In his upcoming memoir Pageboy, Elliot Page reveals that a homophobic actor once confronted him at a party in Los Angeles back in 2014, telling him: “You aren’t gay. That doesn’t exist.
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Elliot Page is recalling a transformative moment. In an excerpt from his upcoming memoir, , the 36-year-old actor discusses sharing a kiss with a woman in a gay bar, just months before , the film that shot him into celebrity, was released. In the excerpt, which was obtained by , Page writes about a woman named Paula, whom he met when he was 20.«The sound of her voice radiated warmth, a kindness. It wasn't so much that her eyes lit up but that they found you.
I could feel her looking,» he writes. «We went to Reflections. It was the first time I had been to a gay bar and would be my last for a long time.
I was a miserable flirter. Flirting when I didn’t mean to and not when I wanted to. We stood close, but not too close.
The air so thick, I was swimming in it.»The experience, Page writes, «was new» for him, «being in a queer space and being present, enjoying it.»«Shame had been drilled into my bones since I was my tiniest self, and I struggled to rid my body of that old toxic and erosive marrow,» he writes. «But there was a joy in the room, it lifted me, forced a reaction in the jaw, an uncontrolled, steady smile.»«Dancing, sweat dripping down my back, down my chest. I watched Paula's hair twist and bounce as she moved effortlessly, chaotic but controlled, sensual and strong,» Page continues.
«I would catch her looking at me, or was it the other way around? We wanted to be caught. Deer in the headlights. Startled, but not breaking.»Soon, Page asked Paula a question: «Can I kiss you?» "[I was] jolted by my boldness, as if it came from somewhere else, powered by the electronic music perhaps, a circuit of release, of demanding you leave your repression at the door," he writes.
«And then I did. In a queer bar. In front of
.In his upcoming memoir Pageboy, Elliot Page reveals that a homophobic actor once confronted him at a party in Los Angeles back in 2014, telling him: “You aren’t gay. That doesn’t exist.
Elliot Page has reflected on his experience of coming out as a transgender man. During an interview with Los Angeles Times, the 36-year-old opened up about how his family reacted to the news. The actor, who publicly came out as trans in December 2020, told the outlet that his family were initially not accepting after he came out as gay.
Elliot Page is having more fun dating since his transition. The 36-year-old star- who was previously married to Emma Portner from 2018 until 2021 - was born female and lived as Oscar-winning actress Ellen Page but came out as a trans man in December 2020 and has now revealed that he finds interacting with others "much easier" than before. He told the LA Times: "It’s the most fun I’ve ever had dating.
Elliot Page isn't holding back in his new memoir,. The 36-year-old star opens up about his journey transitioning from female to male and the struggles the transgender actor has faced throughout his life.From an early age, Page writes he was a victim of abuse and grooming. Saying an unnamed director «groomed» him as a teenager, Page writes that this person texted him regularly and gifted him books.Page writes that one night the director took Page to dinner and stroked his thigh under the table.«You have to make the move, I can’t,» Page claims the director whispered to him, per .Page also alleges that he was forced to wear a dress and heels to the 2007 premiere of his hit film, by the movie's director, Jason Reitman, though he doesn't specifically name Reitman in the memoir.«I was being told to lie and hide.
Elliot Page is opening up about transphobia in the City of Angels.
Elliot Page suffered a transphobic attack when he was threatened by a man on the street in Los Angeles last year. In his new memoir Pageboy, The Umbrella Academy actor revealed the stranger approached and threatened him as he walked from his hotel to a convenience store last year. "I'm going to f**king gay bash you, f**got," the man threatened, Page recalled in the book.
Elliot Page recalls being verbally assaulted at a party by an A-list actor two months after he came out as gay. Page announced that they identified as a lesbian in 2014 before coming out as transgender in 2020. In a chapter of his new memoir, Pageboy, titled “Famous A--hole at Party,” Page said an actor who was an “acquaintance” told him: “You aren't gay.
. In a new excerpt from his memoir, , the 36-year-old actor claims he had a romantic relationship with while she was still dating actor .
Elliot Page revealed that he was once involved with a closeted female co-star.
Elliot Page‘s new memoir “Pageboy” is being released next week and there’s a whole chapter dedicated to an A-List actor who verbally assaulted him back in 2014.
Elliot Page is opening up about his past relationships.
Elliot Page is revealing a past romance. In his upcoming memoir, , the 36-year-old actor reveals that he once dated Kate Mara, according to an excerpt obtained by .«The first person I fell for after my heart was broken was Kate Mara,» Page writes. «She had a boyfriend at the time, the lovely and talented Max Minghella.»The romance started in 2014, shortly after Page publicly came out as gay.
Speaking his truth. Amid the many powerful revelations in Elliot Page’s upcoming memoir, Pageboy, the Juno actor detailed his past romantic relationship with Kate Mara for the first time.
Actor Elliot Page has thought back on a challenging period in his life. “The Umbrella Academy” star came out as transgender in 2020. In an E! News exclusive peek at “The Freedom to Exist with Elliot Page: A Soul of a Nation Presentation,” an ABC News Pride Month program focusing on the trans community, he recently opened up about his prior difficulties with gender dysphoria.
Ariana Madix and Raquel Leviss came face-to-face in the same room for the first time since that “Vanderpump Rules” cheating scandal was revealed during the season 10 reunion that aired on Wednesday.
Elliot Page is opening up about what life felt like in his skin prior to his transition. The 36-year-old actor is candid about his gender dysphoria in a new interview with ABC News. «My body started to change and clothes sat on me differently, and all of that just was, really was the beginning of really sort of disconnecting from myself and feeling a degree of discomfort that was very erosive and damaging,» Page shares in a sneak peek clip of the sit-down that was shared by .Page says that as a child, he was not aware of the term transgender, saying that if it did come up, it was often a topic mocked by his peers in health class.«The experiences I had in regards to bullying only encourages the shame that literally makes you sick,» Page explains.
NBC News, the previously unreported incident occurred days before six suspects allegedly involved in the scheme were arrested and indicted on charges of grand larceny, first-degree robbery, and conspiracy to drug and rob at least a dozen victims at various clubs and bars.Three of the men also face murder charges related to the deaths of D.C. political consultant John Umberger and Brooklyn social worker Julio Ramirez, who both died from overdoses of a mix of fentanyl, cocaine, ethanol, and other drugs.The suspects in the criminal ring allegedly drugged their victims to incapacitate and rob them, often using facial recognition technology to access their phones, between September 2021 and August 2022. The most recent victim, a 30-year-old gay man known as “Michael” — whose full name is being kept confidential — said he went out on March 25 to The Eagle NYC, a gay bar in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, where at least three other drugging victims claimed to have gone prior to being robbed. According to Michael, he was intoxicated when three men approached him and his friends after leaving the bar around 3:45 a.m.From what he could recall, he entered a taxi with the men, while his friends went home in a separate taxi.Michael remembers being in an unknown apartment before regaining consciousness several hours later without his cell phone.
Elliot Page says he experienced “a degree of discomfort that was very erosive and damaging” while going through puberty. The 36-year-old actor, who came out as transgender in 2020, said the process was “just the beginning of really sort of disconnecting from myself”. Page made the remarks during a preview clip for a new Pride Month television special for ABC News.
Elliot Page looked back on his first time attending a gay bar.
Elliot Page has shared his gratitude “to be here and alive” after undergoing gender-affirming surgery. The Umbrella Academy actor, 36, announced he was transgender in 2020. Three years on, Page has acknowledged that his experience as a trans man doesn’t represent the reality of “most trans lives”.