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• ANRSON COOPER CREDS RICHARD GERE WH HELPG HIM REALIZE HE'S GAYTHE CNN JOURNALIST SAID SEEG THE ACTOR THE 1977 PLAY BENT CHANGED EVERYTHG.BY EY KIRKPATRICKJUNE 27, 2022BY JASON LAVERIS/GETTY IMAGSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEANRSON COOPER SAID THAT A FATEFUL TRIP TO SEE RICHARD GERE PERFORM ON STAGE WHEN HE WAS A PRE-TEEN HELPED HIM REALIZE HE WAS GAY.TTHE CNN JOURNALIST RELLED THE STORY OF HIS SEXUAL AWAKENG TO HIS IEND ANDY COHEN ON RAD ANDY ON FRIDAY, EXPLAG THAT TWO OF HIS MOM GLORIA VANRBILT'S IENDS, PHOTOGRAPHER PL JASM AND HIS BOYIEND, TOOK HIM TO SEE A PLAY STARRG GERE WHEN HE WAS JT 11 YEARS OLD. HE EXPLAED, “AND THEY TOOK ME TO SEE RICHARD GERE BENT, WHICH IF ANYONE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE PLAY BENT, ’S ABOUT TWO GAY GUYS THE NCENTRATN MPS. I MEAN THE OPENG SCENE…IT IS THE GAYT THG YOU N IMAGE.” HE ADD, “AND THIS WAS RICHARD GERE 1977, LOOKG FOR MR. GOODBAR. HE WAS SO BETIFUL. AND I’M THERE. MY MOM DIDN’T GO. IT WAS JT ME AND MY MOM’S TWO GAY IENDS.”COOPER WENT ON TO REUNT THAT WH THAT OPENG SCENE THERE IS A MOMENT WHERE A MAN GETS OUT OF BED NAKED AND PUTS ON A NAZI UNIFORM AFTER SLEEPG WH ANOTHER MAN. “AND I JT REMEMBER BEG LIKE, ‘OH MY GOD, I’M GAY…I’M TOTALLY GAY,’” THE REPORTER SAID. “AFTERWARD, PL JASM WAS IENDS WH RICHARD GERE BEE PL JASM TOOK THE PICTUR FOR AMERIN GIGOLO, AND WE GO BACKSTAGE AND RICHARD GERE IS SHIRTLS HIS DRSG ROOM AND I ULDN’T SPEAK.” HE NTUED, “AND I HAD MY PLAYBILL AND I WANTED TO GET HIM TO TOGRAPH , BUT I WAS TOO—I JT ULDN’T STOP STARG AT HIS CHT. AND SO, FAST FORWARD TO 10 YEARS AGO, I WAS TERVIEWG RICHARD GERE AND I TOOK OUT THE PLAYBILL…AND I TOLD HIM THE WHOLE STORY AND I HAD HIM SIGN . YEAH. HE WAS VERY TICKLED WH .”COOPER PUBLICLY REVEALED HIS SEXUALY 2012 VIA AN SAY PUBLISHED ON ANDREW SULLIVAN'S DAILY BEAST BLOG. IN THE PIECE, HE EXPLAED THAT HE FELT TORN BETWEEN PROTECTG HIS PRIVACY AND SERVG AS AN EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG LGBT VIEWERS. “IT’S BEE CLEAR TO ME THAT BY REMAG SILENT ON CERTA ASPECTS OF MY PERSONAL LIFE FOR SO LONG, I HAVE GIVEN SOME THE MISTAKEN IMPRSN THAT I AM TRYG TO HI SOMETHG—SOMETHG THAT MAK ME UNFORTABLE, ASHAMED OR EVEN AAID,” HE WROTE. “THIS IS DISTRSG BEE IS SIMPLY NOT FACT IS, I’M GAY, ALWAYS HAVE BEEN, ALWAYS WILL BE, AND I ULDN’T BE ANY MORE HAPPY, FORTABLE WH MYSELF, AND PROUD.”MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR“IT’S RAG TEENS” AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?THE BT TV SHOWS OF 2023, SO FARSEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM, AND THE ORIG OF BARBIETHAT SOUND YOU HEAR IS DONALD TMP SCREAMG, CRYG, AND THROWG UP A MAR-A-LAGO BATHROOMIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI THE ACTORS STRIKE PRS APOLYPSE: “THE CELEBRY FACTORY HAS SHUT DOWN”IS ALL THIS AMATR THERAPY-SPEAK JT MAKG US LONELIER?FROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHREMEMBERG SéAD O’CONNOR’S SUBLIME MIC AND RIGHTEO RAGEBY MIKE HOGANRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHEY KIRKPATRICK
• ANRSON COOPER SAYS HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY AFTER MEETG A SHIRTLS RICHARD GERE BACKSTAGE AT A BROADWAY PLAY
