Advanced copies of Elliot Page's upcoming memoir Pageboy have been released to People, and there are some pretty stunning revelations.
So, before coming out as trans in 2020, the Inception star came out as gay in 2014. Two months after coming out, Elliot said he was at a birthday party in Los Angeles, where he was verbally accosted by another actor they considered an "acquaintance."
Elliot said the "famous asshole" tried to discredit Elliot's sexuality at the time.
Elliot said the actor said, "You aren't gay. That doesn’t exist. You are just afraid of men. I’m going to fuck you to make you realize you aren’t gay."
Elliot said he ran into the asshole at the gym later that week. They told Elliot they didn't have a problem with gay people, to which Elliot said, "I think you might."
"I've had some version of that happen many times throughout my life. A lot of queer and trans people deal with it incessantly," Elliot told People. "These moments that we often like don't talk about or we're supposed to just brush off, when actually it's very awful."
"I put that story in the book because it’s about highlighting the reality, the shit we deal with and what gets sent to us constantly, particularly in environments that are predominantly cis and heterosexual," he added.
"How we navigate that world where you either have more extreme, overt moments like that. Or you have the more, like, subtle jokes. [In Hollywood] these are very powerful people. They're the ones choosing what stories are being told and creating content for people to see all around the world," he said.
Elliot said this actor — who he is not naming — "will hear about this and know it’s him."
Elliot's book hits stands June 6.
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