Elliot Page referenced the numerous transphobic jokes from Ricky Gervais and Dave Chappelle and others in a new interview with Esquire.
Without naming names, Page questioned, “Why are people making it more difficult?” “It really breaks my heart. It really breaks my heart.
That’s literally all we’re trying to communicate. That’s what’s so funny to me. “When people say, ‘Cancel this. Cancel that.’ No, they get four more comedy specials and have a jillion followers!
The people getting cancelled are the trans people who are suffering, or killing themselves, or murdered.” READ MORE: Elliot Page Says He ‘Didn’t Expect’ The Reaction To His Transition To ‘Be So Big’: ‘Transphobia Is So, So, So Extreme’ Blaming the media, the actor continued, “People can actually be communicating in a way that isn’t aggressive, but then suddenly it’s all about creating this tension, and then this person doubles down on that!
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