Thread to talk about the actor Tom Hiddleston
>>600 wait that wasn't Tom in the interview? It sounded like him...
>>Phew. I think the foreign language gave it a weird legitimacy or perhaps I dropped my brain on the floor
>>595 I think my brain just exploded. Did Mr Privacy seriously speak to Belgian (??) radio for no other reason than to confirm his relationship with TS?
PS he said lots of laughs I think. Presumably referring to all of ours.
I am dying of secondhand embarrassment here. He's so thirsty. It's so cringeworthy.
There's a little note after the audio (I also didn't notice it at first) which says according to Google translate "(The real Tom Hiddleston was sure whether the answers follow the questions really, we can not confirm:.. P)"
>>600 Was it an impersonator? The laugh sounded pretty like him, though it is harder to tell on the phone. The boring theatre anecdote also sounded authentic.
Points against:
A Belgian morning show (why?)
If he is in the eastern US this would have been about 4.30am or something
Please baby Jesus let him not be so lacking in self respect (ok not actual evidence, but still)
Did they splice together previous legitimate interviews?
I guess we'll know soon enough cause every damn media outlet worldwide will be contacting him for comment and if he's started giving interviews they'll show up any minute.. .. .. ..
It's a really good impersonator if that's what it is.
Please don't make me join the double bearding camp Tom
That reminds me of this Tumblr
http://tomhiddlestonsoundalike.tumblr.com/
Really sounds like him, doesn't it?
Ok it's a splice together job using genuine TH comments from a different interview.
The bit at the bottom translates as: "this was the real Tom Hiddleston. Whether his answers followed our questions, we cannot confirm" - in other words, we have cut genuine answers from him into an "interview" we just made up.
>>609 Damn you google translate, you let us all down. Thanks Anon
>>609 That's a really good work! It would be so cringe-worthy if it were true. But isn't it telling that we pretty much believed it at first (me included)? This showmance was just so unexpected from him (but he did it nonetheless) that I'm basically ready to for anything.
>>610 It is fake, it's some kind of an actor who was trying to gain his 15 min of tumblr fame, but for my ears their voices are rather similar.
>>611 I got it when I saw that google translate missed out the full stop. When you realise it is 2 sentences it suddenly makes sense!
So, if this is a pasted together interview, what's the explanation of his conversation with the hosts? Has he spoken to them before? Did they happen to dig up footage of Tom talking to people named Martin and Dorothy? I have so many questions. I wish I knew the language.
>>614 I reckon so. I think the comments "she's got a wicked sense of humour etc" may be from the post Met Gala interview with another outlet altogether where he mentions TS.
>>615 I actually googled Tom's name and the phrase "wicked sense of humor" and it's something he said about Natalie Portman during TDW promo. He may have said it again about TS as well, he does have his go-to phrases he likes to use.
>>616 I just looked up the post Met Gala interview I was thinking of and it wasn't taken from that. He said he'd watched her videos and that she was "cool". But I am very sure this is a cut and paste job.
>>617 Thank God it's not real. There's only so much of this strange new version of Tom I can take.
"A spokesman for Tom Hiddleaton said, 'we never comment on our clients' private lives' "
Hahaha! Who needs to when the pics have been put out there?
I think we were ready to believe this because everything Tom has done recently is so out of character.
>>571 I was going to answer this before we got diverted onto other things. Yes, I think it is entirely possible that he is "socially vapid, juvenile and entirely stimulated in her company."
I think he probably was uncool and nerdy at college - hence the good grades. He was also not that hot - massive hair, not great skin and his teeth needed fixing. I by he didn't actually get laid a lot. So I reckon he is on the one hand this slightly monkish, intellectual guy who spends a lot of time alone, but also he hogs the limelight and he desperately wants to be the cool kid he never was - I mean, he is trying at 35 to be the groovy guy who takes his guitar everywhere. The guys I knew at college who wore a lot of leather and took their guitars everywhere are all now investment bankers! So yeah, I think he is juvenile in that he doesn't have the self-esteem to be who he is: good looking and successful but also earnest and uncool. He has mentioned how uncool he is and easy to mock in enough interviews that I think it is a sore point. I imagine being with Swifty makes him feel like he is finally the cool guy, getting down with her squad. I am sure he can't see how she also gets mocked for being earnest and uncool.
I just tried to read up on TS since to this date I've found her music and public persona nauseating.
As usual the Urban Dictionary delivered gold:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Taylor%20Swift
>>621 Or perhaps they recognised each others uncoolness and earnestness through the power of interpretive dance at the Met and that is why they 'fell in love'. They're identical!