• IS RICHARD GERE GAY? A VIEW INTO THE ACTOR’S SEXUALY
• ANRSON COOPER REVEALS HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED REALIZE HE IS GAY
• HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED ANRSON COOPER REALIZE HE’S GAY
• IS RICHARD GERE GAY? PLAYG A HOMOSEXUAL CHARACTER “BENT” MAK FANS WONR IF HE IS GAY IRL TOO!
• IS RICHARD GERE GAY?
• RICHARD GERE REFLECTS ON PLAYG GAY ON BROADWAY
• HOLLYWOOD MYTHS: RICHARD GERE VS. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MAX EVRYJULY 12, 2013/12:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY MAX EVRYJULY 12, 2013 / 12:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOLLYWOOD MYTHS: RICHARD GERE VS. GERBIL","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-07-12T16:00:48.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-07-12T16:00:48.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MAX EVRY","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"TWO GERBILS A PET SHOP ARE TALKG AND ONE SAYS TO THE OTHER: 'IF RICHARD GERE TELL HIM YOU'RE A HAMSTER.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT'S A HACKY OLD JOKE, BUT BEHD EVERY JOKE LI A KERNEL OF TTH, RIGHT? RIGHT? RICHARD GERE IS MANY THGS: AN ACTOR, A BUDDHIST, AN OFFICER, A GENTLEMAN AND DRKG BUDDI WH THE DALAI LAMA. WE LEFT OFF 'EXTREME BTIALY SEXUAL VIANT' BEE WE'RE STILL NOT SURE WHERE WE STAND ON THIS WHOLE "GERBILLG" THG, SO WE DUG EP (REALLY EP) TO FD OUT JT HOW FAR THIS THG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, 'S ANOTHER CHAPTER OF HOLLYWOOD MYTHS. WE EXPOSED THE NAKED TTH ABOUT JAMIE LEE CURTIS, AND NOW 'S TIME TO POKE AND PROD THE MAN OF "PRETTY WOMAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO YOUR BASIC RETELLG OF THE LEGEND STAT THAT THE EARLY '90S — WHEN THE ACTOR WAS HAVG BOFFO SUCCS WH "PRETTY WOMAN" WHILE SRG AROUND THE CLOCK WH CDY CRAWFORD — RICHARD GERE WAS ADMTED TO CEDARS-SAI HOSPAL CALIFORNIA FOR AN EMERGENCY "GERBILECTOMY." APPARENTLY DOCTORS SPENT ANTIC HOURS REMOVG A FOREIGN OBJECT OM THE ACTOR'S RECTUM, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A GERBIL SERTED WH EROTIC TENT. WE'RE G THE WORD 'TENT' HERE; THE POOR ANIMAL WAS SAID TO BE PLACED SI A NDOM, SERTED VIA A RDBOARD TUBE, THEN S ATH SPASMS PROVIS THE RECIPIENT WH JOLTS OF PROSTATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO SNOP, THIS BALL OF WAX GOT ROLLG WHEN AN ANONYMO PRACTIL JOKTER FAXED A PHONY PRS RELEASE THROUGHOUT THE HOLLYWOOD MUNY OM THE ASSOCIATN FOR THE PREVENTN OF CELTY TO ANIMALS, ADMONISHG THE "DAYS OF HEAVEN" STAR THAT HE'D HAVE HELL TO PAY FOR "ABG" SAID GERBIL. WHO HAD THE TIME, ROURC OR VDICTIVENS TO SEND SUCH A THG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE, BUT GERE APPARENTLY HAS HIS SPICNS: SYLVTER STALLONE. YEP, SUPPOSEDLY SLY HAD GERE FIRED OM ONE OF THEIR EARLIT PICTUR, THE GREASER EDY "THE LORDS OF FLATBH" (1974), AFTER THE TWO OF THEM DIDN'T EXACTLY GET ALONG LIKE A HOE ON FIRE. "RICHARD WAS GIVEN HIS WALKG PAPERS AND TO THIS DAY SERLY DISLIK ME," STALLONE ADMTED TO AT IT COOL. "HE EVEN THKS I’M THE DIVIDUAL RPONSIBLE FOR THE GERBIL MOR. NOT TE … BUT THAT’S THE MOR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVINCE FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'RE NOT GONNA LIE: WE CHECKED AL CAPONE'S VLT AND FOUND NO