Exclusive: Is "White Collar"'s Matt Bomer an Out, Gay Man? "No comment," Says Publicist

Matt Bomer

Earlier this week Perez Hilton posted an item about Matthew Bomer, the star of USA Network's White Collar. In the item, Hilton claims Bomer is openly gay and dating a high-powered publicist, though Hilton offers nothing to backup either claim.

Given that we are not a gossip site and have a longstanding policy against outing people, I wasn't about to go with Perez's unsourced reporting, nor any of the other blogs that simply repeated what Perez claimed. (Bomer's Wikipedia page was briefly changed to say he was gay, only to be changed back again.)

But if Bomer was openly gay, that was definitely news we would report and he is someone we would certainly interview. I got in touch with his publicist to get a confirmation and to request an interview if Bomer was, in fact, out.

However, Bomer's publicist told me late on Friday that she had "No comment" and "We don't comment on any of our client's personal lives." They also passed on the interview.

So I have no idea whether Bomer is gay or not, but the "openly" part is clearly not the case as part of being open would involve a public acknowledgment of the fact. (Yes, I've seen the photos. Those are someone's personal private property and shouldn't be posted without the owner's permission.)

So until Bomer has something more to say on the matter, then he doesn't actually fit our definition of "out".