Closet Cases who successfully "fooled the world" (2024)

Which closet case do you think did the best job of fooling people?

by Anonymousreply 438December 11, 2020 5:09 AM

Billy Tipton.

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by Anonymousreply 1May 11, 2020 1:54 AM

Mike Pence

by Anonymousreply 2May 11, 2020 1:59 AM

Spencer Tracy

by Anonymousreply 3May 11, 2020 2:09 AM

OP OP OP

by Anonymousreply 4May 11, 2020 2:10 AM

Liberace

by Anonymousreply 5May 11, 2020 2:10 AM

Richard Simmons

by Anonymousreply 6May 11, 2020 2:11 AM

Raymond Burr, thanks to his fake family.

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by Anonymousreply 7May 11, 2020 2:12 AM

Bill Maher - (so I've been told by a close buddy who was in his living room)

by Anonymousreply 8May 11, 2020 2:13 AM

Not Liberace

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by Anonymousreply 9May 11, 2020 2:14 AM

Jack Noseworthy

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by Anonymousreply 10May 11, 2020 2:16 AM

Really, R8? Why wouldn't he just come out? No one would give a shit. He's fucking ugly, so no women would be disappointed. If anything, they'd be fine.

by Anonymousreply 11May 11, 2020 2:21 AM

Most did not fool the entire world, evah, some only fooled those in and via the media. Such as Laurence Olivier, Denholm Elliott.

by Anonymousreply 12May 11, 2020 2:23 AM

[bold] The One Where DLers Post A Veritable Wish List Of Handsome Men They Wish Were Gay

by Anonymousreply 13May 11, 2020 2:25 AM

[bold] ^^and Raymond Burr

by Anonymousreply 14May 11, 2020 2:26 AM

Jack Noseworthy is married to a man and they have a son together. Hardly a closet case.

by Anonymousreply 15May 11, 2020 2:26 AM

Closet cases who ain't fooling most....

Lindsey

by Anonymousreply 16May 11, 2020 2:32 AM

[quote]Jack Noseworthy is married to a man and they have a son together. Hardly a closet case

he wasn't exactely open about it when he had his 15 minutes of fame

by Anonymousreply 17May 11, 2020 2:35 AM

Leonardo

by Anonymousreply 18May 11, 2020 2:44 AM

Danny Kaye

John Wayne

Godzilla

by Anonymousreply 19May 11, 2020 2:46 AM

Claudette Colbert fooled William Haines, so she must have fooled most everyone with weaker gaydar.

by Anonymousreply 20May 11, 2020 2:47 AM

Colbert was a lesbian?

by Anonymousreply 21May 11, 2020 2:48 AM

John Wayne

by Anonymousreply 22May 11, 2020 2:49 AM

WTF kinda name is "Noseworthy"?

by Anonymousreply 23May 11, 2020 2:51 AM

[quote]Colbert was a lesbian?

I’ll say!

by Anonymousreply 24May 11, 2020 2:51 AM

Lies R21! Lies!

by Anonymousreply 25May 11, 2020 2:53 AM

James Cagney

by Anonymousreply 26May 11, 2020 2:54 AM

[bold]The one where YourMillennialFriend makes yet another pissbrained, witless dig about "DLEGs." His Aspie spidey sense tells him that nobody recognizes his inimitably lame writing style or could possibly find him anything other than the very quintessence of hilarity. How wrong he is. Oh, how wrong he is.[/bold]

by Anonymousreply 27May 11, 2020 2:58 AM

R8. What does his living room have to do with it?

by Anonymousreply 28May 11, 2020 2:59 AM

r26: The only one I've never heard of before as being gay is Cagney. I've been on DL since 2012 and this is the first time I've seen his name. I don't care either way. Have I just missed this and everybody else knows? Actually I know absolutely nothing about his personal life. Great actor though, amazingly powerful screen presence for such a short little not handsome man. Can't even remember how long ago he died. It's been a while. Where's your info from if you care to say?

by Anonymousreply 29May 11, 2020 3:02 AM

I leave this thread at Cagney. No credibility.

by Anonymousreply 30May 11, 2020 3:05 AM

Tom Selleck

by Anonymousreply 31May 11, 2020 3:06 AM

Tom Selleck has been talked about since...what, the '70s? If he fooled the world...it must have been Trump followers only. They are easily fooled.

by Anonymousreply 32May 11, 2020 3:25 AM

Definitely Raymond Burr. Even I was shocked when I found out.

by Anonymousreply 33May 11, 2020 3:31 AM

The average person does not think Tom Selleck is gay. They think he's a happily married, freeper str8 guy

by Anonymousreply 34May 11, 2020 3:32 AM

r34: Well, I live in LA and I did see him with his wife at a movie about 25 years ago (he was still incredibly handsome at the time)--so they're friends at least. And they're still married I guess with an adult kid I think? You never know--plus it's none of our business is it.

by Anonymousreply 35May 11, 2020 3:40 AM

The American late night tv hosts(J. Fallon, S. Meyers, S. Colbert, J. Corden, T.Noah, J.Kimmel) minus Conan.

by Anonymousreply 36May 11, 2020 3:44 AM

Merideth Baxter Birney was a surprise for me.

by Anonymousreply 37May 11, 2020 3:52 AM

Spencer Tracy is the best - brilliant cover of leaving his wife to shack up with Kate Hepburn.

It’s what you call misdirection!

by Anonymousreply 38May 11, 2020 3:56 AM

"I leave this thread at Cagney. No credibility."

