'It was annoying and inelegant': Tom Hardy explains why he took offence when
a reporter questioned his sexuality at recent Legend press conference

   By Sophia Moir and Fehintola Betiku for MailOnline
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   Tom Hardy has revealed why he took offence at a journalist questioning
   his sexuality at a recent press conference for his latest film, Legend.

   The 37-year-old actor - who portrays identical twins Ronnie and Reggie
   Kray in the biopic - argued that it wasn't the right time, or place, to
   ask a question about his sexuality.

   Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the father-of-one explained that he's
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   Explanation: Tom Hardy has explained why he took offence from a
   reporter who brought up his sexuality on Sunday during a presser at
   TIFF earlier this week
   Explanation: Tom Hardy has explained why he took offence from a
   reporter who brought up his sexuality on Sunday during a presser at
   TIFF earlier this week

   Explanation: Tom Hardy has explained why he took offence from a
   reporter who brought up his sexuality on Sunday during a presser at
   TIFF earlier this week

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   'Now I'm happy to have a conversation, a discussion, at a reasonable
   time about anything. I'm confident in my own sexuality, and I'm also
   confident in my own being and talking about any issue you want to talk
   about it. But there is a time and a place for that.'
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   The reporter, named Graeme Coleman from the LGBT site Daily Xtra, asked
   Hardy during the Q&A: 'In the film, your character Ronnie is very open
   about his sexuality but given interviews you've done in the past, your
   own sexuality seems a bit more ambiguous.

   'Do you find it hard for celebrities to talk to media about their
   sexuality?'

   Taking in the question, Tom paused before he then responded: 'What on
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   Still unsure how exactly to answer, Hardy replied: 'But what is your
   question?'
   'Are you asking me about my sexuality?': The 37-year-old actor
   dismissed a question about his 'ambiguous' sexuality with a simply
   'why' and finally shut Graeme down with an icy 'Thank you'
   'Are you asking me about my sexuality?': The 37-year-old actor
   dismissed a question about his 'ambiguous' sexuality with a simply
   'why' and finally shut Graeme down with an icy 'Thank you'

   'Are you asking me about my sexuality?': The 37-year-old actor
   dismissed a question about his 'ambiguous' sexuality with a simply
   'why' and finally shut Graeme down with an icy 'Thank you'
   Awkward! During the exchange members of the audience laughed as Hardy
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   Things then took an awkward turn as Coleman reiterated the question to
   which Hardy then bluntly answered: 'I don't find it difficult for
   celebrities to talk about their sexuality'.

   Still trying to make sense of the line of questioning, Tom queried:
   'Are you asking me about my sexuality?'

   With the reporter answering 'sure', the soon-to-be father-of-two
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     * Tom Hardy: Sexuality question at TIFF was 'inelegant' and
       'humiliating' | EW.com

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