February 16, 2024
Watch: Orville Peck Opens Up on Grindr Podcast about His Rom-Com Moment with Brad Pitt
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 2 MIN.
Gay masked country star Orville Peck appeared on the first episode of Grindr's new podcast, "Who's the Asshole?" and talked about his mad crush on Brad Pitt – something that, no doubt, plenty of Grindr users could readily identify with.
Peck and the A-list Hollywood icon even had a close encounter in a bathroom... well, sort of. "I was at a birthday party," Peck told host Katya of "RuPaul's Drag Race" fame, at "a private venue in LA. It was my friend's birthday. I'm standing in line for the bathroom..."
"Is he tall?" Katya interrupted.
"Yeah, well, he's gorgeous," Peck declared. "You know how for our generation that was, like, the marker for handsome?... Like, that was the description for someone handsome."
That standard of beauty hasn't changed over time – at least, not for Peck.
"When you see this man, I'm not joking... I want him to hold me," Peck gushed. "Like, he's glowing, and emanating!"
That aura was only enhanced by Pitt's "chill stoner dad vibe," Peck went on to describe, adding that when he found himself face to face with the legend, Pitt was wearing "a funny little bucket hat" – "He looked so cute," the country star raved.
"And he comes out of the bathroom – get this – he comes out of the bathroom... and he's holding the door, and I'd met him very briefly before, and I was all, 'Um, uh...' So, I went, "Oh, hi again!' and he was, 'Hey!'" Peck recounted. "And I went, 'Do you know where the bathroom is?'"
"He's, like, 'It's in my mouth!'" Katya interjected.
"He goes, 'Uh, yeah, you're in line for it – it's right here,'" Peck went on. "And I go, 'Oh my god, of course! Ha ha! Stupid me!' And I'm all... being full rom-com. He's, like, 'Awesome, man!'"
Calming down, at least slightly, Peck added, "He's beautiful, and I would risk it all to have one night of bliss with him."
Who wouldn't?
Katya, that's who. Discussing escort work, which the "Drag Race" star said she used to do, Katya reckoned she wouldn't pay to get cozy with Pitt – rather, she'd charge the movie idol "$1500 for half an hour."
Explaining the fee, Katya added, "Sliding scale. It has to be a sliding scale."
The two also flashed back to Pitt's breakout role in "Thelma and Louise," calling his appearance in the movie a "sexual awakening" for them – another way in which Brad Pitt is a marker for a generation.
The conversation ranged widely, encompassing topics as diverse as taxes, astrology, "amicable breakups," and Grindr etiquette. To that last point, the two called into question users with "a blank profile" who demand photos.
"Why are you demanding something you are not able to give?" Katya said. "Ask yourself."
Watch the podcast's premiere episode below.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.