Thomas Jane Admits To Having Been A Homeless Gay Prostitute

Hung star Thomas Jane has been offering quite a few sound bites about sexuality lately. He got into a bit of trouble when he made a borderline homophobic remark last month (“I told HBO, the year I end up with a penis in my mouth is the last year of the show”), and now he’s attempting to redeem himself with tales of a youth spent living out of his car, turning tricks in exchange for cash and food from men:

“Hey, you grow up as an artist in a big city, as James Dean said, you’re going to have one arm tied behind your back if you don’t accept people’s sexual flavors. You know, when I was a kid out here in L.A., I was homeless, I didn’t have any money and I was living in my car. I was 18. I wasn’t averse to going down to Santa Monica Boulevard and letting a guy buy me a sandwich. Know what I mean?”

B5′s editorial director Meghan Keane, whom I argued the merits of Hung with last week, commented that this only adds to the authenticity of the HBO show. But I disagree, of course. Hollywood-area prostitution certainly isn’t as commonplace as Tom’s implying. I mean, I grew up in L.A., and having sex  in exchange for a Pink’s hot dog was definitely not the norm for me and my friends — even for those unfortunate souls who hoped to become actors. (Let’s not talk about all the cigarette butts we took out of ashtrays, okay? It was a long time ago and I’m a different person now. Thankfully,  somehow one without Hepatitis.) However, I would say that a down-on-his-luck character who has sex with men for money is a more realistic character than a romantic gigolo who caters to the needs of Detroit’s saddest middle class ladies.

The Hung debate rages on! Next up: how big do you think the penis is?