The Umbrella Academy star Elliot Page has revealed he has started exploring dating apps, over a year after coming out as transgender.
The 35-year-old, who filed from divorce from his wife Emma Portner weeks after coming out in December 2020, appeared to confirm he is looking for love online while sharing a behind-the-scenes image from the set of his hit Netflix series.
Taking to Instagram Story on Thursday to post a snap of himself and co-star Ritu Arya, the Inception actor told fans: @rituarya guiding me on my first dating app ever’.
Looking for love: Elliot Page has revealed he is using dating apps for the first time since coming out as trans
Watch and learn: The Netflix star shared a picture of him and The Umbrella Academy co-star Ritu Arya going through an app during a break from filming of season three
In the image, the pair could be seen laying side by side on a bed as they huddled over a device.
The Juno star’s post comes after it had previously been reported that the actor had been spotted on the invite-only dating app, Raya, in September 2021.
According to Page Six, Elliot’s profile has pictures of him with his dog and a photo of him posing in a jumper with the slogan: ‘protect trans kids’.
He is also reported to have the song Don’t Let It Bring You Down by Annie Lennox and Steven Lipson on his page.
Split: The Juno star filed for divorce from his wife Emma Portner in January, less than two months after publicly coming out as transgender
Moving forward: The Inception star was reported to have signed up to invite-only app, Raya, in September 2021
The actor is currently believed to be single after he filed legal documentation with a court in Manhattan seeking to dissolve his three-year marriage to 26-year-old professional dancer Emma in January 2021.
Emma ‘proudly’ supported her partner’s decision to come out as transgender, and later confirmed the pair had split before the news was made public.
In a statement made to DailyMail.com, Elliot and Emma revealed that they actually ‘separated last summer’, before the actor came out as transgender, and have now decided to make the split official.
‘After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce following our separation last summer,’ the statement said. ‘We have the utmost respect for each other and remain close friends.’
Still friends: Emma ‘proudly’ supported her former partner’s decision to come out as transgender
Feeling good: Elliot has been vocal about the way his life post-transition has ‘improved drastically’ in recent interviews
Before releasing a statement, Emma and Elliot removed all images of one another from their respective Instagram accounts in what appeared to be a very clear message about the future of their marriage.
Elliot and Emma are still following one another on the social media app however.
In a recent appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Elliot opened up about the way his life post-transition has ‘improved drastically.’
Elliot explained that he had been reflecting on, ‘very difficult times in my life, certain struggles and obstacles and all that and I think ultimately getting through that it really deepens your empathy.
‘I think of the times in my life where I was the most uncomfortable. Where I was the most unwell, those were the times where I was the most angry. And I was the most unkind to myself or self-righteous or all of those things. It’s improved my life drastically,’ Elliot said.
He added, ‘I hope maybe people who do have an issue with me could maybe try and hear that and embrace that on some level.’
Art imitates life: Elliot’s character in The Umbrella Academy has also transition from Vanya to Viktor in the third season
Sibling acceptance: The character’s family members all reacted with love and understanding when Viktor announced his transition – pictured with co-star Emmy Raver-Lampman
Seth asked him how he has dealt with negative reactions to his transition, though Elliot said he wants to focus on ‘degree of joy’ he feels that has been extraordinary.’
‘What I want to focus on right now, and has been so extraordinary is the degree of joy that I feel, the degree of presence that I feel, I feel a way that I really never thought possible for a long, long time,’ Elliot said.
‘That’s really what I’m focusing on and embracing the most. But of course the moment can be overwhelming,’ Elliot continued.
He added the negativity is, ‘unfortunate, because we are all on the same team here you know whether you are trans, non binary, gender-nonconforming CIS, we all have these expectations and these sort of limits and constraints because of us, sort of people’s obsession with the binary and how we are all supposed to live our lives.
‘To me it would be so special for us to all be able to connect and to talk about how similar we are in all of our journeys,’ he added.
it was revealed in March 2022 that his Umbrella Academy character will transition as well.
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