Jesus Luz is being bullied. He’s being called names, whispered about and giggled over. Then some kids started throwing water balloons at him until he fell off the big toy and scraped his knee. His emergency contact (presumably a friend of his parents since she’s their age) was called to pick him up and bandage his knees.

Alright no, but the first three things were true. Jesus is having a hard time getting along with the other male models – or rather, they’re having a hard time getting along with him. They’ve been whispering behind his back and mocking him. They think he’s just a model dilettante with a sugar mama who’s getting him work.

Jesus Luz’s lucky star may have blasted him to instant fame, but his colleagues are over him.

Madonna’s sometime-boy-toy got straight-up dissed by the other male catwalkers as he prepped for the Jeffrey Fashion Cares event last week at Espace. Says one backstage source: “None of the other models would talk to Jesus or even look at him. They were gossiping like catty girls about how they couldn’t wait for his career to fizzle out.”

But the gorgeous Brazilian had the last laugh: He walked first and kicked off the show. While hordes of guests may have come hoping for a glimpse of the Material Girl, it doesn’t bother her arm candy.
“Jesus had no career until Madonna arrived, and even if people are coming to see him because of her, he’s still going to take it,” says a snitch.

It’s no wonder Luz’s rise to fame has created so much jealousy in the modeling world. “He’s taking jobs from other models who feel they’ve worked harder and longer than he has,” says one industry insider. “Madonna has catapulted Jesus on to the world’s stage. Sure, he’s beautiful, but he wouldn’t be where he is without her.”

…It’s not just Luz’s closet that’s expanding — his ego has grown, too. “He has a big, swollen head,” says a Madonna camp pal. “Jesus was trying to charge 100K per appearance in Brazil. Friends finally sat him down and told him to get real and to stop thinking he’s the male answer to Gisele, because he isn’t.”

[From Gatecrasher]

One of Madonna’s people responded by saying Madge hasn’t helped Jesusout at all, and with a face like his he doesn’t need it. He’s alright to look at, but I agree that he’s not the male Gisele. He’s one of those nice but bland faces. Put him in a model lineup in the next few years and I bet nine out of ten people won’t be able to recognize him. There’s nothing standout about the dude except for the lady he dates. And come on – during their off period a little while ago, did anyone even hear about the guy?

All that said, regardless of what the other boy models think, Jesus is smart to work it. But he should be doing it now and saving his money because the fame is going to die out quickly. Doing it because he thinks he’s the next biggest thing is hysterically cute, but totally wrong. Get in, work it as much as you can, piss off as many other models as you need to, and get out. Because I guarandamntee you that in nine months the only job Jesus will be able to get is as a car model. Yeah, a guy car model. Just imagine how that’ll help Detroit.

Here’s Jesus Luz at the Kabbalah center in New York on April 18th. Images thanks to INF Photo.