[ourmaninBusan]

RICHARD GERE CALLS FOR AN END TO THAT DAMN GERBIL STORY

Buddhist and animal lover RICHARD GERE is calling for an end to
that nasty rumor that he once engaged in anal sex with a
rodent -- an adorable rodent, true, but still a rodent.

The PRETTY WOMAN star thinks everyone should be given the chance to
atone for their sins, especially those who are absurdly rich and still
handsome at 48 -- not that he's confessing or anything....

He says, "The reality is I'm 56 -- er, 48, I meant 48 -- years old
and I've never been anywhere on this planet without being pestered about
shoving that goddamn gerbil up my arse...and it didn't even happen.
Ask my wife. Cindy. Carey. Something with a C.

"I never met a reporter who didn't insinuate something about me taking
a paper-towel roller, some vaseline and a children's pet and doing some
absurd bestial ritual that's not even described in comic books, and you
know how depraved some of those manga are..." he said with a wink.

"The yearning has been so deeply buried that maybe in one lifetime it's never
going to emerge. But, then again, you never know. That's why I'm so against
PETA and other animal rights groups that call for capital
punishment because of that sort of thing.

"There's always a possibility of redemption, but not if you buggers don't stop
bringing it up.
"There's always a possibility that the lifetime of horrible deeds done
in the name of pleasure will mean something in a transformation to spiritual enlightenment."
He shifted uncomfortably in his seat. "For me,
that is. Not for the gerbil. He's pretty much toast."