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Richard Gere doesn't like reading stories about himself

Richard Gere: I've never put a hamster up my bum

Actor speaks out about urban myth

Thursday, 9 October 2008

Richard Gere has broken his silence about one of the strangest celebrity rumours ever.

For years actor has been plagued by the bizarre claim that he once shoved a hamster down his pants.

But Richard, 59, set the record straight saying that his fans should never trust anything the media prints about him.

‘I stopped reading the press a long time ago,’ he tells Metro. ‘Lots of crazy things came up about me at first, especially from the tabloids. There is an infamous “Gere stuck a hamster up his bum” urban myth.

‘I expect that sort of thing, but when reputable magazines started making up stories claiming I was in a country I had never been to with someone I didn’t even know, I just decided not to pay attention to any of it. It’s a waste of energy.’

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