Gerard Butler Caps It Off Newsboy Style
Gerard Butler covers up his hair with a newsboy cap as he makes his way through security at LAX airport in Los Angeles on Friday (May 29).
The 39-year-old Scottish stud plays Kable in the upcoming sci-fi thriller Gamer. The character is the superstar and cult hero of the ultraviolent “Slayers.” Kable is controlled by Simon, a young gamer with rock star status who continues to defy all odds by guiding Kable to victory each week. Taken from his family, imprisoned and forced to fight against his will, the modern day gladiator must survive long enough to escape the game to free his family, regain his identity and to save mankind from Castle’s ruthless technology.
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WTF, the chipmunk cheeks are back after only a few days. What is going on with this dude. That style of headgear didn’t work for Pitt and it’s definitely not work for the Butler.
He’s got a rip in his shirt.
Doesn’t he look in the mirror before he leaves the house?
Someone help this boy, please!
Actually the whole shirt’s ripped up. Looks like hell. Is this the new style for celebs.
The How To Look Like Sh*t look.
Is this all there is now for G. Pics of him at clubs and airports. Someone said on another thread that G should do some kind of charity events or be part of a “do good” organization where he’d get good press. Of course JJ isn’t giving G bad press but there really isn’t much to this Gerry Butler guy if all we see are these random pics of him doing, well, nothing..
Disgusting.
I really think somethings up with JJ and GB’s pr team. How come all these stupid photos show up here every other day?
Didn’t he have the same clothes on the other day?
And why is that shirt covered in holes? Who wears something like that in public? I hope he bothered to shower. What a pig.
Didn’t he have the same clothes on the other day?
And why is that shirt covered in holes? Who wears something like that in public? I hope he bothered to shower. What a pig.
Stop it. He looks great. Maybe it’s his lucky shirt.
Did he dress out of a dumpster?
Sheesh, you people have obviously never seen me catching a flight. LMBO. I dress for comfort.
Not like that’s a public event or something.
Relax
Seriously, if I see him with a damn phone to his ear one more time…
I’m getting reeeally bored with this guy. And this trashy look he’s been sporting is starting to annoy me to no end. Good lord, you have $$$ man!! Put on some decent clothes!! I’m poor so I’m allowed to look like sh*t, but you sir are just plain gross looking.
@notfeelingthegerryjuice: I think the only reason he ever looks like he doesn’t have chubby cheeks is because of the lighting and different camera angles. He always has a puffy round face. Every movie after PSILY shows it.
IMO it’s likely due to meds he’s on. Lots of drugs can make the face swell/puffy. It might be for something serious -hopefully not- or to keep him from smoking etc.
Or it could just be from old age!!
TRINITY, this is the way he looks when he goes out to clubs and to special events. The airport look is his “works for everything” look.
This is Spart-uurggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
@anon annoy: Maybe the holes in the back of the shirt are from some club chick’s finger nails tearing at him while f*cking.
to #19 that might be funny - this is just a guy who doesn’t give a sh**!
Boring guy and (shame on you JJ) no story again!
@!: LOL. Great visual. Nothin’ like sex with your clothes on!
That shirt looks like it was riddled with buckshot ! There are so many holes all over the front and back. The side seam looks like it is about to come apart and there’s a big hole under his arm.
(Ugh!! I wouldn’t want to look at some guys armpit hair on a plane.)
Not appealing. And he looks like he has aged dramatically since last week. What happened to him?
@anon annoy: If only JJ could get a picture of that. HHHEEEEELLLLLOOOOO Baby
jujujuicy, thanks for the info. To each his or her own. I don’t think a holy shirt for a night flight is a biggie, but what do I know.
~24 - do you mean ‘holy’ - because that might be stating his case for fangurl sainthood too much?????????
Lots of !!! and ???
Sorry, I meant holy as in holes. Again, sorry.
@?????????: -”riddled with buckshot”
Maybe one of his FWB got tired of his sh.t and took aim.
this guy mr. butler is a good interview because he doesn’t have that ****** demeanor so many hollywood types have about him, and he can actually look good…but most of the time he doesn’t try because he knows he’s making money and that he can bang any girl he wants. what girls see in him must be his huge dong, because he doesn’t do it for me at all, but he’s actually not a douchebag and is a decent dude. he’s also funny. i wish i hated him or something but i’ve met him and it’s true. gah. why can’t some people just be like john mayer or spencer pratt in real life. then i can be happy when i call on their garbage.
After picking something off the floor to wear, Butler decided to go the extra mile and accessorize his fine ensemble with a couple of cheesy “trying to hard to hang on to my youth bracelets” and a “chipmunk cheek and nose enhancing” hat.
Well done.
bang any girl he wants. It seems plenty of girls say no to this hunk of lard.
lol. no really. he gets girls fallimg over his ****. he’s like russell brand. i don’t get it. i mean look at him (imagine without the money). who would want to sleep with him????!!!!!!!!!!!!
doesn’t he look like an older version of shia?
What is with JJ reporting on Butler ever couple of days for a total of four different reports in a week? And they are about basically nothing?
JJ and Butler’s PR team must have some kind of relationship. It’s boring and just makes Butler look like more of a manwhore.
OMG. so bloated , he look like a 50 y.o old man.
JJ posts his pictures because he knows Butler means hits to his site from people like you.
Who are the dummies? Not JJ.
Come to mama!
Maybe he travels light, he seems to cover a lot of ground, and maybe he just hates clothes-shopping like most real men. Maybe that is his appeal!
He doesn’t look very “Scottish stud..” to me. His face is really fat and he is a slob. I don’t believe he is 39. He looks more like 49. This movie sounds like crap, too. But it will make money and he’ll get $$$$ paid. Gerard Butler should do more movies like Rocknrolla. He makes a good Scottish thug not stud. And he should do that kind of comedy because then we wouldn’t have to take him serious.
You too can have the extra soft Distressed Tee if you are willing to plunk down $45 big ones at Fred Segal.
Cap by Ed Hardy and sexy smile courtesy of Gerard Butler.
Thanks for the photos, JJ, I liked them. They just prove what a great actor GB is, that he can look different in life to the characters he transforms himself into in his movies.
