Thursday, 9 October 2008

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

Actor speaks out about urban myth

Richard Gere doesn't like reading stories about himself

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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