When asked about his own sexuality, however, Hayden is ambiguous. No, I won't allow that. My life is not that anymore, it's not black and white. While the entertainer declares a personal liberation of sorts, his show is about how love imprisons and torments. In Porter's world, the heart is a faulty compass, indeed.
Love is fatalistic, beyond control, a cruel trick.
Love is a sexual tantalization that's going to burn you. You will be miserable and tormented. It's sad to think about Cole Porter, alone in his hotel suite, drinking heavily and writing these songs at 3 in the morning. I get emotional just thinking about that. Ironically, Hayden notes that Porter's most fulfilled love relationship appears to have been with wife Linda.