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Tom Ford says his drinking problem made him wait to have kids
the fashion designer now has a four-year-old son
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Tom Ford, who was named Artist of the Year by Out, told the magazine the reason he waited to have kids until his ’50s was because of a “bad drinking problem.”
The fashion designer and movie director admits to Out he “always wanted” kids but his excessive behavior prevented him from starting a family earlier.
Ford, 55, has since given up drinking. He and his husband Richard Buckley are now the parents to their four-year-old son Jack.
“I couldn’t have had Jack in that state — I’d have dropped him down the stairs and accidentally burned him with a cigarette,” Ford says.
His son has also given Ford a new perspective on his life.
“You give up the right to kill yourself,” Ford continues. “And I kind of liked that, because it’s the ultimate out.”
However, Ford says there is one downside to having Jack so late in his life.
“I hurt my back,” Ford says. “Jack’s heavy now. You realize why most people have their kids when they’re in their ’20s or ’30s.”
Ford’s second film “Nocturnal Animals,” starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal, hits theaters Nov. 23.
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This John Waters interview has been edited for readability — but perhaps not human decency
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By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell.
The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass.
The occasion was the Blu-ray releases of two of his movies — the 1977 dark comedy “Desperate Living” and his enduring 1988 musical “Hairspray” — on June 23 by the Criterion Collection, which publishes restorations of films it deems culturally important. The Criterion stamp of approval has become the gold standard among cinephiles.
“It’s like getting an award,” said Waters, who wrote and directed both films.
The rest of this article can be read on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13.
(Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford)
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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