I see chipmunk cheeks is back!!!! I hope it’s not the drugs he’s doing.
He’s finished banging all the new LA chicks (”he’s keeping a list, and checking it twice”) and now he’s on his way back to New York to bang Jennifer Aniston.
@ I see: lets hope its just the milk shakes and icecream.
He’s finished banging all the new LA chicks (”he’s making a list, and checking it twice”) and now he’s on his way back to New York to bang Jennifer Aniston.
@WTF
Yeah, sure, milkshakes and icecream. What did he have, a tanker full in the last 48 hours. That bloat is caused by something else.
@Tiny:
OK, so his life is just one big smoozy party, maybe he needs to get back to the gym.
How can a photograph “prove what a great actor GB ca be…” That is stupid! He probably could have been a really good actor once, but he sure isn’t now. He is crap. His movies are crap, too.The movies he is in with Hilary Swank and that chick from Grey’s Anatomy, are all tired, worn out predictable B.S. And he is not convincing as a romantic leading man. Not anymore.I bet he is a lot older then they say. He sure looks it.His face is so fat and he has lines, so I bet he’ll get plastic surgery or botox or something. Then he really will be a chipmunk face.
The pictures outside the airport look OK. It’s just that one inside that seems to bring out the chipmunk pouches.Also the paint on the walls is not exactly flattering to one’s complexion. So I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt here. The clothes? He’s trying to be hip and young. Holey jeans and shirts are “in”.Unfortunately he looks a “holey” mess. LOLO.
Just as Aniston arrives in LA, he leaves. LOLO. He probably needs to fine tune the NY herd befor filming begins.
#16 IMO it’s likely due to meds he’s on. Lots of drugs can make the face swell/puffy. It might be for something serious -hopefully not- or to keep him from smoking etc.
I have been thinking the same thing, his body is really lean but the face looks puffy. I hope it isn’t serious. Still love him even with the hamster cheeks.
To all who have remarked this is a non story..wtf? almost all the pics on this site are the same…celebs doing nothing… what else are you expecting? If GB was photographed doing something “interesting” you would only ***** it was staged for publicity.
As for the holey shirt..not my taste..but I expect it cost quite a bit of money ..fashion is subjective.
@39: $45 for that - good grief! I could have made that for him for - well (obviously including time to sort through the dumpster) 50cents! Lets be benevolent though, the poor schmuck looks a real mess! Fashion or not, he looks neither hip or fashionable. And, its another JJ non story - just loads of people commenting on a page where there are loads of advertising slots between the comments - (thats proberly the real story).
Uh Oh - I hear the sound of the loony fangurls running to his defence! Better leave now!
I always find it hard to believe that this is the same guy that made me run and see “300″
#50: What advertising slots between the comments? The way I see this page the comments are all one after another with nothing in between.
But as someone else already said, ALL the stories about celebs on JJ are actually non-stories. But what’s interesting is that a lot of non-stories about real A-listers have much less comments.
This is not his style, but I hope he tries something else.
Gerard Butler is a real A-lister, and the best reason for visiting JJ.
@Designermania: #39 you beat me to it. I’d have bet my left t*t that he BOUGHT that shirt that way.
Love it or loathe it, the “don’t give a sh*t look” is his signature style. As for the bracelets-he likes them! So what! (He may have Peter Pan Syndrome but I’m pretty sure there are worse things.) Personally I think he’s dead sexy in a ratty t-shirt and jeans or a Versace suit. Works for me.
As for “boring” pics with the phone to his ear, coming or going to a club or an airport-the man’s just living his life. The camera’s just happened to be there to capture it. If you had the paps jumping out at you 24/7 what would they see?
Funny how he looks normal in the outside pix and chubby cheeks inside. Has to be the lighting.
He’s got to lose the hat and the shirt which he has been pictured in before about a year ago.
JA is in LA right now, so no fun and games there for at least a few more days.
Wow he’s pudgy faced. I’ve never thought that he was that good looking. he looks ok. Though his character in 300 was sexy yummm, but heck most of THAT was special effects lol.
He should watch What Not To Wear, those acid washed jeans makes you look fatter where you don’t want it. and they are ill fitting. He has a flat butt. Overall not a pleasing look.
UGLY!!!
Oh my…karma is a *****. I am glad I am not you…
Gerry looks like Gerry. Who cares? He cleans up when he is expected to. In the meantime, he looks happy and comfortable.
The phone in the ear is a defense I think…imho of course.
he has worn holey, scruffy clothes for years, check out past pics from 2004. In his down time he doesn’t bother to dress up, why should he? I wouldn’t bother either. He is looking older and his face is a bit droopy but that’s what happens to some people I guess. I think he’ll start to take more of a back seat from acting soon and do more producing. He’s made a lot of money and now I think he’ll just do what ever he wants to do. But just one thing Gerard…please make Burns, if it’s the last film you ever act in, you gotta do that one.
I don’t usually don’t pay attention to Gerard but he looks really bad in these pictures. Has he gained weight? His face is really puffy.
Gerard Butler looks like a chipmunk and has a terrible bone structure! He and Leo Dicrapio are alike in that regard. Very bulbous faces. Cringe worthy in fact.
I cant believe how these haters are putting this guy down. These stars are always rushing to catch a flight. I am suprised if they are dressed at all. I fly a lot and they keep saying you have to be at the airport 2hrs earlier even though you already have your board pass. So now I just throw on sweats and a few things to carry on because they will throw away most of your items even your drinking water. I think these are all Jennifer Aniston fans because they loved this guy when they wanted and her to get together. They were hopeing that he would take the place of Brad. They even said he look so much better than Mr Pitt and we all know that is not possible. Mr Gerard Butler put that talk about he and Jennifer to rest and now they are trying to destroy him also. You people can go scream at the ocean because that will never happen because Mr Butler is such a good actor and not about jennifer. I would love to see Pitt, Craig, Jackman, Butler and the bad girl Jolie in an action romantic heavy duty film togather.
He’s just a normal guy, thats all…
Interesting how a couple of years ago most comments on Gerry were gush, goo, yum yum, do ‘im, sex god, wanna marry ‘im, and now most are negative. Has his career run its course already? Fame is fleeing, and the public fickle.
