‘I can’t think of anything worse than being brought up by two gay dads’ says gay actor Rupert Everett

Actor Rupert Everett says mother knows best:  “She thinks children need a father and a mother and I agree with her.”

Excerpts from The Telegraph:

The star of the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love blazed a trail for gay actors when he came out as homosexual 20 years ago. 

However, he has been criticised by gay rights groups after giving an interview in which he decried same-sex couples who have children. 

The 53-year-old told the Sunday Times Magazine that his mother Sara had met his boyfriend but “still wishes I had a wife and kids.” 

“She thinks children need a father and a mother and I agree with her,” he said. “I can’t think of anything worse than being brought up by two gay dads. 

I’m not speaking on behalf of the gay community. In fact, I don’t feel like I’m part of any ‘community’."

Mrs Everett, 77, told how she knew her son was gay from when he turned 18, and described her desire for him to have children. 

“In the past, I have said that I wish Rupert was straight and, I probably still feel that,” she said. “I’d like him to have a pretty wife. 

“I’d like him to have children. He’s so good with children. He’d make a wonderful father. 

“But I also think a child needs a mummy and a daddy. I’ve told him that and he takes it very well. He doesn’t get angry with me. He just smiles.” 

 

Their comments were likely to cause rancour with gay couples with children such as Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish, who have a one-year-old son, Zachary.