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Ellen Page Damage Control: Is It Worse To Be Called A Lesbian Or An Oscar Loser?

5:34AM Defamer Hollywood | 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. More »