I'm absolutely mortified. He wasn't supposed to be this vacuous. Such a low blow to discover he's just not all that and most likely thinking with Little Hiddles
Did anyone post this?
It's a shocker. Loving the sarcasm though. I've said it before this incident- the Guardian really can't stand TH.
Luuuuke, where are you?
>>622 I don't think it is just little Hiddles. I'd find that easier to deal with. After all, he's 35 and it must be the pits to be the internet's sexiest man and still not be getting laid. If he's screwing around and having fun, even with an empty vessel, then good on him.
It's the conscious element of all this that I think is a low blow. Playing the media game, wanting the column inches, wanting us all to know that he is the guy who is shagging TS. Not being the guy he said he was a mere 2 months ago (anybody remember the "some things are sacred" interview?). Either he really is crazy in love and it's all gone out the window and he's like Tom on Ophra's sofa. Or - more likely - he doesn't want prying save on his terms; but when it suits him to shill his private life for publicity reasons, he will do it.
And I get that. If you want to be super famous then that may be what you have to do. I recall Cumberbatch posing after the Oscars for some amazingly staged shots at a petrol station. He was snogging Sophie Hunter while actually using the petrol pump. They make these shots look almost natural. But if that's the world you live in at least be honest. Or shut up about your privacy and your authenticity.
I found them just for a laugh. Tell me these aren't staged - did a pap go to that particular petrol station on a lucky hunch and then wait and hope they stopped there instead of 50 miles down the road? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2965667/Benedict-Cumberbatch-indulges-passionate-pregnant-wife-Sophie-Hunter-shows-bump-road-trip-California.html
>>623 This is the second Guardian article on them isn't it? TH must be dying. The guardian is his newspaper of choice (he's been papped - genuinely - picking up a copy).
>>624 It's unfortunate. As much as I enjoyed speculating about his personal life, his desire for privacy and authenticity was a big part of what drew me to him. This social-climbing, tabloid shitshow has really disappointed me - I liked to think he was "above" this sort of thing. Oh well. I don't see it lasting more than a few months, but the fact that it's happening at all... I'm over him. Not upset, not angry, just... eh. Turned off.
I'll still see his films when they interest me - he's a great actor, that hasn't changed. And I'll still hang around here, mostly because I kind of love all of you regular posters. Plus I can't help but rubberneck at this absolute wreck of a PR backfire. But my heart-eyes for Tom are gone.
(Sorry, this was all a bit dramatic, wasn't it? Lol!)
>>627 Yes this. I enjoy the work, the fact that he's cute and laughing with you guys about the silly stuff like his dress sense, while also speculating about his love life.
But you are right, he always seemed to have something else. For me it was being a genuinely clever and intellectual man who when he gave a serious interview was interesting to read or listen to in a way that most actors frankely aren't. He seemed to have a niche whereby he didn't want play to the lowest common denominator - and didn't have to because he was successful in Hollywood even though he didn't fit the mould. I suppose he still is a clever intellectual thoughtful man. But the events of the last 48 hours suggest to me that he is also, in some way I can't quite articulate, an idiot.
I will still be coming here for all the reasons anonsy said!
The shock is such that I can no longer spell "frankly."
>>628 "But the events of the last 48 hours suggest to me that he is also, in some way I can't quite articulate, an idiot." LOL! Yes. I know exactly what you mean.
>>627 My 😍 have also been replaced with 😵 💩.
Disappointment is the word that lingers and the first word that popped into my head once I saw those photos. I gather that's a bit of a chorus amongst fans.
This whole scenario is fascinating from a media standpoint and I'm boggle- eyed watching it unfold. It's a media smackdown. He's getting KO'd
>>630 And I should emphasise it's not intellectual snobbery about TS because she doesn't have a college education. No flies on her. She is a smart and savvy businesswoman and he would be so lucky to have such a tightly controlled public image.
It's his reaction to her, if you see what I mean. He's an intelligent 35 year old man acting like a teenager.
>>632 I absolutely get what you mean. It is all very teenage - which is part of her image and what appeals to the bulk of her fanbase, but it's not what we've been conditioned to expect from him at all.
>>628 An idiot. Yes, that's articulated perfectly. Juvenile idiot.
This is what happens when Luke isn't around to monitor him constantly.
