Rupert Everett has said that he “hated all men” and preferred the company of women growing up.

Rupert Everett has said he had a “lot of individuality” when starting out in the industry but feels his career was hampered by his lack of focus.

Rupert Everett has hit out at cancel culture – calling it “judgmental and vindictive”. The actor and director, 61, has previously described some social media users as an “invisible cauldron of hags around in the virtual world”.

The transgender movement has “completely overshadowed” the campaign for gay rights, actor Rupert Everett has said, as he criticised “today’s New Puritanism”.