Patrick Stewart humorously responded to The Guardian calling him gay in a story about his support for Ellen Page. The paper quickly issued an apology for wrongly outing Stewart as gay.
An updated statement reads, “This article was amended on 17 February 2014. The third paragraph originally said ‘Some gay people, such as Sir Patrick Stewart, think Page’s coming out speech is newsworthy.’ This should have read ‘Some people, such as Sir Patrick Stewart, think Page’s coming out speech is newsworthy.’ ”
For his part, Patrick Stewart was a great sport. He tweeted out:
.@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
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
If the tweets and the Guardian’s update aren’t enough to convince you that the actor is straight, consider how he married his wife, Sunny Ozell, late last year in a ceremony officiated by pal Ian McKellen.
[Photo Credit: pj_in_oz]
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