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Two Gay Guys Chewing the Fat: The Hot 100 Edition!

In this week's vlog post of Two Gay Guys, Brent and I move from poolside to actually into the pool. Hey, it was 110 in Palm Springs! This week we "chew the fat" over the AfterElton.com's first annual Hot 100 List which, incidentally, turned out to be national and international news with the Associated Press writing an article about the whole shebang. (Many of the articles can't get over the fact Tom Cruise didn't get a single vote.)

In other words, all this week hundreds of thousands of folks — gay and straight — have been exposed to the shocking notion that gay men enjoy looking at attractive men — and that there is nothing wrong with being thought of as hot by us. In fact, it's a huge compliment! So, yes, the Hot 100 is fun and hot (as we discuss in the vlog), but I'd like to think it also serves a larger purpose in reminding folks of all sorts that gay sexuality is just like any other sexuality.

Plus, the Hot 100 proves once-and-for-all that I'm right about Jake Gyllenhaal and Brent is wrong. Bw-ha-ha!


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  • Andros's picture

    Guys, I'm sure you would

    Guys, I'm sure you would have been on the Top100 list if we could have voted for our Top 20 guys rather Top 10. Personaly you both are on position #15 and #17(but I won't say who is where) on my Top 20 list and I'm sure most of your viewers put you on their Top 20. You're hot...just not hot enough to be in the Top 10... at least this year ;)
    daverett's picture

    Why I Love Jake...

    spike2000's picture

    Cillian Murphy, Heath Ledger, Matt Dallas

    Guys, It's my duty as an Irishman to let you know that Cillian Murphy's first name is pronounced with a hard C (as in: Killian). His inclusion on the list didn't surprised me: I know his looks are a little 'otherworldly' (ethereal?), but talent is always hot (God, I hate that word. Paris Hilton has sullied it forever.)

    I was surprised at the relative lack of models (Jeremy Bloom at 90?!), Ben McKenzie above Gerard Butler, Clive Owen, Matthew Rhys, Kevin Zegers (???? OK, I'll stop before I name the whole bottom half of the list). And where was Austin Nichols? Or Matt Dallas? He is beautiful (although, admittedly he could do with some acting lessons...)

    It was nice to see John Barrowman included, though I find David Tennant heaps sexier, but I guess he lacks the requisite profile.

    Speaking of profile, David Burtka needs to get his actor together and do some popcorn flick/brainless sitcom while not wearing a shirt, cause he is smokin'. Ditto Michael Arden (Broadway thesp) (I also love Neil Patrick Harris, Go NPH!)

    And I say it loud and proud (I'm with Brent on this one): Heath Ledger was robbed!

    p.s. "Ryan Phillippe is a good actor" Really?????

    michael's picture

    It was, um, a test. Yeah! And congratulations!

    You passed! Okay, that's a lie. LOL. Thanks for the correction.
    you_will's picture

    what i love about jake....

    are his puppy dog eyes. too cute.
    Cindy's picture

    RE: Thomas Kinkade

    Thomas Kinkade is a cheesy painter, but in the upcoming movie The Christmas Cottage, he's being played by Jared Padalecki.  Yes, really.  The Jared Padalecki who is on the TV show Supernatural, made the AfterElton.com Hot 100 list, and looks nothing like Thomas Kinkade.

    Thomas Kinkade:

    Jared Padalecki:

    If the movie version of "Thomas Kinkade" played by Padalecki paints with his shirt off, Kinkade instantly becomes my favorite artist ever.

    michael's picture

    Padalecki = Kinkade?

    I am both excited and horrified by this news. But having Padalecki play him is perfect as Kinkade's paintings have about as much to do with the real world as Padalecki resembles the real Kinkade.
    Luis's picture

    am i weird if i don't really

    am i weird if i don't really find jake gyllenhaal hot?

    sure he was in brokeback and all but i just can't see why he's number 1.

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    kcholt68's picture

    Hey guys, time for some self-promotion

    Sure, you mention the other articles talking about AfterElton, but where are the links?  Don't be shy, we want to read them too. Its not self-promotion, really ...

    Also, I hope you seriously consider making this an annual summer poll.  If People can do their "Sexiest Man Alive" every year (shouldn't they wait until the guy from the year before dies before they name another one?), surely AfterElton can do the "Hot 100" every year.

    - Kirby, moviedearest.blogspot.com

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    <<Plus, the Hot 100 proves

    <<Plus, the Hot 100 proves once-and-for-all that I'm right about Jake Gyllenhaal and Brent is wrong. Bw-ha-ha!>>

    FIX! It was fix I tell ya! Being Editor in Chief of this site, Michael, I'm pretty certain you jigged the votes to be in Jake's favour. Don't deny it! CHEATER! And I know Brent will back me up on this one :D.

    michael's picture

    I am so hurt! I can't believe you'd impugn my character! I bet

    this is really Brent still not able to get over it! LOL! FYI, it was practically a landslide for Jake so no "fix" was needed. Take that all you Jake-haters!
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    Randommer's picture

    Rupert Graves!

    I love him! Have you seen any of the shows for the Channel 4 (in the UK) Gay Seasn (they had a bunch of shows lately for the anniversary of the legalisation of homesexuality (www.channel4.com/gayseason)) and one of the shows had both him and James Wilby in it. With the situation they were in, it must have been a reference.

    Joseph's picture

    I love your vlogs!

    So very entertaining, and, yes, I'd love to see this become an annual list (maybe my beloved Jérémie Renier will make the list next year).

    Oh, by the way, Liz Taylor won the Oscar for BUtterfield 8 because she had to have a tracheotomy to save her life when she came down with pneumonia during initial filming of Cleopatra in London.  (Sorry, I'm the biggest Oscar geek of all time!)

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    For some reason I find this

    For some reason I find this so cute. And funny.
    But hey, you left Rufus Wainwright out of the top 100! Shame on you! And  Ian McKellen. I know he's, what, in his 60s, but I think he looks amazing.

    And yes! Rupert Graves! He's fantastic. Not just in Maurice, but also in Different For Girls. A great film about a guy falling in love with his geeky friend from high school, after he's had a sex change. Well. Something like that.

    michael's picture

    Um, WE didn't leave anyone off. Everyone on

    the list was chosen by the readers! But I'm glad you think our vlog is so cute!
    Piglet's picture

    Oh,don't get me wrong, I was

    Oh,don't get me wrong, I was commenting on the neglect of the readers! I was scolding them, not you.
    I'd never dare to scold the editor :)
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    michael's picture

    In that case, I'm glad

    I recalled the flying monkeys!
    Brandon68's picture

    Jake

    I don't get all the hype over him either.  He is a nice looking man but he just doesn't do it for me.  However, I think it turned out to be quite a great list with a varity of men. Cillian Murphy it was good to see him in the list.

    PS: Oh and I think every Two Gay Guys should be done with both of you shirtless. 

    Brandon
    www.brandonshea.com

    Brent Hartinger's picture

    He certainly seems like a

    He certainly seems like a nice guy! I mean, it's hard to fault him for being hyped.

    But...yeah.

    As for the shirtless thing, be careful what you ask for...

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    shameless advertising! ;-)

    OffTopic but Jeez Brent, I *am* reading one of your books at the moment; I can't very well read two at a time, can I?
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    You could if you loved me...

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