Homely wife, adopted kids, started out as a drag performer. It's that hard to imagine?!

by Anonymousreply 39May 11, 2020 3:57 AM

r23 it's better than spongeworthy

by Anonymousreply 40May 11, 2020 4:00 AM

Agree that Meredith Baxter Birney completely fooled me.

by Anonymousreply 41May 11, 2020 4:14 AM

Agree that Meredith Baxter Birney completely fooled me.

by Anonymousreply 42May 11, 2020 4:14 AM

Rock Hudson

by Anonymousreply 43May 11, 2020 4:20 AM

I would say Liberace is #2 on this list. Although he did file lawsuits (and won) against magazines for reporting that he was gay, Liberace didn't ruin many lives and he didn't persecute his own kind. After the lawsuits in the 1970s, Liberace just sort of faded away until he passed away. He claimed to be straight but didn't attack people he didn't know.

The # 1 closet case, in my opinion, is Roy Cohn. Advisor to Donald Trump and Senator Joseph McCarthy, Roy Cohn lead the lavender scare in the 1950s and 1960s seeking out, threatening and blackmailing gay and lesbian government employees. He'd be furious that anyone would even suggest he was gay, but he never answered any questions about his own personal life. He targeted and outed gays and lesbians. Yet, he loved to party at STUDIO 54. Roy Cohn showed the nation live on television that it's okay to harass and threaten members of the LGBT community, then he'd party at gay night clubs. Roy Cohn is the prototype for Aaron Schock, Houston City Councilman Michael Berry and Representative Mark Foley.

by Anonymousreply 44May 11, 2020 4:23 AM

The Baywatch guys fooled me.

by Anonymousreply 45May 11, 2020 4:28 AM

Kanye West

Leonardo DiCaprio

Brad Pitt

Keanu Reeves

Jamie Fox

Chase Crawford

Will Smith

Vin Diesel

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Hugh Jackman

Jake Gyllenhaal

Ryan Seacrest

Tom Cruise

by Anonymousreply 46May 11, 2020 4:38 AM

If true:

Chris Evans

Matthew McConaughey

Clint Eastwood

Taylor Kinney

Ansel Elgort

James Franco

Closet cases like Chace Crawford, Jamie Fox and Jake Gyllenhaal haven’t succeeded in fooling everyone.

by Anonymousreply 47May 11, 2020 4:53 AM

Bradley Cooper

by Anonymousreply 48May 11, 2020 5:16 AM

um, Robert Reed

by Anonymousreply 49May 11, 2020 5:26 AM

Jared Kushner. He and Lindsey Graham would make a cute daddy/son couple.

by Anonymousreply 50May 11, 2020 5:29 AM

No one can tell I'm gay! I'm just too butch

by Anonymousreply 51May 11, 2020 5:30 AM

Jack Benny.

by Anonymousreply 52May 11, 2020 5:33 AM

Spencer Tracy, apparently.

by Anonymousreply 53May 11, 2020 5:34 AM

Hugh Michael Jackman

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by Anonymousreply 54May 11, 2020 6:44 PM

None. They played their ass.

by Anonymousreply 55May 11, 2020 8:51 PM

You really do never know about these things.In the past 2 years,3 people very close to me have come out after living ostensibly heterosexual lives for decades..My brother-in-law,husband to my late sister(35 years of marriage,2 kids),his male best friend(38 years of marriage,4 kids),and a close female friend(30 years of marriage,1 kid). I’ve completely stopped taking any relationship at face-value as a result.And it seems almost everyone I know of the younger generation identifies as sexually fluid in some way.2 nieces for a start.And too many co-workers to mention.

I live in a relatively conservative part of Canada,hardly a liberal bastion of permissiveness.So unless I’m some wild statistical anomaly,it would appear that while I was sleeping there has been a major paradigm shift.

That celebrities in swinging Hollywood would be gay or bisexual behind the scenes should hardly come as a shock.That we have so few confirmed cases is what is most telling.

by Anonymousreply 56May 11, 2020 9:42 PM

Timothy Tebow

by Anonymousreply 57May 12, 2020 12:42 AM

Aaron Rodgers

by Anonymousreply 58May 12, 2020 3:01 AM

Patrick Swayze, if what escort Rafael Alencar says is true.

by Anonymousreply 59May 12, 2020 5:21 AM

I AM NOT GAY! I NEVER HAVE BEEN GAY! I LOVE MY WIFE!

But look, sometimes you have to drive out to the rest stop, and there's no TP in your stall, so you tap your foot to the guy next to you, and one thing leads to another.....but it's not gay!

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by Anonymousreply 60May 12, 2020 5:43 AM

Little Richard (RIP)

by Anonymousreply 61May 12, 2020 3:45 PM

Burt Reynolds

by Anonymousreply 62May 12, 2020 4:05 PM

Bob Conrad. Most of his fans had no idea.

by Anonymousreply 63May 12, 2020 4:15 PM

Bob Hope

by Anonymousreply 64May 12, 2020 4:34 PM

Alec Baldwin

by Anonymousreply 65May 12, 2020 4:41 PM

That would be nice if COLBERT were gay. I always thought he was CUTE. I want him batting for the gay team.

by Anonymousreply 66May 12, 2020 4:42 PM

Little Richard fooled the world?

by Anonymousreply 67May 12, 2020 4:46 PM

Never knew Paul Newman played on the down low till I read it on DL. The on-location fun with Cruise on 'Color Of Money' which TC wanted more of but PN wasn't into. Plus someone plausibly here on DL said he'd hooked with PN in New York.

Stories also about Pacino which I don't disbelieve. Post on DL about a friend going on a date with him, but not following up on AP's suggestion of fun. Not his type.

by Anonymousreply 68May 12, 2020 4:54 PM

All of the closet cases in football, baseball, hockey, and basketball

by Anonymousreply 69May 12, 2020 5:49 PM

[quote] Yet, he loved to party at STUDIO 54. Roy Cohn showed the nation live on television that it's okay to harass and threaten members of the LGBT community, then he'd party at gay night clubs.

Studio 54 was not known as a gay nightclub. Anyone who was anyone back then wanted to be seen there at some point.

If it was a gay club, and Cohn was closeted, do you really think he’d go there? It’s not like he went to Stonewall.

