Entertainment News
2006-09-06
Rupert Everett
lashes out against gay treatment in Hollywood
Everett complains
of discrimination
Rupert Everett
has slammed Hollywood
Rupert Everett
has slammed Hollywood for being discriminatory toward gay
actors. The star of AnIdeal Husband believes heterosexual actors are
at a distinct advantage in Tinseltown because of their
sexuality, reports the Irish Examiner.
"Without doubt
gays are discriminated against in show business," the
47-year-old actor said. "The straight one gets to walk down
a red carpet with a beautiful girl and everything
works out, and the gay one has to backpedal and do
independent movies. Yet everything Hugh Grant does, I
could be in."
Everett added:
"To be a movie star you have got to have a
good-looking girlfriend, and for Hugh [Grant], Elizabeth
Hurley helped. It is a trophy job. You need a lot of
energy to have a trophy girlfriend. I take my hat off
to anyone who has one." (The Advocate)
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