Playwright David Bar Katz has given an interview to the National Enquirer in which he alleges that the troubled actor was his lover and
that he saw him freebasing cocaine the night before he died in his West Village drugs den.
Friends allege that the Capote star's confusion over his sexual identity caused his relationship with the mother of his three children, Mimi O'Donnell to collapse and fueled his destructive spiral into drug addiction.
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Friends: Philip Seymour Hoffman with David Bar
Katz who has claimed he was involved in a gay relationship with the
Oscar winner. The two are pictured here in 2008 at New York's Terminal 5
for a gala benefit for the musical, We Will Rock You with another
friend (right) George Liberatto
'We were homosexual lovers. We had a relationship,' said David Bar Katz to the National Enquirer on Wednesday.
Katz claimed that he had seen the drug addled actor take heroin on a number of occasions, 'but I never thought his addiction had reached that level,' claimed Katz.
'We were planning to go to the Super Bowl together and have a really nice day. This is so terrible.'
The interview given by Katz contradicts his first and only statement up until today in relation to his long-time friend, Hoffman's, death.
On Monday, one day after Hoffman was found in his underwear with a needle sticking out of his left arm on his bathroom floor, Katz claimed to be shocked at the circumstances.
'I saw him last week, and he was clean and sober, his old self,' said David Bar Katz, who found Hoffman along with the actor's personal assistant, Isabella Wing-Davey and called 911.
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Adoring: This image from the Facebook profile of
Philip Seymour Hoffman's alleged gay lover David Bar Katz was posted
yesterday with the caption 'He is so beautiful'. On Wednesday, Katz
claimed in an interview with the National Enquirer he was involved in a
love affair with the Oscar winning actor
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More shocking revelations: The day after it
emerged that Philip Seymour Hoffman told a complete stranger he was a
heroin addict - his friend David Bar Katz has come forward in an
interview to claim that he and the actor were lovers and involved in a
relationship together
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Tragic death: Philip Seymour Hoffman with his
partner of 14-years and the mother of his three children Mimi O'Donnell
as they walked around the streets of Manhattan in 2011 and (right) a
grieving Mimi (left of picture) arrives at an Upper East Side funeral
parlor to plan Hoffman's wake and memorial with the actor's assistant
Isabella Wing-Dave
'I really thought this chapter was over.'
The staggering claims from The National Enquirer are in stark contrast to the public image of Philip Seymour Hoffman before his death as a loyal father and loving partner.
Despite being notoriously private about his personal life, he was a regular figure around the $4.4 million West Village apartment he lived in with his partner of 14-years, Mimi, 46, and his three children, Cooper, 10, Tallulah, 7 and Willa, 5.
Neighbors reported him to be friendly and unassuming and unlike other, more high-maintenance celebrities who live the area.
Hoffman met O'Donnell in 1999 on the set of the play, 'In Arabia We'd All Be Kings', where she was working as a costume designer.
While happy to engage with fans on the streets of Manhattan, Hoffman was asked about his shyness once.
'Somebody wanted me to talk about my personal life,' Hoffman told The Independent in 2012.
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Outlandish claim: David Bar Katz (left and right
with John Ortiz) has claimed in an interview on Wednesday that he and
tragic Oscar winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman were gay lovers and
that he saw the actor freebasing hard drugs the night before he died
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Tragic: The body of Philip Seymour Hoffman was
removed from his apartment building just before 7 p.m. Sunday after he
died on Sunday after being discovered earlier on in the day by his
friend, David Bar Katz
On the pressures of being a father and his frequent travels, Hoffman was equally thoughful and claimed to be blessed.
'It's hard for anybody who works a lot and has children,' Hoffman told People magazine about being a father in 2007.
'But I wouldn't trade it for anything. When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have.'
It was on Sunday morning that Katz received a frantic phone call from Mimi O'Donnell after the 46-year-old actor failed to collect Cooper, 10, Tallulah, 7 and Willa, 5, from her at 9am as arranged.
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Triumph: Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and his
wife Mimi O'Donnell arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Mortons
after winning the award (right) for Best Actor in a leading role for
Capote on March 5, 2006 in West Hollywood, California
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Family home: This is the front exterior of the
$4.4 million West Village home that Philip Seymour Hoffman shared with
his girlfriend of 14-years and the mother of his three children Mimi
O'Donnell
Katz phoned Isabella Wing-Davey to get her to come down to the $10,000 a month apartment that Hoffman was renting on Bethune Street in New York's fashionable West Village.
The two of them made their horrific discovery at around 11.30am and phoned emergency services at 11.36am to come and try and save the stricken star.
He was declared dead on the arrival of the paramedics and removed from his apartment at around 7pm on Sunday evening.
Katz found the star of Almost Famous and The Ides of March dressed only in his shorts and t-shirt, with a hypodermic needle sticking out of his left arm.
He was still wearing his spectacles.
In and around the luxury two bedroom apartment were distressing signs of Hoffman's drug problem.
Police sources have indicated that up to 70 used and unopened bags of heroin were dotted around the home - as were photographs of the Oscar winner's children.
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