I’m not saying he’s not gay, I don’t know enough about that, but just saying Studio 54 wasn’t a gay nightclub.

by Anonymousreply 70May 12, 2020 6:08 PM

George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, et.al.

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by Anonymousreply 71May 12, 2020 6:14 PM

Sherman Hemsley

by Anonymousreply 72May 12, 2020 6:33 PM

[quote]I've been on DL since 2012

Newby.

by Anonymousreply 73May 12, 2020 6:36 PM

Clooney owns this thread.

by Anonymousreply 74May 12, 2020 8:27 PM

R71 - You left out Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben and Frederick the Great.

Larry Kramer would be very disappointed in you R71 !

Must admit, I find it difficult to believe George Washington was gay or bisexual as I do not get that vibe. However, I have horrible Gaydar.

by Anonymousreply 75May 12, 2020 8:32 PM

General Kitchener

by Anonymousreply 76May 12, 2020 8:48 PM

Louisa May Alcott

by Anonymousreply 77May 12, 2020 8:51 PM

It was rumored that I liked the peen. But I'm just a turtle, looking for some lettuce for my terrarium. I also love my beautiful wife, Elaine Chao.

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by Anonymousreply 78May 12, 2020 8:56 PM

Televangelist Jim Baker. Actually, most televangelists.

by Anonymousreply 79May 12, 2020 9:19 PM

[quote] Televangelist Jim Baker.

You’re not serious.

by Anonymousreply 80May 12, 2020 9:52 PM

Bakker is notorious for the MMF threesomes.

by Anonymousreply 81May 12, 2020 10:11 PM

Tony Geary

by Anonymousreply 82May 12, 2020 10:13 PM

I once had a boyfriend who had been a very successful underwear model. He then tried a career as a screenwriter. It didn't go far (he was a terrible writer, he got meetings because of his looks) but he did have lunch a few times with Paul Newman, who acted as though he were interested in my ex's scripts, but the ex says Newman was totally coming on to him. He didn't bite though -- he had just broken up with another (lesser) star and didn't want to deal with a closeted actor again -- and, this was later in Newman's career. He still looked great, but not like he did when he was 35.

by Anonymousreply 83May 12, 2020 10:15 PM

r83, who was the lesser actor?

by Anonymousreply 84May 12, 2020 10:46 PM

Wanda Sykes. I thought she was a dick loving broad until she came out at a rally some ten years ago.

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by Anonymousreply 85May 12, 2020 10:55 PM

Buck Owens, Roy Clark, Randy Travis, Kenny Chesney, Chris Young, Dustin Lynch, and all of Rascals Flatts.

by Anonymousreply 86May 12, 2020 10:57 PM

Debbie Reynolds

by Anonymousreply 87May 12, 2020 11:04 PM

J. Edgar Hoover

(He was also rumored to have negro ancestry.)

by Anonymousreply 88May 12, 2020 11:10 PM

[quote]Kenny Chesney

Was I fooled or was I in denial?

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by Anonymousreply 89May 12, 2020 11:11 PM

Mary Martin and Janet Gaynor

by Anonymousreply 90May 12, 2020 11:21 PM

Lena Horne

Ethel Waters

by Anonymousreply 91May 12, 2020 11:32 PM

Henry Cavill

by Anonymousreply 92May 13, 2020 12:41 AM

John Michael Higgins.

by Anonymousreply 93May 13, 2020 1:03 AM

Obama, Teddy Roosevelt, Lincoln, Washington

by Anonymousreply 94May 13, 2020 1:06 AM

Usually the tops.

by Anonymousreply 95May 13, 2020 1:08 AM

Lucy wanted to be gay but Gary talked her out of it.

by Anonymousreply 96May 13, 2020 1:17 AM

Bryan Adams, quite a nice time in London

Christian Slater, quite a nice time in Key West

by Anonymousreply 97May 13, 2020 1:19 AM

Jesus of Nazareth, notorious bossy bottom.

by Anonymousreply 98May 13, 2020 1:43 AM

Everyone was STUNNED when I came out

by Anonymousreply 99May 13, 2020 2:00 AM

Richard Nixon

by Anonymousreply 100May 13, 2020 3:35 AM

Chris Evans ???

WISHFUL THINKING !!

(I’m right there with u tho)

by Anonymousreply 101May 13, 2020 5:09 AM

Burt Young

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by Anonymousreply 102May 13, 2020 5:15 AM

Lord Baden Powell

by Anonymousreply 103May 13, 2020 4:13 PM

Hattie McDaniel

by Anonymousreply 104May 15, 2020 8:02 PM

Merv Griffin

Malcolm Forbes

by Anonymousreply 105May 15, 2020 8:12 PM

Rock Hudson. I’ll always remember right after he died, the women I worked with just could not believe he was "that way." They had grown up with the image he presented onscreen, and were convinced he had to be straight.

by Anonymousreply 106May 15, 2020 8:16 PM

I always tell straight people, "What kind of boys joined the Drama Club at [italic] your [/italic] high school.

by Anonymousreply 107May 15, 2020 8:20 PM

R106 - Rock Hudson didn't fool everybody. When I was a kid my mom was a fan of McMillan & Wife. One night at dinner somehow the conversation turned to what movie starts were the most attractive - my dad's choice was Sophia Loren. I turned to my mom and said "you like Rock Hudson, right?" She said, "No, he's too faggy, I love Gregory Peck."

by Anonymousreply 108May 15, 2020 8:35 PM

Malcolm Forbes is a good one

by Anonymousreply 109May 15, 2020 11:32 PM

Whitney Houston

by Anonymousreply 110May 16, 2020 2:01 AM

R106 Didn't they know he was dying of AIDS ? How long was it in the news before he died ?

by Anonymousreply 111May 16, 2020 2:25 AM

I have liver cancer!!! Not AIDS!

