Richard Gere makes rare comment on 20-year Oscars ban over controversial Tibet comments

5 months ago

Richard Gere has made a rare remark about being banned from the Oscars for 20 years after he went off-script at the live show.

The 76-year-old actor, known for being an outspoken human rights activist, recently said he was unfazed by the controversy he sparked by denouncing China’s “horrendous, horrendous human rights issue” in Tibet while presenting at the 1993 Academy Awards.

“I didn’t take it particularly personally,” Gere said in an...

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