Is Richard Gere Gay? A View Into The Actor's Sexualy | Lefame

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• 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
• IS RICHARD GERE GAY OR NOT?
• IS RICHARD GERE GAY? PLAYG A HOMOSEXUAL CHARACTER “BENT” MAK FANS WONR IF HE IS GAY IRL TOO!
• 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 HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY AFTER MEETG A SHIRTLS RICHARD GERE BACKSTAGE AT A BROADWAY PLAY

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 lled the openg scene, which a man gets out of bed pletely naked and puts on a uniform, "the gayt thg you n image. ""And I jt remember beg like, 'Oh my God, I'm 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.

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

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.

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.

ANRSON COOPER REVEALS HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED REALIZE HE IS 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. The 55-year-old CNN journalist Cooper me out as gay 2012.

IS RICHARD GERE GAY OR NOT?

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. 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.

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

… I’m totally gay, '” he said, gettg a lgh om the dience.

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

“I simply said I thk I’m gay, ” Cooper rells tellg his mother, to which she replied, “well, don’t make any fe cisns.

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. Over the subsequent years, the unknown gay man beme Richard Gere, and the moe beme a gerbil. It seems there are a few reasons, one of which is the fact that homophobia is often tertwed wh gerbilg accatns, as evinced by this highly offensive quote I found the repli to a piece about formiphilia: “If what’s beg done wh worms is anythg like what phags [sic] ed to do wh gerbils, I don’t want to know, ” says a man labeled as “Rich L.

” The odst thg about this to me is that Rich seems to thk homosexuals ed to engage this practice equently, which rais the qutn, if was so pleasurable, why did they stop?