by Anonymousreply 112May 16, 2020 2:42 AM

I think only a few months r111. He was on Dynasty and people were shocked how bad he looked. That started rumors but he said it was heart trouble. I'm not sure if they ever admitted it until he flew to Paris for special treatment and died shortly after.

by Anonymousreply 113May 16, 2020 4:32 AM

I grew up in LA and the boy next door's mom knew in the early 60s that Rock Hudson was gay. She had a rich sister that went to some country club where everybody knew everything about everybody. It was probably filled with the parents of future dataloungers. Also, for some reason, as a child I had pretty good gaydar. I knew without being told that Raymond Burr was gay and also Robert Reed. Maybe it was their voices? I have no idea. I did not have gaydar about Rock Hudson. He was a masculine acting guy. One of the best looking movie stars of all time IMO.

by Anonymousreply 114May 17, 2020 1:07 AM

[quote][R106] Didn't they know he was dying of AIDS ? How long was it in the news before he died ?

A very short amount of time, maybe a few weeks, if that. He sparked rumors by how old he looked on Dynasty, but by the time it aired it was a few months later, and it all wrapped up for Rock very quickly. It was all very sad.

by Anonymousreply 115May 17, 2020 2:36 AM

Clifton Webb

by Anonymousreply 116May 17, 2020 7:59 PM

Rumors about Hudson's sexuality abounded when i was a kid.

I first heard the rumor about Rock Hudson and Jim Nabors getting married sometime in 1969.

by Anonymousreply 117May 17, 2020 9:31 PM

Marcia Cross, if the rumors were true...

by Anonymousreply 118May 17, 2020 10:51 PM

Richard Madden until Brandon Flynn and Froy

by Anonymousreply 119May 17, 2020 11:39 PM

Leonard Bernstein

by Anonymousreply 120May 17, 2020 11:48 PM

Rex Reed

by Anonymousreply 121May 17, 2020 11:51 PM

Roy Cohn. It looks like THE Donald Trump is next to him at Studio 54.

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by Anonymousreply 122May 17, 2020 11:55 PM

Bobby Sherman

Richard Chamberlain

by Anonymousreply 123May 25, 2020 1:05 AM

Kevin Spacey before he came out

by Anonymousreply 124May 25, 2020 1:12 AM

A few weeks ago, I read on a thread here that Roger C. Carmel had been gay. Took me by surprise; I'd never heard that before, or even suspected.

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by Anonymousreply 125May 25, 2020 6:32 AM

John Wayne

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by Anonymousreply 126May 25, 2020 6:37 AM

If you smoke Camels you get camel toe.

by Anonymousreply 127May 25, 2020 6:40 AM

John Wayne wasn't a closet case. However, he was cool and he was accepting, professional and open minded.

by Anonymousreply 128May 25, 2020 2:28 PM

Roy Cohn again. He helped to out and ruin gay and lesbian government workers to keep us out of federal and state governments. He didn't feel our nation was safe with gay men or lesbians working in government positions.

But he loved clubbing at STUDIO 54 with men dressed as gladiators and satyrs.

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by Anonymousreply 129May 25, 2020 2:34 PM

Three friends. Roy advised Donald Trump to never back down and to always attack. No apologies. No explanations.

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by Anonymousreply 130May 25, 2020 2:36 PM

But I thought Ed Koch just never found the right girl

by Anonymousreply 131May 25, 2020 5:47 PM

Excuse me?

by Anonymousreply 132May 25, 2020 5:56 PM

David Muir

by Anonymousreply 133May 25, 2020 6:27 PM

Is Muir gay?

by Anonymousreply 134May 25, 2020 7:29 PM

Ryan Seacrest

by Anonymousreply 135May 25, 2020 7:58 PM

Benedict XVI

Spencer Tracy

James Buchanan

by Anonymousreply 136May 25, 2020 8:03 PM

Well, the following didn’t fool all the people all of the time, but they thought they were fooling most of the people some of the time:

Rock Hudson, Jim Nabors, Richard Chamberlain and even Johnny Mathis very early on.

by Anonymousreply 137May 25, 2020 8:03 PM

Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz are currently achieving this.

by Anonymousreply 138May 25, 2020 9:02 PM

David Muir

by Anonymousreply 139May 25, 2020 9:16 PM

PUIG!

by Anonymousreply 140May 25, 2020 9:28 PM

R138: I doubt it. Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz were well known in Spain way before going to Hollywood. Of course Pe's relationship with Tom Cruise was totally fake, but she had some real ones in Spain way before becoming really famous.

Javier Bardem comes from a very known leftist family. He has a good bunch of gay friends and he played gay roles even when he was stereotyped as iberic macho in his first prominent roles. He was able to not put himself in a box and had success on comedies too. He seems open minded but he is not gay

by Anonymousreply 141May 25, 2020 9:33 PM

Woy Cohn wasn’t gay and I’m the dame who can pwove it!

by Anonymousreply 142May 25, 2020 9:44 PM

I don't think most straight people know about David Muir

by Anonymousreply 143May 25, 2020 9:55 PM

R141. Yes, I am aware because I am Spanish. But this is what we - Spanish gays I know in and out of the business - believe to be true.

by Anonymousreply 144May 25, 2020 10:16 PM

Didn't know about Mike Nichols and Richard Avedon till the latter's recent biography.

by Anonymousreply 145May 26, 2020 12:05 PM

R124, The whole of gay London in the late 90s knew about Kevin Spacey. He wasn’t exactly discreet!

by Anonymousreply 146May 26, 2020 12:17 PM

I'd be surprised if Jimmy Cagney was gay, if only because he's in one of my favorite Old Hollywood gossip items: once on the same train as Merle Oberon, the two hooked up until Merle said mid-act "I can't believe I'm fucking JAMES CAGNEY!" loud enough that he was sure others could hear it. He deflated and left.

