Actor Rupert Everett brands British soldiers 'pathetic, whining wimps'

by PEP | June 8, 2008 at 02:52 pm

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Rupert Everett, never far out of trouble, takes a swing at Britain's wartime soldiers. Perhaps he's confusing his movie lot experiences as an actor portraying a soldier as the same thing as being a soldier.

Until this article, I had no idea that Everett had a background as a "rent boy." The things you learn!

Controversial actor Rupert Everett has accused British soldiers risking their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan of being "whining wimps", it emerged today.

The 49-year-old, whose father is a retired major and has relatives who earned Victoria Crosses, branded modern recruits as "pathetic" and claimed: “The whole point of being in the Army is wanting to get killed.”

The gay star has just finished filming a portrait of the 19th Century soldier and adventurer Sir Richard Burton for the Channel 4 documentary The Victorian Sex Explorer.