Actor Ellen Page has revealed that during her early 20s she felt ‘very depressed and very anxious’ due to the constant media scrutiny in her sexuality. The 31-year-old actor, who came out as a homosexual in 2014, told The Observer that it would have been ‘very harmful’ for her if somebody had revealed her sexuality before her.
“I have a responsibility to be out now, because I have these resources. I can access therapists and security and support. But the reality is a lot of people can be in severely grave danger. I think, for instance, it would have been very harmful for me if someone had outed me earlier.
“When I was 20, someone wrote an article with the headline: ‘The Ellen Page Sexuality Sweepstakes’ in the Village Voice. ‘Is Juno a you know?’ I never even touched a woman outside until I was 27. I was very depressed, and very anxious. I was not well,” she added.