I could care less if she's gay. It's when you engage in all sorts of shenanigans in order to stay closeted that the public REALLY starts to examine your private life with a microscope.

BeAgrestic

I don't see what's so spectacular...is there actually anyone who wasn't a lesbian at age 22?

Lydia9

I am pretty sure that was a female date next to her at the Oscars and I do hope, if she is, she will "come out" because I think she would be an absolutely perfect role model.

Artful Slinger

If she is, I hope she comes out because there's nothing sadder to me than closeted stars. We'll still love you, promise.

DorothyZbornak

They say, "Is she or isn't she?" I say, "Who cares?"

SteamyMcFirecrotch

Why are people so obsessed with who is sleeping with whom and how and when? I really don't get the fascination. And, whether she is or not -- dressing like a tom boy or even being a tom boy (i.e. athletic or outdoorsy) doesn't equal gay. Let the poor girl be!

ATL_Girl_Publicist

well it would only make sense for at least some bi-curiosity, as that IS the primary social fashion for ellen page's primary high-school-girls-who-think-hot-topic-is-real-cool demographic. and her creatively-stunted personality.

windowface

@perphiction: Bardem was gang banged my a group of jezebels so I think not.

mepo

She turned down a really good lesbian role in another film because of the werewolf movie. Either her, or her handlers, didn't want her to be associated with too many lesbian characters. Lame.

traceygold

Oh shit. By this logic, my 21-year-old self was a big old lezzie.

HeatherNumber1

"Repellent as it was, Jeffrey Wells' suspicion that no teenage boy would ever knock up a girl as "midget-sized" or "scrawny" as he perceived Ellen Page to be in Juno might actually have had some veracity to it."

Is Jeffrey Wells gay himself? The teenage boys I've known would knock up a yeti, as long as they got to have real sex in the process. Also, asshole, Ellen Page is cute, whichever sex she's into.

Erin-MJ

Well, you know Canadians. But in all seriousness, who cares? Not having a boyfriend isn't proof you're a lesbian -- it's having a girlfriend.

kentuckienne

@J.D.Regent: :::::rimshot::::

and yes, totes gay. hel-LO!

bowlingfordollars

who fucking cares.

sybann

@CrankYank: Classic.

Mark Graham

@DukeLaCrosse: Is your name supposed to be some kind of joke? Call me a humorless boner killer, but I don't think it's funny at all.

westvillagegirl

Ellen should apply to be Tom Cruise's fourth wife, and all those gay rumors will definitely be put to rest!

Sweet Panda Love

@ATL_Girl_Publicist: really? then you're in the wrong business, sister.

J.D.Regent

@perphiction: Um, I'M calling Javier gay.

DukeLaCrosse

Explain to me how an actors' sexuality is pertinent to their talent? Give the girl some time -- if she has a closet to come out of, then let her exit gracefully. If not, then leave her alone.

decoitous

@starsof1889: Thanks, but I liken that word to the 'n' word, so it's in no way endearing.
As for Ellen, though we are not friends, I know her well enough to know she isn't gay, but if she was, and may end up being so (because who really has that nailed down completely at 21?), she wouldn't hide it.

secretagentman

really!!! who cares? these are trivial issues that are not relevant to her talent or achievements. Michael Musto is one of the more annoying queens in the industry...i don't think we should ever care about somebody's sexuality...it tends to distract from their artform. Get over fag sniffers...and i mean fag in the most endearing way. like i would never call michael musto a fag because he is annoying as hell!

starsof1889

If she's a lesbian, I hope she calls me. I will totally ditch my boyfriend for her, though I haven't seen Juno.

luckymolly

Musto really sounds like my aunt talking over the back fence. Next he'll probably mention that Britney's Aunt Flo is visiting, thank god, because who knows the scandal otherwise!

CrankYank

I don't understand. Who the fuck cares? She's 21, for god's sake. Not everyone has rows of notches on their bedpost by then. Just cuz she's not Lilo (sorry BangieB) doesn't make her a lesbian. And so what if she is?

westvillagegirl

Ellen is seated with her publicist, Kelly Bush (no pun intended) she's one of the partner's in ID PR...and she's a power lesbian.
(totally out, adopted baby with her female partner)

JulieJewel

Ummm, Javier Bardem went to the Oscars with his mother and nobody is calling him gay.

perphiction

Oh man this is funny.
Yesterday my boyfriends roomate was telling me that the guys he works construction with would not shut up about Ellen Page and how hot she is. Apparently one guy said (and I quote) " I would drag my balls through a mile...no ten miles of glass for a sniff of that seat".
I am not making this up.

rosie7

Doesn't going to the Oscars with your PUBLICIST make you gay? That's more gay than going a sibling or parent.

GoodEmployee

Until I read the comments, just based on the photo, I thought she had gone to the Oscars with Karen Hughes, which would answer any questions of gay sexual orientation in the affirmative for both of them...

gwendolyn

Bite me, Musto. I don't care one way or the other, unless she is a lesbian and lies about it.
Also, the term "gay lover" really pisses me off.

BAngieB

Actually, ever since she played kitty pryde, my boyfriends wanted to do her. like BAD. And I do to, but I'm a girl, so maybe there is truth to this...

marvel girl

@traceygold: Is it a scheduling conflict or not wanting to be associated with lesbian roles? Because it's one or the other, in this instance.

Det. Philangie

@WGARefugee: It certainly explains the hair in "No Country for Old Men."

Also, feel free to make cunt/no men/lesbian jokes in your own imagination, kids!

Sweet Panda Love

So Javier Bardem is a lesbian. This explains Penelope Cruz so much!

