Jeremy Renner Responds to Gay Rumors: 'F**king Say Whatever the Hell You Want'

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Jeremy Renner says the rumors about him on the internet only assure him that he's made it in Hollywood.


The Avengers: Age of Ultron actor
recalls that when he recently Googled himself. "The first thing that comes up is 'Jeremy Renner gay,'" he told Playboy magazine, taking it as a sign that he had arrived. "You're now a giant movie star."


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In all seriousness, Renner doesn't pay the rumors about his sexuality any attention.

"I don't care [if people think I'm gay]," he explained. "F**king say whatever the hell you want about me. Look at where we're at socially -- leaps and bounds ahead of where we started."


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"That's an amazing thing. To suggest that it's negative, that being gay is a terrible thing, a perversion or whatever -- I just don't get it," Renner continued. "Don't you wish we were in a world where we're not shaming, judging and boxing people in?"

Instead of focusing on what's being said about him, the 44-year-old actor would rather draw his attention to his 2-year-old daughter, Ava, whom he shares with actress/model Sonni Pacheco.


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"I see anything that takes me away from my daughter, whether it's something good like making Mission: Impossible 5 or something bad like my divorce, as a distraction and an obstacle," Renner said. "Now, if anything takes me away and I don't get to see her, I just won't do it. I don't care what you pay me. All my energy goes toward her and her well-being."

This isn't the first time Renner has expressed how his role as a father has changed how he looks at acting. In fact, he told Ellen DeGeneres that his love of being a dad has "kind of screwed" his career. See their chat:

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