Young Richard Gere almost sued talk show for calling him a ‘sex symbol’

nypost.com:

to the Mail Online Saturday, Aspel, 90, revealed behind-the-scenes details about the time the “Pretty Woman” star appeared on his show in 1989. “When Richard Gere came on the show, I introduced him and at the end I said, and ‘he’s done this, he’s done that,’ and I used the phrase ‘sex symbol,'” said Aspel. “After the interview, we had a phone call from his agent saying if I didn’t remove the sex symbol thing, they were going to take it up with their lawyer.”According to Aspel, the “Chicago” star did not want to “be known as a sex symbol.” “It was very odd,” continued the former TV host. ” But he took himself very seriously because he did a lot of stuff for the people of Tibet.”Aspel’s show “Aspel and Company,” which ran from 1984 to1993 featured several other A-listers including Elizabeth Taylor, the only woman Aspel had ever written a fan letter to, and Barbra Streisand.

The Post reached out to Gere for comment. Gere, 74, recently made headlines after his ex-wife Cindy Crawford made a rare comment about the Golden Globe winner in her brand new series “The Super Models.”“In the beginning of a relationship, when you’re a young woman, you’re like, ‘You like baseball?

I like baseball. You’re really into Tibetan Buddhism? I might be into that. I’ll try that,’” said Crawford, 57, in the series. “You’re willing to kind of mold yourself around whoever you are in love with,” added the model.