Richard Gere: “I’m a bad Buddhist”
Actor Richard Gere fears he is a bad Buddhist because he killed hoards of cockroaches when he was living in New York. Hollywood veteran Gere is a practicing Buddhist, a religion that prohibits the killing of any living thing.
However the Pretty Woman star, who is known for his humanitarian work, admits flattening the insects after his flat became infested. He recalls, “I killed cockroaches when I lived on the Lower East Side. There were thousands of them and I didn’t know what else to do about them”.
Not to mention what he did to all those poor gerbils. Allegedly.
August 3rd, 2007 at 5:30 pm
That hamster pic is adorable.
August 3rd, 2007 at 7:32 pm
There is nothing “alleged” about the gerbil incident. My mom was the attending nurse. It’s true. Unbelievable, but true.
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:37 pm
hmm.
August 5th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Your mom was NOT the attending nurse. This is the oldest urban legend going. Was she also the attending nurse when Rod Stewart had his stomach pumped after ingesting a gallon of semen after a show? PLEASE.
August 6th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
I don’t know about this……tell me more !
August 6th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
There is an ancient urban legend that Richard Gere showed up to the emergency room with a gerbil stuck up his ass because he was trying to get pleasure from it. Has also been applied to some other celebrities, but it sticks on Gere for some reason.
Check out http://www.snopes.com and search Richard Gere for additional info.
August 9th, 2007 at 11:55 am
facts! facts! facts! Buddhism , the teachings of the Buddha do not prohibit the killing of any living thing, he rather strongly advises against it though, get out of here with your god fearing commandments, buddhism is a path of towards enlightment, the greatest danger anyone faces on meeting a buddhist is that they might meet some one who actually attempts to think for themselves…oh yeh and don’t hit you if you don’t agree with them.
September 16th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Buddhism spiritual practice added value to our life and many practitioners say they bring to their business lives