LMAO he looks like alot of fun! Why should someone spend hours getting ready to spend a couple of hours on a plane. You want to be comfortable. I think he looks like a normal man. I know he should have had a maniped and got his hair styled and be wearing $5,000 designer t-shirts but I think he has other things on his mind.
People who criticize about his shirt definitely have no sense of fashion. A pair of ripped jeans by Dolce and Gabanna, for instance will cost you at least $500 minimally. If it is not your style or your taste, I can accept that, just don’t check it out. It is not very constructive to make critical criticisms like these. He was just minding his own business and probably did not intend to be photographed. Besides I think he looks cool.
naw. i like the guy, and i’d still want to marry him but i wouldn’t want to bang him at all. does anyone know anything bad about gerard, like he’s absolutely horrible to fans (ala ryan reynolds and young anikin), or gives bad intervies (ala evangeline lily and megan fox), or always saying the wrong thing (ala kathryn heigel and megan fox). i don’t know anything bad about this guy really…so what if he looks like this all the time when he’s not on the job. w/e. atleast he looks good and can look good. meh.
I figured TMZ would post something today with G. Sure enough, here it is…
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=c98d270c-2f5e-4aff-b592-9ce056c4ba98
http://chismetime.com/2009/05/coacha-chases-bruno-diana-ross-y-gerard-butler-at-the-el-lay-x/
Notice how she says she got a call from a media contact telling her he was at the airport - so she went. She was there BEFORE he arrived and filmed him arriving. Now does anyone think that Butler’s PR doesn’t tell the media where he is going with plenty of notice?
And yes, he knew he would be photographed and still dressed like that…
Ugly face shape. I take that back, he’s got an ugly face period. Good body, homely face. Look up buttaface in the dictionary, you get Mr. Gerard Butler.
DO WE KNOW YET WHETHER HE GOT MARRIED IN INDIA? IS HE COMING BACK TO NEW YORK WITH HIS BRIDE?
It’s the simple equation:
Living =
+ money to make recent movies
- Millions in to movie production company
- money that will make future movies after others flopped
- money paying for apartment in NYC
= he can’t afford descent clothes thanks to the cost of living is hitting even the Hollywood crowd.
Rumor has it he even had to let his cleaning lady and maid go too.
Dude, there is always time to buy a clean shirt.
No way he’s married. No woman would let him dress like that.
@Colin:
Walmart special T-Shirts-$6.99
I don’t care what anyone else says…he’s hot. These pics are not the best….but, he just does it for me. And no, I’m no overgrown older female. I am considered by others as an attractive, younger looking 32 yr old chick & my friends don’t understand what I see in him. He talks out of the side of his mouth…bla bla bla…he looks bloated…bla bla bla. Just something about him I guess. Is he in the airport leaving or arriving? I can’t tell. Anywho, if your leaving Gerry, COME TO THE BOSTON AREA!! lol…I adore you sweetie!! Not sure if I’m digging the newsboy hat on ya though.
*smooches*
Gerry, what happen to you? I used to like you, you seem to be heading the right direction and bam! you are after all just another small town actor who cannot handle fame just like all the uneducated english footballer! rich but not educated and waste all their $$ on booze, cheap girl, drugs and cars! enough already! this is the period of enlightment, people only look up to inteligent, sober, healthy, compasionate and wide awake human beings!
Donna
Gerry
Come to Brazil.
We love you… just the way you are!!
Lynn, no “we don’t all know that it is not possible.” GB is way hotter than Pitt. I never understood why anyone would think Pitt is hot in the first place, he looks like any blond blue eyed guy whereas Gerry has the most amazing eyes and face. Speak for yourself dear.
Good call #79, Brad is waaayyyy too overrated! He has like pitts on his face…bad skin. Like acne gone wrong. I don’t know how to explain it.
Butler’s eyes are the best…bluish green…very rare combo.
I just appreciate his disposition and his humor mostly. He seems very down to earth, and just a good guy. That’s what makes him more attractive to me anyway.
@donna: I think Gerry may have a strong self-destructive streak.
Even though he pulled himself out of some additions he still struggles with all the emotional sh*t that goes along with them, like sustained immaturity and not fulfilling his potential for fear of failing. Just my opinion from observations.
i don’t buy the marriage story. it’s too convenient.
looking at him wearing this sh*t just remindes me of the fergie dress.
Gerard Butler looks HOT no matter what he wears…he is secure enough that he doesn’t have to look like he just stepped out of GQ magazine everytime he goes out. He is one Scottish hunk of a man no matter how you look at it…ripped shirts, ripped pants…who cares?
#77 an # 81, you said wise words….sad tha Gerry is destroying himself this way…we can only wait and see…
That’s me he’s talking to. :o) Kidding. But then, maybe not? : p
Hey, those are designer rags! Them holes, rips and spots are all in the perfect places! Don’t knock ‘em. They’re the latest in cool dude “I don’t give a shi+ what anyone says or thinks cos I’m trying my best to get on fan girls nerves” wear. LOVE the cap. It’s a keeper. Thanks for sharing G!
Listen live,
K
Gerry is NOT married. That is just another sick rumor stared by some sick person just to get Gerry’s fans worked up and upset. I think if Gerry were married, the whole world would know it, as that would be something he would not be able to hide very easily. So far as is evident, he has not even come close to that step in his life yet. He’s apparently, from all reports, still playing the field and having a good time. His actions are anything but those of a married man, or even a man that is in seriously committed relationship. I wish that those who persist in starting rumors, mostly for the sake of hurting Gerry’s fans or keeping them upset would stop. It’s really not fair to them, and it’s not fair to Gerry either. It just shows how many mean spirited and sick minds there really are out there, and it does nothing to solidify one’s faith in human nature. Think how you would feel if someone talked about you the way some of you talk about Gerry, with all of your comments based on speculation and with no real facts or evidence to back it up with. Gerry coming out of a nightclub, or talking to someone on the beach, proves absolutely nothing at all. Yet some of the wildest stories can be made up from these incidences based on just a picture. Why people continue to continually criticize and trash a person they know absolutely nothing about - and let’s face it, none of us know him, only what the press writes about him, and it’s more than obvious that they have their own agenda in making up the stuff they tend to make up, it gets them hits on their sites, scandal has always drawn more attention and interest than the truth ever has.
