Hollywood's most famous Buddhist doesn't win for criticism. A few weeks ago the actor was singled out for being under-favored in the cover photo of a New York Times men's fashion supplement, specifically in this photo:
Okay, it is not favored, they forgot to use Photoshop, the man is 57 years old and time has wanted to leave marks in the form of wrinkles on the face of the gallant, also, as if that were not enough, the photographer was one of the bad ones and not he knew how to capture the image from an angle that did not show the actor's nose in all its splendor. Oh cruel world! ...
Surely, during these weeks, while Richard Gere looked with more concern than usual at his reflection in the mirror, he could not even imagine what his next headache would be. When it seemed that the criticism began to cease and the news that Richard Gere can also go wrong in the photos lost its little strength ... Wham !, again the fingers pointed at him.
It was yesterday when I read a story that commented that a lot of Hindu radicals demonstrated and, like crazy, they dedicated themselves to burning photos of Richard Gere. "Wow, the man came out ugly, but it wasn't that bad ..." I thought. I kept reading and ... no, it was not the reason for their physical appearance that the photos were burned, the reason for such an act was a chaste but impulsive kiss that the actor gave the winner of the British version of «Big Brother on the cheek VIP ”, the Indian actress Shilpa Shetty. Indian culture does not welcome acts of affection in public and Richard Gere, the kiss, is giving him headaches, since they have decided to take the case to court.
Here's the controversial kiss:
Anyway ... with a bit of luck, the fingers will stop pointing to Richard Gere and applause will only be heard for the premiere of his new movie in the US, "The Hoax", which took place on April 13, at the that Gere plays Clifford Irving, a writer who managed to fool a publisher in the 70's, inventing a fake biography about Howard Hughes .. Let's hope to hear that applause because I think that the quota of negative reviews for Gere is already full for this season, leave something for others right?