HARD EVINCE OR PHOTOS RELATED TO THE GERE-GERBIL AFFAIR. APPARENTLY THE ANALLY-CLED PET DO HAVE HIS OWN MYSPACE PAGE, SE YOU NEED FURTHER PROOF OF HOW OLD THIS MOR IS. THERE'S ALSO THE AMAZG "SOUTH PARK" EPISO WHERE THE GERBIL LEMMIWKS TAK A MAGIL JOURNEY THROUGH MR. SLAVE'S RECTUM. CARTOONS ARE EVINCE, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVINCE AGAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOLKLORIST JAN HAROLD BNVAND CLAIMED HIS BOOK "ENCYCLOPEDIA OF URBAN LEGENDS" THAT THE TALL TALE HAS S ANTECENTS A SIAR ONE ABOUT A COLO-RECTAL MOE DATG BACK TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOSSIP LUMNIST MIKE WALKER OF THE NATNAL ENQUIRER DID MONTHS OF VTIGATG THE SUBJECT TO NO AVAIL. "I'VE NEVER WORKED HARR ON A STORY MY LIFE," WALKER TOLD THE PALM BEACH POST 1995. "I'M NVCED THAT 'S NOTHG MORE THAN AN URBAN LEGEND." THERE YOU GO, EVEN A CSTY TABLOID GUY SAYS 'S TOO FAR-FELCHED … ER, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PEANUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ARE YOU GUYS SAYG YOU NEVER HEARD THE MOR? THE STORY WAS RICHARD GERE DID THE GAY GUY FAD OF STICKG A LIVE GERBIL UP HIS ASS. SUPPOSEDLY 'S EROTIC E THE THG WIGGL AROUND. I LIVE SF AND HEARD THAT SOMEBODY KNEW A NURSE AT THE HOSPAL WHO ACTUALLY WAS THERE WHEN THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE GERBIL. DON'T KNOW IF WAS REALLY TE OR NOT." – PALERMO, GOSSIP ROCKS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BEG A GAY MAN OR RICHARD GERE AMERI MEANS ALWAYS HAVG TO REASSURE PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A GERBIL YOUR ASS — AT DNER PARTI, DURG FAY RNNS, AT FUNERALS, ON CNN, AT PASSPORT NTROL, WHEREVER! FOR WHILE GAY MEN AND, I ASSUME, RICHARD GERE DON'T PUT GERBILS THEIR ASS, NOT A DAY GO BY THAT SOMEONE — UALLY A STRAIGHT 13-YEAR-OLD BOY — DON'T TRY TO SHOVE ONE , FIGURATIVELY SPEAKG." — DAN SAVAGE, THE COAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MYTHBTERS TTED THIS ONE RECENTLY BY SERTG GERBILS SI A PIG'S TTE. RULT: PLSIBLE!" — LYLE "WORLD CHAMPN COST SAMPLER", {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT RICHARD'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I STOPPED READG THE PRS A LONG TIME AGO," GERE EXPLAED TO METRO. "LOTS OF CRAZY THGS ME UP ABOUT ME AT FIRST, PECIALLY OM THE TABLOIDS. THERE IS AN FAMO 'GERE STUCK A HAMSTER UP HIS BUM' URBAN MYTH. I EXPECT THAT SORT OF THG BUT WHEN REPUTABLE MAGAZ STARTED MAKG UP STORI CLAIMG I WAS A UNTRY I HAD NEVER BEEN TO WH SOMEONE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, I JT CID NOT TO PAY ATTENTN TO ANY OF . IT'S A WASTE OF ENERGY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TTHOSY: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEEMS THIS URBAN LEGEND WILL GO THE WAY OF THE "ROD STEWART HAD HIS STOMACH PUMPED" ANECDOTE TERMS OF VALIDY. TOO BAD, BEE THE STORY WOULD MAKE A FAR MORE ENTERTAG MOVIE THAN GERE'S "ARBRAGE" OR "NIGHTS RODANTHE" BED. CAN WE PLEASE GET LARS VON TRIER ON THIS, STAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• ANRSON COOPER SAYS SEEG A YOUNG RICHARD GERE SHIRTLS HELPED HIM REALIZE HE'S GAY: 'HE WAS SO BETIFUL'
• ANRSON COOPER REVEALS RICHARD GERE HELPED HIM REALIZE HE’S GAY
• RICHARD GERE ACCEPTED AMERIN GIGOLO ROLE BEE OF GAY SUBTEXT

