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‘I felt I could smash my past up through sex’: the ruthlessness and redemption of Rupert Everett
‘Brash, disingenuous, lethal’: that’s how the 67-year-old actor describes his younger self. He lied to his partners, disrespected his audiences, betrayed his friends. Has this indiscreet, unreliable heartbreaker finally grown up and settled down? Rupert Everett is struggling with the heatwave. It reminds him of the summer of 1976, when he was 17, basking in the sun, serene as a sloth, his future spread out ahead of him. It’s so different now. “When you were young, hot weather was nice. But when you’re chubby like me now, it’s not so nice,” he says. “You’re not chubby,” says his publicist, with reassuring brio. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, ‘I felt I could smash my past up through sex’: the ruthlessness and redemption of Rupert Everett, ‘Brash, disingenuous, lethal’: that’s how the 67-year-old actor describes his younger self. He lied to his partners, disrespected his audiences, betrayed his friends. Has this indiscreet, unreliable heartbreaker finally grown up and settled down? Rupert Everett is struggling with the heatwave. It reminds him of the summer of 1976, when he was 17, basking in the sun, serene as a sloth, his future spread out ahead of him. It’s so different now. “When you were young, hot weather was nice. But when you’re chubby like me now, it’s not so nice,” he says. “You’re not chubby,” says his publicist, with reassuring brio. Continue reading…
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- ‘I felt I could smash my past up through sex’: the ruthlessness and redemption of Rupert EverettThe Guardian - 2026-06-01T04:00:06+00:00
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