Gerry Butler is very much a victim, I think. And I’m not stating this as a fan, but just as another human being. He’s far from perfect, I’m sure, none of us are. But I seriously doubt that he is anything at all the person that the bloggers and those like TMZ portray him to be either. He’s single, attractive, and in a position, both socially and financially that he can afford to live a good life. And it’s his life, not ours to judge. And I think all of you who continue to trash him would think how you would feel if it were you, you might feel differently.
Right is right, and fair is fair, and I don’t see Gerry being treated right or fair. What has he personally done to any of you? Think about it.
And take your best shots at me, I know you will. That will just further say the kind of person or people you are. My opinions are just as valid and warranted as any of yours are.
MM
@mARKASITE MADAME:
Thank you .. nobody could have said it more clear or better…thank you
@mARKASITE MADAME
Finally someone with sense. All you haters must live very boring lives if all you can think to do is trash some one else’s life. No one and I mean no one really knows the truth only God. May he forgive us all and that includes Mr. Butler. Having fun is one thing, but when it’s at the expense of some one else, it’s very sad to see. I hope you haters all feel better after you’ve vented your frustrations here. Try spreading some love for change, that might make you feel better too.
Thank MM..You words said it all :)
@mARKASITE MADAME:
He choose this life and if he can’t take the rumor mill and trash talking about him then he should get the heck out of Hollywood!
MM- you take your “relationship” with this actor too seriously.
He is a stranger. And he is in the public eye and expects criticism. I doubt he cares as much as his fans do about what strangers say about him.
Smart man to leave LA days before his criminal hearing.
BTW, that outfit is a crime in and of itself……..
@get over it:
I don’t have a “relationship” with this actor or any other actor. I’m merely pointing out that he’s a human being and should be treated like a human being instead of something conjured up by the press in order to get hits on their sites and sell their gossip rag magazines. As far as I can see, and I’m sure everyone sees the same that I do, as it’s all out there for all to see, Gerry has not stepped out of the boundaries of any other red blooded single male with no apparent emotional ties, and it is just hard to understand why he should be singled out for criticism when he is not doing anything any more or any worse than any other single celebrity (or noncelebrity) out there. Too many people jump to judgment before they know any of the real facts. How much faith can be put into what a blogger or gossip reporter says? Isn’t it pretty much their business to exaggerate or perpetuate scandal, even when there is none. Aren’t they notorious for fabricating stories on celebrities with the majority of it being pure fabrication, just on heresay and not fact. Everyone knows the progression of rumors and how they can start and end quite differently.
I think Gerry needs to be given the benefit of the doubt. There are many reports of his kindness and generosity, and he seems to have many friends, both in and out of the business. His coworkers/costars all seem to think the world of him. I keep up with him and have for quite some time. I see the things reported, just as all of you do. I’m not playing fangurl here. Gerry’s celebrity is not in question here. I’m just pointing out that to purposefully trash someone, to discredit them or bring one’s reputation to task, just on rumor and speculation is not kosher and as I said, put yourself in Gerry’s shoes and think about how you feel. I’m sure if he read this, and I’m reasonably sure he will not, it may not bother him. But then, it may, you never know, as none of us really do know him, do we? And how can you pass judgment on someone you do not know?
MM
@mARKASITE MADAME:
If I was in Gerry’s shoes right now I would ride the wave of publicity wherever I went and whoever I am with in the papers.
If he wanted to be regular guy he would chose another profession and he wouldn’t be so out of character as to punch someone just doing their job.
He loves the attention because press = future jobs and money. Don’t think for a moment the famous don’t enjoy being blasted into the papers.
And if he’s so ‘regular guy’ then why can’t he hold his own passport and plane ticket instead of the driver who has to pass it over to him?
PS I pass judgement on someone by observing their habits, talking to their Friends, speaking to them face to face and its a shame, but I’m not going to stalk his movements just to apprach him and ask if he’s a jerk or not.
Police report says he punched the man-the YouTube video says he knowed he punched the man out–the LA District attorney has enough to file a case on him.
Is that a rumor or character of a man you want to look up too?
He dressed and cared so much in the early years. Shame he’s turned slob.
@mARKASITE MADAME:
You are passing judgment on someone when you judge their actions - both positively and negatively. So your positive observations are just as much of a judgment as someone else’s negative observations. Neither of you know him. You are a hypocrite.
@!:
A man (or woman) can really show themselves through their deeds and actions. Action speak louder than words remember?
Also if I did know him I would tell him to dress better and stop punching others out! LOL!
I think you all are missing the point here. Yes, Gerry is guilty of hitting the paparazzi, as there is irrefutable evidence that he did and he admitted to it. HOWEVER, none of us really know what provoked the attack, and we only have the witnesses that said (and again, no real proof here), that the paparazzi was stalking Gerry and was driving recklessely in the process and almost hit a couple of people. None of us were there, so we don’t really know what happened that night, so why do some of you jump to judgment and be judge, jury and executioner before the truth of the matter and facts are in. I’m sure it will all come out in court, and if Gerry is found guilty, I’m sure he will be duly punished. Being an attorney, I’m confident he knows the score, and wil deal with it accordingly.
We only have bloggers and gossip reports of Gerry’s actions when he is on his free time (which, incidentally is his FREE time and he should be able to use it to his liking without having anyone, you, me or the media, criticize every move he makes). He’s human, after all, plagued with the same imperfections and faults that all of us have. He likes having fun with his friends, and the occasional lady friend, yet to let the media (and some of you) tell it, he’s the scum of the earth, I believe the term most often used is “manwhore.” I fail to see that any of that accurately described him. He doesn’t hurt other people, he doesn’t even hurt himself. His choices in movies he makes are just that, his choices. He has said many times that he doesn’t look at a role for the “payday,” but for the character itself, and if he sees something in the role that interests him. I think Gerry is far more serious about his profession than people give him credit for.
