Kevin Smith reveals Ellen DeGeneres walked out of ‘Chasing Amy’ over lesbian depiction
In a clip for the documentary “Chasing Chasing Amy,” Smith, 54, discussed the LGBTQ+ community’s reaction to the film, which follows a male comic artist, played by Ben Affleck, who tries to woo a lesbian, played by Joy Lauren Adams.“Do you understand why certain LGBTQ people may not like ‘Chasing Amy?'” Smith was asked in the clip.“Yeah, of course.
Absolutely,” the famous director responded. “Believe me, I’ve had 22 years to get used to that. I got used to that on the f—ing first week it came out.
There were some people that were upset.”“The biggest blowback, and God’s truth, that I heard, felt, and was told about was when they told me that Ellen and Anne Heche went to see Chasing Amy, and it was reported that they walked out in the first half hour,” Smith revealed.
He added, “And us being like, ‘Well, that’s the most famous lesbian in the world. We just lost her. That means we’re never getting on The Ellen Show.'”DeGeneres, 66, came out of the closet the same year that “Chasing Amy” was released.