ANRSON COOPER CREDS RICHARD GERE WH HELPG HIM REALIZE HE'S GAYTHE CNN JOURNALIST SAID SEEG THE ACTOR THE 1977 PLAY BENT CHANGED EVERYTHG.BY EY KIRKPATRICKJUNE 27, 2022BY JASON LAVERIS/GETTY IMAGSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEANRSON COOPER SAID THAT A FATEFUL TRIP TO SEE RICHARD GERE PERFORM ON STAGE WHEN HE WAS A PRE-TEEN HELPED HIM REALIZE HE WAS GAY.TTHE CNN JOURNALIST RELLED THE STORY OF HIS SEXUAL AWAKENG TO HIS IEND ANDY COHEN ON RAD ANDY ON FRIDAY, EXPLAG THAT TWO OF HIS MOM GLORIA VANRBILT'S IENDS, PHOTOGRAPHER PL JASM AND HIS BOYIEND, TOOK HIM TO SEE A PLAY STARRG GERE WHEN HE WAS JT 11 YEARS OLD. HE EXPLAED, “AND THEY TOOK ME TO SEE RICHARD GERE BENT, WHICH IF ANYONE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE PLAY BENT, ’S ABOUT TWO GAY GUYS THE NCENTRATN MPS. I MEAN THE OPENG SCENE…IT IS THE GAYT THG YOU N IMAGE.” HE ADD, “AND THIS WAS RICHARD GERE 1977, LOOKG FOR MR. GOODBAR. HE WAS SO BETIFUL. AND I’M THERE. MY MOM DIDN’T GO. IT WAS JT ME AND MY MOM’S TWO GAY IENDS.”COOPER WENT ON TO REUNT THAT WH THAT OPENG SCENE THERE IS A MOMENT WHERE A MAN GETS OUT OF BED NAKED AND PUTS ON A NAZI UNIFORM AFTER SLEEPG WH ANOTHER MAN. “AND I JT REMEMBER BEG LIKE, ‘OH MY GOD, I’M GAY…I’M TOTALLY GAY,’” THE REPORTER SAID. “AFTERWARD, PL JASM WAS IENDS WH RICHARD GERE BEE PL JASM TOOK THE PICTUR FOR AMERIN GIGOLO, AND WE GO BACKSTAGE AND RICHARD GERE IS SHIRTLS HIS DRSG ROOM AND I ULDN’T SPEAK.” HE NTUED, “AND I HAD MY PLAYBILL AND I WANTED TO GET HIM TO TOGRAPH , BUT I WAS TOO—I JT ULDN’T STOP STARG AT HIS CHT. AND SO, FAST FORWARD TO 10 YEARS AGO, I WAS TERVIEWG RICHARD GERE AND I TOOK OUT THE PLAYBILL…AND I TOLD HIM THE WHOLE STORY AND I HAD HIM SIGN . YEAH. HE WAS VERY TICKLED WH .”COOPER PUBLICLY REVEALED HIS SEXUALY 2012 VIA AN SAY PUBLISHED ON ANDREW SULLIVAN'S DAILY BEAST BLOG. IN THE PIECE, HE EXPLAED THAT HE FELT TORN BETWEEN PROTECTG HIS PRIVACY AND SERVG AS AN EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG LGBT VIEWERS. “IT’S BEE CLEAR TO ME THAT BY REMAG SILENT ON CERTA ASPECTS OF MY PERSONAL LIFE FOR SO LONG, I HAVE GIVEN SOME THE MISTAKEN IMPRSN THAT I AM TRYG TO HI SOMETHG—SOMETHG THAT MAK ME UNFORTABLE, ASHAMED OR EVEN AAID,” HE WROTE. “THIS IS DISTRSG BEE IS SIMPLY NOT FACT IS, I’M GAY, ALWAYS HAVE BEEN, ALWAYS WILL BE, AND I ULDN’T BE ANY MORE HAPPY, FORTABLE WH MYSELF, AND PROUD.”MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR“IT’S RAG TEENS” AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?THE BT TV SHOWS OF 2023, SO FARSEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM, AND THE ORIG OF BARBIETHAT SOUND YOU HEAR IS DONALD TMP SCREAMG, CRYG, AND THROWG UP A MAR-A-LAGO BATHROOMIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI THE ACTORS STRIKE PRS APOLYPSE: “THE CELEBRY FACTORY HAS SHUT DOWN”IS ALL THIS AMATR THERAPY-SPEAK JT MAKG US LONELIER?FROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHREMEMBERG SéAD O’CONNOR’S SUBLIME MIC AND RIGHTEO RAGEBY MIKE HOGANRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHEY KIRKPATRICK

