var addthis_config = {“data_track_addressbar”:true};Patrick Stewart may have played a gay character, but the 73-year old X-Men and Star Trek star and same-sex marriage advocate eloquently and jocularly reminded a top British paper that he’s not. The Guardian, in a story heralding Ellen Page‘s heartwarming coming out last week, identified Stewart as gay when it published this line:
Some gay people, such as Sir Patrick Stewart, think Page’s coming out speech is newsworthy’.
New York Magazine called it “cringe-worthy.”
It really isn’t, since there’s nothing embarrassing about being called gay, but it is embarrassing since Stewart is an OBE (Order of the British Empire), making him Sir Patrick Stewart, and one of Britain’s most-popular assets.
Here’s the tweet that started it all:
“@EllenPage: Thank you @HRC and everyone for all the love and support. X†And I’ll chime in with mine.
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) February 15, 2014
And in response to the Guardian’s mistake, Stewart, who is often photographed with his BFF, actual gay person an actor Ian McKellen, offered these hilarious tweets:
.@Poynter But @guardian I have, like, five or even SEVEN hetero friends and we totally drink beer and eat lots of chicken wings!
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) February 18, 2014
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Well, @guardian it makes for a nice change…at least I didn’t wake up to the internet telling me I was dead again.
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) February 18, 2014
MT “@Gruaig_Rua: @Poynter Silly @guardian. You can’t catch gay by hanging out with #LGBT people.”
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) February 18, 2014
Image by Gage Skidmore via Wikipedia