So, picture this: It’s 2012. Everyone’s still obsessed with skinny jeans, and Matt Bomer — yes, our favorite chiseled jawline with a person attached — is out here trying to live his best life… when the media’s like “SURPRISE! You’re out!” 😬
Fast forward to today, and Matt, now a glorious 47 and still hotter than your ex’s worst decision, just got real on Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s podcast Dinner’s On Me (where apparently, the side dish is spicy honesty).
Matt explained that before he publicly came out — during a 2012 speech where he adorably thanked his hubby Simon Halls and their three kids (cue the collective “awwww”) — the media had already taken it upon themselves to be the nosy aunt at Thanksgiving dinner. You know, the one who announces you’re dating someone before you even know you’re dating someone?
“It was that time when people could kind of take over your own personal narrative before you even had a chance to,” Matt said, basically dragging the entire 2000s tabloid industry in one sentence. 👏
According to Matt, it wasn’t like People Magazine knocked on his door like “Hey, you ready to chat about your truth?” Nope. It was more like, “Here’s your truth, we printed it, you’re welcome.”
And to make things even messier? There were paparazzi pics floating around of him with Simon and their kids, and Matt felt like the media was trying to act like he was sneaking them around like some secret side family in a telenovela. Spoiler: he was just living his normal, dad-of-the-year life.
But then came the glow-up moment: Matt was being honored with a humanitarian award, and instead of doing a generic “thank you to my team, my agent, and coffee,” he said, “I’m gonna thank my FAMILY, because duh.” 👨👨👦👦💖
Was it a risky move career-wise? Yep. Did he care? Nope.
“If the worst that happens is that I don’t work again and I have this beautiful family who I love and who loves me, then so be it,” he said, dropping the mic with both dignity and dimples.
Basically, Matt Bomer gave the ultimate middle finger to outdated Hollywood nonsense and chose love over fear. And honestly? King behavior.
