Out & Proud Taylor Lautner Comes Out } You Wish!
BY: JASE PEEPLES
“Tired of rumors, the Twilight star opens up about his decision to finally come out,” boasts the cover of the supposed January 7, 2012 issue of People. On the surface, the image appears legit and even goes as far as quoting the young heartthrob as saying, “I’m more liberated, and happier than I’ve ever been.” With a growing number of people in the public eye kicking down the closet door, (many over the past year alone), such a move from one of the biggest names in young Hollywood wouldn’t seem out of place, but there’s just one problem—this magazine cover is completely bogus.
The cover is “absolutely fake,” a rep for the magazine told Gossip Copexclusively—who also pointed out that the Brad Pitt/Carnie Wilson sidebar used in the image was recycled from a May 2006 People cover.
Nevertheless, the legitimacy of the image hasn’t stopped it from spreading across the internet since it first appeared on Monday, December 26. If you were fooled by the fake, you weren’t alone. According to the Hollywood Reportereven Producer Russell Simmons was duped by the bogus cover, tweeting, “proud of Taylor Lautner and his bravery and his courage.” After discovering the image was a fake, the Hip-Hop mogul responded to being fooled, saying, “Disappointed that people would joke about someone coming out about their sexuality. Let Taylor Lautner be whoever he wants to be...”
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