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Of any celebrity, it's perhaps least shocking of all that Jared Leto might start a cult. The Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman — and one-time gangster-with-a-grill Joker in 2016's "Suicide Squad," (via IMDb) — is notoriously heady on fame, nearly as much as he's prone to bizarre conduct. While filming "Suicide Squad," the actor who many know ...
The post featured pictures of a white-robed Leto, Jesus-like in appearance, tending to flocks of similarly white-robed attendants. The caption read, "Yes, this is a cult." Given Leto’s tendency for bizarre antics, many wondered if he was serious. The question remains a mystery, with journalists and fans alike trying to solve what Mars Island is.
Even though 30 Seconds To Mars have used the phrase “Yes, this is a cult” in marketing materials since 2013, there is no legitimate evidence that Jared or his bandmates are running an actual cult. In fact, he’s previously said that the phrase is a running joke. Jared Leto on the Met Gala red carpet in 2018. Getty. "It's a joke.
In addition to the obvious financial benefits, wrapped up in all of this cult business is Jared Leto’s untethered self-absorption. In 2013, Leto went to the trouble of buying the rights to goofy modeling photos from his My So-Called Life days and then getting them scrubbed from the internet by threatening legal action.
In 2019, Jared Leto and his band Thirty Second to Mars started a cult. The band invited fans—who call themselves the Echelon—to a retreat in Croatia where Leto, dressed in white robes, hosted hundreds of his devotees for a 3-day music festival complete with yoga and movie screenings. The band tweeted photos of Leto leading hundreds of ...
Jared Leto inhaled and then let fly. “I was born in Louisiana and climbed out of the muddy banks of the Mississippi,” said the actor, rock star and, as of 2015, self-proclaimed cult leader.
It’s the worst-kept secret out there. But we’ve continued it just for fun. At one point in the video for the song “Closer to the Edge,” the words “Yes, this is a cult” come on-screen ...
