2:57 pm - 07/17/2012
First of all, I’d like to thank both of the Jims and everyone else at GQ for putting me on the cover of their magazine this month. That kind of exposure is a huge help to all the work I love to do, and I’m deeply appreciative.
I’m writing this because I have a problem with what their article says about my brother. I’ll be honest, it really made me feel terrible. Here’s a quote:
Using the word “alleged” technically allows the writer to say whatever she wants. The “allegations” to which she must be referring were made by a handful of gossip websites. They are factually incorrect according to the coroner’s office and the police department. I don’t like publicly speaking about my brother’s death, but I’m making an exception to correct this irresponsible claim.
By the way, while I asked the writer not to dwell on how he died, I did say quite a bit about how he lived, and how much he means to me. Dan was a brightly positive, genuinely caring, and brilliantly inspiring person, and I liked the idea of such a wide readership learning about him. My parents and I are disappointed with what the article chose to focus on regarding this sensitive subject.
thanks
J
Source: his Tumblr
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is upset at GQ's mention of his brother's death
First of all, I’d like to thank both of the Jims and everyone else at GQ for putting me on the cover of their magazine this month. That kind of exposure is a huge help to all the work I love to do, and I’m deeply appreciative.
I’m writing this because I have a problem with what their article says about my brother. I’ll be honest, it really made me feel terrible. Here’s a quote:
‘…the elder Gordon-Levitt died of an alleged drug overdose in 2010. “It was an accident” is all Joe will say about that.’
Using the word “alleged” technically allows the writer to say whatever she wants. The “allegations” to which she must be referring were made by a handful of gossip websites. They are factually incorrect according to the coroner’s office and the police department. I don’t like publicly speaking about my brother’s death, but I’m making an exception to correct this irresponsible claim.
By the way, while I asked the writer not to dwell on how he died, I did say quite a bit about how he lived, and how much he means to me. Dan was a brightly positive, genuinely caring, and brilliantly inspiring person, and I liked the idea of such a wide readership learning about him. My parents and I are disappointed with what the article chose to focus on regarding this sensitive subject.
thanks
J
Source: his Tumblr
BEAST: ONLY IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT YOUR DEAD BROTHER FOR A BIT.
omg people are dicks.
maybe i don't have enough of the story, but i'm not really sure what he is upset about?
He probably would have been happier if they said "whose brother died in 2010"
Good for him for speaking up.
Watching this video of him singing "I don't want to live on the moon" is so sad because of the story behind it...
What planet do you live on, Zipster?
It was rude and uncalled for when he specifically asked NOT to dwell on Dan's death, but rather on his life.
literally the bare minimum of words were used to explain to readers that his brother died. she didn't even presume to know how it happened.
Edited at 2012-07-17 10:33 pm (UTC)
It unfortunately comes with the territory though
i think the sentence could have been phrased with more of a sympathetic touch, but i don't think mentioning (and that's all it is, right? just a mention) his brother's death should be a cause for offense.
And don't anyone call me a stan, FFS. I'd find this reprehensible journalism if they wrote it about Tom Cruise, who I've never been able to tolerate.