Elliot Page’s ‘face says it all’ as he says he’s overjoyed after transitioning

Elliot Page spoke matter-of-factly, looking down as the actor explained how happily he is following his transition from female to male.

The Hollywood star – who rose to global stardom 13 years after filming the hit film Juno – said ‘I understood my truth’ as ​​he stood before the US Supreme Court with other activists on December 4 to appeal the Tennessee law which prohibits gender-affirming care. for minors.

Many online users quickly noticed that the brooding actor spoke in a dull manner and looked sad, leading them to speculate about Page’s happiness following the life-changing decision.

Meanwhile, others appreciated what he had to say – and were unaffected by the actor’s behavior, as he normally seems to speak in that tone.

In the clip, the Canadian actor, 37, shared what he would tell his younger self after transitioning in 2020.

“You know who you are, you know, and please embrace that,” Page said stoically, punctuating his words with light laughter.

“I feel like that’s what it was like for me: I understood my truth. I felt it very strongly. And it was all these external forces and sounds pushing and pulling, and I kind of lost sight of who I was.

“And so I think to my younger self, I would say that the discomfort and pain that you’re feeling is not yours. That is theirs,” he said, adding that continuing the journey of “embracing who you really are” will lead you to happiness.”

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Others agreed, as one user said: ‘If you mute the sound and just look at the face, she looks like someone reporting a tragic incident.’

“If you have to constantly confirm how happy you are, you’re not happy,” wrote another.

“She said so much while saying nonsense,” said another, while others shared photo comparisons of the actor before his transition, smiling as Ellen, alongside a current image of him as Elliot.

Despite many thinking Page was glum in the video, others took to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) social media pages and applauded him for sharing his story, without noticing how he spoke or looked.

‘Keep going, keep going, keep going, you fill your place and your people. I love you,” one supporter wrote.

Another said: ‘This is so true and I love him,’ while someone else added: ‘What a peaceful, loving response. Such a king and role model.’

In August, Page said he was “so miserable” before switching during an interview with Them.

Sometimes I think, “Oh my God, being transgender is such a life hack,” because I was so miserable before. And now you’re like, “What? This is great. I don’t mind. This is pretty cool.” Like, what?’ he explained.

The Oscar-nominated actor emphasized his newfound happiness sharing how exciting it was to see Cardi B in concert recently and fully embrace the experience as his true self.

“I’m a 37-year-old guy in a stadium, jumping up and down and screaming, and it felt so good to say, ‘Here I am,’” Page said.

He also expressed his deep gratitude for queer communities that created space for people who, like him, are fighting similar struggles.

“Community and transgender people who have led the way in creating a world where I can truly exist – without those things I wouldn’t be here,” he claimed.

“I think I probably would have faded,” Page said, revealing the overwhelming gender dysphoria he experienced years before publicly coming out as transgender.

“It almost became this thing that I knew and I just kept doing that [thinking] that I will find a way around it. “I think it was just too much: the idea of ​​experiencing something like that in public and then becoming an actor,” he began.

“My brain definitely did what it could to get close, but then turned away… The dysphoria was so bad, and I was constantly verbalizing and thinking about it, but somehow I still managed to convince myself to convince: no, no, no.

‘Or there would have to be a next part. For so many people, life goes on. People don’t get the chance to necessarily stop and figure out how they really feel.”

In October, Elliot opened up Jay Shetty in his On Purpose podcast about the different feelings he had during his transition process.

He revealed that prior to transition he always had an overwhelming feeling of ‘wanting to escape’ and described everyday tasks becoming increasingly difficult.

Page, who recently published his memoir, Pageboy, got brutally honest as he lifted the lid on why it was so hard for him to “exist” before coming out.

In the podcast, he revealed that he now “feels free” after transitioning, adding that he felt in a way he “never thought possible.”

He added that it had been a “gamechanger” before talking about how he felt about it.

“During significant periods of my life, I struggled to function at quite a basic level. It was difficult for me to literally sit down. It was difficult for me to be productive, for me to be present at all,” she said. Page.

‘I couldn’t see the future because I didn’t know how long I could continue with this feeling.’

Page noted that he thought it was “impossible” to continue living that way and looking to the future.

The Umbrella Academy actor explained that he even thought about how he would continue working, calling his manager and complaining that he was still living a lie.

Although the actor found it “so hard to exist and function” in relationships, he longed to be in love because it felt safer than being alone.

‘[In my] Relationships in my past, I was selfish because I would fall in love just so I could breathe,” he said.

Prior to his transition, he was in relationships with Samantha Thomas (2015-2017), Emma Portner (2018-2020), whom he married before coming out in 2020 and the couple split.

Now the actor noted that he no longer needed to be in a relationship to fill his time.

‘I feel excited by the fact that I can be alone. I really enjoy connecting with people, maybe having some fun, but also being alone a little bit now,” he said, adding, “So I’m single.”

He also said his relationship with acting was “so much better” now that he had transitioned.

“Literally everything in my life is better now,” Page added.