Rupert Everett
lashes out against gay treatment in 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)