YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW YOU’RE GAY?

So you’ve come here because you liked the beard insults? Well that actually follows on from Judd Apatow’s debut film The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) starring a similar cast, but with Steve Carell in the lead role as Andy Stitzer. The group of guys following him around in this one start a running joke of giving reasons for how they know the other one is gay. Basically, it comes about because following a split with his girlfriend, David (Paul Rudd) claims to be celibate and upon revealing this, Cal (played by Knocked Up’s star Seth Rogen) claims that just means he is gay. Being typical guys, this is a label they’re keen to avoid:

“Because you macramed yourself a pair of jean shorts.”

“You just told me you’re not sleeping with women any more.”

“Because you’re gay so you can tell who the gay people are.”

“You like Coldplay.”

“Your dick tastes like shit.”

“Because you are holding each other ever so gently.”

“Because you like Asia.”

“You like the movie ‘Maid in Manhattan’.”

“I saw you make a spinach dip in a loaf of sourdough bread once.”

“You have a rainbow bumper sticker on your car that says, ‘I like it when balls are in my face.'” “That’s gay?”