Elliot Page reveals in his new memoir, “Pageboy,” that an A-list actor once verbally assaulted him.
The incident occurred after the “Juno” star came out as gay in February 2014 but prior to his gender transition in December 2020.
“I’m going to f—k you to make you realize you aren’t gay,'” Page claims the unnamed actor told him at a birthday party in Los Angeles in 2014, according to an excerpt of a chapter aptly titled “Famous A–hole at Party,” which People obtained on Friday.
The “Umbrella Academy” star adds that the fellow celebrity, whom he describes only as an “acquaintance,” insisted, “‘You aren’t gay. That doesn’t exist. You are just afraid of men.’”
Page told the magazine that he “purposely” did not name the perpetrator, who will “hear about this and know it’s him.”
The “Hard Candy” star also writes that the duo ran into each other at a gym a few days after the inappropriate chat, and the anonymous actor allegedly clarified, “‘I don’t have a problem with gay people, I swear.’”
Page says he responded, “I think you might.”
The Oscar nominee shares that the exchange was not foreign to him because he had had “some version of that happen many times” throughout his life.
“A lot of queer and trans people deal with it incessantly,” he adds.
“These moments that we often, like, don’t talk about or we’re supposed to just brush off, when actually it’s very awful.”
Page told People that he shared the story in his book to highlight the “s–t” people in the LGBTQIA+ community deal with, particularly in “environments that are predominantly cis and heterosexual.”
“[In Hollywood] these are very powerful people,” the “My Days of Mercy” star pointed out.
“They’re the ones choosing what stories are being told and creating content for people to see all around the world.”
Page also writes in his memoir about having a secret relationship with a closeted female co-star — called “Ryan” in the book — and a romance with Kate Mara while the latter was dating Max Minghella.
“This was right after I’d come out as gay and it was a time of exploration and also heartbreak,” the “Whip It” star writes.
“I think my relationship, or whatever you want to call it with Kate, very much encapsulates a certain dynamic that I consistently found myself in, which was falling for people that — I think a lot of us do this — who aren’t fully available. And the sort of safety in that and the highs and the lows and the serotonin bump, and then it goes away.”
Page was previously married to dancer Emma Portner.
However, he filed for divorce in January 2021 after three years of marriage.
The pair said in a joint statement at the time, “After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce following our separation last summer. We have the utmost respect for each other and remain close friends.”
