— ˗ˏˋAndrew ˎˊ˗ (@jasonnmomoa) August 3, 2016
Besides being amusingly goofy, there was something deeply humanizing about the pictures, which seemed to show a dude locking eyes with an awesome looking jacket-pink-pants combo—which, no tea, no shade, no pink lemonade, he legitimately rocked at the premiere—and responding with pure delight.
But no such joy can last for long in the face of Jared Leto and his Serious love of Truth, as Vanity Fair discovered when it asked Leto about the meme this week. “The thing about the photo is—I’m going to be honest with you—I was actually making a face at someone across the runway,” Leto said, while acknowledging that he does indeed love his beautiful coat. “Sorry to ruin your meme,” he added, before cryptically tacking “Perception versus reality”—which we’re just going to start peppering into our dinner party conversations from now on—onto the end of his statement.
When asked whether it wouldn’t, maybe, be more fun if we all just pretended he was looking at the jacket, like the fun narrative that’s living in our heads, the one-time Joker refused to play along with the joke. “Or you could tell the real story,” he responded. “That would be interesting.” Perceptions versus reality, Mr. Leto. Perception versus reality, indeed.
[via Vulture]