""If anyone don't know about the play Bent, 's about two gay guys a ncentratn mp, " Cooper explaed. "The openg scene is the gayt thg you n image.

ANRSON COOPER SAYS HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY AFTER MEETG A SHIRTLS RICHARD GERE BACKSTAGE AT A BROADWAY PLAY

"And I'm there, my mom didn't go, 's jt me and my mom's two gay iends and I'm watchg this thg and lerally the openg scene of Bent, like there's a guy bed who's jt... And I jt remember beg like Oh, my God, I'm gay like this is. I'm totally gay.

He explaed, “And they took me to see Richard Gere Bent, which if anyone don’t know about the play Bent, ’s about two gay guys the ncentratn mps. I mean the openg scene…It is the gayt thg you n image. It was jt me and my mom’s two gay iends.

“And I jt remember beg like, ‘Oh my God, I’m gay…I’m totally gay, ’” the reporter said. “This is distrsg bee is simply not fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I uldn’t be any more happy, fortable wh myself, and proud.

IS RICHARD GERE GAY? A VIEW INTO THE ACTOR’S SEXUALY

Anrson Cooper opened up about the moment he realized he was gay Friday on "Rad Andy. Anrson Cooper opened up about the moment he realized he was gay on Friday durg the "Andy Cohen Live Pri Special" on SiriXM's "Rad Andy. Richard Gere starred the play about the persecutn of homosexualy Nazi Germany.

It was jt me and my mom's two gay iends, " he said.

Cooper lled the openg scene, which a man gets out of bed pletely naked and puts on a uniform, "the gayt thg you n image.

ANRSON COOPER REVEALS HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED REALIZE HE IS GAY

""And I jt remember beg like, 'Oh my God, I'm gay....

HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED ANRSON COOPER REALIZE HE’S GAY

I'm totally gay, " he the play end, Cooper said Jasm took him backstage to meet Gere, who he worked wh on the film "Amerin Gigolo. He said he didn't tell her he was gay until he graduated llege, and although she was "ol about , " she told him not to make any "fe cisns.

The qutn of if Richard Gere is Gay me to be after his appearance the film Amerin Gigolo 1980. Richard Gere was sexualized the movie and so many s later, fans are still wonrg, is Richard Gere gay? Cooper said: “And I jt remember beg like, ‘Oh my God, I’m gay… I’m totally gay.

IS RICHARD GERE GAY? PLAYG A HOMOSEXUAL CHARACTER “BENT” MAK FANS WONR IF HE IS GAY IRL TOO!

I mean the openg scene… It is the gayt thg you n image.

The productn retells the story of two gay men a Nazi ncentratn mp. Image SourceRichard Gere is not gay. Dpe the fact that he played the role of a gay character Bent and that he has been greatly sexualized other productn.

IS RICHARD GERE GAY?

The veteran Amerin actor isn’t gay.

Even though he played a key role helpg Cooper Anrson disver his sexualy, Richard Gere isn’t gay. Contrary to the too many mors that Richard Gere is gay, he isn’t.

Though Richard Gere sparked the light bulb regardg Anrson Cooper’s sexualy, Richard isn’t gay. Anrson Cooper recently shared the story of the moment he realized he was gay, which volv a shirtls Richard Gere.

RICHARD GERE REFLECTS ON PLAYG GAY ON BROADWAY

The 55-year-old CNN journalist Cooper me out as gay 2012.

Cooper spoke wh Andy Cohen durg a Live Pri Special on SiriXM’s show Rad Andy about meetg Richard Gere and g out as gay.

