Rupert Everett: no actor should come out of the closet, ever

The last we heard from the tragic, bitter, nasty old lady known as Rupert Everett, he was being fired from Vanity Fair for calling the editor, Graydon Carter, “rather fat” and “a weird character”. This came after Rup’s spiral of self-destruction, where he bitched and moaned about his fellow gay men being “tiresome middle-aged queens” focused on “egocentric and vain” child-rearing. This was also after Rup mangled his face with some kind of extreme surgery and Botox.
Rup’s new temper tantrum is in The Daily Mail. He is advising young gay actors to stay in the closet. Because, you see, Rup blames the fact that no one wants to work with him on his gayness. Not the fact that he’s a horrible person that no one can stand.
Actor Rupert Everett is urging gay stars not to ‘come out’ and to keep their sexuality a secret as it could end their film career.
The 50-year-old My Best Friend’s Wedding star came out as gay 20 years ago and admitted that since then, he has been given supporting roles and not lead parts.
Everett is now suggesting that aspiring actors stay in the closet as it could harm their career.
He said: “It’s not that advisable to be honest. It’s not very easy. And, honestly, I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out…The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British film business or the American film business or even the Italian film business.’
‘It just doesn’t work and you’re going to hit a brick wall at some point. You’re going to manage to make it roll for a certain amount of time, but at the first sign of failure, they’ll cut you right off.’
‘And I’m sick of saying: ‘Yes, it’s probably my own fault.’ Because I’ve always tried to make it work and when it stops working somewhere, I try to make it work somewhere else. But the fact of the matter is, and I don’t care who disagrees, it doesn’t work if you’re gay.’
However, Everett added that he does believe that he is happier that those other major stars who are keeping their sexuality a secret.
He said: ‘I think, all in all, I’m probably much happier than they are. I may not be as rich or successful, but at least I’m vaguely free to be myself.’
[From The Daily Mail]
Yes, I have a rebuttal for Rup: Neil Patrick Harris. Granted, I don’t think that naming just one “mainstream” young gay actor will solve all the homophobic world’s evils, but it’s a start. And until young gay actors and actresses live and work in a life out of the closet, Rup’s nastiness will prevail. Doesn’t he just sound out of touch? Doesn’t he sound like some old coot sitting on a front porch, bitching about the way things used to be? Compare Rup’s comments with someone like Sir Ian McKellen, who always sounds like a fascinating, hell-raising, gay rights advocate (who is still working steadily), and you wonder just what Rup is really complaining about.
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