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Post by Maddie on Nov 24, 2011 4:14:48 GMT -5
it's only my impression... at 2:00 min.. for me, his face showed he wanted to ... lie. he said nothing serious, but he wanted to say she's great or sth like that.
but it's just me..
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Post by denifeelingblue on Nov 24, 2011 4:46:39 GMT -5
My opinion is that he just got bored of questions about his 'love life' and that's why those long mmm... And let's admit-it's hard to give a true answer if there is no such one! So I agree with you,Maddie-I also think he just had to say something...anything...And he didn't think how it would sound!
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Post by wiclowgb on Nov 24, 2011 5:34:29 GMT -5
I agree. Gerry has been able to keep his previous relationships out of public, so why not now? On the other hand, most of my single friends above 35 feel ashamed to approve they are single. Maybe he just wants keep his private in private and doesn`t feel comfortable with these questions.
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Post by Dianne on Nov 24, 2011 7:37:36 GMT -5
I agree. Gerry has been able to keep his previous relationships out of public, so why not now? On the other hand, most of my single friends above 35 feel ashamed to approve they are single. Maybe he just wants keep his private in private and doesn`t feel comfortable with these questions. You may be right too. It's just fun to speculate.
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Post by Maddie on Nov 24, 2011 7:50:22 GMT -5
especially women Dianne. It's in our nature
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Post by gersarchitect on Nov 24, 2011 11:22:34 GMT -5
If it was somebody he just met in London... then there was no time for it to really develop into something serious by the time the interview was conducted.
If it was somebody he had seen throughout the MGP promo, then it must have been really casual because at every interview from around that time he said he is single and looking for love. When Gerry was in a halfway serious relationship with Jasmine in '08 and asked if he's single he admitted that he was dating somebody and I don't think that relationship even was that serious at that point anymore (summer '08).
I wonder if it was the Aussie model Nicole. They were seen together in NYC and she did tell some guy who was hitting on her that she is seeing GB according to some Aussie gossip blog. So maybe there was some truth to it. And she's definitely his type.
However, whoever it was... it's been a long time (in Gerry's fast paced world 2 months is an eternity) and a long distance since all of this went on and it's very likely not going on anymore. It seems like he's spending the holiday weekend in SF and not jetting of for a secret rendezvous. Of course he could be seeing somebody new and local (somebody who got her hair done in Sacramento for him?)... who knows. I bet we'll never know...LOL
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2011 11:37:09 GMT -5
it's only my impression... at 2:00 min.. for me, his face showed he wanted to ... lie. he said nothing serious, but he wanted to say she's great or sth like that. but it's just me.. Maddie - I got that same feeling and I do think who ever he is with will understand. And maybe she is too new in his life to warrant that "serious" title anyway. I'm glad Gerry keeps his relationships private - we don't want to see a ex-girlfriend like George Clooney's Isabella on Dancing with the Star happen to Gerry. LOL
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Post by canadia on Nov 24, 2011 11:50:29 GMT -5
GA and Canadia-you have very good points on this comment of his. I had just read that description of Gerry someone posted and this fit into he can sound wishy washy sometimes. He doesn't generally come off wishy washy so this seems unusual esp on this subject. He could be trying to keep his life private so he's acting wishy washy. Don't know why he can't just say no like he normally does. Maybe he met a lady very recently and didn't know how to describe it but saying it's not serious is pretty deadly. Any female thinking it could possibly turn serious would be hurt. I agree he seems to be up front about it all being temprorary. He doesn't share how he acts with women he's truly interested in. He likes to be mysterious so maybe he was trying to be that way on purpose. Someone asked him about having kids at the HTTYD premiere and he said he wanted kids. I think she asked about adopting kids and he said "no". I believe as long as his mom is alive he will have to have legitimate kids. He has been brought up Catholic and even though he's not a practicing Catholic he has those values instilled in him and his mom will surely lose it if he has illegitimate kids while she breathes. He certainly doesn't want a routine mundane life so if he does get married he will have to find someone as adventurous as him so they aren't getting too routine. He is far from committing to a woman from all I've seen. I do think it will happen one day. When we are ready! Just joking. I am surprised he would say no to adopting children unless he thought they meant adopting children as a single man, in which case that makes sense but otherwise, given that he has seen the plight of orphans in countries like Sudan, Uganda indirectly, Haiti and South Africa directly. On the other hand there is a great debate as to whether it is better that children remain in their culture if possible, part of that whole criticism about white saviour thing etc, and what about the babies and kids that need good homes right in your own neck of the woods. However a lot of Chinese girls would be leading horrible existences if Westerners did not adopt them in large numbers because of the one child policy in China. If childless Chinese couples adopt, the preference would be a male child in any event though the one child policy is loosening to some extent. Also to note we hope Gerry is honest with the women in his life but you know we can't know that he is all the time, we hope he is, he does seem to maintain friendships with some of his exes but we really don't know for sure if he is totally honest with all of them and being secretive in general, besides maintaining his privacy also helps him if he isn't being perfectly honest. Maybe he had to remember how many women he was seeing right now and decide how he answered this question was going to give him grief or not LOL.
