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Mikaela:
ONTD has a post up with a lot of new pictures of Jake with Atticus. :) Jake looks good in a super-tight pair of jeans (ahem) but I was mostly thrilled to see that Atticus is still around.
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Amanda, I don't think anyone believes it was at all disrespectful of Jake - he got the question and answered it, somehow (still haven't watched it) - but that interviewer OTOH.... >:(
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Mikaela on March 12, 2010, 03:03:14 pm ---ONTD has a post up with a lot of new pictures of Jake with Atticus. :) Jake looks good in a super-tight pair of jeans (ahem) but I was mostly thrilled to see that Atticus is still around.
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Amanda, I don't think anyone believes it was at all disrespectful of Jake - he got the question and answered it, somehow (still haven't watched it) - but that interviewer OTOH.... >:(
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Heya Mikaela! Milan explains a bit more about how the conversation went in the HHH thread. I can't watch the video with the sound on here at work, and my connection is too slow to watch videos at home. So, I asked (over in HHH where this is also being discussed) if someone could transcribe it.
mariez:
Thanks for posting the youtube from Oscar night. I wasn't aware that had occurred. I'm in a bit of a hurry, but I felt compelled to jump in for a moment to kind of defend Nate Berkus, who was the person interviewing Jake. Perhaps a lot of people don't know who he is or much about him, but, imo, he is the last person in the world who would purposely be insensitive or disrespectful to anyone - much less in the context of being insensitive about a friend's death.
Nate is an openly gay man and is a designer who often appears on the Oprah Winfrey Show. I've never actually seen him on the show, but the reason I am aware of him is because of the tragedy that occurred in his life when he was vacationing in Sri Lanka when the tsunami hit and his partner died. I remember reading about it and I was always so impressed by Nate's class and spirit of love and generosity in the face of such a horrific experience.
http://www.oprah.com/showinfo/Nate-Berkus-The-Tsunami-Disaster
http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Statement-from-Nate-Berkus-January-20-2005
It's obvious to me that Nate was not aware that Jake had never spoken about Heath publicly - and I can understand why he would think that Jake had already done so. It's been two years, after all. So I don't see Nate's question as rude or mean or out even out of place. If you watch the video, you will see that he apologizes genuinely when he see that Jake is taken aback (to say the least). Frankly, I was touched that someone was thinking of Heath - and I much preferred to see some lovely honest thoughts about Heath than silly talk about purses, etc. Just imo, of course.
Amanda, I'm sorry I don't have time to transcribe the conversation right now. There really isn't much to it and Jake doesn't actually "say" anything about Heath, but he's obviously very uncomfortable and it's very sad.
Brown Eyes:
Thanks Marie. That's very interesting info about the reporter. It's good to know a little bit more context.
chowhound:
--- Quote from: atz75 on March 12, 2010, 12:48:40 pm ---I'll be interested in seeing what he said. I'll have to sneak a look sometime here at work (because I can't watch videos on my home computer).
It's not Jake's fault if that's the context in which the question came up. I don't think it's disrespectful. Red carpets and award shows, etc. are a basic part of the profession. And, I think it was almost inevitable that someday the question would come up in that context.
I've always been of the opinion that Jake, as one of Heath's most significant co-stars, probably should have made a more formal eulogy or statement after Heath's passing. I think it's strange that someone like Daniel Day-Lewis did so, and not someone like Jake. By not taking the opportunity to make a statement in his own way, and on his own terms... it, again, made it almost inevitable that the way the question would come up (some day) would be off-the-cuff... or in a moment when he'd be caught off guard by a reporter, etc.
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I must say that I agree , Atz75, with what you have to say.
I'm one of those who regrets Jake has never said anything to my knowledge about himself and Heath and what Heath meant to him. Some, I know, like to respect Jake's privacy but I've always felt he had almost a public duty to make some sort of statement, especially in those very bleak days following Heath's death. I hope this isn't all we're going to hear from Jake about Heath but I fear it might be.
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