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RICHARD GERE IS MANY THGS: AN ACTOR, A BUDDHIST, AN OFFICER, A GENTLEMAN AND DRKG BUDDI WH THE DALAI LAMA. WE LEFT OFF 'EXTREME BTIALY SEXUAL VIANT' BEE WE'RE STILL NOT SURE WHERE WE STAND ON THIS WHOLE "GERBILLG" THG, SO WE DUG EP (REALLY EP) TO FD OUT JT HOW FAR THIS THG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, 'S ANOTHER CHAPTER OF HOLLYWOOD MYTHS. WE EXPOSED THE NAKED TTH ABOUT JAMIE LEE CURTIS, AND NOW 'S TIME TO POKE AND PROD THE MAN OF "PRETTY WOMAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO YOUR BASIC RETELLG OF THE LEGEND STAT THAT THE EARLY '90S — WHEN THE ACTOR WAS HAVG BOFFO SUCCS WH "PRETTY WOMAN" WHILE SRG AROUND THE CLOCK WH CDY CRAWFORD — RICHARD GERE WAS ADMTED TO CEDARS-SAI HOSPAL CALIFORNIA FOR AN EMERGENCY "GERBILECTOMY." APPARENTLY DOCTORS SPENT ANTIC HOURS REMOVG A FOREIGN OBJECT OM THE ACTOR'S RECTUM, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A GERBIL SERTED WH EROTIC TENT. WE'RE G THE WORD 'TENT' HERE; THE POOR ANIMAL WAS SAID TO BE PLACED SI A NDOM, SERTED VIA A RDBOARD TUBE, THEN S ATH SPASMS PROVIS THE RECIPIENT WH JOLTS OF PROSTATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO SNOP, THIS BALL OF WAX GOT ROLLG WHEN AN ANONYMO PRACTIL JOKTER FAXED A PHONY PRS RELEASE THROUGHOUT THE HOLLYWOOD MUNY OM THE ASSOCIATN FOR THE PREVENTN OF CELTY TO ANIMALS, ADMONISHG THE "DAYS OF HEAVEN" STAR THAT HE'D HAVE HELL TO PAY FOR "ABG" SAID GERBIL. WHO HAD THE TIME, ROURC OR VDICTIVENS TO SEND SUCH A THG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE, BUT GERE APPARENTLY HAS HIS SPICNS: SYLVTER STALLONE. YEP, SUPPOSEDLY SLY HAD GERE FIRED OM ONE OF THEIR EARLIT PICTUR, THE GREASER EDY "THE LORDS OF FLATBH" (1974), AFTER THE TWO OF THEM DIDN'T EXACTLY GET ALONG LIKE A HOE ON FIRE. "RICHARD WAS GIVEN HIS WALKG PAPERS AND TO THIS DAY SERLY DISLIK ME," STALLONE ADMTED TO AT IT COOL. "HE EVEN THKS I’M THE DIVIDUAL RPONSIBLE FOR THE GERBIL MOR. NOT TE … BUT THAT’S THE MOR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVINCE FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'RE NOT GONNA LIE: WE CHECKED AL CAPONE'S VLT AND FOUND NO HARD EVINCE OR PHOTOS RELATED TO THE GERE-GERBIL AFFAIR. APPARENTLY THE ANALLY-CLED PET DO HAVE HIS OWN MYSPACE PAGE, SE YOU NEED FURTHER PROOF OF HOW OLD THIS MOR IS. THERE'S ALSO THE AMAZG "SOUTH PARK" EPISO WHERE THE GERBIL LEMMIWKS TAK A MAGIL JOURNEY THROUGH MR. SLAVE'S RECTUM. CARTOONS ARE EVINCE, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVINCE AGAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOLKLORIST JAN HAROLD