WGARefugee

By their logic, I was a lesbian. Finding Chucks comfortable does not a lesbian make. Can't a 20 year old run around in jeans & tshirts anymore? sheesh.

Ellen Page does not strike me as someone who would hide in the closet.

JustZoot

It's sadly ironic that out gay men like Musto are propogating the idea that being gay is somehow scandalous.

KLondike5

Oh, great, you're forcing me to defend Juno again…the one thing I liked about that movie was the portrayal of a young woman that wasn't the stereotype of femininity (and yet she can still be loved!). NEWS FLASH: Not all STRAIGHT women want to get all dolled-up everyday to please society. It's not natural-it's a social construct. That concludes my rant. Thank you.

P.S. Musto's a moron.

hack-a-rific

Hard Candy probably didn't help matters. Such a good movie.

mepo

it's a win win for her. Just makes her more famous. Good for Musto for making her more mysterious. Will the Tabloids follow next? Looking forward to Star magazine and Us covers soon.

foofer

It's like there's a rule now where if you're a young upstart in Hollywood, you have to be dogged with gay rumors for at least a year before people get bored. Musto probably thinks that by doing this to a young female actor instead of a male one, he's doing something for equality. May he fall off his bike and sprain an ankle.

@hack-a-rific: I'll defend it too, because it was refreshing that the Juno character was friends with the hot cheerleader. In any other teen movie those characters wouldn't be caught dead talking to each other.

whitekidinflatbush

BAngieB: oh, i also can't stand the term 'gay lover,' as if gay men or women are characters in a Russian novel, with no connection to mundane events like: picking up the dry-cleaning and recycling egg cartons.

MrRewrite

Musto is a drama-seeking journo-queen. Page is a talented young actress, and given that the world is run by straight males, we're only really threatened by gay male sexuality anyways; lezzie-ness is a non-starter, so it's moot as to whether she's into gals. A complete non-story, and in any case if she is a lipstick lez, that's a whole realm of fantasy for young straight men, right? So once again they win, either way. yippie. Now go.

MrRewrite

Why the fuck is it relevant what gender Ellen Page prefers to have sex with? It's not like she's out there like Travolta and Cruise, so desperate to appear straight that they're in fake marriages and trying to sell the world on their straightness.

Who cares?

This offends me on so many levels. And as a gay man, Musto should be ashamed of himself. It's nobody's business.

LEAVE ELLEN PAGE ALONE!

Tippi from Toronto

@Erin-MJ: No, Jeffrey Wells is the pig that begged the director of 3:10 to Yuma for stills of actress Vinessa Shaw's topless scene. Do a search on deadlinehollywooddaily.com for the whole sleazy story(private emails and all). I'm guessing Jeffrey hates any woman who wouldn't want to bone him.

secretagentman

This is just like Perez Hilton's thing where he pretty much forces people to come out (like NPH or Lance Bass, for example) because he's out, and damnit, everyone should be.

gorillavsmarykate

I'd do her.

What?

KingHater

Colin Farrell went to the Oscars with his mother, and I don't think he's gay. Of course, his mother is so pretty that could just be plain old incest.

OldTowneTavern

@Lydia9: Ummmm, over here. Hi!

Moimeme

@rosie7: wow, that is hilarious.

BestFrenemies

I'll chime in on the side of "Who knows? Who CARES?". I have zero interest in the personal lives of celebrities, let alone their sex lives (I understand the incongruity of stating this on defamer: my wife follows this stuff so I have to track the headlines so I have a vague clue what she's talking about). Are they a good actor/singer/dancer/whatever it is they're famous for? That's what I care about.

And I realize that by that standard Paris Hilton is a very accomplished publicity whore/heiress. I didn't say it was a perfect standard.

revmatty

WHO CARES about Ellen's orientation!....Oh, wait, has someone already made that comment? More like a few dozen? Oh well, I may as well just restate it again! Good god, what's happened to this place? Nick Denton must be creaming his pants.

flippin

I don't care about her sexual preferences as I am more concerned about important issues, like if her knees look like Toffee-Fays or French Burnt Peanuts.

Little Mintz Sunshine

@Little Mintz Sunshine: They look like melted Malteasers topped with Smarties.

Mark Graham

Jack and Diane? Why no John Cougar Mellencamp jokes people?
Can't we all share the collective bitterness that comes with the knowledge that Ellen Page is too young/Haligonian to be our own personal sweetheart? I might be a fine girl, what a good wife I would be, but her life, her love and her lady is the sea.....

judithvansteppes

...so the Hamburger Phone was a Filet O Fish sandwich?!!

NoGrumpys

Let's get a Venn diagram on this. Some Ellen's are in entertainment. Some Ellens are gay, but not all Ellens in entertainment are gay. However, all Ellens not in entertainment are ready for hot girl on girl action at the flash of a nipple.

OldTowneTavern

I care. But only because it would be way hot if she was doing it with other girls.

Atomboy

Because everyone knows that girls with non-fancy shoes=lesbianDUH.

sonofabiscuit

I think Duke LaCrosse is a hilarious screen name. But maybe not for the right reasons

yvonnjanae

Them, not then. Sorry. Looking back on this story, and how I was stupid enough to turn down an Oscar date with a name celebrity, makes me mad enough to misspell.

For God's sake, I could have had Bacon Cup.

The Authority

In 1995 I was invited to the Academy Awards as the date of someone of the opposite sex from me. I turned then down because I thought they weren't serious, but they were - they were just embarrassed, bad at dating, and didn't have anybody to take along. This unnamed individual ended up taking their mother to the Oscars. That person was, and still is, heterosexual.

The Authority