Tom Hardy On His Sexuality 'Of Course' I've Had Sex With Men 'I'm an Actor for F*** Sake'

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Tom Hardy has faced speculation about his sexuality throughout his career in Hollywood. The actor once admitted he had sexual relations with men as a young man.

Updated on November 14, 2023 for freshness

Published on October 21, 2021

Actor Tom Hardy’s sexuality has been a topic of public speculation since he became a household name in Hollywood. Hardy has been married to British actor Charlotte Riley since 2014, and they have two children together. But when he was a single man in his teens and 20s, Hardy admits he did his share of experimenting with sex, alcohol, and drugs.

Regarding his sexuality, Hardy once admitted in an interview that “of course” he’s had sex with men because he’s “an actor for f*** sake.”

Has Tom Hardy been with men? He says ‘of course’

The actor admits he did a lot of experimenting in his youth with everything from drugs to sex. Back in 2010, Tom Hardy addressed his fluid sexuality.

“Of course I have,” Hardy said when asked if he’s had sexual relations with men. “I’m an actor for f***’s sake,” he told Now Magazine, according to The Daily Mail. “I’ve played with everything and everyone. I love the form and the physicality, but now… it doesn’t do it for me. I’m done experimenting, but there’s plenty of stuff in a relationship with another man, especially gay men, that I need in my life.”

Tom Hardy’s movies often cast him in traditionally masculine roles. Films such as Mad Max: Fury Road, Warrior, Legend, and The Dark Knight Rises relied on Hardy’s physicality. Returning to the topic of Hardy’s own sexuality, the actor revealed he doesn’t feel masculine at all. Instead, he explained that he feels “intrinsically female.”

“I’d love to be one of the boys, but I always felt a bit on the outside. Maybe my masculine qualities come from overcompensating because I’m not one of the boys,” Hardy said.

Tom Hardy and his wife on the set of BBC’s ‘Wuthering Heights’

Two years before American audiences became familiar with Hardy in Inception, the actor starred as Heathcliffe in the BBC remake of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. That’s where Hardy met his future wife, Riley, who played his on-screen love, Catherine Earnshaw.

Hardy and Riley collaborated again in The Take. The British crime drama premiered in 2009. Both also went on to land roles in Peaky Blinders.

The couple got engaged in 2009, and then they tied the knot in secret in 2014. Hardy and Riley reportedly became husband and wife at the 18th-century castle Chateau de Roussan in the south of France.

Tom Hardy’s children made him look at life differently

Despite questions about his sexuality, Tom Hardy has never been in a public same-sex relationship. He shares a son with second director Rachel Speed. The couple was in a relationship between 2005 and 2009 after meeting on the set of The Virgin Queen. Hardy and his wife Charlotte Riley have two sons together. Hardy once told The Sun (via Hello!) that becoming a father gave him purpose, and it has made him think more carefully about how he lives his life.

“I made a lot of mistakes, and I put my mum and dad through a lot because they were so worried about me. I take great pride in being a father and make sure I’m there for him and helping him as he makes his way in the world,” Hardy said.

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