Stop what you’re doing — Russell Tovey is upset.
Last year, the actor ruffled feathers by saying he was grateful for all the childhood bullying that cured him of being “really effeminate.”
Well, now he’s a year older and perhaps wiser. Or perhaps not.
In a new interview with Attitude, he says he “never meant to upset anyone.”
Things come out the way you don’t intend them to. It was a very upsetting time for me. … I learned from it and I’ve grown from it. … I’ve found you’ve just got to be true to yourself, be a good person and the work should speak for itself.”
At least he recognizes that he said something hurtful, intimating that that there’s something wrong with being effeminate.
Well, now that he’s committed to being himself and being a good person, it’s a perfect time to explain how being effeminate is totally great.
Go ahead, Russell, we’re waiting.
He just echoes all the other fools that think no one can tell.
P.S.
We can all tell: making them not only squarely in denial, but also hateful.