Taylor Lautner or Justin Bieber were gay (which to my limited knowledge neither is) it wouldn’t be a great idea to own up to it just yet as their earning potential might be damaged. (I’m not advocating the closet but the “I don’t discuss my private life” route.) ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-gay/553686/23 "2010-09-14T21:45:21Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > > [@tumbleddown](#): > > > > Why? Asexuality is as real as (and considerably less understood than) any other sexual orientation. > > Because he’s an actor who, nebbishy and non-threatening though he may be, often plays the romantic lead and thus has a lucrative career that depends to some degree on being viewed as a sexual being. I question this basic premise. Who views Michael Cera as a sexual being, even in a limited way? I’ve never heard anybody express any sort of sexual desire for him or attraction to him, and I wonder if people would like him more as an actor if he _did_ have any sort of sexual energy. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-gay/553686/24 "2010-09-14T22:05:55Z")
> [@Gus\_Gusterson](#): > > I read an interview in Empire (a UK movie review magazine) and he said he gets this question a lot. He said that he’s not gay. He went on to say that he’s not really into sex at all; he’s had sex a few times and says that it basically does nothing for him. He was interviewed in a recent issue of Rolling Stone and his sex life came up. He admited to losing his virginity around 17 and stated he’s had a pretty steady, if uneventful, sex life ever since. I’ve heard the gay rumors about Ellen Page much more than Michael Cera, but I think for both it comes to the fact that they’re young, considered an It Girl/It Boy and have no noticeable social life. That confuses the gossiphounds who expect every actor to be drinking and whoring it up all the time. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-gay/553686/25 "2010-09-15T00:47:15Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > I question this basic premise. Who views Michael Cera as a sexual being, even in a limited way? I have several friends who have expressed a desire to fuck him. This is not uncommon. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-gay/553686/26 "2010-09-15T03:10:37Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > Who views Michael Cera as a sexual being, even in a limited way? Apparently the producers of _Juno_, _Scott Pilgrim_, _Superbad_ and any other movie in which his sex life is a plot point. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-gay/553686/27 "2010-09-15T06:49:35Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Apparently the producers of _Juno_, _Scott Pilgrim_, _Superbad_ and any other movie in which his sex life is a plot point. Yeah… but… he’s in that crucially specific role of “believable virgin or sexual naïveté”. Not asexual per se, but certainly either pre-sexual or pre-sexual blossoming… ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-gay/553686/28 "2010-09-15T11:00:09Z")
> [@shy\_guy](#): > > > [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > > > I question this basic premise. Who views Michael Cera as a sexual being, even in a limited way? > > I have several friends who have expressed a desire to fuck him. This is not uncommon. In that same Rolling Stone interview, he relates a story where a female fan comes up to him and squeals “Oh my god! You’re Michael Cera!” He says yeah, yeah, and then she asks “Can I suck your dick?” I don’t think that’s an uncommon occurence for any actor. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-gay/553686/29 "2010-09-15T21:34:04Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] I don’t think that’s an uncommon occurence for any actor. [/QUOTE] It’s why Danny Devito, Wilford Brimley and Reginald Veljohnson all have bodyguards. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-gay/553686/30 "2010-09-15T21:45:33Z")
I have _got_ to get into acting. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-gay/553686/31 "2010-09-15T23:21:25Z")
Is Michael Cera gay? I think a better question is: _Are a gay people Michael Cera?_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-gay/553686/32 "2010-09-16T02:42:10Z")
I think this is yet another instance of “not gay, just Canadian.” It’s a common phenomenon. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-gay/553686/33 "2010-09-16T06:46:32Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > I think this is yet another instance of “not gay, just Canadian.” It’s a common phenomenon. Canadian is the new European? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-cera-gay/553686.md?page=1)