RUPERT EVERETT - EVERETT'S CRUSH ON MADONNA

EVERETT'S CRUSH ON MADONNA

Actor RUPERT EVERETT insists he "fell in love" with pop superstar MADONNA when he first met her - even though he is gay. The British star was introduced to Madonna by his pal SEAN PENN when the action hunk first started dating her in the 1980s. But despite Everett's sexuality, he reveals in his upcoming autobiography RED CARPETS AND OTHER BANANA SKINS how he was desperate to "bed" her. He recalls, "Sean called. He had a new girlfriend and wanted me to meet her. 'Let's go to dinner tomorrow.' "At the restaurant, Sean and I were sitting waiting. Outside there was a flurry as she walked from her car. The door blew open and the Immaculate Conception was among us. "She was raucous but poised, elegant but common. She had the cupid-bow lips of a silent screen star, and it was obvious she was playing with Sean underneath the table throughout the meal. "She oozed sex appeal and demanded a sexual response from everyone. It didn't matter if you were gay, you were swept up all the same. "In those early years there was no male who would not want to bed her. I lost myself in Madonna's attention and by the end I had fallen in love."