Tom Ford, the famously outspoken 55-year-old designer and movie director, got really candid about sex, death, and parenting in the December issue of GQ magazine. In one of the interview's more memorable and jaw-dropping moments, Ford explained why he thinks all men should be penetrated, and yes, he meant what you're thinking, in the physical sense.
“I think it would help them understand women,” he told GQ’s Taffy Brodesser-Akner. “It’s such a vulnerable position to be in, and it’s such a passive position to be in. And there’s such an invasion, in a way, that even if it’s consensual, it’s just very personal.”
Ford then added, “I think there’s a psyche that happens because of it that makes you understand and appreciate what women go through their whole life, because it’s not just sexual, it’s a complete setup of the way the world works, that one sex has the ability to literally—and is expected to and is wanted to—but also there’s an invasion. And I think that that’s something most men do not understand at all.”
This isn't a new idea for Ford, the "Nocturnal Animals" director was reiterating remarks he'd made in a 2004 interview with GQ, when declared, "Every man should be f***** at some point in his life," and some say, he appeared to proposition writer Michael Hainey, who is straight.
“You shouldn’t force yourself to do it. But it’s really not that different than having a massage,” he said at the time. “It doesn’t feel that much different. It’s skin. You should do it with someone you like. Do it with a friend who you think is great. It’s very easy. It’s normal.”
Ford welcomed his 4-year-old son, Jack, with husband Richard Buckley in 2012. The eccentric designer now claimed he was drunk during that 2004 interview. "I was just taking the piss out of him," he said, "Oh God, what was I thinking?"
