Daniel Craig in No Time to Die — Photo: Nicola Dove
James Bond actor Daniel Craig has revealed that he prefers gay bars to straight bars because they’re a “very safe place to be.”
The No Time to Die star recently appeared on Bruce Bozzi’s Lunch With Bruce podcast on SiriusXM, where the pair discussed their friendship and the infamous tabloid reporting after they were spotted in a California gay bar.
National Enquirer breathlessly reported on Craig’s “open-mouth passionate French kiss” with Bozzi — who is married to director Bryan Lourd — at Roosterfish in Venice Beach in 2010.
“We’re tactile, we love each other. We give each other hugs, it’s OK. We’re two fucking grown men,” Craig, who is married to actress Rachel Weisz, said to Bozzi.
“For me, it was one of those situations and the irony is, you know, we kind of got caught, I suppose, which was kind of weird because we were doing nothing fucking wrong.
“What happened is we were having a nice night and I kind of was talking to you about my life when my life was changing and we got drunk and I was like, ‘Oh, let’s just go to a bar, come on, let’s fucking go out.’ And I just was like, ‘I know I don’t give a fuck,’ and we’re in Venice.”
Craig, 53, said he prefers gay bars because he can avoid the “aggressive dick-swinging in hetero bars.”
“I’ve been going to gay bars for as long as I can remember,” he said. “One of the reasons: because I don’t get into fights in gay bars that often.”
He added: “As a kid, because it was like… ‘I don’t want to end up [being] in a punch-up.’ And I did. That would happen quite a lot. And it [a gay bar] would just be a good place to go.”
Craig said that his experience in gay bars was that “everybody” was “chill.”
“You didn’t really have to sort of state your sexuality. It was okay. And it was a very safe place to be,” he said. “And I could meet girls there, cause there are a lot of girls there for exactly the same reason I was there. It was kind of an ulterior motive.”
Craig currently stars in No Time to Die in his last outing as James Bond. It has since earned more than $330 million at the global box office, including more than $70 million in Craig’s native UK alone.
Muhsin Hendricks, the world's first imam to publicly come out as gay in 1996, was shot dead in South Africa on February 15 in what appears to be an ambush. Eastern Cape provincial police confirmed that the 58-year-old was killed in a possible targeted hate crime.
According to police, Hendricks and a driver were inside a gold Volkswagen T-Roc SUV in Bethelsdorp when a silver Hilux double cab stopped in front of the car, blocking its way. Two unknown suspects, their faces covered, exited the cab and fired multiple shots at the VW before fleeing the scene. The driver, who survived the attack, realized that Hendricks had been killed by gunfire.
When it comes to film awards like the Oscars or Golden Globes, there are winners and losers, but there are no snubs. No person or performance should expect or feel entitled to garner a prize, or even a nomination. Nothing's a sure thing.
We're reminded every year by those shady anonymous Oscar voters who stir the pot by leaking their ballots to trade magazines that the choices of awards-giving bodies are highly subjective, and not always based purely on merit.
In this year's Oscar race, two anonymous Academy members who shared their ballots with Variety revealed they didn't vote for Conclave's Ralph Fiennes for Best Actor, under the mistaken belief he already won an Oscar for Schindler's List (he didn't). Consequently, both voted instead for The Brutalist's Adrien Brody (who did win an Oscar for The Pianist).
Masked attackers in Israel are reportedly using Grindr to lure and entrap members of the LGBTQ community to severely harm them.
According to reports, the assailants are creating fake profiles on the popular dating app and arranging meetings in remote locations in the city of Haifa.
The victims are then ambushed and reportedly stabbed with sharp weapons. A few assailants have attempted to carry out lynchings.
The Aguda, an LGBTQ task force, documented at least ten such incidents in recent months, reports the Jerusalem Post.
But some victims have chosen not to report the attacks, making it more difficult for police to track down and arrest offenders.
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