Someone else who was there said they also saw him kiss the blonde, too. Having seen him interact in person with a lot of different fans and friends, etc. I can safely say the guy is a big, friendly puppy cuddle slut (especially when he's been drinking) so I don't think merely kissing or hugging any random person (male or female, for that matter) "means" anything. The problem with reports like these is that in text, you can't tell the difference between a friendly kiss and a romantic kiss, and whatever spin the observer wants to put on it (from wishful thinking or inexperience or whatever) is what the report gives us. This is why we get things like people assuming he's dating his sister, because they don't recognize her. I don't see any body language in those pics that's any different than the body language he had with the blonde.
Obviously I have my own opinions about the overall situation, but I will say that surface-level behavior like that honestly doesn't mean much regardless of whom it's with, and frankly, I find the whole thing rather silly. On a level of slash or fantasy, I can understand people pairing up any random couple of people who so much as make eye contact, but on a realistic level, it honestly doesn't make any sense for the poor guy to be assumed to be dating everyone he touches. Last month he was supposedly dating the director of The Yank or one of the crew on that project. Before that, he supposedly had a limo shag with Fiona Apple and/or her engaged friend. And then Scarlett Johanssen, Kelly Osbourne, Katarina Witt, etc... Too many people don't take surrounding circumstances, or his character or past behavior into consideration. Even if I weren't convinced (for hundreds of reasons there's no point in going into here) he and Dom are a couple, I still wouldn't buy these random pairings of him with virtually everyone he comes into contact with. Now, if there was a specific person he started consistently showing up to events and holding hands with, over a long period of time, and in multiple locations, etc., then that might be something to ponder. But I think it's obvious that he's going to have assistants on this job, and is going to be friendly with them, as well as friendly with fans, etc. and I think people are jumping to (imho) ridiculous conclusions on this one. Honestly, if she were really a girlfriend, would he have been hanging out with all the other women at that party, too? Would he have been kissing the blonde?
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Date: 2004-08-10 05:03 pm (UTC)Someone else who was there said they also saw him kiss the blonde, too. Having seen him interact in person with a lot of different fans and friends, etc. I can safely say the guy is a big, friendly puppy cuddle slut (especially when he's been drinking) so I don't think merely kissing or hugging any random person (male or female, for that matter) "means" anything. The problem with reports like these is that in text, you can't tell the difference between a friendly kiss and a romantic kiss, and whatever spin the observer wants to put on it (from wishful thinking or inexperience or whatever) is what the report gives us. This is why we get things like people assuming he's dating his sister, because they don't recognize her. I don't see any body language in those pics that's any different than the body language he had with the blonde.
Obviously I have my own opinions about the overall situation, but I will say that surface-level behavior like that honestly doesn't mean much regardless of whom it's with, and frankly, I find the whole thing rather silly. On a level of slash or fantasy, I can understand people pairing up any random couple of people who so much as make eye contact, but on a realistic level, it honestly doesn't make any sense for the poor guy to be assumed to be dating everyone he touches. Last month he was supposedly dating the director of The Yank or one of the crew on that project. Before that, he supposedly had a limo shag with Fiona Apple and/or her engaged friend. And then Scarlett Johanssen, Kelly Osbourne, Katarina Witt, etc... Too many people don't take surrounding circumstances, or his character or past behavior into consideration. Even if I weren't convinced (for hundreds of reasons there's no point in going into here) he and Dom are a couple, I still wouldn't buy these random pairings of him with virtually everyone he comes into contact with. Now, if there was a specific person he started consistently showing up to events and holding hands with, over a long period of time, and in multiple locations, etc., then that might be something to ponder. But I think it's obvious that he's going to have assistants on this job, and is going to be friendly with them, as well as friendly with fans, etc. and I think people are jumping to (imho) ridiculous conclusions on this one. Honestly, if she were really a girlfriend, would he have been hanging out with all the other women at that party, too? Would he have been kissing the blonde?