rynthetyn: if_i_really_have_to: Miss Stein: Re: dirt Katie had - there was a not-so-blind item recently about a celeb wife walking in on her husband and another man, and this week Ted Casablanca was fired from Eonline for accidentally-on-purpose revealing Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner as the two men.

See this only confuses me because isn't Mr "I swear the man I'm living with is my business partner" Renner living with his... "business partner"?

But apparently he recently picked up a random guy at a party in front of everyone, so I guess not. I wish all the gay actors would just come out already.

Maybe the "business partner" went back to being just a business partner. I'm confused though, about the Ted Casablanca blind thing because the blind that everyone suspects he got fired over did "accidentally" include the name Jeremy when it was Boobiesed on E! but it wasn't about Cruise and Renner, it was the picking up a random guy at a party one that you mentioned.

TC always uses the same ridiculous nicknames throughout his blinds, so you can tell if multiple blinds are about the same person (Cruise is the top guess for "Fey Oiled-Tush"). Googling hasn't revealed any older blinds using "Freddie Friction", though. Googling "Fey Oiled-Tush" didn't bring up any blinds about his beard walking in on him doing the nasty.

The actual blind I found wasn't his, it was from Blind Gossip, but I guess he confirmed it by accidentally outing Renner:

"This very famous film star looks happy lately. Well, we know what's putting that grin on his face. He's really enjoying his newest project. What he is enjoying most about it is the outstanding chemistry he has with his younger co-star. It's the kind of special relationship that makes them want to spend lots of quality time alone together in trailers and hotel rooms. His wife knows about it, but they have been living separate lives for months now, so she really doesn't care. Any bad behavior on his part simply provides her with another chip in her pocket in case anything goes awry with their impending divorce."


But alternatively there's a similar blind which might be Cruise/Beckham:

"This celebrity couple is close to a final agreement over how everything - including the child/ren - is going to be divided in the divorce. However, the wife's legal team is having her keep one chip in her pocket for the divorce trial. If the husband's team tries any last-minute maneuvering, the wife is not afraid to reveal an incident where she (along with their child/ren) caught her husband in bed with a family friend of theirs. The friend is a professional athlete. In case you've been wondering why the couples rarely get together for more than an hour and a photo op - this is the reason."


I think people are conflating the two. Katie KNEW about Renner, but she CAUGHT him with Beckham.

The age of these blinds (over a year?) confirms other blinds that were out at the beginning of the year that this divorce has been in the pipeline for a lot longer than a few weeks. Maybe Tom was resisting signing the agreement they had hammered out, so Katie blind sided him with the NY filing. Because seriously, who has a divorce settlement sorted out that quickly? Especially given the money and legalities that would be involved in theirs?

rynthetyn: I suppose I'm confused as to why Ted outing Renner confirmed that blind because it's not like people didn't all think Renner was gay to begin with, which made him the best fit for the Blind Gossip blind.

I don't really see an obvious link either, but it's not like stories about Cruise's gay escapades are new. But maybe the link was made because of the other Blind Gossip item:

"When the person who appears to have the power in a relationship backs down quickly in a dispute, you know that there have to be some compelling reasons why. Although all the talk up to this point has been about his involvement with a powerful group, there were actually three other reasons he settled so quickly.

Here are the three reasons: 1. His very personal relationship with a professional athlete. 2. His very personal relationship with a musician. 3. His very personal relationship with a famous actor.

She was ready and willing to expose all three relationships to get what she wanted. The scandal of having these three famous people deposed by attorneys about their sexual relationships would have destroyed all four men. So, he gave her the thing she wanted most so that his biggest secret could remain a secret."

ONTD says the musician is Rob Thomas (Matchbox 20) which is apparently an even older gossip item where Thomas' wife caught him in bed with Cruise in 2005 and had to be paid off to not go public, and leading to him hooking up with Katie.

I have to say that I'm quite shocked to discover that Rob Thomas is a Scientologist, given how open he is about being strongly pro-gay rights. Also sounds like Cruise gets off on the risk of getting caught by the beards, so long as he can pay them off. I hope one day he runs up against one who won't accept the money.

So Beckham, Thomas, and Renner? Is Cruise that sexy to gay men? Is it the middle tooth? Because he has always given ME the creeps.

HI-FYE: Maybe Tom should look into dating someone from the COS. You know, to avoid this whole mess in the future.

Wouldn't work. He knows they're all nuts....