Gaye

That’s Terrence Howard talking about gay men while explaining why he never portrayed singer Marvin Gaye onscreen.

He planned at one point to portray Gaye in a movie helmed by “Empire” executive producer Lee Daniels, Howard told Bill Maher on the “Club Random” podcast released Sunday.

But playing Gaye wasn’t to be either.

Maher called it “a shame” because he said Gaye’s life story was much more dramatic.

“That’s a story ... that’s much more interesting and Marvin Gaye, like, you would have been perfect as Marvin Gaye. And that is a story that needs to be told.”