The gossip item shows up in a more tasteful form in this review of a Cagney bio from 1998:

[quote]There are no revelations of a closeted life here, though McCabe allows that Noel Coward probable wrote "Mad About the Boy" in homage to Cagney. McCabe also insists on Cagney's fidelity to Frances Willard "Willie" Cagney, James' first and only wife. After being lured into a train berth with a nude and adoring Merle Oberon, Cagney abruptly extricated himself when the great beauty cried out in joy.

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by Anonymousreply 147May 26, 2020 12:24 PM

[quote]The whole of gay London in the late 90s knew about Kevin Spacey. He wasn’t exactly discreet!

Tell me about it!

by Anonymousreply 148May 26, 2020 12:27 PM

R128 John Wayne was a coward, a racist, and ruined many lives with his anti- Communist witch-hunt in Hollywood.

by Anonymousreply 149May 26, 2020 9:09 PM

Yassir Arafat. He liked blonde, surfer boys.

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by Anonymousreply 150May 26, 2020 9:28 PM

Beat me to it, R150. (But for some reason DL won't let me link, so your post is better than mine would have been.)

by Anonymousreply 151May 26, 2020 9:30 PM

What is your opinion about Arafat based on?

David Muir might be gay, but he's not out to kill or ruin anyone. He's not targeting / harming LGBTQ people. I don't think he's lying about anything, and he's not issuing false news about his sexuality, so I wouldn't consider him a closet case. Every news reporter doesn't have to share their personal lives.

by Anonymousreply 152May 27, 2020 12:26 AM

Christopher Keys, of Macon, Georgia, closeted preacher, married with kids, and frequenter of the Regency Inn.

by Anonymousreply 153May 27, 2020 12:28 AM

R153, TMI.

by Anonymousreply 154May 27, 2020 12:36 AM

One could easily argue "none of them"... They simply fooled themselves out of living a fully self actualised, less complicated, or more normal life.

by Anonymousreply 155May 27, 2020 12:41 AM

r152, straight male news anchors don't hide their wives or gossip, although I do give Muir props for not bearding up

by Anonymousreply 156June 2, 2020 2:51 AM

Bobby Sherman wins this thread.

by Anonymousreply 157June 2, 2020 2:56 AM

The Happy Hooker outed these two in her memoirs.

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by Anonymousreply 158June 2, 2020 3:11 AM

Really? Robert Goulet was a friend of Dorothy? I am surprised.

by Anonymousreply 159June 2, 2020 3:29 AM

Carol Lawrence?

by Anonymousreply 160June 2, 2020 3:32 AM

Carol Lawrence and Robert Gouket?!?!??

Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence?!?!

by Anonymousreply 161June 2, 2020 5:39 AM

Roberto Goulet???

by Anonymousreply 162June 2, 2020 6:26 AM

Carol Lawrence could be difficult.

During the Broadway run of Subways Are For Sleeping, she insisted that featured actress Phyllis Newman not be allowed to watch her from the wings during all performances.

It must have been a jealousy issue, for Phyllis won a Tony Award and Carol wasn't even nominated.

by Anonymousreply 163June 2, 2020 6:27 AM

The Happy Hooker? What did she say about Goulet?

by Anonymousreply 164June 2, 2020 6:27 AM

Miss Jerry Ford.

by Anonymousreply 165June 2, 2020 6:33 AM

Robert Mitchum

by Anonymousreply 166June 2, 2020 8:58 AM

All the women who love Keanu and think he is really dating that gray haired chick

by Anonymousreply 167June 2, 2020 9:33 AM

Most of the names on this thread "fooled" no one. Hell even my mum in 1966 knew Rock Hudson was gay.

by Anonymousreply 168June 2, 2020 12:16 PM

Charlie Hunnam

by Anonymousreply 169June 2, 2020 1:26 PM

Connor Jessup and Miles Heizer

by Anonymousreply 170June 2, 2020 3:08 PM

Connor Jessup was never a closet case R170

by Anonymousreply 171June 2, 2020 3:10 PM

RDJ.

by Anonymousreply 172June 2, 2020 4:19 PM

Dick Van Dyke always pinged to me.

by Anonymousreply 173June 2, 2020 4:21 PM

R165 I always thought Steven Ford was gay.

by Anonymousreply 174June 2, 2020 7:16 PM

Taye Diggs

by Anonymousreply 175June 2, 2020 10:29 PM

R170 Connor, who can easily pass as straight out of the two, is the one who actually came out while Miles is technically still closeted to the public. He's yet to comment on his relationship with Connor (of two years!). What an ungrateful bottom.

by Anonymousreply 176June 2, 2020 10:56 PM

Come out, David Muir!

by Anonymousreply 177June 12, 2020 1:49 AM

Clooney. Any time I've brought this up I get the old, "NO fucking WAY!" thrown back at me. No one believes this, NO ONE.

by Anonymousreply 178June 12, 2020 2:28 AM

I don't believe half the silly wishful-thinking suggestions here.

It's this kind of silly wishful-thinking that make us look like fools.

by Anonymousreply 179June 12, 2020 3:04 AM

Charlie Hunnam - overcompensating

by Anonymousreply 180June 12, 2020 3:07 AM

Has there ever been a less gay-acting gay than Will Geer?

by Anonymousreply 181June 12, 2020 3:14 AM

"It's this kind of silly wishful-thinking that make us look like fools."

Were you one of the ones who insisted that Wentworth Miller was just a shy virgin?

by Anonymousreply 182June 12, 2020 3:28 AM

^ Wentworth Miller is living in the 21st century when people are more forthcoming about their private life.

But silly speculation about 20th century men (without a SHRED of evidence) is just silly.

by Anonymousreply 183June 12, 2020 3:38 AM

r183, many of the names mentioned in this thread are widely rumored to be gay outside of the datalounge

by Anonymousreply 184June 12, 2020 3:44 AM

^ And lots of those farcical rumours have been spread by the idiotic, muck-raking, shyster seminarian Donald Spotto.

by Anonymousreply 185June 12, 2020 3:58 AM

Cary Grant.

by Anonymousreply 186June 13, 2020 6:12 AM

Billy Preston

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by Anonymousreply 187June 13, 2020 6:27 AM

Leonardo Nam from Westworld.

