RATNER’S COMMENTS MADE ELLEN PAGE FEEL ‘ VIOLATED’

Canadian actress Ellen Page is alleging filmmaker Brett Ratner made her feel “violated” with comments about her sexuality and outed her without her consent. In a posting on Facebook, Page, pictured, alleges Ratner once suggested to a woman standing next to her that she have sex with her “to make her realize she’s gay.” Page says it happened when she was 18, during a pre-production meeting with the cast and crew of 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand, which Ratner directed. The Oscarnominated Juno star writes that she had “not yet come out to myself.” It was in 2014 that the Halifax native publicly came out as gay during a speech delivered at a human rights conference. A representative for Ratner could not be immediately reached for comment about Page’s statement.