He seems to be a “favorite” of the paparazzi, again, because he generates hits on blog sites. He has certainly done wonders for this site, given the number of comments you see on his sections, in comparison to most. It’s hard to determine if most of you truly hate him or hate his fans more. He does have a very unique, extensive, and loyal fan base, most of whom are very protective of him, because he’s very good to his fans, and from what I read and hear, most of his fan’s loyalties lie as much with Gerry the man as they do with Gerry the actor.
I believe it was to a paparazzi with TMZ when Gerry arrived at the train station in Philadelphia just before Law Abiding Citizen started filming, who said something to Gerry about all of his “women,” and Gerry’s reply was to the affect that to let them tell it, he had 10 affairs a day, and that that was just not him at all, it was totally untrue. He has had to refute so many “affair/hook up” rumors publically, Cameron Diaz, Naomi Campbell, Cheryl Burke, and most recently Jennifer Aniston, explaining that they are just friends, and nothing more. It seems to me that he should not have to constantly defent himself and deny the rumors that go on about him.
And, yes, this seems to be part of the Hollywood “game,” but does it make it right that even when he denies the rumors, that it keeps going on and on and on, with no end in sight. Does it make it right to constantly put him in a less than good light, for no reason at all, other than site hits.
And all of this is, in reality, just the defending of one human being to another. I would say the same thing were it anyone else, even any one of you if I saw that you were being unduly mistreated in any way. Until any of us really know Gerry and what his life is all about, we are doing a very bad injustice by jumping to conclusions without the facts. This is all I’m trying to say here. Rumor and speculation are not fact. Rumor and speculation breeds all kinds of ugliness and can be very hurtful. And why do some of us have the need to hurt other people, particularly when we don’t know the real facts.
Yes, Gerry did hit the paparazzi, that is fact. But what else can you honestly, and without any reasonable doubt, prove that he has done otherwise, that has been said about him? And how much can any of you prove is true, and not just the rantings of some paparazzi/blogger/gossip monger?
MM
Marcaloon, you are obviously a gushing fan. Gerry has admitted that he’s taken roles for the paycheck. He’s admitted that he’s dumped girlfriends and hurt them, and that they “hated him” when they broke up.
As for what “provoked” the assault, there is nothing to provoke an assault that is legal. That’s why it is a crime. If someone was trying to kill him. If someone was trying to run him off the road. If someone was trying to - gasp- take his photograph (how scary is that?), all he had to do was call the police from the limo. We know he’s surgically attached to his cell phone, so he has no excuse. By his own admission, an hour elapsed before he got out and hit the guy. In that hour, police could have easily arrived and done something about the alleged dangerous driving.
You believe what you want to believe, which is that he’s a saint, just because you think he’s hot. Many of the rest of us not only don’t see the “hotness,” we don’t see Mr. Nice Guy like you do. We see a spoiled, overindulged manwhore. Time will tell which, if any of us are right. But if Vegas was placing odds on it, I’d say we’re more apt to come out with a winning bet.
When did Gerry ever say that he has dumped his girlfriends?
http://gerardbutlerglobalfans.com/
This is the place to discuss him if your his fan. They lie to each other and say he’s still worth your devotion.
Even the owners of the site passed on parts of the website to others because they realized he’s NOT all that.
#86
MM
I’m so proud of you… great comment!
Read his old interviews, Sugar. He admitted a few times that he would be in a relationship, then see something else he wanted and move on to that. Then he said that his ex-girlfriends hated him when it would happen. There have also been several reports of him dumping women. You refuse to believe them and never will, which he counts on so you’ll be dumb enough to keep promoting his career, but the reports are out there. He’s earned the manwhore title. It wasn’t given to him because anyone is picking on poor widdle Gerry.
Hey, just gotta say it. “Let him without sin cast the first stone.” I think that in a nut shell is what mARKASITE MADAME is trying to say roughly. You all grab those boulders and start throwing.
#98-MM
You write as if YOU know him. You are no more qualified to say G is a decent guy then the people who call him a sh*t. JJ is just a gossip site, all opinions are allowed, even yours -though you do gush. I think that’s why we occasionally get a “scoop”-look at some older threads.
This isn’t a court where we need proof beyond a “reasonable doubt”. If it were, as Sotrue said, the weight’s on the side of troubled, strange manchild- not good, stable guy.
Ya know, those who mentioned the lighting ‘effect’ in these airport pix might be onto something. I just went back and looked at several inside and outside the terminal, and the infamous ‘chipmunk cheeks’ just aren’t visible in the outdoors’ ones. Hehehe - you could use the argument that the cover of darkness or shadows are hiding the pudgy cheek phenomenon, but it doesn’t appear so. I do have to agree that the holy shirt thing going on does little to enhance his more appealing attributes. But then again, I never got the impression he really cares all that much if the press (particularly ‘yellow’ in nature) or various ‘n sundry detractors have a field day dissing on him from top to bottom. Just MHO, of course… Cait ;o)
@CCWriter:
It’s either the cover of darkness hiding the walnut holders or the cell phone attached to his ear (which he usually uses a blue tooth) blocking the shot. LOL!
@Julia:
LOL!
@Julia:
Walnut? I thought it was acorns they hide in their cheeks. :-)
@Colin:
ROTFL
Sotrue, I’m not saying you are lying I am just curious because I’ve never seen that interview before. Do you have a link? Or do you know the name of the mag?
I know this is just a gossip board and people say whatever they want without fear of a lawsuit, but what I really wonder is why anyone enjoys putting down with such bitterness someone they don’t even know. I realize it’s not just GB as some other celebs get even worse treatment .
There are a few celebs I really despise, but I just ignore them. I would not go onto their sites and cut them to pieces - although I may think it, I keep it to myself.
I prefer to stay with GB, whom I really like. . . and I’m certainly not in the camp of fans who think he is a saint. I rather like it that he is NOT a saint.
I liked him when he was younger and had that oh so beautiful face, and I like him today now that he’s become a sexy MAN. How many of us look the same as we did a decade ago? Anyway, I think he’s got more going for him than anybody else his age, older or younger.
And guess what, I can come on here and say what I want to as well as those who get off on posting negative comments all over the boards.
Sugar, if you need proof, do your own homework..