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Post by gersarchitect on Nov 24, 2011 12:08:13 GMT -5
GA and Canadia-you have very good points on this comment of his. I had just read that description of Gerry someone posted and this fit into he can sound wishy washy sometimes. He doesn't generally come off wishy washy so this seems unusual esp on this subject. He could be trying to keep his life private so he's acting wishy washy. Don't know why he can't just say no like he normally does. Maybe he met a lady very recently and didn't know how to describe it but saying it's not serious is pretty deadly. Any female thinking it could possibly turn serious would be hurt. I agree he seems to be up front about it all being temprorary. He doesn't share how he acts with women he's truly interested in. He likes to be mysterious so maybe he was trying to be that way on purpose. Someone asked him about having kids at the HTTYD premiere and he said he wanted kids. I think she asked about adopting kids and he said "no". I believe as long as his mom is alive he will have to have legitimate kids. He has been brought up Catholic and even though he's not a practicing Catholic he has those values instilled in him and his mom will surely lose it if he has illegitimate kids while she breathes. He certainly doesn't want a routine mundane life so if he does get married he will have to find someone as adventurous as him so they aren't getting too routine. He is far from committing to a woman from all I've seen. I do think it will happen one day. When we are ready! Just joking. I am surprised he would say no to adopting children unless he thought they meant adopting children as a single man, in which case that makes sense but otherwise, given that he has seen the plight of orphans in countries like Sudan, Uganda indirectly, Haiti and South Africa directly. On the other hand there is a great debate as to whether it is better that children remain in their culture if possible, part of that whole criticism about white saviour thing etc, and what about the babies and kids that need good homes right in your own neck of the woods. However a lot of Chinese girls would be leading horrible existences if Westerners did not adopt them in large numbers because of the one child policy in China. If childless Chinese couples adopt, the preference would be a male child in any event though the one child policy is loosening to some extent. Also to note we hope Gerry is honest with the women in his life but you know we can't know that he is all the time, we hope he is, he does seem to maintain friendships with some of his exes but we really don't know for sure if he is totally honest with all of them and being secretive in general, besides maintaining his privacy also helps him if he isn't being perfectly honest. Maybe he had to remember how many women he was seeing right now and decide how he answered this question was going to give him grief or not LOL. Yes, I was a bit shocked about the "adopting not legitimate" bit as well. Because adopting should be just as legitimate as having children of your own. I agree about the culture thing but there are thousands of kids in the US and UK waiting for adoption as well. Agree with your last paragraph too. If you're single you may see more than one person and that's totally normal nowadays but that would make it hard to answer a question like that. I would bet if the question would have been "Are you single?" The answer would have been "yes".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2011 13:29:10 GMT -5
Funny, I didn't take it that way, when the interviewer asked Gerry if he would like to have kids one day and he answered yes "legitimate ones" - I thought he was being impish and was implying that he may already have ill-legitimate kids out there. And of course we all know Gerry likes to push the envelope and be naughty. I thought for sure everyone would be speculating if he had a illegitimate child and that is why he made that comment. LOL
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Post by bluebutterfly on Nov 24, 2011 13:45:47 GMT -5
I agree Shellie--i took that to mean he didn't want to knock somebody up accidentally.
As to the adoption thing, I think it's most likely that he took that to mean would he adopt by himself. Which I think we can all probably agree would be unlikely for him. I doubt he was speaking against adoption in general, that would seem kind of odd, since I think at heart gerry's a good guy.
