Rupert Everett: I Treated People Badly Because I Felt Insecure

Rupert Everett has had an expansive career, from Prince Charming in Shrek, to Oscar Wilde in The Happy Prince; more recently the fabulous Giorgio in Emily in Paris, and less recently, my old Headmistress at St Trinian’s. In this conversation, Rupert reminisces about his early years, from his melancholic birth, to his magical experiences of the gay London party scene in the 1970s. Rupert also shares how his experience of growing up in a Catholic school ignited a naughty streak which now sees him questioning some of his behaviour as a younger man. Rupert has been a dear friend of mine for many years so it was a real pleasure to have him over - as expected with him, there are no hold bars - we chatted about religion, sexuality, narcissism, national identity and everything in between - plus plenty of cackling laughter too! #RUPERTEVERETT #PALOMAFAITH #MADSADBAD 00.31 On this episode, Rupert Everett 02.37 Rupert's regretful relationship with the audience 06.31 Rupert on his very 'personal' reply to negative feedback 10.25 Losing your grip on your anger 12.12 On his conservative upbringing in a religious home 16.19 Accessing sadness in art, and being born melancholic 21.40 Rupert on growing up gay in the 70s 24.05 Paloma’s hardline atheist up brining 25.00 The understanding of 'Bad' 30.50 "You revelled in being manipulative" 33.30 Dealing with reviews 34.20 Breaking the news to my catholic grandmother that I wasn't a virgin 37.36 The importance of knowing someone a longtime 39.15 Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please click follow - I have so many great guests like this one, you won't want to miss out! — Instagram:   / madsadbadpodcast   TikTok:   / madsadbadpodcast   YouTube:    / @madsadbadpodcast   — Credits: Producer: Jemima Rathbone Assistant Producer: Magda Cassidy Edit Producer: Pippa Brown Editor: Shane O'Byrne Video: Jake Ji & Grisha Nikolsky Video Editor: Josh Bennett Original music: BUTCH PIXY Social Media: Laura Coughlan Head Marketing: Eleanore Bamber Exec Producer: Jemima Rathbone Exec Producers for Idle Industries: Dave Granger & Will Macdonald Senior Exec Producer: Holly Newson Mad, Sad & Bad is an original podcast from JamPot