Rupert Everett: Gays Having Babies Is 'Bogus'

International News, By Christian Taylor, 7th April, 2009

British actor Rupert Everett is currently performing on Broadway in the Noel Coward play Blithe Spirit. In a recent interview with the The Daily Beast Everett let rip with his opinions on London theatregoers, as well as gays and lesbians having babies.

“I think this surrogacy thing is crap. It is utterly hideous. I think it’s egocentric and vain. And these endless IVF treatments people go through. I mean, if you are meant to have babies then great. But this whole idea of two gay guys filling a cocktail shaker with their sperm and impregnating some grim lesbian and then it gets cut out is just really weird,” said Everett, who was Mardi Gras’ Chief of Parade in 2007. “If I did have the impulse to be a parent, I would adopt – or foster. But this whole thing of forcing the idea of parenthood on us gay men is so bogus. Marriage? Babies? Please. I want to be illegal. I want to live outside the mainstream.”

When challenged on whether his opinions were old fashioned, he said that he may actually be ‘ahead of the curve’.

“It has to change. These awful middle-class queens – which is what the gay movement has become – are so tiresome. It’s all Abercrombie & Fitch and strollers. Everybody has the right to do what they want to do, but still…”

Everett also praised the warmth of American audiences and said that there’s an enthusiasm in the states that is lacking in the UK. “In London, the audience is like a bunch of old sluts who have had too much sex and can never cum. They’re mean and they dare you to entertain them.”

Everett also said that his career is so up and down, because he’s not given enough opportunities, because he’s an out, proud ‘fag’.

“I have no regrets for being out. None. It’s not like I’m missing out on that much. Being an actor in Hollywood is not that great a job anymore. It’s become the sluttiest job on the planet. It’s not remotely serious. It’s not like we’re talking about Hollywood in the 1970s that I’m missing out on. If we were talking about ‘70s Hollywood, then I’d be killing myself because the product back then was so astonishing even though it was still thought of as commercial cinema.”

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rudeboy86

said ages ago

Hrmm, I interpreted it as him saying that all gays shouldn't want to be parents as child-rearing is a heterosexual practice. And that issues of gay marriage and parenting were part of the larger issue of gays assimilating into heterosexual lifestyles and culture, thus endangering our own culture as a result. Which is total bollocks imo. I saw it more as him offering a refreshing opinion that actually does exist within the GBLTi community. Marriage and Parenting are parts of larger issues of the assimilation of the non-hetero to the hetero. There are heaps of hetero people who don't like the idea of marriage or having kids either yet they believe in the concept of love... Love and Marriage do not always go together...this should be pretty damn obvious by now.

rudeboy86

said ages ago

Rudeboy sees hypocrisy because he revels in it, he wants to see it,not because he necessarily wants to change anything. If things changed he'd have nothing left. If you seek to find problems; and none are present; conspiracy theories surface... I don't revel in hypocrisy. I am merely very aware of society's negative aspects that should really be looked at, discussed and changed. This can vary from views and attitudes to government, corporate and organisational policy. It is all well and good to praise all the positive aspects of our society and the world around us but at the end of the day there will be problems that shall be left unaddressed, even more so than if they were addressed as I am aware that there will always be issues somewhere. I am not hunting for problems, I am pointing out problems that actually do exist and are there right in front of your eyes...which may be hard to see if somebody has pulled the wool over them already. Your perception of what is a problem and what is not, varies as much as everybody else's. Some people don't have an issues about being lied to by their governments, or by management in the workplace so they wont see a problem when it happens. Perception is quite relative. (I'll wait for you to use one of your hairbrained isolated cases in an attempt to dismantle the point of relativism) Are you implying that I am a conspiracy theorist? You have no grounds for that so you can toss that insult on the pile of irrelevance. What good is 'logically deconstructing society' for me? It's clear. Anybody, regardless of gender, sexuality, marital status, etc, should not be guilted out of being a parent for some textbook strawman argument that says gays are too radically inclined to raise kids. If you want to go and marry, breed and have that nice little house in the suburbs then by all means go for it but please for the love of anything important...don't make it constantly occupy the pages of SameSame or the GBLTi community press publications when there are more important issues to be discussed... That is all I have ever tried to say and you seem to take great pleasure in twisting my words and opinions around to make me look like some evil bastard on these forums. If you have a difference of opinion, goody gumdrops. However, don't twist my words around to form some sort of deluded variant of rebuttle that relies mostly on judging the personalities and character of the individuals on these forums. That is called being bitchy/catty and counter-productive. You may be a decent person mate considering we have never met however I do find your views on most things to be quite fucked. See I am not judging you as a person...just your views.

