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Ellen Page Damage Control: Is It Worse To Be Called A Lesbian Or An Oscar Loser?
Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 5:34 AM on March 1, 2008
Hell hath no fury like a "power lesbian" publicist mistaken for her Oscar-nominated client's mother/love interest. At least that's what Michael Musto learned when his prurient interest in Ellen Page (and our interest in his interest) precipitated an angry call Thursday from ID-PR power flack Kelly Bush:
She wanted me to know that it was SHE who was with Page at the Oscars (though I had been sardonically wondering if it was a mother/girlfriend/whatever). She named a couple of other starlets who also had reps with them at the awards and said it's by no means an unusual practice. (Now I'll have to wonder if THEY'RE gay too.) "I don't know why people are so mean," Bush whinnied in a wounded voice. "It's not mean to wonder if someone's gay," I shrieked, outraged. "But to call her an 'Oscar loser'?" she moaned.
The ensuing contretemps indeed involved retracting the ignominy that dare not speak its name: "I nobly took 'Oscar loser' off the web version faster than Juno gives away her baby," Musto acknowledged today. The move rewards the latest of Bush's humanitarian efforts on behalf of clients including Ellen DeGeneres (for whom she allegedly threatened an animal shelter during DeGeneres' dog-adoption drama last year) and the late Heath Ledger (in whose name Bush recently rallied her client base against Entertainment Tonight) and establishing beyond doubt that Ellen Page was:
1) an Oscar runner-up who
2) did not attend the show with her mother.
We're so glad to finally put this controversy to rest!
- Ellen Page Sexuality Update [La Daily Musto]
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Rosie4Prez
Posted 7:21 AM 1/3/08
musto needs a drink after this shit! i recommend the townhouse for cocktails and company. it has a reputation for bringing out only the nicest, most cordial patrons. and michael, 'go away' means 'i want to see your ass, so get to steppin'
Rosie4Prez
Cheap Shot
Posted 7:21 AM 1/3/08
Ellen Page looks as comfortable in heels on the VF cover as an illegal alien is at the border.
Cheap Shot
dandles
Posted 7:21 AM 1/3/08
Please, lesbians of the world, take Ellen Page. She's all yours.
dandles
thefemininemistake
Posted 7:21 AM 1/3/08
@Victor Ward:
Ha!
But then, so am I for that matter.
thefemininemistake
crotchety
Posted 7:21 AM 1/3/08
"It's not mean to wonder if someone's gay." No, it's not mean at all. It's just sensational.
crotchety
Fuzzy_duffel_bag
Posted 7:21 AM 1/3/08
Jeez, just because someone's Canadian, people always assume they're a lesbian.
Fuzzy_duffel_bag
LisaLives
Posted 7:21 AM 1/3/08
Micheal Musto makes Perez Hilton look like a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. I can't believe the Voice pays that troll to sit around cluelessly staring at an Oscar nominee and speculating about their sexuality based on the fact that there's a female in the next chair.
LisaLives
CaptainFantastic
Posted 7:21 AM 1/3/08
I'm an Oscar loser too!
CaptainFantastic
Shumina
Posted 7:21 AM 1/3/08
Oh this thing isn't put to rest by a damn sight. We're going to hear about this until Ellen's sex tape hits the internets.
I like her publicist...what a go-getter!
Shumina
Victor Ward
Posted 7:21 AM 1/3/08
She's just crabby because there are no new episodes of Work Out.
Victor Ward
pinafore
Posted 7:45 AM 1/3/08
and it worked so well for clea duvall's career
pinafore
DrFeelgood
Posted 8:12 AM 1/3/08
Shit, this is the Anne Murray story all over again!
DrFeelgood
Rrrrttt
Posted 9:17 AM 1/3/08
loudguitars, does your avatar go by the name of kelly bush?
Rrrrttt
loudguitars
Posted 9:17 AM 1/3/08
I sense that this is another case of "the collective wishful thinking of the lesbian community indicates she's gay!" rather than anything based on any actual evidence.
The damning evidence (I can't even type that without laughing) Musto has presented proves that she's a tomboy, not that she's a lezzie. While it's true that looking uncomfortable in a dress and heels and the overuse of the Converse name brand do tend to be prevalent in the lesbian community, there are more than a few straight chicks I know who *heart* their Chucks and practically have to be bribed to put on a dress.
I won't pretend that I'm above the aforementioned wishful thinking (she's a sarcastic hottie after my own queer heart), but, please: The kid's 21. Give her some space.
loudguitars
loudguitars
Posted 10:30 AM 1/3/08
Heh, no. I suppose I came off sounding a bit flackish, which is a slightly horrifying thought, and was certainly not my intention.
I can assure you that I am not, nor have I ever been, a member of the flack community.
loudguitars
CrankYank
Posted 3:40 PM 1/3/08
This whole ordeal contains way to much high pitched hissyfitting, especially in capital letters.
CrankYank
Miss d
Posted 11:15 AM 3/3/08
Jeez - give "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" a spin, and chill the fuck out...
Miss d
Pop Socket
Posted 2:05 AM 6/3/08
I hereby volunteer for any heterosexuality testing required for Ellen Page or kelly Bush. Just not Michael Musto.
Pop Socket