New York Daily News

Star full of ‘out’ rage at director

- BY CHRIS SOMMERFELD­T and LARRY McSHANE

ELLEN PAGE accused director Brett Ratner of homophobic and abusive behavior when she worked on a film with him at age 18 — but her tirade against Hollywood sickos did not stop there.

The “Juno” star — an outspoken member of the LGBTQ community — wrote on Facebook that Ratner “outed” her in her attack against the powerful men who take advantage of young people, noting “I want to see these men face what they have done.”

“You should f--- her to make her realize she’s gay,” Page claims Ratner said to another woman about her during a meet and greet for the 2006 film “X Men: The Last Stand.”

The actress said the filmmaker outed her as gay before she had even come out to herself, leaving her feeling violated.

“He ‘outed’ me with no regard for my well-being, an act we all recognize as homophobic,” she wrote. Page, 30, detailed being sexually assaulted by a grip months later and being asked by a director to sleep with an older man. And Page, who worked with director Woody Allen in “To Rome with Love” in 2012, says she regrets working with him too.

“I did a Woody Allen movie and it is the biggest regret of my career. I am ashamed I did this,” she wrote.

There was no immediate response from Ratner or Allen. LOUIS C.K. IS suddenly the sorriest guy in Hollywood.

The serial masturbato­r came clean Friday about his filthy behavior, publicly apologizin­g to his five victims, his family and colleagues in the midst of a massive career implosion.

The Emmy-winning star of the acclaimed “Louie” television series acknowledg­ed the detailed New York Times expose was 100% accurate about his creepy sexual come-ons dating back decades.

Almost instantly, FX Networks and FX Production­s — home to the semi-autobiogra­phical show starring the comic — announced they were out of the Louis C.K. business.

“These stories are true,” read the 50-year-old comedian’s statement. “At the time, I said to myself that what I did was okay because I never showed a woman my d--- without asking first.

“But what I learned later in life, too late, is that when you have power over another person, asking them to look at your d--- isn’t a question. It’s a predicamen­t for them.”

The comedian’s apology comes in the midst of a steady parade of high-profile sexual-misconduct allegation­s in Hollywood, sports and politics.

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, director Brett Ratner, writer and director James Toback and actors Kevin Spacey and Richard Dreyfuss have recently been accused of sexual misconduct.

Hope Solo, goalkeeper of the U.S. women’s national soccer team, accused former FIFA president Sepp Blatter of grabbing her buttocks in January 2013. And Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman accused former U.S. gymnastics coach Larry Nassar of sexual abuse.

Roy Moore, the GOP Alabama candidate for a seat in the Senate, has been accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl when he was 32. FX dumped C.K. as executive producer on four shows that he was co-producing with the network, including “Baskets” with Zach

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