Ryan Phillippe - My Religious Parents Not Happy Me Playing Gay
Ryan Phillippe explained how they had not been on good terms before when he played the role of gay teen Billy Douglas on “One Life to Live”.
Phillippe shared, “I had grown up going to, like, Baptist school and Christian school. When I was a senior in high school, I played the first gay character on a soap opera — first gay teenager ever — and so I was shunned at that point. I mean, this was 1992, and I was playing a gay teenager and I was in a Christian school. They weren’t happy about it.”
Ryan Phillippe didn’t think his parents would be fans of “Cruel Intentions”.
Phillippe played Sebastian Valmont in the 1999 flick, with him saying during an interview on the Barstool Sports “KFC Radio” podcast this week: “I thought my parents were going to disown me,” due to them being super-religious.
However, he insisted he doesn’t regret playing the part in “Cruel Intentions”.
“I’ve still never played a character like that since,” he said. “I want to get back to playing a character like Sebastian in ‘Cruel Intentions’. It was just so fun to be so flippant and sort of like, you know, the emotions are theatrical.”
by Anonymous | reply 29 | November 25, 2020 1:13 AM
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I saw him and his wife Catherine Oxenberg on TBN......I'm not sure if it was with the late Jan Crouch or her son & his wife (who still run the network)......it was painful.....
by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 19, 2020 9:58 PM
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Do we really still care about him after all the allegations and after his SA influencer trip (and how he behaved after) last year? 🤔
by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 19, 2020 9:59 PM
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But if Phillippe had played a murder, thief or a rapist, his parents would be so proud and tell all their friends to watch.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 19, 2020 10:16 PM
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How do you pronounce his surname? I have never heard it spoken.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 19, 2020 10:31 PM
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PHIL a pee
Never understood why they didn’t pronounce it correctly, but since they’re whackjobs guess that explains it
by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 19, 2020 10:51 PM
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Well, that's just stoopit .. thanks for educating me.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 19, 2020 10:53 PM
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[quote] PHIL a pee Never understood why they didn’t pronounce it correctly, but since they’re whackjobs guess that explains it
He said the pronunciation was screwed up by his ancestors who lived in Kentucky.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 20, 2020 2:41 AM
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[quote] He said the pronunciation was screwed up by his ancestors who lived in Kentucky.
Well, now. That explains everything I need to know about Ryan Phillippe.
He comes from Hillbilly trash stock. It all makes sense.
And I will NEVER say Phil-ip-pee. It's Feel-eep. End of story.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | November 20, 2020 2:45 AM
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I was 16 when Ryan played gay on One Life To Live and it meant a lot. It was groundbreaking to have a gay teen on tv. We take things like that for granted today, but there was NOTHING like it back in the early 90s. I also thought he was the most gorgeous thing I'd ever seen.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 11 | November 20, 2020 2:53 AM
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[quote]And I will NEVER say Phil-ip-pee. It's Feel-eep. End of story.
He's not French, he's American. Fill A Pee makes sense in American English.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 20, 2020 3:04 AM
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Agree with R11. Kudos to Ryan and the production team of "One Life To Live" for making an impact.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 20, 2020 3:28 AM
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[quote] And I will NEVER say Phil-ip-pee. It's Feel-eep. End of story.
Oh come on, if the Koch brothers can pronounce their name the way they do, Ryan can also.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 20, 2020 11:46 PM
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Why would he pronounce his surname the French way when he's American and has no connection to France?
by Anonymous | reply 15 | November 20, 2020 11:47 PM
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[quote] Ryan can also.
He pronounces “Phillippe” like “Coke”?
by Anonymous | reply 16 | November 20, 2020 11:48 PM
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Ryan's a hot mess but he seems like such a good person. I don't really believe those abuse allegations either. Obviously I don't know him personally but I think we tend to jump to believing the victim when it comes to male celebrities. We still need evidence to clear all reasonable doubt.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | November 24, 2020 9:35 PM
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He abused a few girlfriends but also got pegged in a bi threeway so I still love the guy. He might have also been giving it up to those Middle East millionaires during that music festival with Armie Hammer.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | November 24, 2020 9:45 PM
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R18 “Pegged” as in called out, or getting it up the bum? And was it MMF or MFF?
by Anonymous | reply 19 | November 24, 2020 9:59 PM
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Whose parents are more fundie, Ryan’s or Armie’s!
by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 24, 2020 10:00 PM
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I recorded his storyline daily on my VCR during 1992-93 while I went to work everyday. Even though I was in my late 20s I was starved for television that showcased a gay character. I’d only come out about 5 years earlier. It was groundbreaking television earning many well deserved awards. Philippe was really good in his role despite being a newcomer. You had to realize this was during the height of AIDS panic. You’d open the newspaper or turn on the tv and hear about another closeted actor who had died like Robert Reed or David Oliver.
I kept these tapes for many years, but will never forget my VCR malfunctioning at the height of the coming out/AIDS memorial storyline. I had to take the machine in to be fixed so I missed a couple of episodes. Thank God for Youtube.
Apologies for the crappy video, but these scenes were a highlight. Love the melodramatic music and pay phone!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 21 | November 24, 2020 10:24 PM
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Ryan also played a bicurious teen in 54. He kisses Breckin Meyer. The kiss was cut out of the theatrical version and Ryan was pissed about it
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 22 | November 24, 2020 10:31 PM
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R21 He was actually really good, considering his age and the fact that it's a soap. I had never seen footage of that before. I didn't know about him until IKWYDLS, and my god what a crush I had. Those lips! That face! It was like a sexual awakening seeing him on screen for the first time.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | November 24, 2020 10:55 PM
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I saw him come out of a private bathroom at Rodi's with Reverand Carpenter.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | November 24, 2020 10:59 PM
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Marty, shut your whore mouth!
by Anonymous | reply 25 | November 24, 2020 11:01 PM
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He grew up in Delaware which is pretty conservative state even more so back then. It would make sense his parents would have been uncomfortable with his decision not only due to their own homophobia but fear of backlash in their town but it appears they still let him do it and it paid off for his career.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | November 24, 2020 11:10 PM
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r19 this is r18. MMF. Pegging as in getting your ass fucked.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | November 25, 2020 1:08 AM
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What's this about getting it up the ass in a bi threeway?
by Anonymous | reply 28 | November 25, 2020 1:08 AM
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I don't remember the exact story r28 but a DLer was one person removed from a source that took Ryan home with he and his wife, after the Reece years, and got it on with Ryan. He did fuck him. Get high, bring a woman, and have sex. Not that uncommon in Haollywood. Ryan allegedly bottomed for the husband and had no issue fucking the wife so maybe he's bi.
That was a DL piece of gossip from a Hollywood thread. Take it or leave it, but I can see it.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | November 25, 2020 1:13 AM
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