BNVAND CLAIMED HIS BOOK "ENCYCLOPEDIA OF URBAN LEGENDS" THAT THE TALL TALE HAS S ANTECENTS A SIAR ONE ABOUT A COLO-RECTAL MOE DATG BACK TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOSSIP LUMNIST MIKE WALKER OF THE NATNAL ENQUIRER DID MONTHS OF VTIGATG THE SUBJECT TO NO AVAIL. "I'VE NEVER WORKED HARR ON A STORY MY LIFE," WALKER TOLD THE PALM BEACH POST 1995. "I'M NVCED THAT 'S NOTHG MORE THAN AN URBAN LEGEND." THERE YOU GO, EVEN A CSTY TABLOID GUY SAYS 'S TOO FAR-FELCHED … ER, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PEANUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ARE YOU GUYS SAYG YOU NEVER HEARD THE MOR? THE STORY WAS RICHARD GERE DID THE GAY GUY FAD OF STICKG A LIVE GERBIL UP HIS ASS. SUPPOSEDLY 'S EROTIC E THE THG WIGGL AROUND. I LIVE SF AND HEARD THAT SOMEBODY KNEW A NURSE AT THE HOSPAL WHO ACTUALLY WAS THERE WHEN THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE GERBIL. DON'T KNOW IF WAS REALLY TE OR NOT." – PALERMO, GOSSIP ROCKS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BEG A GAY MAN OR RICHARD GERE AMERI MEANS ALWAYS HAVG TO REASSURE PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A GERBIL YOUR ASS — AT DNER PARTI, DURG FAY RNNS, AT FUNERALS, ON CNN, AT PASSPORT NTROL, WHEREVER! FOR WHILE GAY MEN AND, I ASSUME, RICHARD GERE DON'T PUT GERBILS THEIR ASS, NOT A DAY GO BY THAT SOMEONE — UALLY A STRAIGHT 13-YEAR-OLD BOY — DON'T TRY TO SHOVE ONE , FIGURATIVELY SPEAKG." — DAN SAVAGE, THE COAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MYTHBTERS TTED THIS ONE RECENTLY BY SERTG GERBILS SI A PIG'S TTE. RULT: PLSIBLE!" — LYLE "WORLD CHAMPN COST SAMPLER", {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT RICHARD'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I STOPPED READG THE PRS A LONG TIME AGO," GERE EXPLAED TO METRO. "LOTS OF CRAZY THGS ME UP ABOUT ME AT FIRST, PECIALLY OM THE TABLOIDS. THERE IS AN FAMO 'GERE STUCK A HAMSTER UP HIS BUM' URBAN MYTH. I EXPECT THAT SORT OF THG BUT WHEN REPUTABLE MAGAZ STARTED MAKG UP STORI CLAIMG I WAS A UNTRY I HAD NEVER BEEN TO WH SOMEONE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, I JT CID NOT TO PAY ATTENTN TO ANY OF . IT'S A WASTE OF ENERGY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TTHOSY: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEEMS THIS URBAN LEGEND WILL GO THE WAY OF THE "ROD STEWART HAD HIS STOMACH PUMPED" ANECDOTE TERMS OF VALIDY. TOO BAD, BEE THE STORY WOULD MAKE A FAR MORE ENTERTAG MOVIE THAN GERE'S "ARBRAGE" OR "NIGHTS RODANTHE" BED. CAN WE PLEASE GET LARS VON TRIER ON THIS, STAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