I met him at an industry mixer back in 2012. I was joking around that he was in a movie with both Captain America and Black Widow before they were A-list and he just laughed.

He was really sweet. Asian dude with a thick Australian accent. I had no idea he was family. Now he has a husband and twin boys. Good for him!

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by Anonymousreply 188June 13, 2020 6:40 AM

Captain Kangaroo

by Anonymousreply 189June 13, 2020 6:53 AM

Now that Bob Conrad is dead, maybe some of his young twinks will talk about sex with him.

by Anonymousreply 190June 13, 2020 4:24 PM

r188, he's cute

by Anonymousreply 191June 13, 2020 6:04 PM

I suppose Clooney has fooled a lot of people who don't live in the vicinity of his casa.

by Anonymousreply 192September 24, 2020 4:25 PM

Gene Hackman, from what I've heard.

by Anonymousreply 193September 24, 2020 4:27 PM

[quote] But silly speculation about 20th century men (without a SHRED of evidence) is just silly.

And on a gay gossip forum, of all places!

by Anonymousreply 194September 24, 2020 4:28 PM

Spencer Tracy

by Anonymousreply 195September 24, 2020 4:30 PM

John Goodman.

by Anonymousreply 196September 24, 2020 4:38 PM

Harry Andrews

by Anonymousreply 197September 24, 2020 4:38 PM

Dolly seems to be successful in fooling her straight conservative audience by giving interviews like the one she recently gave to People. I think she is full of shit. And I really wonder how Dolly makes it up to Judy at these times.

by Anonymousreply 198September 24, 2020 4:47 PM

Every vaguely good looking actor, musician, athlete or politician who was married to a woman

by Anonymousreply 199September 24, 2020 4:51 PM

[Quote] I really wonder how Dolly makes it up to Judy

She motorboats here I presume.

by Anonymousreply 200September 24, 2020 4:52 PM

[quote]R47 Clint Eastwood

It’s difficult to think of a less likely candidate for gayhood than him. He is not dimensional enough to have experienced anything that wasn’t mainstream.

by Anonymousreply 201September 24, 2020 4:59 PM

Whereas shark eyed Roy Cohn had many sides...

by Anonymousreply 202September 24, 2020 5:04 PM

Billy Ray Cyrus

I lived in Tennessee in the early nineties and Billy Ray dipped into the "D" pool a lot. He bought a private house outside of Nashville to live with his boy toys.

But people got suspicious so he married Leticia Jean "Tish" Finley and the rest is history.

by Anonymousreply 203September 24, 2020 5:13 PM

Billy Ray Cyrus

I lived in Tennessee in the early nineties and Billy Ray dipped into the "D" pool a lot. He bought a private house outside of Nashville to live with his boy toys.

But people got suspicious so he married Leticia Jean "Tish" Finley and the rest is history.

by Anonymousreply 204September 24, 2020 5:13 PM

R89 Kenny is soooo gay. She claimed fraud because he wouldn't have sex with her, simple as that.

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by Anonymousreply 205September 24, 2020 5:28 PM

[quote]R202 Whereas shark eyed Roy Cohn had many sides...

I think he did, actually. He was highly intelligent.

Barbara Walters was the Grace to his Will.... freaky as that may be.

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by Anonymousreply 206September 24, 2020 6:07 PM

[quote] Was I fooled or was I in denial?

Oh, dear dear Renee...

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by Anonymousreply 207September 24, 2020 6:14 PM

R152 I am not the author of the previous comment, but I heard the same thing about Yassir Arafat from a very well-traveled gay man. It was about 18 years ago at an international health conference in Seattle, he told it to me like can you believe this? He said he hadn’t ever been with Arafat himself, but he had heard about it many times from multiple gay men.

by Anonymousreply 208September 24, 2020 6:24 PM

Burt Reynolds

by Anonymousreply 209September 24, 2020 9:09 PM

Former NY Mets heart throb Mike Piazza.

by Anonymousreply 210September 24, 2020 10:21 PM

R203 I'm guessing Tish is bi too.

by Anonymousreply 211September 25, 2020 8:55 AM

Clint Eastwood may have used the casting couch, but he is relentlessly heterosexual.

by Anonymousreply 212September 25, 2020 2:07 PM

Eastwood was a prissy bitch ("Have you brushed your teeth, Sondra?"). I can see it.

by Anonymousreply 213September 25, 2020 2:11 PM

Chuck Connors

by Anonymousreply 214September 25, 2020 2:11 PM

R214, Definitely!

by Anonymousreply 215September 25, 2020 2:49 PM

Bob Conrad not only fooled the world, he fooled himself. Apparently, despite constant sex with blond twinks, he believed he was straight and sex with young boys was just, you know, helping them along with their careers and their lives. He was an altruist, not a homosexualist.

by Anonymousreply 216September 25, 2020 4:42 PM

If Burt Reynolds was gay, then why was his divorce from Loni Anderson so incredibly bitter? They fought in court over money and their (adopted) kid for years.

by Anonymousreply 217September 25, 2020 7:18 PM

Because some people are switch hitters, with a preference for one sex over the other (not INSTEAD of the other).

by Anonymousreply 218September 25, 2020 7:19 PM

I've heard things about Robin Williams.

by Anonymousreply 219September 25, 2020 11:12 PM

R219, I've heard he's dead.

by Anonymousreply 220September 25, 2020 11:16 PM

R219, I’ve also heard he’s not fucking funny.

by Anonymousreply 221September 25, 2020 11:34 PM

I don't believe Bill Maher is gay. He talks about eating pussie Once he was caught and there were pics of him with blood all over his mouth. I can't see a gay man doing that. Women have raved about him in bed.

by Anonymousreply 222September 25, 2020 11:41 PM

Both Ivanka and Jared Kushner.

