Defamer
Hell hath no fury like a "power lesbian" publicist mistaken for her Oscar-nominated client's mother/love interest. At least that's what Michael Musto learned when his prurient interest in Ellen Page (and our interest in his interest) precipitated an angry call Thursday from ID-PR power flack Kelly Bush:
She wanted me to know that it was SHE who was with Page at the Oscars (though I had been sardonically wondering if it was a mother/girlfriend/whatever). She named a couple of other starlets who also had reps with them at the awards and said it's by no means an unusual practice. (Now I'll have to wonder if THEY'RE gay too.) "I don't know why people are so mean," Bush whinnied in a wounded voice. "It's not mean to wonder if someone's gay," I shrieked, outraged. "But to call her an 'Oscar loser'?" she moaned.
The ensuing contretemps indeed involved retracting the ignominy that dare not speak its name: "I nobly took 'Oscar loser' off the web version faster than Juno gives away her baby," Musto acknowledged today. The move rewards the latest of Bush's humanitarian efforts on behalf of clients including Ellen DeGeneres (for whom she allegedly threatened an animal shelter during DeGeneres' dog-adoption drama last year) and the late Heath Ledger (in whose name Bush recently rallied her client base against Entertainment Tonight) and establishing beyond doubt that Ellen Page was:
1) an Oscar runner-up who
2) did not attend the show with her mother.
We're so glad to finally put this controversy to rest!
- Ellen Page Sexuality Update [La Daily Musto]
Comments
She's just crabby because there are no new episodes of Work Out.
Oh this thing isn't put to rest by a damn sight. We're going to hear about this until Ellen's sex tape hits the internets.
I like her publicist...what a go-getter!
I'm an Oscar loser too!
Micheal Musto makes Perez Hilton look like a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. I can't believe the Voice pays that troll to sit around cluelessly staring at an Oscar nominee and speculating about their sexuality based on the fact that there's a female in the next chair.
Jeez, just because someone's Canadian, people always assume they're a lesbian.
"It's not mean to wonder if someone's gay." No, it's not mean at all. It's just sensational.
@Victor Ward:
Ha!
But then, so am I for that matter.
Please, lesbians of the world, take Ellen Page. She's all yours.
Ellen Page looks as comfortable in heels on the VF cover as an illegal alien is at the border.
musto needs a drink after this shit! i recommend the townhouse for cocktails and company. it has a reputation for bringing out only the nicest, most cordial patrons. and michael, 'go away' means 'i want to see your ass, so get to steppin'
and it worked so well for clea duvall's career
Shit, this is the Anne Murray story all over again!
I sense that this is another case of "the collective wishful thinking of the lesbian community indicates she's gay!" rather than anything based on any actual evidence.
The damning evidence (I can't even type that without laughing) Musto has presented proves that she's a tomboy, not that she's a lezzie. While it's true that looking uncomfortable in a dress and heels and the overuse of the Converse name brand do tend to be prevalent in the lesbian community, there are more than a few straight chicks I know who *heart* their Chucks and practically have to be bribed to put on a dress.
I won't pretend that I'm above the aforementioned wishful thinking (she's a sarcastic hottie after my own queer heart), but, please: The kid's 21. Give her some space.
loudguitars, does your avatar go by the name of kelly bush?
Heh, no. I suppose I came off sounding a bit flackish, which is a slightly horrifying thought, and was certainly not my intention.
I can assure you that I am not, nor have I ever been, a member of the flack community.
This whole ordeal contains way to much high pitched hissyfitting, especially in capital letters.
Jeez - give "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" a spin, and chill the fuck out...
I hereby volunteer for any heterosexuality testing required for Ellen Page or kelly Bush. Just not Michael Musto.
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