He relled attendg a play starrg Gere at the age of 11 wh his mother, Gloria Vanrbilt’s two gay iends — photographer Pl Jasm and his boyiend. Cooper ntued, “Which if anyone don’t know about the play ‘Bent, ’ ’s about two gay guys the ncentratn mp, ” Cooper said. “I mean the openg scene… It is the gayt thg you n image, ” Cooper joked.

It was jt me and my mom’s two gay iends, ” he went on. “And I jt remember beg like, ‘Oh my God, I’m gay. … I’m totally gay, '” he said, gettg a lgh om the dience.

“I simply said I thk I’m gay, ” Cooper rells tellg his mother, to which she replied, “well, don’t make any fe cisns. Anrson Cooper recently shared the story of his sexual awakeng, revealg that Richard Gere was a major player the CNN journo realizg he was gay. Cooper, 55, relled attendg a play starrg Gere at the age of 11 wh two gay men — photographer Pl Jasm and his boyiend — who were iends of his mother, Gloria Vanrbilt, he shared on Rad Andy wh pal Andy Cohen Friday.

ANRSON COOPER SAYS SEEG A YOUNG RICHARD GERE SHIRTLS HELPED HIM REALIZE HE'S GAY: 'HE WAS SO BETIFUL'

“And they took me to see Richard Gere  ‘Bent, ’ which if anyone don’t know about the play ‘Bent, ’ ’s about two gay guys the ncentratn mp, ” Cooper reunted. “I mean the openg scene… It is the gayt thg you n image. … I’m totally gay.

ANRSON COOPER REVEALS RICHARD GERE HELPED HIM REALIZE HE’S GAY

As psychologist and blogger Mark Griffhs wr, “Jan Harold Bnvand, the thor of The Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, says the ‘gerbillg’ story began 1984 [and] started out as a story volvg an unknown gay man and a moe.

RICHARD GERE ACCEPTED AMERIN GIGOLO ROLE BEE OF GAY SUBTEXT

Over the subsequent years, the unknown gay man beme Richard Gere, and the moe beme a gerbil.