Somehow I'm reminded of a crush in my university days who was the most dazzlingly handsome, fascinating, intelligent and witty man I'd ever met. We danced around our flirtation for so long, the build up was volcanic. Finally when we fell into bed and I unzipped his trousers I understood why he was single. I was so shocked and disappointed I sprinted out of his house through the park with him chasing me begging me to come back and fell over a log and actually I was the idiot here now I think about it but the DISAPPOINTMENT was there
It seems like the only thing he gained is the number of twitter followers, from 2.91 mil to 2.7
Did anyone post this one? I can't remember. Ouch again. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3645871/Has-Hiddy-REALLY-fallen-calculating-woman-pop-Taylor-Swift-dating-Tom-Hiddleston-bag-man-moment.html
2.7 to 2.91
sorry :)
Anyone want to take bets on the next PR pics?
I say:
Location: Caribbean
Theme: Summer romance
Medium: Instagram!
(release date: eh tomorrow?)
New pics of rock and stroll http://theoanons.tumblr.com/post/146065365391/i-think-these-are-ones-weve-not-seen-courtesy
>>640 1. they look even more awkward 2.what's the deal with that rock formation? I see rock-thongs personally..
Peeks in. Waves. Hey guys. Real life hit me hard over the past month which explains my absence.
Married, honeymooned....knocked up. Yeppers. I was before I went to Libya but didn't realize it. Sorry I put you in so much danger, zygote, and exposed you to all those stress hormones! We already think the kid's going to come out suffering from PTSD. Thankfully I wasn't showing at the wedding so I didn't need to pull a complete Sophie Hunter with the dress.
Will Hiddleswift follow my example? Or Cumberbatch's?
I don't know what to say really. I was okay with him being with the previous piece of beige cardboard so I guess I'm okay with this new piece of cardboard. The beach pictures sure make a change from Pursegate Gate. He's either really in lurve as only a man can be with the sparkly unicorn that is Taylor Swift or he's had pap stroll and PDA lessons. Both perhaps.
I'll check in as often as I can.
PS Let's see if this relationship lasts as long as my gestation!
Forgot! Hail Jarthy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If only for a moment.
>>642 Anon.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome back! We missed you! So glad you're ok and that everything is well.
I was beginning to worry that the ISTL/TNM press tour had wrung out every last ounce of TH-related fondness from you (not to mention having to actually sit through ISTL).
And what marvellous news. Congratulations! Much more important than some snog on a beach. The board will have a baby! There's only one thing to say to that. Have all the 😍😍😍 that we've got going spare at the moment. Xxx
Our first official statement from Calvin Harris, courtesy of TMZ:
"America's sweetheart my ass!"
http://theoanons.tumblr.com/post/146070337161/shit-its-not-leveling-off-calvin-harris-and
>>644 >>645 Thanks. We're excited. We've already picked out some names: qaz, Dottie, Kareha, Lex, THEO. A true board baby. My husband's a III, so if it's a boy, sadly he'll be a IV, which is ridonk. But I'll secretly call him THEO. ;)
No my baby is NOT more important than Hiddleswift. Let's not let real life interfere with important board business. Priorities, people! In a few months I'm going to be knee deep by dirty diapers and attached to a breast pump; I'm going to need an escape from reality. Enter Hiddleswift! Although I do wonder if TH will still be Liddle Hiddles deep in TS by that time!
I am looking forward to the social media side of this relationship.I think it will reveal the level of their 'soul connection' and who's wearing the pants. If they are plastered all over twitter and instagram, she's wearing the pants and he's got major heart-eyes. If it's social media lockdown, he's wearing the pants and she's got major heart-eyes. Now it seems like he's doing what any guy would do at the start of a relationship: agreeing blindly to anything as long as it gets him some nookie. Yes I'll fly London to LA to see you. Yes I'll fly London to NY and RI to see you. Yes I'll ignore the photographer on the beach. But we get to have sex right? In this case WERKING IT is more important than the WORK.
We didn't get a set visit from EO in Oz but we are defo going to get one from TS. She could also just send her plane to fetch him and deliver him to a destination of HER choosing.
>>647 Are we voting on baby names? If it's a girl, may I suggest Jarthy?
>>642 Anon.!!!!!
So great to hear from you, and such great news! Congratulations on all accounts. :)
At least Hiddleswift did one thing right - made you take a peak here!
>>647 Now you're pregnant can I have Michael K? http://dlisted.com/2016/06/17/taylor-swift-and-tom-hiddlestons-loved-bloomed-in-front-of-this-swan-pastry/
Also is it just me or does this swan pastry look like a cock covered in whipped cream? Did Taylor,order it because happy memories?
>>648 No - if it's a girl it will be Jane Arthy Surname. No questions.
>>650 I might have to fight you for Michael K. Every article makes me love him a little more.
