Richard Gere is Just A Doofus
By Beth in Uncategorized, Movies, Hollywood, British, film, media, Indian on April 27 2007
I used to heart Richard Gere. For a long time, I didn’t understand why at the age of 16, I found him to be the sexiest man alive. In my mid-20s, my feelings faded a bit. There was his divorce from Cindy Crawford (who I never understood why he married), coupled with rumors of gerbils involved in boudoir activity, and all this somehow cloaked under his trademark Zen/Buddhist BS nonsense.
I smelled a hypocrite.
So when news came last week of his actualization on what can only be termed an explosion of affection (watch the video) for a certain Bollywood actress at an AID awareness rally (of all things) and in Delhi (of all places), I had to question if Gere had succumbed to that off-the-rocker mental state so many other big Hollywood actors fall victim to. Tom Cruise: Can you hear me?
So because it’s taboo to do such outwardly displays of public affection in India, people are setting fire to Gere effigies there.The story is that Indians found Gere’s behavior so objectionable that they are going to such lengths to show it. But… Wait a second. Back up. Why do Gere effigies exist there in the first place? Anyone find that just a tad odd?
Indian actress Shelpa Shetty had this to say of the incident:
“I am happy that this has happened because at least now people will talk about the issue of Aids and HIV,” she said.
Correction: Everyone is talking about the kiss. The event is tangential.
