Yep. I was just thinking recently how they're not speculating much about that anymore. I think what it boils down to is that he's kept a relatively low profile lately compared with Lance and McG, and the tabloid vultures are too busy getting on that one like white on rice to be bothered with someone who is just quietly minding his own business and keeping his shit together. And yes, his PR people are definitely no dummies. Tom Cruise should give them a call. Nah - too late. There's no fixing the damage he's done to his own image and career now.
It's the nature of the beast - kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down. Frankly, I blame the media for pretty much everything that's wrong in our society, from the fact that George Fucking Bush won another election (let alone the first one) down to the fact that Brokeback Mountain lost the Oscar it rightfully deserved. They are the ones who set the tone. They are the ones who try, convict and hang someone before they ever set foot in a courtroom. They are the ones who make assholes like Paris Hilton and Amy Fisher famous.
But then again, we are the ones who buy it all. Hook, line and sinker. They've got us by the short hairs, and they're twisting them.
Hurray for Jake for finding a way to fly under their radar again. And of course that's not to say hurray that they don't think he's gay anymore, like being gay in itself is a bad thing. That's to say hurray that they're leaving him alone. At least until the next time he's in the media spotlight and they see an easy way to make a buck off of speculating about his private life again.