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'Which at the time was how I was choosing to‪ identify as 'Q' wasn't known to be an option yet and to be honest I don’t know that I had many gay experiences at the time my life. ' he continued to say 'Are You Gay?!' Like 10 times making sure to be loud enough for everyone to hear I reluctantly told her i was bi,' he wrote. ‪As we were shooting she kept loudly saying 'Are you gay?!' and laughing‪ while the producers‪ and photographer did nothing‪ to stop her.'įranzese wrote that some of his co-stars, including Michael Pitt and the late Brad Renfro, defended him and 'kept telling her to shut up,' but he alleged that she didn't stop. It started with a lot of eye‪ rolling whenever we spoke but‪ escalated when we did a cast shoot for the poster‪. 'I was scared and closeted and feared for my job. 'She body shamed me and ridiculed me about my sexuality and physically assaulted me,' Franzese, who might be best recognized for his role as Cady's (Lindsay Lohan) close friend Damian in Mean Girls. Inspired by Ellen Page, who recently accused Brett Ratner of homophobic harassment on the set of the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand, Franzese alleged in a lengthy post on Facebook that Phillips 'harassed the entire shoot' of their 2001 film.

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“The way I was treated in that hostile work environment gave me a PTSD that had me stay closeted for a long time.Bijou Phillips, left, and Daniel Franzeseĭaniel Franzese, an actor whose credits include Mean Girls and HBO's Looking, has accused actress-singer Bijou Phillips of body-shaming him, mocking his sexuality and physically assaulting him on the set of their movie Bully.

“It was such a blessing to get a foot into Hollywood’s door but I was greeted at that door with homophobia, body shaming and abuse,” Franzese concludes. Franzese says Phillips’ abuse was not limited to him, as she also allegedly burned a costume designer with a lit cigarette and threw eggs at the costume trailer. “I stopped talking to her for the rest of filming,” the actor writes. Instead of offering him a sincere apology, Franzese says Phillips grabbed his nipple and twisted it hard through his shirt, before laughing at him and walking away. The abuse allegedly turned physical when Franzese was asked to meet with Phillips in her makeup trailer after the body-shaming encounter. “I take my shirt off in the scene and she breaks character and she pointed at my body and at the top of her lungs yelled ‘EThey call cut and I had to walk off set to collect myself.”

Later during production, Phillips allegedly body shamed the young actor after he filmed a scene where had to take his shirt off. The actor decided to out himself as bisexual because he did not yet identify as gay, and Phillips allegedly responded by laughing at him (“HA He’s bi!”) and later referring to him on set as the “bi guy.” 'The Lord of the Rings': Everything You Need to Know About Amazon's Big Money AdaptationĮarly Best Picture Prospects Include 'Top Gun: Maverick' and 'The Fabelmans'įranzese says that during the cast shoot for the film poster, Phillips repeatedly asked him “Are you gay?” in front of the producers and photographers and did not stop even when asked to by actors Michael Pitt and Brad Renfro.

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PBS Teases Independent Lens Series With TV Premiere of 'Bully' 'Mean Girls' Star Daniel Franzese Was 'Brainwashed' Into Gay Conversion Therapy “I was scared and closeted and feared for my job,” the actor writes. I have nothing but love for the LGBTQ community and Daniel.”Įarlier: Daniel Franzese, best known for playing Damian Leigh in “Mean Girls,” has published a lengthy statement on his Facebook page in which he reveals he suffered homophobic and physical abuse from actress Bijou Phillips during the production of Larry Clark’s “ Bully.” According to Franzese, Phillips “body shamed” and “ridiculed” him about his sexuality and later physically assaulted him. I am so mortified by this behavior and have contacted Daniel and apologized to him privately. I know Daniel to be a trustworthy and honest person, and to find out through social media that I was not the friend I thought I was to him made me so sad. I was a teenager and reckless in my behavior. I don’t remember that time well, those years are a blur.

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UPDATE (November 13): Bijou Phillips has issued the following apology to TMZ: “I want to write to address what Daniel has said.