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Topics: Elliot Page, Sex and Relationships, Celebrity, News, Life
Madison Burgess
Topics: Elliot Page, Sex and Relationships, Celebrity, News, Life
Back in 2023, Elliot Page dropped a whole slew of bombshells in his memoir, Pageboy.
From the Hollywood A-lister who 'verbally assaulted' him to having sex with his Juno co-star, the Umbrella Academy actor didn't shy away from spilling the tea.
Among the revelations was that the shocker that the actor had a secret relationship with a Hollywood A-lister, who had a partner of her own when their romance began.
But first, for those unfamiliar with Page, he's an actor best known for his role in the acclaimed 2007 film Juno, as well as portraying a main character on the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy.
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He publicly came out as gay over a decade ago back in 2014, and then as transgender in December of 2020 and, over the years, he's bravely shared a number of his experiences navigating Hollywood as a trans man.
The particular anecdote we're talking about took place in 2014, as Page explained in his memoir how he fell in love with the household name.
The person we're talking about is Kate Mara, who is best known for roles in the likes of House of Cards and American Horror Story.
As it turns out, the two struck up a romance on the down-low after meeting on the set of X-Men: Days of Future Past.
He wrote in his memoir: "The first person I fell for after my heart was broken was Kate Mara. She had a boyfriend at the time, the lovely and talented Max Minghella."
As per InStyle, Page outlined that Minghella was supportive of Mara exploring the relationship.
Page revealed that it wasn't a one-sided romance and Mara did love him back, leading her to tell Minghella: "I never thought I could be in love with two people and now I know I can."
The actor continued: "This was right after I’d come out as gay and it was a time of exploration and also heartbreak.
"I think my relationship, or whatever you want to call it with Kate, very much encapsulates a certain dynamic that I consistently found myself in, which was falling for people that - I think a lot of us do this - who aren’t fully available."
He admitted: "And the sort of safety in that and the highs and the lows and the serotonin bump, and then it goes away. And I think that is definitely a pattern in my life."
While Page and Mara's relationship didn't last, he says that they are still close. Mara is now married to English actor Jamie Bell.
The actor explained: "I think the love and care that we have for each other is its very own special thing. Separate from the intimacy that I write about."
In the book, he also talked about another closeted co-star whom he had a relationship with but in the end, feeling 'hidden was far too painful'.
Page wrote: "Ultimately, I do think she loved me. We loved each other and that was very real in our bubble. It was fantastic. You know, it was really beautiful.
"I admired her and how she inspired me in many ways. But feeling hidden was far too painful. That was impossible and not a sustainable relationship at all. And it taught me that I was not gonna do that again."