Elliot Page, tears of joy on TV: “Today I finally exist”

“I’ve always known I was a boy. As a child, I wrote love letters and signed them “Jason” ». Elliot Page, 34 years old, formerly known as Ellen Page, revealed it during a touching interview with Oprah Winfrey (aired on Apple TV + Friday 30 April) during which it is moved speaking of the path that led him to publicly embrace his true identity. The star of Juno e The Umbrella Academy, in December 2020, in fact revealed to be transgender with a letter shared on Twitter: «I love being trans.

E I love being queer. And the more I hold myself close and fully embrace who I am, the more my heart grows ».

Today Elliot, despite the recent divorce from his wife Emma Portner (“A difficult decision”) is happy: “I finally exist for what I am. For the first time in my life I am able to be myself and be productive, creative. I’m oversimplifying, but i’m really fine. I feel a big difference in being able to finally exist day by day, minute by minute, ”the star told Oprah. Juno e The Umbrella Academy.

Explaining that in her transition path from woman to man the greatest joy was the breast removal surgery to which he underwent in recent months. Now when he gets out of the shower and looks in the mirror he is no longer overwhelmed by “panic”: “I simply say to myself: here I am. I can touch my chest and feel comfortable in my body»She said to Oprah holding back her tears: “These are tears of joy”.

For too many years Elliot felt trapped in a body that did not belong to him: “When I was a child I was already 100% male. In every little aspect of my life I knew who I was, who I am, and who I wanted to be ”. The obstacles have always been “outside”. “I couldn’t understand when they said to me, “No, you’re not a boy, and you can’t be when you’re older“. Now I’m finally taking back what I really am, and it’s beautiful, extraordinary, and even painful, in a way. “

Coming out was also crucial for her career, because it unleashed “an explosion of creativity, even among the people next to me »:« With a friend we wrote our first screenplay, and I’m working on yet another project, and I’m producing music with another friend. I have a lot more energy than when I was feeling uncomfortable, when I was constantly checking my body, in which I was not well. As for acting, I still don’t know what’s going to happen. I certainly feel safer, more present, connected to the truth of the moment ».

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