Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Went, 27, is the focus of the Big Gay Following feature in the new issue of The Advocate and had some interesting things to say. Here are some appetizers for you:
The Advocate: You made a lot of gay fans happy when you admitted that you'd kissed boys because "anything above the waist is fair game."
Pete: [Laughs] I actually mean it. That's just kind of how I am. I'm a little bit of a make-out bandit. I don't discriminate too much.
The Advocate: What's the closest you've ever come to taking the boy-on-boy action to the next level?
Pete: I haven't really gotten that close, 'cause honestly, I'm not a real big fan of penises. Like my own, whenever I look at it, I just don't find anything attractive about it. I can't believe girls are into it.
The Advocate: Penisis aside, any dude crushes?
Pete: I don't have an issue finding guys attractive. I was with my friend last night watching "The Prestige" and she's like, 'Christian Bale is so hot' And I'm like, 'Yeah, that's a good looking dude.' There's nobody specific but if you just named off dudes I could tell you if I thought they were hot or not.
The Advocate: I'll spare you. You've also said that people who aren't fans of yours will sometimes call you an antigay slur. Why is that?
Pete: I don't know. I think it's a real cheap, easy word. At some point when we were doing this band I was like, "You know what? I'm going to be the most androgynous person that I can possibly be. I'm going to wear girl pants and makeup." I looked to David Bowie, Mick Jagger, and people like that, and I was like, "That's what's missing in all the bands that we're playing with right now! You need this effeminate edge." Did Mick Jagger and David Bowie make out? Probably. Who knows? And that's kind of what I was going for, but people took that to the next level. ...I think sexuality is a lot more ambiguous and more blurred than people make it out to be.