>>650 No. He is still mine.
I'm sorry but that swan pastry looks like something I'd come up with not something you'd get at a proper restaurant. That cream looks straight out of a can....like their love.
>>654 That's exactly what I was going to say! I understand that it's probably a fancy restaurant and that swan even may be really delicious, but honestly, it looks so unappetizing. It looks like something of my own making! Where I would take preproduced and prepackaged ordinary store cookies, try to arrange them in some semi-fancy shape and cover that entire creation with canned whipped cream. Yeah... So good.
Wanting a male perspective, I asked my husband if he had read about the THTS saga (since it has made the proper papers like the Guardian). He had. I asked him why he thought a 35 year old man with a proper career would make himself ridiculous. "Well, it's obvious, isn't it?" said my hubby. "He's in love."
Back in NYC and looking a tad tense: http://getfirstlook.com/photo/Rw9GtZ
>>657 My brother-in-law is clearly much more jaded than your hubby - he thinks the entire thing is a fabricated sham.
>>656 Not fair.
>>657 I'd say something similar. I'd go with that half lust/half love feeling that endorphins create in the honeymoon phrase of a relationship. And I know a thing or two about hormones and strange body chemicals at the moment!
I don't think it's love - and maybe your husband would have phrased it differently or changed the vocab if he knew that this relationship was in its infancy. But I do believe Mr. H has got a case of the heart-eyes fer sure. .
>>659 I think my hubby may quite like the idea of Swifty! He asked who TS was (he's old and uncool) so I tried to explain. He was all "ok objectively I see the appeal for TH" when I explained about the songs and the blonde hair and the being 25 and the millions and millions of dollars. But when I said she had a reputation for being uncool and liked cats and antiquing in New England he got really misty-eyed and said he was now jealous of TH!!!!
>>660 I'm not sure how far back you've read in the 250 or so messages we have managed to generate in the last 24 hours.
I think in addition to fancying her, he is also very much infatuated with her celebrity, and how it reflects on him - being seen as cool, the guy who brings his guitar to parties (duet time!), the guy who is DATING TAYLOR SWIFT LOOK EVERYBODY ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE WHO CALLED ME PUBEHEAD AT SCHOOL. Or so he hoped, though it hasn't quite shaped up like that so far.
What's your take on it all?
arriving back at his hotel in Soho on June 17, 2016 in New York City
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>>658 I would even say pretty pissed.
>>663 So he's not wearing the underwear again? I usually don't really pay attention to the Little Hiddles, but here..
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>>658 Fool, you don't need the gym. You've got a blonde exercise machine waiting back at her place. Stop wasting time before Oz!
If that's Soho (I can't tell without more background) the West Village and TS are only a few blocks away.
>>661 Anon, I get the feeling your husband may be older than you...and you keep him young. Misty eyed at antiquing!!
>>666 I think that is the Crosby Street Hotel. See the distinctive bench in photo 8 of M's pics? Now compare: https://www.oyster.com/new-york-city/hotels/crosby-street-hotel/photos/entrance-crosby-street-hotel-v575493/
>>665 or thinking about Tay Tay :))
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>>668 He's about to be 45. But he's always been a young fogey! It's the classics degree, cough cough! And yes, I am younger than that.
He's riding around in her car with her security detail. http://www.justjared.com/2016/06/17/tom-hiddleston-rides-taylor-swifts-car-to-new-york-city-gym/
I don't know if he's in love with her or her mega celebrity and her insane wealth. All the things he probably wishes he had.
>>670 Thinking about doing bae once he's done his crunches and squats 😆
>>672 Maybe - though JJ's facts aren't 100% in this article. He said this was TH arriving at the gym - it's actually picking up or dropping him off at his hotel.
>>662 I'm probably not going to get the chance to go back and read all those brilliant and probably spot on comments. What I know I got from E! News and the DM so you're all more up on it than I.
I think it's a real relationship. He wouldn't fly all over the place and stay at her place in RI for a week if it were fabricated. She is beautiful, tall, talented, wealthy - can I stop! - so what's not to be attracted to? She's probably fun too and since TH can sometimes be too serious and philosophical, it's probably nice to hang out with someone a little silly and fun. I think the staged photo op was the result of that attraction. She wanted it and he agreed. He's just as capable of doing stupid things because of attraction/lust/love/nookie.
I would love to see video footage of this encounter. From Torrilla's pics, qaz is dead right. He looks throughly pissed off. He's wearing his PurseGateGate face. But sometimes the footage tells a different story.
