Editing Rupert Everett (section)

===2000s===
[[File:Rupert Everett in July 2007.jpg|thumb|upright|Everett at a speed dating event with ''When The Music Stops'', for Channel 4's [[The Friday Night Project]] in July 2007]]
For the 21st century, Everett decided to write again. He has been a ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' contributing editor, written for ''The Guardian'', and he wrote a film screenplay on playwright [[Oscar Wilde]]'s final years, for which he sought funding.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a94038/everett-needs-funds-for-wilde-movie.html|title=Everett needs funds for Wilde movie |work=Digital Spy |date=17 April 2008 |access-date=24 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-rupert-everett-oscar-wilde-327201 |title=Cannes 2012: Rupert Everett to Make Directorial Debut With Oscar Wilde Biopic |work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=29 May 2012 |date=21 May 2012}}</ref>

In 2006, Everett published a memoir, ''Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins'', in which he reveals his six-year affair with British television presenter [[Paula Yates]].<ref>{{cite news| first=Jan | last= Moir |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3655414/Rupert---unleashed-and-unloved.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090711201400/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3655414/Rupert---unleashed-and-unloved.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2009 |title= Rupert unleashed and unloved |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=2 October 2006 |access-date= 24 August 2011}}</ref> Although he is sometimes described as [[bisexual]], as opposed to gay, during a radio show with [[Jonathan Ross]], he described his heterosexual affairs as the result of adventurousness: "I was basically adventurous, I think I wanted to try everything".<ref>{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5352284.stm | title= Ross apologises for swearing star| publisher= BBC| date = 16 September 2006| accessdate = 18 March 2023}}</ref>

[[File:RupertEverett cropped-2.jpg|thumb|upright|Everett at the 2007 [[Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras]]]]
Since the revelation of his sexuality, Everett has participated in public activities (leading the 2007 [[Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras]]), played a double role in the film ''[[St Trinian's (film)|St. Trinian's]]'', and has appeared on TV several times (as a contestant in the special ''[[Comic Relief Does The Apprentice]]''; as a presenter for [[Live Earth]]; and as a guest host on the [[Channel 4]] show ''[[The Friday Night Project]]'', among others). He has also garnered media attention for his vitriolic quips and forthright opinions during interviews that have caused public outrage.<ref>{{cite web| first = Vicky  | last = Shaw |url= http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/actor-everett-shuns-blobby-whiny-usa-1396556.html |title=Actor Everett shuns 'blobby, whiny' USA | date= 3 June 2008 | work = Herald.ie |access-date=24 August 2011}}</ref><ref name= Rich /><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2099885/Rupert-Everett-apologises-for-calling-soldiers-%27wimps%27.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080610175350/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2099885/Rupert-Everett-apologises-for-calling-soldiers-%27wimps%27.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 June 2008 |title=Rupert Everett apologises for calling soldiers 'wimps' |work=The Daily Telegraph  |date=9 June 2008 |access-date=24 August 2011 |first= Stephen |last=Adams}}</ref>

In May 2007, he delivered one of the [[eulogies]] at the funeral of fashion director [[Isabella Blow]], his friend since they were teenagers, who had died by suicide. He asked as part of his speech: "Have you gotten what you wanted, Issie? Life was a relationship that you rejected."<ref>{{cite web| title=The Sad Hatter| url= http://nymag.com/news/features/34732/index5.html|work=New York| publisher= New York Media LLC| access-date=13 March 2014|  first=Amy | last= Larocca|date=15 July 2007}}</ref> During this time he also voiced the nefarious, but handsome villain [[List of Shrek characters#Prince Charming|Prince Charming]] in the first two ''[[Shrek (franchise)|Shrek]]'' sequels.

Everett's documentary entitled ''The Victorian Sex Explorer'' on Sir [[Richard Francis Burton]] (1821–1890) in which he retraces the travels of Burton through countries such as India and Egypt, aired on the BBC in 2008.<ref name= "Rich">{{cite news|title=Actor Rupert Everett shows his nasty side| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2091158/Actor-Rupert-Everett-shows-his-nasty-side.html |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2091158/Actor-Rupert-Everett-shows-his-nasty-side.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status= live| access-date=13 March 2014| work = The Telegraph|date=7 June 2008| first=Nigel | last=Farndale}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2009, Everett suggested, in an interview with the British newspaper ''[[The Observer]]'', that coming out was not the best career move for a young actor.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/nov/29/rupert-everett-madonna-carole-cadwalladr |title=I wouldn't advise any actor thinking of his career to come out |work=The Observer |date=29 November 2009 |first=Carole |last=Cadwalladr |accessdate=22 October 2023}}</ref>

Also in 2009, Everett presented two [[Channel 4]] documentaries: one on the travels of [[Lord Byron]], the Romantic poet, broadcast in July 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.times-series.co.uk/uk_national_entertainment/3744876.Everett_plays_Byron_in_documentary/ |title=Everett plays Byron in documentary |work=Times-series.co.uk |date=9 October 2008 |access-date= 24 August 2011 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190327134353/https://www.times-series.co.uk/uk_national_entertainment/3744876.Everett_plays_Byron_in_documentary/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-639459 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120701114649/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=-639459 |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2012 |title=Lord Byron by Rupert Everett |work=Hürriyet Daily News |access-date=24 August 2011 }}</ref> and another on British explorer Sir Richard Burton.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-victorian-sex-explorer |title=The Victorian Sex Explorer |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=24 August 2011 |archive-date=1 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201041335/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-victorian-sex-explorer |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/17/g2-interview-rupert-everett | title= Rupert Everett: 'If I'd been straight? I'd be doing what Hugh Grant and Colin Firth do, I suppose | work = The Guardian| last= Brocke | first= Emma| date= 20 July 2009}}</ref>

Everett then returned to his acting roots, appearing in several theatre productions: his Broadway debut in 2009 at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] received positive critical reviews; he performed in a [[Noël Coward]] play ''[[Blithe Spirit (play)|Blithe Spirit]]'', starring alongside [[Angela Lansbury]], [[Christine Ebersole]] and [[Jayne Atkinson]], under the direction of [[Michael Blakemore]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23662576-details/High+spirits+as+Rupert+Everett+becomes+the+ghostly+toast+of+Broadway/article.do |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912050740/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23662576-details/High+spirits+as+Rupert+Everett+becomes+the+ghostly+toast+of+Broadway/article.do |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 September 2012 |title=High spirits as Rupert Everett becomes the ghostly toast of Broadway| last= Teodorczuk| first= Tom |work= [[Evening Standard]] |location= London |date=16 March 2009 |access-date=24 August 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2009/03/blithe_spirit.php |title= Applause for Lansbury in 'Blithe Spirit' on Broadway| website = Newyorkology.com| date= 16 March 2009 |access-date=24 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725231330/http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2009/03/blithe_spirit.php |archive-date=25 July 2011 }}</ref> and he was expected to tour several Italian cities during the 2008–09 winter season in another Coward play ''[[Private Lives]]'' (performed in Italian, which he speaks fluently)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcNcIcafME0 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140710143837/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcNcIcafME0| archive-date=10 July 2014 | url-status=dead|title=Rupert Everett interviewed by Fabio Fazio for 'Che tempo che fa', a RAI tv programme |via=YouTube |date=18 March 2010 |access-date=24 August 2011}}</ref>—playing Elyot to Italian actress [[Asia Argento]]'s Amanda—but the production was cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.primoriccitelli.it/news.asp?azione=b&id=131&tipo= |title= Annullato lo spettacolo 'Vite private'  | website = Primoriccitelli.it |access-date=24 August 2011}}</ref>