Jim Parsons Talks Standing On the Shoulders of Giants With Ellen
by Ed Kennedy | May 23, 2014
Jim Parsons visited with Ellen, and they had a lot of fun. I loved that when Jim mentioned that he’d been with his partner Todd for ten years the crowd cheered, remembering that the suburban housewife demographic is big for Ellen. I squirmed a bit when it seemed like she tried to convince him to get married, because that seems to be a requirement these days and I don’t know that marriage is for everyone, but I loved how Jim handled it. They also discussed his trip to the Met Ball, his tennis fascination, and his sadness that he didn’t get to meet Roger Federer.
The conversation then moved on to the reason for the visit, discussing The Normal Heart, and Jim’s view that there is a message of hope to the film. Parsons is uniquely aware of the fact that his current life is possible because of people like Larry Kramer and the people he depicted in the film. And he also puts in quite the nice plug for Ellen herself.
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