Making his big-screen debut in the early 2000s, Elliot Page has become a prominent and successful actor in Hollywood. Over the years, he has not only grown as an actor but also as a person, as he came out as gay in 2014 and as transgender in December 2020. While it was a significant moment in his life, and his fans were happy about the actor coming to terms with himself, it was not the same for everyone. However, it wasn’t only people who had bitter things to say about him coming out as gay.
The Umbrella Academy star opens up about his experience of coming out and how some even tried to brainwash him into believing that he was not gay in his upcoming memoir Pageboy.
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Elliot Page Was Treated Horribly After Coming Out
Elliot Page is sharing his life experience in his upcoming memoir Pageboy. The book also reveals some of the things the actor faced in a decades-long career in Hollywood. He talked about an incident that happened two months after he came out as gay while attending a birthday party in Los Angeles.
He talked about an “acquaintance” who told him, “You aren’t gay. That doesn’t exist. You are just afraid of men.” The individual did not stop there and went on to make explicit comments, saying, “I’m going to f*ck you to make you realize you aren’t gay.”
The Inception actor also shared that a few days later, he came across the same person at the gym, where he told him that he does not have any problem with gay people. However, Page was not convinced and told him, “I think you might.” He also shares how this was not the only such incident he faced since coming out as gay and transgender.
Elliot Page Highlights the Reality in His Book
During his interview with People regarding his book, Elliot Page talked about the awful things that queer and trans people have to face constantly. shared that he has had similar experiences throughout his life, like the L.A. birthday party and how “queer and trans people deal with it incessantly.”
Page claimed that despite facing such awful things, they are expected to brush it off. And this was the reason he shared this story in his book. “I put that story in the book because it’s about highlighting the reality, the sh*t we deal with, and what gets sent to us constantly,” he shared.
The X-Men star also said that he purposely did not share that person’s name in the book. But he also mentioned that many others at the party listened and saw what happened, and those people, along with that individual, would know who Page is talking about in his book.
Pageboy is expected to release on 6 June 2023.
Source: People