Pafan, why does anyone find so much pleasure in worshipping someone they don’t know? Your questions work both ways. Who are you to tell people how they should find enjoyment anyway? Isn’t it the same as when you criticize people for sayin Gerry shouldn’t be a manwhore. If we shouldn’t tell him how to find enjoyment in his life, who are you to tell others can’t have fun taking shots at his behavior or appearance if they find that entertaining? You have double standards. One set for a man you wish you could shag and another for anyone who doesn’t share that fantasy.
What you see as bitterness others see as taking an unbiased view. He draws a lot more attention due to his insane fan base. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Their insane gushing can’t help but bring about people who asked why this actor was getting all this attention. When those people looked at who the guy was, they saw someone they not only didn’t think deserved such high praise, but deserved some criticism. When fans fight against criticism, once again, the opposite reaction naturally amped up a little more.
I think his supposedly devoted fans, now that he has a name in Hollywood and doesn’t need them promoting him, are his worst enemy. They get in the way when he’s filming. They make him a laughing stock from his co-stars who think it’s funny to have fat housewives chasing him around. They chase down any mention of him and any magazine or tabloid that covers him - making him more of a tabloid target. They contact every resource that doesn’t cover him in a way they think is appropriate - making those resources less apt to cover him in the future. I could go on, but why bother? It’s funnier watching them embarass and cause problems for the object of their affection. They’re a new version of mad cow.
No one has said you can’t come here that I’ve seen. But don’t piss and moan that others aren’t gushing like you do. If you only want gushing, that’s on the fansites. If you want to post where it’s an open forum, then expect opinions on both sides of the coin, not just blind worship. If you can’t tolerate that, then open forums probably aren’t your cup of tea.
Yeah he also has a pretty insane hate group base
@sotrue:
Well said. I totally agree.
@sotrue:
Well said. I totally agree.
So true, having extreme feelings towards a celebrity is bad, whether these feelings are love or hate. You have a scary amount of hate towards this man, which makes you just as bad as those who love or as you say gush about him. I like him but I don’t gush. You however, rant and rant and rant.
To everyone out there: I’m not gushing over Gerry Butler, I’m not saying he’s any kind of saint or paragon of virtue, he’s only a normal man from where I sit. I’m a moderate fan, who happens to like his movies and admire him for the good I have read about him. I certainly DO NOT KNOW HIM OR PROFESS TO KNOW HIM IN ANY WAY. He has made a few mistakes in his life, but haven’t we all? How many of us out there are without transgressions in our lives along the way? The point I am trying to make in my posts, with everyone taking my words and twisting them into some kind of “fanatic” fan rants, and totally misinterpreting my meanings, is that nobody can judge him, one way or another, on just a picture or some blog that someone writes about him, which more often than not, is skewed and made up, at least altered for the benefit of those writing the blogs. Gerry has admitted to some of the things he has done, which is an admirable trait in itself, he doesn’t try to sweep his faults and transgressions under the rug. He openly talks about his college days, his drinking and wild times, even his being put in jail in his 20s from being drunk and disorderly in LA - presumably when he was here on his college break as an extra in The Bodyguard. He doesn’t hide or deny what he does or has done, but in reality, he hasn’t done anything any more than any other celebrity has done, yet they don’t get knocked down as much as Gerry does. I read other celebritie’s sites and I don’t see them being criticized to the extent that Gerry is.
I realize that a good part of what is said negatively about Gerry is for the benefit of his fans, to cause them as much grief as possible. I know that his fans are not well liked, and thought of as a pack of overweight, aging, unhappy housewives, who depend on their “fantasy” of Gerry to get them through their days and nights. This is the general consensus of opinion, but could not be any further from the truth. I have been to a couple of Gerry’s charity conventions and have also made friends with some of his “fans” and they are all very normal women, most of them professional women, lawyers, doctors, college professors. The general description of Gerry’s fans is as far off base as it can be, and I have not met one single unhappy housewife who uses Gerry to supply her “fantasy.” I certainly do not, I have a wonderful husband, two wonderful children,and a full and productive life. That does not keep me from wondering why so many have so much animosity in their hearts (if they have hearts), for a man that none of us know enough about to pass the kind of judgment that is so readily passed on him.
I’m not defending anything that Gerry does that is in any way wrong or questionable. But there is no need whatsoever to be cruel and mean spirited toward him on every turn. He’s in the spotlight a lot, he gets trashed by the bloggers as it is, and ridiculed and made fun of by them, why does it have to continue on from the private sector, with such cruelty and condemnation, more often than not from people who have no idea what they are talking about anyway.
Show a little humanity where Gerry is concerned, he deserves at least that much, whether you are a fan of his or not, he deserves a bit of kindness from time to time. He certainly does not deserve the kind of treatment he generally gets here.
MM
Only someone who’s absolutely obsessed with this man would take the time to write such elaborate posts about him.
@mARKASITE MADAME:
Shut the f/ck up already. You are making an ass out of yourself.
@mARKASITE MADAME:
Butler has a mother. He doesn’t need another one. He’s almost 40 years old. Why don’t you concentrate on your own 2 kids and stop with the rambling posts. You are a perfect example of why his fans have the reputation that they do.
@MM:
Your personal attacks make YOU look ugly and the fact that YOU post under a topic about Butler makes you one of his fans too. Fan enough to comment on him.
@MM:
It seems you are the only intelligent person here.
Sugar, honey, what makes you think anyone here hates him? This is another example of your extremism. If someone says “He looks horrible in that shirt” suddenly they’re a hater. If someone says “He’s behaving like a manwhore” they’re a hater. How is that hate? That’s stating an opinion. It doesn’t necessarily have the same amount of emotion and attachment to it as what you’re obviously stating because you’re getting so emotional about defending the man. It’s really not that big a deal to most people. To you and one or two others here and on the fansites, it’s a HUGE deal. Again, it results in an equal and opposite reaction when you attack people for having an opinion.
#119-121 - Yes, it’s a perfect example of how over the top his fans get and then they wonder why the rest of us find it funny, by every definition.
