Thu:03-07-2008
Ha, we knew it!
The excessive use of eyeliner, the well groomed locks, the ultra tight jeans... It was never going to be a simple case of man-scaping or metro-sexuality for Pete Wentz, turns out he had inklings to bat for the other team!
The Fall Out Boy star, who is married to pregnant Ashlee Simpson, has spoken out about his bi-sexual tendencies.
He tells Out Magazine that he first snogged a guy when he was 16 or 17, probably on a dare. He experimented again around 18 or 19, he says.
He attributes the make-outs to "a slight sense of sexual rebellion."
Asked to describe his sexuality, Pete (who admits to having a man-crush on John Mayer) says, "I've always felt this relentless hetero sexual drive."
But the star says his experimental days are behind him. "It's really about the equipment. I really don't think it's an attractive quality. That's what it comes down to. I don't even like my own. Like, I really don't like it. I don't like anything about it."
His last same-sex kiss? "A long time ago," Pete says. "Probably when I was 22?"
Er, we're all for honesty, but isn't your timing a bit off Pete, with Ash sporting a bun in the oven 'n all?
Daddy Simpson agrees, if you believe the rumuors. The ordained Baptist minister reportedly told his daughter Ashley not to bring Pete home for the holidays, after Pete once discussed his "possible bisexuality" with Blender magazine.
The rocker was quick to debunk the rumours, but he admits, "There are definitely ramifications for what you say."
Wondering if the ramifications Pete talks about come from wifey? If we were Ash we would be really stoked hubby was talking about his special times with boys.
By Penelope Quinn
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