Apparently, Quinn Cummings is good friends with Eric's goomah. She thinks he loves her and that's why he tells her the family secrets.

"His brother in law, Animal Killer, had a goomah. What passed for pillow talk from him? Telling the goomah about how his sister liked girls but his brother in law, didn't. "

It's like, nobody cares what he does with his personal life, but this is a huge national security risk. Foreign countries are no doubt using it to get him to influence the Yeti.

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by Anonymousreply 223September 26, 2020 12:05 AM

Here is the original post that Quinn did on this.

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by Anonymousreply 224September 26, 2020 12:06 AM

R223 Do lesbians have "seducing and getting fucked by my step mom" fantasies?

by Anonymousreply 225September 26, 2020 2:54 AM

I have simply not met the right girl yet...

A girl who is of my high social standing and good moral character

The best Republican families understand this

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by Anonymousreply 226September 26, 2020 5:52 AM

Richard Madden

by Anonymousreply 227September 26, 2020 6:14 AM

Andrew Gillum

by Anonymousreply 228September 26, 2020 6:14 AM

R223 Isn’t it Jared Kushner’s brother who is gay? He and Taylor Swift’s ex girlfriend recently got married.

by Anonymousreply 229September 26, 2020 6:19 AM

Daniel J. Travanti on "Hill Street Blues"... Captain Frank Furillo

by Anonymousreply 230September 26, 2020 8:35 AM

Jim Carrey

by Anonymousreply 231September 26, 2020 1:02 PM

Jim Carrey

by Anonymousreply 232September 26, 2020 1:02 PM

John Mahoney, but it was pretty easy hiding in plain sight on Frasier. The eye was going to hit a lot of targets before it landed on him!

by Anonymousreply 233September 26, 2020 1:30 PM

Paul Newman.

by Anonymousreply 234September 26, 2020 11:40 PM

Newman"s bi at best.

by Anonymousreply 235September 27, 2020 2:32 AM

40 years ago my art teacher disclosed that Dick Clark was gay. Before becoming a teacher, she was a make-up artist in Los Angeles.

by Anonymousreply 236September 27, 2020 3:27 AM

He gave me a neck rub when I was seated at the Pyramid, r236. At the time I wondered if he was being a bit handsy.

by Anonymousreply 237September 27, 2020 3:32 AM

^ a long, long *time* ago

by Anonymousreply 238September 27, 2020 3:33 AM

Dick Clark is NOT gay and I'm the dame to prove it!

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by Anonymousreply 239September 27, 2020 1:01 PM

Tony Danza

by Anonymousreply 240September 30, 2020 10:49 PM

New evidence pwovides poof!

by Anonymousreply 241September 30, 2020 11:02 PM

Barbara Stanwyck.

by Anonymousreply 242October 1, 2020 3:51 PM

Never heard any rumors, but Lebron James has always struck me as a huge closet case.

by Anonymousreply 243October 2, 2020 3:50 PM

R11, women don't care about looks.

by Anonymousreply 244October 2, 2020 4:09 PM

Richard Madden

by Anonymousreply 245October 2, 2020 4:10 PM

Froy Gutierrez

by Anonymousreply 246October 2, 2020 4:10 PM

Brandon Flynn

by Anonymousreply 247October 2, 2020 4:33 PM

[Quote] women don't care about looks.

Women who have their own care about looks.

by Anonymousreply 248October 2, 2020 5:19 PM

Dom DeLuise...

by Anonymousreply 249October 2, 2020 8:18 PM

David DeLuise.

by Anonymousreply 250October 2, 2020 8:19 PM

WHO THE FUCK IS Jack Noseworthy?

by Anonymousreply 251October 2, 2020 9:09 PM

Carol Burnett and Julie Andrews.

by Anonymousreply 252October 3, 2020 10:57 PM

Peter Falk Burt Lancaster

by Anonymousreply 253October 4, 2020 2:33 AM

Bill Dakota's list of Bi Stars.

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by Anonymousreply 254October 4, 2020 2:35 AM

Tom Jones and Elvis

by Anonymousreply 255October 4, 2020 2:37 AM

Peter Falk was not gay

by Anonymousreply 256October 4, 2020 2:37 AM

Lee Majors.

by Anonymousreply 257October 4, 2020 2:42 AM

Matt Dillon

by Anonymousreply 258October 4, 2020 2:47 AM

Majors is a good one

by Anonymousreply 259October 4, 2020 2:49 AM

Nick Adams

by Anonymousreply 260October 4, 2020 3:15 AM

Clint Eastwood

by Anonymousreply 261October 4, 2020 3:16 AM

Harry Belafonte

by Anonymousreply 262October 4, 2020 3:19 AM

Steve McQueen. Leo Lerman wrote that he witnessed McQueen take a guy behind a tree and give him a blow job.

by Anonymousreply 263October 4, 2020 3:34 AM

Glen Campbell

by Anonymousreply 264October 4, 2020 3:34 AM

r263, didn't Lerman also say Yul Brynner was closeted or am I thinking of someone else?

by Anonymousreply 265October 4, 2020 3:38 AM

Tom Jones talks about Elvis singing to him in the shower.

TJ: Maybe he was checking me out - I don't know. But I closed the door and finished in the shower and then I stepped out to towel down in the main part of the bathroom - only to find that Elvis was still there and that, moreover, he had clearly taken advantage of his time alone to avail himself of the facilities and take a dump in the toilet. He was wearing, on this particular evening, a North Beach leather suit. A lot of us had them at that time - natural leather with a lot of give in it, and stitching all along the edges. But unlined, so a bit of a struggle to put on. Therefore, when I emerged from the shower, the exact sight that greeted me was of Elvis, leaning against the sink, washing his hands, with his back to me and with his leather North Beach trousers and his underwear still around his ankles. .