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>>676 I don't think anyone on here thinks it is a fabricated relationship. But there does seem to be a feeling among the troops that when he recently said "some things are sacred" he misspoke a la Hillary Clinton and in fact meant to say "some things are sacred except when my new bird of approx 1 week is soopa famous and will get me on the front cover of every newspaper in the world." I paraphrase.
Also a feeling of deja vu. Tom waited till the relationship was over before he made contact! Then he texted a lot! But it's only causal guys! They are taking it slow!!
>>678 Whoa! He is giving it some blue steel in these photos!!
>>675 I think he has pics of both. No smoothie = arriving at gym. Smoothie leaving gym and heading to hotel. What do you think?
>>681 Yes I think you are right, although the the impression JJ gives is that he is going from unspecified location to gym in Swift's car, ie from her home.
>>675 Either way, it's her car and her security detail. Tom is rich enough to arrange his own car and security at least. Maybe it's just me but he's giving me kept man vibes.
>>679 Yeah I don't think anyone thinks this is a fake relationship. But it's definitely one where we're seeing Tom shed his privacy privacy please privacy! mantra and making it all public. Which is exactly how Taylor dates. She dates in the public eye.
But i don't think it's going at all the way he envisioned it with how the media keeps making fun of him. The teenage puppy love story is just so not him. This whole thing clashes so much with how he's been so far. Maybe this new Tom is the real Tom.
In those last pics he looks like he just realised that this is his life now - riding in Taylor's car, flying Taylor's plane, and getting papped all the way.
I am just blabbering, of course - but yeah, it so clashes with his usual image. I guess, he will have to get used to it. For love.
I wonder if that brown envelope is full of clippings from the Guardian et al?
It's probably only now that he has had a chance to sit down with his laptop and have a proper look. Imagine reading all that about yourself. It's the first time he has ever been properly on the wrong side of the press, I think. From "hardworking talented bloke that everyone says is lovely" to "hungry famewhore/prize twerp" (basically the two options in the UK press). That has really got to hurt.
I think someone said they wanted the vid, has it been posted yet?
sorry - forgot to links. http://www.tmz.com/2016/06/17/tom-hiddleston-leaving-gym-taylor-swift/
I'd want to know how the photographers know it's her car. NYC has a bazillion black SUVs like that. At this point there may be more of those in the city than yellow cabs. Does it have unicorn license plates? Does 'her latest single play when you open the door? Cat hair everywhere?
Of course he is! He likes the attention. He's got a girlfriend who has what he most wants: celebrity and lots of money. He doesn't care if she has the mentality of a 16 year old girl (and dresses like one!) or if her music sucks. This is the real Tom - a fame-whore. And now he's Taylor Swift's property because she's paying for everything. He doesn't have the money to pay luxury cars with driver and security.
>>689 Wouldn't you be? Sure he's got to put up with some cameras but look at the payoff.
>>692 I was being sarcastic, I thought he looked miserable. Lol.
>>691 I wouldn't say he likes the attention or even craves it. Instead I'm going to say that he's willing to put up with it for the rewards.
I don't know TS from Eve but a 26-year-old who's made it so far in her profession and avoided the pitfalls that swallowed up people like Britney Spears and Amanda Bynes - that's no woman with the mentality of a 16-year-old. I think TS may have it together more than we think.
Yes he most certainly has the money to pay for a car and driver or have his PR people pay for it as it looks like he's doing some business in NYC. I've taken a similar car in NYC and using one for a day or more doesn't break the bank.
>>693 I was going to say. In that video he looks as hacked off as I've seen him. No word save for a "hey man" which I think was to a fan/bystander.
>>693 I think he looks fine. Just a dude walking down the street and keeping a straight face. He greets them but doesn't engage, perfectly normal behavior. He doesn't throw any punches!
>>695 Only one person in this relationship is acting like a 16 year old (he is currently in sulky mode). If the paps had caught TS she would have been impeccably dressed, smiled graciously and said nothing.
"A beautiful dinner somewhere lovely, with boat-loads of flowers, chocolates and champagne," he says. But he also has a more casual, yet equally lovely option. "It might also be nice to wrap up warm and sit on a roof somewhere, with a cup of hot soup and your girl, watch the planes come in over London and listen to the night.”
>>696 Really? I don't think so. Hacked off is when you give them a terse 'no comment' or a 'give me some room' or 'haven't you got anything better to do.' I think he's just got his poker face on - or his about to poker-her face. But Luke might have been on the earpiece reading the papers to him while he was on the treadmill. Imagine: those articles AND having to run. Screw that! It would piss anyone off.
