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Terrence Howard Would ‘Cut His Lips Off’ Before He Kissed A Man In A Film

During an appearance on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast, Howard before kissing another man for a role, he would first cut off his lips. 

At one segment of the conversation, Maher complimented Howard, saying he was “this generation’s Billy Dee Williams” and that he should play his son in a movie. Howard responded by saying that “the biggest mistake” he made as an actor was to turn doing a role to star as Smokey Robinson in a biopic.

“He wanted me to play his life, and I just had conversations with Lee Daniels about playing Marvin Gaye,” he shared. “I was being faithful to Lee Daniels because I had given my word… So when Smokey, I had to tell them at the table, and it broke his heart. And Billy Dee would have been one of the other people [involved].”

Maher went on to say that Gaye’s life story was “much more interesting” than Robinson’s, before Howard said the proposed biopic to filmmaker Lee Daniels.

“I was over at Quincy Jones’ house, and I’m not dropping names, I’m just giving credibility to what I’m about to say… I’m asking Quincy, ‘I’m hearing rumors that Marvin was gay,’” he said. “Quincy was like, ‘Yes.’ … They would have wanted to do that, and I wouldn’t have been able to do that.”

Howard then confirmed to Maher that it was the reason he passed up the role.

No. I don’t fake it. … That would fuck me, I would cut my lips off. … If I kiss some man, I would cut my lips off,” Howard expressed. Although he’s “fine” with homosexuality,  he will not play any gay characters. 

“I can’t play that character 100 percent,” he said. “I can’t surrender myself to a place that I don’t understand.”

This is not the first time that Howard shared his thoughts about sexuality and the world of celebrity. As HOT97 previously reported, Howard said that your “man card” is gone if you attended a Diddy Party. Appearing on the PBD Podcast, Howard shared his thoughts on why he stayed away from Diddy’s now-infamous “freak offs.”

“When you give up your manhood, I’ve never seen somebody recover from it. That was all the people that went to the Puffy parties,” Howard said. “That was all the people that did all those things thinking that there was never gonna be a consequence for what they were doing. Get punked out and p*mped out by some over-greater desire.”