Straight Men Kissing

The Daniel Radcliffe/James Corden Kiss

In February of 2008, Gavin & Stacey actor James Corden lip-ambushed Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe on stage with an unexpected kiss. Corden later told AfterElton.com, “"If you spent enough time with Dan, you can’t help but kiss him on the mouth. It’s a fact. There’s something magical about him, which is I imagine why he got the part [of Harry Potter], where he just draws you in … [He’s a] wonderful, wonderful kisser, with a beautiful penis."

All this from a straight man, mind you.

Was the kiss just another in a long line of cheeky kisses stolen at award ceremony podiums, like Adrien Brody kissing Halle Berry at the Oscars — or was it wholly inappropriate?

I vote for the latter. If I’d been Radcliffe, I’d have kneed him in the balls. Then again, if I was Halle Berry, I might have done the same thing to Adrien Brody.

Sexiness: 2 + Freshness: 2 - Gay panic: 0 = +4 Hot Kiss Rating!

The Godfather: Part II’s “Kiss of Death”

Michael passionately kisses Fredo Corleone in The Godfather: Part II (1974), despite their both being presumably straight, but it’s anything but a happy lip-lock. Michael (Al Pacino) has discovered that his brother (John Cazale) has betrayed him and the family, and has ordered him killed, making this perhaps the most well known example of the mafia’s infamous “kiss of death.”

Sexiness: 2 + Freshness: 2 - Gay panic: 5 = -1Hot Kiss Rating!