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Jared Leto Addresses Reports He Sent A Dead Rat To Margot Robbie

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11:11 16 Feb 2021


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Jared Leto denies sending dead rat to Margot Robbie

Jared Leto became known for sending strange items to his co-stars on set of the 2016 Suicide Squad movie.

In a new interview with GQ, he shut down reports he sent Margot Robbie a dead rat.

The rat was very much alive.

 

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Jared and Margot played the Joker and Harley Quinn in the DC movie.

In order to really get into character, he sent his co-stars some awful gifts - gifts that only the Joker himself would send.

For example, Viola Davis told Vanity Fair that he had a henchman deliver a dead pig to rehearsals.

 

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"That was our introduction into Jared Leto. Now I'm terrified just as a person thinking, 'Is he crazy?'"

"But the second part was, 'Oh s**t, I gotta have my stuff together."'

"And then he sends Margot Robbie a black rat!" She recalled.

 

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"It was still alive. In a box. She screamed. And then she kept it," Viola laughed.

Margot spoke about it during an interview with Jimmy Fallon at the time.

As quoted by GQ, she said, "At first I thought this was disgusting."

 

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She continued, "But then after that... I was like, I'm not going to kill him. So I ended up keeping him as a pet."

"I ended up getting him like a sweet little playpen, a slide, a hammock, and a leash because I wanted to take him to set and walk him around... But then our landlord at the place I was staying found out."

Rumours spread

Rumours quickly spread online that the rat Jared gifted Margot was actually dead.

In a new interview with GQ, Jared shut down these rumours.

He said, "I never gave Margot Robbie a dead rat, that's not true."

 

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"I actually gave her a lot of… I found this place in Toronto that had a great vegan cinnamon bun… so that was a very common thing."

"It's funny how all this stuff takes on a life of its own."

Watch Jared's full chat with GQ below:

If you ever find yourself in a situation where Jared Leto has just sent you a gift, do not open it.

 


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