I was looking through some new photos, and I saw this grouping called “Gerard Butler’s Mysterious Detour”. Basically, the paparazzi were following him around all day yesterday in LA, and they took several photos of Gerard (driving his black SUV) around town, and then making a “mysterious detour” down an alley, then stopping the car to speak to a young lady (photo below). In an alley. So… is Gerard picking up hookers now?

Now, of course this could all be very innocent. It could be that she’s a friend and he saw her, standing in an alley, and he just stopped the SUV to say hello. Or she could be a lost tourist, and he was offering directions to a damsel in distress. Or she could be a hooker who works in the rain, and they were negotiating the price and where he would pick her up after he lost his paparazzi trail.

Personally, I don’t see how or why he would pay for it, unless he’s into some kinky sh-t. And even then, I would probably try it if only he would ask. But the idea that that Gerard might hire the occasion hooker is actually not a new one to me. There was a blind item last year that sounded remarkably like Gerard: “This under-40 primarily film actor is unmarried, so he certainly can date whoever he wants. However, the kind of girl he prefers dates for a living. He likes the fact that he can have them do whatever he wants with no strings attached and no fear of tabloid tattletales. However, one little detail has slipped out. While some men want the “girlfriend experience”, our guy wants the “fan experience”. His idea of warming up includes having the girl/s (sometimes more than one) clap and scream out his name like an admiring fan, and then chase him around the house begging for his autograph. We thought he was getting plenty of that in real life. Obviously his ego is a bottomless pit.”

In other Gerard news, he spent the rest of his day getting physical therapy for some kind of shoulder injury. Did he hurt himself doing something kinky?

Gerard in LA on February 11, 2010. Credit: Bauer-Griffin.