--- description: On a The Colbert Report appearance Thursday, actress Ellen Page revealed how stressful it was for her to come out as gay earlier this year.... title: Ellen Page: Coming Out Was ‘Nerve-Wracking’ image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe29047dae36efa7/69868eb6810bbb05bcc917f9/ellen-page-coming-out.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrity](/tag/celebrity/) ## celebrity Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ellen Page: Coming Out Was ‘Nerve-Wracking’ by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 9, 2014 5:13 PM CUT  Actress Ellen Page during an interview with host Seth Meyers on Late Night with Seth Meyers on May 6, 2014 Actress Ellen Page during an interview with host Seth Meyers on Late Night with Seth Meyers on May 6, 2014NBC/Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 9, 2014 5:13 PM CUT On a _The Colbert Report_ appearance Thursday, actress Ellen Page revealed how stressful it was for her to come out as gay earlier this year. “It was definitely one of the most, you know, nerve-sort-of-wracking moments of my life,” Page said. “And at the same time I was just so excited and thrilled to be at a place where I was ready to do that.” Page, who [came out as a lesbian on Valentine’s Day](http://time.com/7644/ellen-page-comes-out-as-gay/ "undefined"), also talked about coming out as “openly Canadian.” Her new film, _X-Men: Days of Future Past_ hits theaters May 23. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/94346/ellen-page-coming-out/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/94346/ellen-page-coming-out/"},"headline":"Ellen Page: Coming Out Was ‘Nerve-Wracking’","datePublished":"2014-05-09T17:13:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:45:36.894Z","description":"On a The Colbert Report appearance Thursday, actress Ellen Page revealed how stressful it was for her to come out as gay earlier this year....","url":"https://time.com/94346/ellen-page-coming-out/","keywords":["celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe29047dae36efa7/69868eb6810bbb05bcc917f9/ellen-page-coming-out.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe29047dae36efa7/69868eb6810bbb05bcc917f9/ellen-page-coming-out.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ellen Page Coming Out","caption":"Ellen Page Coming Out","creditText":"NBC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrity/","name":"celebrity"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/94346/ellen-page-coming-out/","name":"Ellen Page: Coming Out Was ‘Nerve-Wracking’"}}]}] ```