#actorsareadifferentbreed

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An example of costars flirting but NOT being in a romantic relationship...

So, yesterday, Eiza Gonzalez, Sam’s costar in his upcoming movie “Bloodshot” tagged him in an IG pic she posted. In the pic she is scantily dressed in workout gear, looking hot. She’s a bit flirty, and Sam answers back, also a bit flirty. BUT, guess what? Their behavior is NORMAL Hollywood stuff when two ACTORS are trying to form a working bond and more importantly, trying to already PROMOTE their movie. Notice she also tagged the other costar Vin Diesel, she tagged Nike AND she mentioned the movie. Boom, that’s how PR is done. If Cait had done this, Extreme Shippers would have shown it as “proof” of a relationship with Sam…when in the real world it is clear that this is just what actors do. The same way when Sam and Cait flirt…it’s just what actors do. Simple as that.

So the interaction above occurred, and I’m sure it will continue to occur all throughout filming of Bloodshot, as well as throughout the promotional tour afterward…yet…Eiza is actually in a real life relationship with actor, Josh Duhamel. Huh…kind of like how Cait and Sam flirt because they are actors and fun, flirty, costars…yet…Cait is engaged to Tony, and Sam is dating Mackenzie. The real world…it’s not that hard to understand…but you gotta  take off your tinhat to see it. That’s all. 

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From Anon...

Hi, Anon, I’ve answered this type of question before. My answer is NO, I don’t think Sam and Cait flirt too much. When fans say Sam and Cait flirt too much or their behavior is “questionable,” then I realize that those fans saying that don’t know much about actors, and are comparing them to “regular people.” Actors are not regular people, and they don’t have regular jobs. At a regular job you’re not expected to get naked with your coworker and pretend to have sex with them. At a regular job, you don’t then go around making googly eyes, smiling and flirting with your costar in order to sell a product. But that’s exactly what actors do as part of their JOB. As I’ve also said in the past, Sam and Cait DO have a real, and genuine fondness for each other (I don’t think they fake it for the cameras) BUT that still does not mean they have romantic feelings for each other. As is the case for MANY actors, Sam and Cait are naturally flirty and touchy-feely, and so when they’re together they are flirty and touch-feely. Anon, you said Sam and Cait don’t act like normal costars...YES THEY DO. Just look at the small sample below of other actors behaving exactly the same way Sam and Cait do with each other, sometimes even more...and NONE of the actors in the pics below are in romantic relationships in real life, and furthermore most of them were in relationships with other people when these pics were taken, and yet they still behaved this way with their costars. As you can see in the pic of Nicole Kidman, her husband, Keith Urban, was even looking on, smiling and clapping, as she kissed her costar Alexander Skarsgard on the lips. You can’t judge actors the same way “regular” folks are judged...actors are a different breed, with different boundaries, and different ways of behaving with their “coworkers.” Enough said. 

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Idk purv. I have many gay male friends and a few straight. One in particular that I am close with. My husband was not comfortable with our relationship ( even though we keep it strictly platonic) he said he was not ok with another man being available emotionally too me. So out of respect I am very careful of what I say and do with said friend. So the only way I can get around the flirty face bites and salt and vinegar antics etc is that one of the men in Caitrionas life is gay.

Well then, Anon, you need to EXPAND your horizons, your mind, and your worldview…and also realize that actors are not like regular people, and the people who love actors know this. Most people don’t have friends they get paid to roll around naked with, therefore there is no way to compare regular platonic male/female relationships, with those that occur within the entertainment business. Sam and Cait are not bankers who are expected to wear suits, sit up straight and keep their hands to themselves. They are actors who get paid to fake fuck on film and then promote the hell out of their TV show so that they, the crew, and the studio spending TONS of money to produce said show all GET PAID. If no one watches their show, the show goes off the air and lots of people are out of a job. Part of being an actor is PROMOTING your show. How do you promote a show about an epic love story? You ensure the two leads make people believe in said epic love story. It’s a simple concept, not sure, why this is OBVIOUS to everyone except Extreme Shippers. 

Anon, if we use your logic, then what’s the excuse for ALL the other actors who flirt and banter with their costars, yet they are happily married or in relationships with other people? Are they all secretly together too? Take just ONE example out of many: Jamie Dornan’s wife, Amelia saw her husband film fuck Dakota Johnson thru three movies, then do promo for those three movies where Jamie and Dakota looked all “loved up,” yet she still stuck around and by some miracle is putting up with having his third kid. What a dope, or if we use your argument– maybe Dakota’s a lesbian :-)…OR how about REALITY–Amelia knows that when you decide to have a relationship with an actor you need to be okay with them rolling around naked with another actor and then throwing heart eyes at each other as part of SELLING the movie or TV show. That’s not everyone’s cup of tea, and if it’s not yours then you shouldn’t date an actor. Simple as that. But it is some people’s cup of tea–namely everyone who is still in a relationship with an actor. They know what the deal is and are fine with it…because they know ACTING IS NOT REAL LIFE. You know why Amelia and Jamie are still married and are expecting another child together? Because Amelia knows that what her husband does on camera and on the red carpet is his JOB. He comes home to her and their kids and that is their real life. 

The same way that Tony knows when Cait films a sex scene with Sam, it’s not real, it’s choreographed, directed and there are 15 crew people standing around watching. He also knows that if Cait wants to keep working, her show has to be a success, and her show can’t be a success if people don’t watch it, and people won’t watch a story about epic love if they don’t believe the actors are portraying said epic love. So, Sam and Cait do a great job as actors, and they do a great job promoting their show. Lucky for them, they also actually do get along in real life and have become good friends and have great fondness for each other. I don’t think they fake that, but getting a kick out of your costar and thinking they’re funny and adorable does not a real relationship make.

So, Anon, for YOU “the only way I can get around the flirty face bites and salt and vinegar antics etc is that one of the men in Caitrionas life is gay,” may be true, but for the REST of us, we know Cait and Sam are just behaving the way actors do and Tony is secure enough to know that–although Sam may get to roll around in bed with Cait ONSET, when the director yells “Cut,” Cait goes home to Tony’s very real hetero bed and no one yells “cut.” :-)

So, then that leaves Sam. Sam is not gay because he has said so, Diana Gabaldon herself has said so, my original industry source asked the director of Batman Live (the director is a gay man), and the director said he “wished Sam was gay, but he’s not,” his ex Katie Rebekah has said so, his friend and sometime FWB, Amy Shiels has said so, Cody Kennedy, Sam’s brief girlfriend AND her mom, Jinx (ES attacked Cody’s mom when she confirmed Sam and Cody dated for 4 months and they went away to Mexico together Thanksgiving 2014), Abbie Salt, his girlfriend of almost one year (2015) has said so, and Sam himself confirmed Mackenzie Mauzy as his girlfriend via various publications (2016-2018). IOW, Sam’s bed is hetero too. :-)

So, Anon, you go back to your regular 9-5 life, where the only male friends you can have are gay, and Cait will go back to living her fabulous actor life where she gets to roll around naked onset with the Samster, get paid very well to do so, and then go home and roll around for real with with her real hot Scot, one fine lad named Tony McGill and wear that gorgeous rock on her finger for the rest of her life. Cait, you go, girl!