Nicolas Cage Came Out As a Goth and Everyone Is Loving It

American actor Nicolas Cage has built something of a reputation for being a bit of an eccentric over his forty year career. He's been married 5 times and named his son Kal-El after Superman. Even weirder, the brooding cult icon famously lost his fortune by buying up dinosaur skulls, shrunken heads and European castles. So it shouldn't be terribly surprising that Cage came out as a goth in a recent interview with Variety magazine.

Nicolas Cage: "I am a goth." https://t.co/O3KfpRQo0s pic.twitter.com/xY29K5xVB6
— Variety (@Variety) January 27, 2022

While many headlines are focusing on the "I am a goth" comment, we're actually stunned by the entirety of his statement, which concerned another interview he had recently done with the Los Angeles times. In that conversation, Cage revealed that he's so goth he owns a pet crow. Much to our delight, he elaborated on it in his chat with Variety:

"Cage's pet crow is named Hoogan and lives in the actor's Las Vegas home inside a geodesic dome. According to Cage, "He has taken to calling me names…it's comical, at least, it is to me. When I leave the room, he'll say, 'Bye,' and then go, 'Ass.' Crows are very intelligent. And I like their appearance, the Edgar Allan Poe aspect. I like the goth element. I am a goth."

Looking at photos of Nic Cage over the years, it all makes sense. Hell, just look at his son. Ultimately, we don't really care which subculture Cage identifies with. We just care that he's living his truth. And inspiring lots of funny tweets like these.

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The headline that thrilled us all.

via @Variety
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Twitter user @spiritofeatin said that Nic Cage was stating the obvious.

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Always good to have Ice T on one's side.

via @jacobmtaylor
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There was a lot of support for Nic Cage's coming out statement.

via @CaptainCokecan

@CaptainCokecan sweetly shared that "Nic cage news like this always makes me happy good for him out there living his best life."
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The interview inspired the sharing of some great Nic Cage memories.

via @Hearlkl

"I served Nicolas Cage lunch when he was working at a pizza place in the mall as a teen, he was wearing a black trench coat with black dyed hair in 1990...goth icon"
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Living one's truth is no easy feat.

via @juliareinstein
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One of our favorite responses involves some drunken fan art.

via @boothskeletons

Kind of looks like known abuser Marilyn Manson.
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We'd have to agree with this sentiment.

via @GoranGligovic
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Same, @bimbotheory, same.

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We didn't forget, but it all makes sense now.

via @pajamalord
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