Asherbella

said ages ago

'You're views are quite fucked but you may be a decent person'... LOLZ! Too funny. I think what I think. Let's leave it at that. You've had your say. I can't argue your style. You're a *hardcore* boot-thumping anti-Zionist. OK. I accept that. Lovely. I think that you base your arguments on feeling obligated to the *cause* you love so much; it's who you are and your revoluntionary identity at this stage in your life means alot to you. Good for you. I just reckon that the desire to be a parent, regardless of sexuality comes from a place of purity and that desire shouldn't be twisted into a university curriculum module for the sake of wanting to be a *riot queer* or whatever label that suits you.

rudeboy86

said ages ago

'You're views are quite fucked but you may be a decent person'... LOLZ! Too funny. I think what I think. Let's leave it at that. You've had your say. I can't argue your style. You're a *hardcore* boot-thumping anti-Zionist. OK. I accept that. Lovely. I think that you base your arguments on feeling obligated to the *cause* you love so much; it's who you are and your revoluntionary identity at this stage in your life means alot to you. Good for you. I just reckon that the desire to be a parent, regardless of sexuality comes from a place of purity and that desire shouldn't be twisted into a university curriculum module for the sake of wanting to be a *riot queer* or whatever label that suits you. Woah....purity? Where the fuck is that coming from Asher? Pure as in pure of mind? Pure of heart and soul? Sounds like the religious undertones are popping out there. Where do I say anything about turning this into a university curriculum module??? I am not one of those fucking leaflet dispensing wankers who call themselves Socialists (they support your marriage cause by the way). I am not doing a Bachelor of Arts, criticising the government whilst collecting dole payments...yes I did go into a B.Arts at Monash Uni but I had to drop out in second year due to personal issues that were fucking with me at the time. "At this stage of my life"...are you talking down to me as if being younger is a disadvantage? Fuck off and don't patronize me like that...that is just low.

Asherbella

said ages ago

Woah....purity? Where the fuck is that coming from Asher? Pure as in pure of mind? Pure of heart and soul? Sounds like the religious undertones are popping out there. Where do I say anything about turning this into a university curriculum module??? I am not one of those fucking leaflet dispensing wankers who call themselves Socialists (they support your marriage cause by the way). I am not doing a Bachelor of Arts, criticising the government whilst collecting dole payments...yes I did go into a B.Arts at Monash Uni but I had to drop out in second year due to personal issues that were fucking with me at the time. "At this stage of my life"...are you talking down to me as if being younger is a disadvantage? Fuck off and don't patronize me like that...that is just low. Religious undertones? No. Purity as in 'not contrived'. Nothing to do with religion. We hall have 'stages' in life, regardless of age. We are all slaves to our passions; nothing wrong with that. You, Ben, in 10 years time, might actually change. Your views may change, evolve. For whatever reason. That's all I meant by saying that.

rudeboy86

said ages ago

Religious undertones? No. Purity as in 'not contrived'. Nothing to do with religion. We hall have 'stages' in life, regardless of age. We are all slaves to our passions; nothing wrong with that. You, Ben, in 10 years time, might actually change. Your views may change, evolve. For whatever reason. That's all I meant by saying that. Within the last 10 years my views have become much stronger and have developed more and more and are quite fixed to a certain degree. I do remember discussing issues issues of belief and age with a man who was in his late 80s/early 90s. This man was politically active from an early age in Poland...he was arrested at 13 for organising unions, was a very well respected figure amongst the Jewish Labor movement (Bund) in Poland before and during the war. He worked for the Polish Pilsudski government after the war as an adviser, moved over to the USA and lectured in Harvard on Soviet economics and then moved to Australia where he has been for quite some time now. I asked if he had become more conservative and fixed in his ways as he got older...he said: "I find that as I get older, the more radical I become." This was of course all said in Yiddish... The point is that you come off as being patronising when you refer to "stages" of my life...you are starting to sound like my parents when they talk about my sexuality and how I seem to be in a "stage" that may change with time. I'm sure you can understand how pissed off I can get in this case...

Asherbella

said ages ago

Patronising? No, not trying to be. I'm going through a stage in my life right now. Some stages last longer than others. Some stages shift, some become stagnant, some become more intense... In no way is sexuality a 'stage'. Sexuality is fixed. Being gay is a state of being, not a belief system. Nobody *wishes* themselves into homosexuality. By stage, I meant your passion in life. Your passion is your radicalism. Do you get what I'm saying now?

weathervain

said ages ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouLiQ7KhmYU

rudeboy86

said ages ago

I really do not see there being a toning down of my radicalism generally Asher. It's there and I is not going to hide itself away over time. You cannot say that it's part of a stage in my life like it will eventually fade into the shadows. That is how it comes across and that Asher is patronising to me. You may not think so but it is my perception of your statement...give that some thought.

Asherbella

said ages ago

Your radicalism may evolve into a different form of radicalism? Theories, approaches, etc. hasn't radicalism changed even a little since the '60's? I have no idea, I'm asking you because I don't know; not to be patronizing.

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