Ellen Page Reveals Why Being In the Closet Became Toxic

Ellen Page talks to Sam Jones about the toxicity of not being true to herself and it's impact on her work as an actor.

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[greatpower]

She hit it on the head lol. Feeling guilty for feeling bad is basically the human condition in a nutshell.

[davidveilleux]

Disgusting the way people treat each other. Being gay should be like being left handed. Sickening that she had to suffer for no reason.

[vic]

Not that it's *any* of my business, but I would be pretty curious to know if her experiences coming out of the closet have changed her view on Kitty Pryde, her character in the X-Men films. I say this because Sir Ian McKellen has been *very* public in saying that the X-Men films are the *only* superhero movies he is interested in doing, mainly because the underlying themes from the comic books of marginalization and rejection by society were something that resonated deeply with him as an openly gay man.
Those same themes are a *huge* part of why the X-Men are perhaps Marvel's top seller and have been for decades. What teenager can't relate to *that* ?

[artemisia]

You are a magnificent interviewer. How is it that you are not on Amazing and thrilled to have found your channel, such an honest approach to learning more about actors we admire.

[kennondyson]

My favorite role she did was actually in a video game. Beyond: Two Souls. It was amazing how much emotion she could put into a role.

[toburger]

I love these interviews; Thank You for these. I would like to thank both the interviewer and the interviewee for creating these helpful articles (of video) so thank you again for these.

[PreYeah]

When she said "Not existing in a relationship in the way you could" and "How are you going to feel creatively motivated when you're - you feel like you're - just living in a way that's not true." This really resonated with me.

I'm not gay but I was in a long-term relationship which started off when I was in my early 20s and had honest beginnings. But life ended up testing me very differently than my then-boyfriend and in the process, I sort of became a different person. Towards the end, I was just miserable in the relationship. We had grown apart but our shared history and convenience of familiarity kept me staying hoping against hope our differences would even out. In this time, I developed attractions towards other men - none which I acted on, but would also push away - because I was in denial that I was now different. I placed a higher value of being in a relationship that I had outgrown than on my own growth. In the end, after sorting myself out in realizing and accepting the fact I had changed, I saw it as a morale imperative that I had to now do something about it so I broke it off. He and I are both free now to be loved in the way we deserve to be. But it was a tough realization to make and this was just a normal heterosexual relationship. I can't even imagine what the gay community must have had to go through. My heart goes out to them.

[Fear_the_Nog]

exactly how I feel. Except I'm 3 years older than her and I'm not out to even my family and friends.

[manosison]

Her face is so structured wtf it’s amazing

[lassanai]

This is hands down one of the best interviewers I've come across in a long time

[julietdeane]

and he came out again!! i love seeing someone being his truest self

[xsomili]

I love her, i love you Ellen Page. Since Juno, her likeness to Ellie, her playing Jodie from Beyond, Hard Candy, Umbrella Adademy.

[dkhautecoeur]

The amount of people criticising her for making a fuss and being a narcissist and whatever makes me think we still live in a very homophobic society -albeit a more hypocritical one.

[ASMRyouVEGANyet]

Lots of people angry about this video. Why did you click on it?
And why do some people.not under that we still don't live in a society where people can be openly gay with zero consequences....

[mjtorrecampo]

Love these insightful interviews.
(P.S. it’d be great if y’all could edit the title with Elliot’s name.)

[Normiiiiiiiii]

This is a great authentic interview! +Love Ellen what a great lady

[sudhirchandra]

They have to go through so much for something that's natural and a part of them

[mittuhiportillo]

Most gays talking about their homosexuality: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Ellen Page: "gay people exist, chill".

[Anonymous]

Straight guy here. Ellen Page being lesbian does not in any way diminish my crush on her. She's still freakin' amazing and gorgeous to boot. The way she came out was really inspiring and beautiful

[ClichéGuevara-]

There is no universal metric for pain, and people need to stop acting like there is...when you hurt, you hurt. Suffering sucks, no matter who you are, or want to be.