But it doesn't do it for me.' He's irritated his words were taken out of context but concedes, 'one thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about'.%0D %0D Discussion of Hardy's sexual past sprang to life last summer when the actor, then starring in Inception, was quoted by the Daily Mail:%0D %0D 'The 32-year-old Inception star, who is engaged to British actress Charlotte Riley, 28, and also has a two-year-old son with a former girlfriend. 'Ive never had a cock in my arse, and I have no fucking desire for it. 'I don't regret anything I've ever said It's just a shame things are misconstrued and I don't get the opportunity to explain.' Not even the time he said he'd enjoyed relationships with men in his twenties?%0D %0D 'I have never put my penis in a man,' is Hardy's characteristically direct response.

From an interview in UK Marie Claire:%0D %0D This much candour makes you wonder whether Hardy ever regrets being, well, quite frank. Tom Hardy graphically denies the gay rumors, but would rather they exist than nobody talks about him.