Rupert Everett
lashes out against gay treatment in Hollywood

Rupert Everett has slammed Hollywood for being discriminatory toward gay actors. The star of An Ideal 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)