Elliot Web page says Kristen Wiig and different superstar associates inspired him 'to go in opposition to the forces that have been telling me to not be true'

• Elliot Web page spoke to Folks concerning the position his associates performed in serving to him really feel comfy in his pores and skin.
• He expressed gratitude for the help of Kristen Wiig, Alia Shawkat, and Catherine Keener.
• He referred to as them “selfless and type and loving.”

Elliot Web page is sharing the hurdles he confronted whereas transitioning within the public eye — and exhibiting gratitude for the individuals who supported him alongside the best way.

“All of us love Catherine Keener. She let me reside along with her,” Web page instructed Folks journal for its 2023 Satisfaction-month challenge. “And Alia [Shawkat] and Kristen [Wiig], they inspired me to go in opposition to the forces that have been telling me to not be true.”

“[They’re] honest individuals who have been simply selfless and type and loving,” he mentioned of the actors. 

Web page has had costarring roles with all three: Wiig and Shawkat have been his costars within the 2009 teen drama “Whip It,” whereas he and Keener acted collectively in 2007’s “An American Crime.”

Web page, an Oscar-nominated Canadian actor recognized for critically acclaimed titles like “Juno” and “Umbrella Academy,” publicly got here out as transgender in 2020.

“I really feel overwhelming gratitude for the unimaginable individuals who have supported me alongside this journey,” he wrote on Twitter. 

This is not the primary time he has publicly mentioned the power of those explicit friendships. In 2017, Web page revealed to Conan O’Brien that he has Wiig’s final title tattooed on his arm. “She’s an exquisite individual and an exquisite good friend,” he mentioned, explaining the choice.

He additionally has a tattoo devoted to Keener. In 2022, he instructed Esquire, “The primary tattoo I ever acquired was for Catherine Keener. It is my nickname for her, which is c keens.”

He added that Keener is his “oldest good friend in LA,” and that she taught him “to maintain my ft on the bottom, to reside my fact, and to handle my coronary heart.”

As for Shawkat, the 2 actors did a joint interview for Bust in 2009, and Web page mentioned he was “loopy about her.”

“From the second we met, I’ve felt so fortunate to have her in my life,” he mentioned.

In the identical interview with Folks journal, Web page acknowledged that not all transgender folks have been fortunate sufficient to expertise help from family members.

“The truth is trans folks disproportionately are unemployed, disproportionately expertise homelessness,” he instructed Folks. “Trans ladies of coloration are being murdered. Individuals are shedding their healthcare.”