"What on earth are you on about?"

 

 

As a famous, buff bearded actor, Tom Hardy can pretty much say anything and his fans will still love him.

 

I don't know about you, but my opinion in what happened at Legend's press conference was slightly different..

 

So, the reporter asks "In the film, your character Ronnie is very open about his sexuality but given interviews you've done in the past, your own sexuality seems a bit ambiguous. Do you find it hard for celebrities to talk to the media about their sexuality?"

 

To a very frowning Hardy (frowning before he heard the question might I add) he replies "what on earth are you on about?" very seriously, and many people laugh. Hardy clearly doesn't understand the question, so the reporter repeats this.

 

In short, he disagrees with the latter question and then asks if the reporter is asking about his sexuality. The reporter nervously says "sure", and Hardy completely shuts him down.

 

Hardy, to me, was a little too harsh. It was a very fair question. Surely we should be open about sexuality, isn't that the whole point?

 

I then viewed the comments. To my dismay, the comments included "every idiot can be a journalist nowadays"

 

At this point I absolutely had to step in. I am offended! Are these people educated? Every idiot can comment on videos nowadays and critique something they know nothing about.

 

I feel journalists and the press are judged and have a "reputation" that everybody hates. As journalists we strive for accuracy and getting news as part of the public interest. The public wouldn't even know about this video if it wasn't for reporters. I have trained incredibly hard to get where I am now and I think journalists have a bad reputation- this isn't real. Controversial tabloids do not represent all journalists. Under the law, everything we write has to be truthful and ethical but people blame us if something goes wrong.  Hardy's response was harsh and if he didn't want to answer it? He could've done so politely. The reporter is not in the wrong, it's a general question his fans wonder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a little snippet of what happened (or is happening) in the comments so far.

 

Safe to say studying journalism has created my backbone.

 

See the video and comments here:

 

 

 

 

What do you think?