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Pete Wentz Prances at the UFC

by celebuzz on Jul. 7, 2008 06:41 PM / Leave a Comment

Who dresses this guy—Jessica Simpson?

Pete Wentz hit Vegas to do a two-hour DJ set at the House Of Blues Ultimate Fighting Championship 86 afterparty this past weekend. That's right...wrestling, boxing and Pete Wentz. Guess Chris Crocker was busy?

Wife Ashlee Simpson stayed at home for the testoserone-fueled event, which is maybe why gay-mag-lovin' Pete had the, uh, balls to wear those fall-out-boy-hugging red slacks.

Careful, though, Pete—those UFC guys mean business. While the hat was a classy touch, you're just lucky you didn't get an uppercut to the schnozz for those turquoise shoelaces alone.

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“Pete Wentz gives an eye-opening interview in next month’s Out magazine . . . and by “eye-opening” I mean “holy crap he’s gay.”

Even his longtime manager, Bob McLynn, says he spent at least a year wondering. “I thought maybe Pete was actually gay,” McLynn says. “I know guys who are gay who would sleep with girls. I wouldn’t have been that surprised.” Asking Wentz did nothing to clear things up: “He would try to act like he was to push my buttons.”

Then there are the interviews in which Wentz refers to himself as “half gay,” says “anything above the waist is fair game,” and boasts of making out with boys, even when corporate sponsors or fans’ parents balked or boycotted.

He doesn’t seem to think he has much to prove to Out, and I ask a lot of follow-up questions. Wentz answers them all, even when he’s not sure I’ll like the answers. “When I said that I make out with dudes, there was a slight sense of sexual rebellion in that,” he admits. “And I probably even made it a bigger deal than it was.” He thinks the first time he kissed a guy was when he was 16 or 17, probably on a dare at a party: “Like, ‘You make out with this dude and we’ll make out.’ ” And of later experiments, at 18 or 19, he says it was more like, “I’m going to try this thing.” And most recently? He actually apologizes before responding. “A long time ago,” he says with a slight wince. “Probably when I was 22?” (Source)

So you’re telling me that a guy that wears more make-up than a circus clown, wears androgynous clothing, and weighs less than 100 pounds actually kisses other dudes? Frankly, I’m shocked . . . that he only kisses them! Pete probably should have waited another few months to get married since the California Supreme Court now allows gay marriages. Actually, if you look at the guy, it looks like Ashley may have jumped the gun on that ruling.”