I guess she has’t seen half the stuff most of us have. Many of his fans have whined online how they wish their husbands were more like Gerry, how unhappy they are and how much they use Gerry as what they get off to. Has anyone seen the pics of them mock blowing their Gerry dolls? Or the pic of that fat broad in the tube with her Gerry doll? They earned that reputation as much as Gerry’s earned his.
If you’re married and you’re lusting for another man - it’s a sin. So all those religious fans out there are sinning away. No wonder they forgive all Gerry’s transgressions. Yes, we’ve all sinned. The difference is some of us try to do better. From what we’ve seen of Gerry, he doesn’t try to do better, he tries to do more. If this is all we see of his “public side” vs. him doing good, then people are going to comment on it. if he was doing good all the time, we’d comment on that. We just don’t see it.
GFW mentioned that he might want to do more for charity or be seen in a mature relationship. Those things might give him more facets in the public eye than just the shopaholic, partying manwhore image that we’ve seen nonstop from him since 300 and which was rumored before that film and the tabloids starting picking up on him. Obviously he doesn’t seem to care what the public thinks and is living his life on his terms, so why should his fans care so much and go to insane lengths to defend his honor?
For the love of Pete! Will you all just SHUT UP.
Wow! How did comments thanking JJ for posting the pics become a war between haters of Butler and his rabid fan base. So True, you are right there are two sides to every coin. If you are not a fan, then that makes you the haters I guess. Which poses the question, why exactly are you checking out Gerard Butler’s pictures here? Bored housewives also? Yes, it’s an open forum, but why did you haters decide that it would be fun to trash him as well as other people you virtually don’t know? I am a fan and I’m not fat. I’m a teacher and no, I’m not middle aged yet. Curiosity brought me here about an actor who’s films I have enjoyed. Not all them, mind you. But, if you can be honest about your opinion of Butler and his fans, can you be honest about why you enjoy being hateful and unkind? Are you here to make friends with other haters? Perhaps starting an anti-Butler fan base would be more appropriate for you to spread your venom. I’m sure you could enlist several people here to join you. If you have the right to come here and denounce other’s for their favor of Butler, I guess I can denounce you as well. By the way I don’t hate you. I don’t know you other than what you have voiced here which to my mind, is sad if that the only pleasure you get out of your life.
@Just curious:
Just Curious…
I like the way you think!
MM
I really had hoped that ‘Mad’am Marcaloon had gone - spoke too soon, and now, another new GB thread has arrived (no story) What would happen if no-one posted to it????????????????????
#129 Good point. Jared isn’t dumb. He knows he’s making money off Gerry’s hide and he’s milking it for all he can get thanks to the fans who promote every site that mentions him.
#127 Why are you labeling anyone who doesn’t compliment him nonstop as a “hater?” Is that what qualifies? If someone said “I wish he’d die” then they’d qualify as a hater. But to say they don’t like his behavior or appearance at times or some of his films aren’t that good - that’s “hate” automatically? That seems awfully extreme for someone pleading for mercy on Gerry’s behalf. Did you grow up in a world without any constructive criticism because it was “hateful?” You must have felt like everyone picked on you. Personally if I went to a store and the clerk told me a blouse I wanted wasn’t a good color on me, I’d be glad they saved me some money. From your comments, it sounds like you’d burst into tears and have them arrested for a hate crime.
Some of us look at these sites because there are funny comments or pics. Sometimes we see a pair of shoes we like and want to buy. Everyone has different reasons. We don’t all go to conventions, hold fundraisers in the man’s name, mock giving head to his action figures, sniff his codpiece from 300, chase him down at premieres, stalk him on film sets - you name it. Taking five minutes here and there to look at an internet board and make a comment isn’t a crime. Stalking is. Punching a photographer is too, but that you’re fine with that because Gerry did it. Seems like messed up ethics imo.
Gerry is welcome to denounce anyone all he wants, just as anyone here is. I think he likes that he gets any attention. He seems to like attention an awful lot unless someone has caught him with women.
It’s pretty obvious that you do hate any of us who don’t worship him. We don’t hate you. We think you’re funny and entertaining for us. However I assure you that plenty of us get more pleasure out of life than making comments on an internet board. You should try it sometime. You might be a little less overly sensitive about the real world if you actually get out into it.
So true, take it easy dear. lol “extremism”? You are taking this discussion way too seriously. rant rant rant.
My Dear lady, So true, you are making assumptions about me and classing me in with overly eccentric fans of which I take no part in. Or are just generalizing your criticism of all his fans. I, like you have found it interesting to read all the comments here recently. Perhaps your comments are coming off too strongly for one so seemingly banal, I guess I have a problem with bullies who find it amusing to make fun of other people’s weakness and faults. Hey, disagree with them all you like, question his fashion statements, I don’t care. I simply question your motives in your statements.
Typical fangurl tag teaming. You’re amusing. Everyone sees your true colors no matter how much you claim you’re not fangurls. Your nonstop defense of a man you don’t know shows your level of worship. Do you love Jesus as much as you love Gerry? I doubt it.
Furthermore, it’s amusing you think anyone here has any motive. What could having a motive on an anonymous board do? If you think comments like “Chipmunk Cheeks” are so offensive, the real world must be a terrifying place for you.
Can’t you accept that people are just conversing online similarly to as they would at a coffee shop and don’t need to have motives? Those of you who follow him around everywhere, hold conventions and all that sh&t have motives.
Now, haven’t we fed Just Jared enough advertising clicks on this thread? There’s a brand new one on Gerry. Don’t you want to go run up the clicks there? You’re helping Jared make money and he’s helping the paps make money. They’re helping chase your idol down and make his life so allegedly miserable. Good job fangurls!
133, and you’re a typical hater
And what’s with the Jesus comment, not everyone here is a Christian, show some respect for people who are different than you. What a fanatic
#135. You are giving this hater too much credit by calling him/her a fanatic. Haters are haters. Some are born this way and some turn this way due to previous bad experience in their lives. Haters typically get a high by trashing others, not unlike taking drugs. This is borderline mental illness to me.
Sugar, it’s obvious that you’re a gusher. I believe it was either you or that other loon who brought up trespasses, btw, not me. We all know Gerry’s fans include a lot of the born again types. If they’re willing to pull the “let he who is without sin cast the first stone” routine then they should look to themselves and how they are married and lusting for someone who isn’t their husband. The non-Christans aren’t offended by what I said. They can spot you fundamentalist crazies a ten meters away.