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Post by bluebutterfly on Nov 24, 2011 13:50:20 GMT -5
If it was somebody he just met in London... then there was no time for it to really develop into something serious by the time the interview was conducted. If it was somebody he had seen throughout the MGP promo, then it must have been really casual because at every interview from around that time he said he is single and looking for love. When Gerry was in a halfway serious relationship with Jasmine in '08 and asked if he's single he admitted that he was dating somebody and I don't think that relationship even was that serious at that point anymore (summer '08). I wonder if it was the Aussie model Nicole. They were seen together in NYC and she did tell some guy who was hitting on her that she is seeing GB according to some Aussie gossip blog. So maybe there was some truth to it. And she's definitely his type. However, whoever it was... it's been a long time (in Gerry's fast paced world 2 months is an eternity) and a long distance since all of this went on and it's very likely not going on anymore. It seems like he's spending the holiday weekend in SF and not jetting of for a secret rendezvous. Of course he could be seeing somebody new and local (somebody who got her hair done in Sacramento for him?)... who knows. I bet we'll never know...LOL You're echoing my thinking here GA--either it was just starting and was casual (and likely remained so), or it had been going on for a while but was still not serious. Even though I think Gerry's a bit of a dunce sometimes when it comes to women, I would hope he's smart enough to know that if you're with someone you hope to stay with, you don't go running all over saying you're single and looking for love. Bottom line, like I and others have said, even if he's with someone (which i kinda doubt given his birthday/thanksgiving behavior) it's probably not serious, since he said so himself. It's also very likely that it's over. I don't get that gerry's in the headspace to make a relationship truly work yet. I sometimes think the answers to those kinds of questions he gives in interviews are either him trying to get used to the idea because he would really like that someday, or just him humoring all the interviewers and keeping his "brand" safe.
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Post by gersarchitect on Nov 24, 2011 14:09:34 GMT -5
If it was somebody he just met in London... then there was no time for it to really develop into something serious by the time the interview was conducted. If it was somebody he had seen throughout the MGP promo, then it must have been really casual because at every interview from around that time he said he is single and looking for love. When Gerry was in a halfway serious relationship with Jasmine in '08 and asked if he's single he admitted that he was dating somebody and I don't think that relationship even was that serious at that point anymore (summer '08). I wonder if it was the Aussie model Nicole. They were seen together in NYC and she did tell some guy who was hitting on her that she is seeing GB according to some Aussie gossip blog. So maybe there was some truth to it. And she's definitely his type. However, whoever it was... it's been a long time (in Gerry's fast paced world 2 months is an eternity) and a long distance since all of this went on and it's very likely not going on anymore. It seems like he's spending the holiday weekend in SF and not jetting of for a secret rendezvous. Of course he could be seeing somebody new and local (somebody who got her hair done in Sacramento for him?)... who knows. I bet we'll never know...LOL You're echoing my thinking here GA--either it was just starting and was casual (and likely remained so), or it had been going on for a while but was still not serious. Even though I think Gerry's a bit of a dunce sometimes when it comes to women, I would hope he's smart enough to know that if you're with someone you hope to stay with, you don't go running all over saying you're single and looking for love. Bottom line, like I and others have said, even if he's with someone (which i kinda doubt given his birthday/thanksgiving behavior) it's probably not serious, since he said so himself. It's also very likely that it's over. I don't get that gerry's in the headspace to make a relationship truly work yet. I sometimes think the answers to those kinds of questions he gives in interviews are either him trying to get used to the idea because he would really like that someday, or just him humoring all the interviewers and keeping his "brand" safe. Agreed, plus at the moment he is married to his career and lady freedom is his lover.
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Post by gersarchitect on Nov 24, 2011 14:13:14 GMT -5
Funny, I didn't take it that way, when the interviewer asked Gerry if he would like to have kids one day and he answered yes "legitimate ones" - I thought he was being impish and was implying that he may already have ill-legitimate kids out there. And of course we all know Gerry likes to push the envelope and be naughty. I thought for sure everyone would be speculating if he had a illegitimate child and that is why he made that comment. LOL shellie LMAO, I hadn't seen it this way. Now I am wondering about those potential ill-legitimate kids... Naw, just kidding. Gerry is a jokster so I think we need to take almost anything he says with some caution...
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Post by mgn on Nov 24, 2011 20:22:00 GMT -5
I've been reading this thread for a couple of days now trying to understand what s going on. O watched the original vid but the sound was too low for me to understand anything. So, now i finally watched it again thanks to the youtube channel of the board, with better sound and all(thanks girls!), and i am ready for my two cents!!!! What i got out of Gerry's answer was that he was/is interested in a special someone but that doesn't mean that the two of them are in a relationship. That "hmmmm..." is the kind of answer i would give if a friend of mine asked me how is it going between you and that guy and i wanted to answer well i'm really into him and it's going but there's nothing "official" happening just yet. What do you think? Btw that arm gun pose .....
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