Mental illness, #136, is what you and your cellulite did in that bathtub with the Gerry doll. That’s sick. You can call it hate that I brought it up, but what you do with his wardrobe, those dolls, flat Gerry and all the other weird things you fans do shows the world how deranged you are. Why do you think they’re all laughing at you here and everywhere else and Gerry no longer bothers with the fansites? He knows what everyone warned him about - that you’re not rowing with both oars in the water and he should run for his life.
Damn, this site is entertaining!
#137. I laughed so hard when you call me a cellulite-ridden, GB-doll-playing fangirl because it could not be any further from the real me. Now I know how the haters label each every person whom they don’t like a “looney fangirl”. That appears to be the easiest, silliest, most convenient and dumbest weapon they can come up with: calling names and labelling people in order to bully people.
I joined this discussion only because out of principle, I don’t like to see one group of people trashing and name smearing one individual they honestly don’t know much about. That’s all. You can call a deranged fangirl or not I don’t really care because I am not.
Does he pay people to show up and ask for his autograph to give the appearance of being sought after? How is it that people just happen to be at LAX and just happen to have his picture from 300 for him to sign? That seems very contrived and completely lame.
137, stop with the ranting already
Sugar, get back on your medication already.
142, the chemist said the medication is out because a mentlaly unstable hater by the name of sotrue took it all.
@lame:
I was thinking the same thing. How did they know he would be there in order to show up with the 300 poster etc. It all seems so staged. You make yourself appear important by staging fans and tipping the paps in order to get media attention. It’s so lame and I’m finding Butler to be lame too. It’s a shame. He used to be interesting.
Man, this is a lot of wind about very little. I have a couple of remarks. mARKASITE, and all others who do this, please, “paparazzi” is plural. GB hit just ONE of those guys to our knowledge, a “paparazzo” (singular.)
sotrue, what you say is…well, so true. Criticism is not necessarily hate. It does amuse, and sometimes irk me, that GB’s defenders, faced with rumours, even evidence, of his, mm, shall we say, unstable relationships with women, brush it off as, he’s single, just having a good time, living his life as he wants. They blame the women he encounters for being whores. Not him though. The double standard seems alive after all. Enough said.
#145 - you are correct on the plural and singular form. You’re right about the criticism too. I think we’re dealing with either very immature and/oor unstable people here. The 143 response is a great example. It’s like a child going “nya nya nya nya nya” on a playground. Then they act surprised when the fans are “misrepresented.” WTH thinks fans need to be “represented” anyhow? It’s not like they’re running for office.
#146 You and #145 How pathetic you people are. How do you justify tearing people down just because they DISAGREE WITH YOU? Are you the all high and mighty authority on fan girls? You seem to lump them all together with your enmity for them. Fans come in all shapes and sizes girls and they don’t deserve your pathetic criticism. What ever GB is, he’s no worse then you or I or the people you seem determined to malign. Get over your self and stop acting like a bunch junior high kids.
That chick with the fistfull of GB items to be signed is everywhere hitting up celebs for autographs. Someone said she sells the autographs on the internet. She must camp out at the hot spots with a car full of stuff for whatever actor shows up to sign.
Hey 147, what do you think of people who disagree with Gerard’s fans? Just curious.
#149 Why, they should have them all keelhauled of course. (; Disagreeing is one thing, but making assumptions about people you don’t even know and then being mean and spiteful about it is another. I can’t understand why people who so obviously dislike Butler feel the need to come here and spew hate. I do agree some of the comments on here are way over the top with their admiration of the man. But most people just appreciate the pictures of an actor they like. Disagree all you like, but at least behave like adults about it.
#150 - why do I get the feeling that saying he’s wearing an ugly hat would equate to making assumptions about the man and spewing hatred? There seems like a lot of overreacting here by his fans. It’s interesting they don’t get as defensive or angry over what is said about women he’s been photographed with.
I don’t think he’s good looking. I don’t think he’s a good actor. I don’t see what all the fuss is about over him. Those aren’t making assumptions or spewing hate. They are opinions. Hate is a very strong word. Racists hate people. To say you don’t like some actor doesn’t automatically count as hate.
Maybe if some here knew the difference, there wouldn’t be such extremes on either side. To react so defensively to opinions you don’t share is being unreasonable, or just plain crazy.
#151
I’m not talking about the disagreeing with his hat or his life style. That’s a given. What I’m talking about is when it gets personal between those that disagree to the point where it becomes a battle of trading insults between the disagreeing parties. If the people who come here to admire his pictures aren’t hurting anyone, but possible themselves, what is it called if not hate to make fun of them and call them names? Friendly fire? You can say it’s just disagreeing with them, but it’s plain old mean and spiteful to me. Isn’t there enough pain and suffering in this world without people who clearly dislike the man coming here and making everyone miserable just for the entertainment value of it? I don’t hate anyone. I’m merely amazed at the dissension I found when I came here to check out a link someone gave me and started reading the comments.
to the die hard phan-gurls:
We have no life.
We are cellulite ridden and we eat too much.
We had sh*tty childhoods and now we’re effed up.
We are Lonely with nothing to do.
We are ignorant.
we…
have…
no…
lives.
fungoola man.
i remember when George Michael and his bud came out with WHAM! and then only to find out he played for the other team. wish i hada’ known that at FIRST!!!
Whatever
#152, how fascinating that you only mention the alleged haters being the problem. You don’t have one complaint about the worshippers going nuts on the alleged haters just for saying “Ugly hat” or “He should shave.” Most of what I see comes from their higher than thou need to tell everyone what they should say which amounts to glowing worshipy compliments.
What do you expect people to do when they’re attacked for their opinion? Of course they’re going to defend themselves when someone makes statements about hateful they are and that they should go away, yada yada yada. What right do they have to tell people what to think or say?
You seem rather biased in your finger waving. At least that’s how it comes off.
If you’re all that thin skinned, life must be pretty d*mn hard.
He is such a beautiful beautiful man!!
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