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by Anonymousreply 266October 4, 2020 3:39 AM

Yes R265. Another closet case.

by Anonymousreply 267October 4, 2020 3:41 AM

Babs Stanwyck

by Anonymousreply 268October 4, 2020 3:41 AM

Yassir Arafat was outed in the memoirs of a Romanian intelligence officer, who defected to the US from Russia, confirming what many others had known for years.

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by Anonymousreply 269October 4, 2020 3:46 AM

I don't think the world cared but (a long time ago) I dated an actor who claimed to be straight but was discovered by Tennessee Williams, got hired by Bobby Conrad on Baa Baa Blacksheep and ended up on the series OZ. That's got to be some kind of gay trifecta.

by Anonymousreply 270October 4, 2020 4:57 AM

Elvis would have surrounded himself with much better looking men if he had been gay.

by Anonymousreply 271October 4, 2020 5:26 AM

Elvis was no fag.

by Anonymousreply 272October 4, 2020 12:15 PM

Elvis surrounded himself with a few very goodlooking men he passed off as his "cousins" when, in fact, they were not related.

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by Anonymousreply 273October 4, 2020 3:18 PM

James Daly.

by Anonymousreply 274October 4, 2020 3:21 PM

A friend of mine told me something about James Cagney. The friend was an actor and director. He had managed a Holiday Inn in a Boston suburb at one time. Cagney was in his 50s or 60s at this time and lived on Martha's Vineyard. The friend said every year Cagney would check into the motel for a few days with another guy the same age. Everybody assumed it was a relationship. I guess because Cagney was married and why would he not have his friend visit him at home, or vice-versa? Or they picked up on the vibes. Maybe only one bed was unmade. lol. I don't remember.

It was rumored that he and Noel Coward liked each other, and Coward wrote Mad About The Boy about Cagney. But I also read a rumor about Merle Oberon and Cagney, so he may have been bi.

Coming from the New England area, I heard a lot of rumors, even when I was in high school. Apparently a lot of actors felt they could get together with more freedom on the Cape or in Maine, and when they were doing summer stock. One of my friends' dads referred to Raymond Burr as gay, I also heard that Rock Hudson and Jim Nabors were gay, and Van Johnson. A girl I knew worked summers in Dunfey's Hyannis (hotel) and a lot of rumors about visiting celebs were always swirling around there. My family went on vacation in Ogunquit (where the summer playhouse is) and sometimes you'd hear about a celeb renting a house and having gay parties.

Spencer Tracy - I used to wonder if he was gay, for various reasons (gayday mainly) but is Scottie Bowers the only proof? He had a lot of serious affairs with women, not just Hepburn but also Loretta Young, and he pursued Joan Fontaine, Gene Tierney, and Grace Kelly.

by Anonymousreply 275October 4, 2020 4:20 PM

*gaydar

by Anonymousreply 276October 4, 2020 4:21 PM

There were a couple of good looking men around Elvis. I have never read or heard Elvis in any interview claim he was related to them. Here is a picture of the Memphis Mafia. I still think a handsome, rich, and famous man would have surrounded himself with better looking men if gay.

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by Anonymousreply 277October 4, 2020 7:20 PM

I wish I could find the interview where one of the Memphis Mafia discussed the parties they used to have. Elvis would open the gates and the girls would go up to the house. One of them counted one time this happened. There were over 100 girls and 7 men. That doesn't seem gay to me.

by Anonymousreply 278October 4, 2020 7:30 PM

Elvis liked bubba types

by Anonymousreply 279October 4, 2020 9:04 PM

Nick Adams was a hit with both Bob Conrad and Elvis. Short, but allegedly one of the more well-hung actors in the mid-50s. Successful TV show "The Rebel." Offed himself with a massive drug OD at 36.

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by Anonymousreply 280October 4, 2020 9:27 PM

Chadwick Boseman Stevie Nicks (bi leaning lesbian) Prince Will Smith Probably lots more in Hollywood

by Anonymousreply 281October 5, 2020 2:40 AM

Me!!

by Anonymousreply 282October 5, 2020 2:45 AM

I doubt Chadwick went to the trouble of marrying his bear as his death loomed...

by Anonymousreply 283October 5, 2020 2:47 AM

*beard

by Anonymousreply 284October 5, 2020 2:47 AM

R200 - I love the look of Johnny Reb in his permanent-press gaberdine slacks.

by Anonymousreply 285October 5, 2020 3:54 AM

Elvis wasn't gay, he liked underage female virgins. After he fucked Priscilla he was no longer interested because she was damaged goods.

by Anonymousreply 286October 5, 2020 6:09 AM

R270 -- Tell is who that is please.

by Anonymousreply 287October 5, 2020 4:33 PM

He's not out.

by Anonymousreply 288October 5, 2020 4:40 PM

R286 Elvis stopped having sex with Priscilla after she gave birth. Elvis had a thing about fucking mothers.

by Anonymousreply 289October 5, 2020 4:57 PM

hugh hefner. end of discussion.

by Anonymousreply 290October 5, 2020 5:26 PM

[quote]John Mahoney, but it was pretty easy hiding in plain sight on Frasier. The eye was going to hit a lot of targets before it landed on him!

R233 I always thought he was gay, long before Frazier.

by Anonymousreply 291October 5, 2020 5:27 PM

Bob Hope

by Anonymousreply 292October 5, 2020 5:29 PM

The *best* closet cases are the ones you cannot guess🤔. Most likely, several of the “he’s definitely straight, no rumors, he’s married with kids, he’s religious, his friend is a homophobe” crowd...

by Anonymousreply 293October 5, 2020 5:39 PM

Whenever I hear that some celebrity is “still married to his high school sweetheart!“, that’s when I wonder if they’re actually gay but deep in the closet.

by Anonymousreply 294October 5, 2020 6:59 PM

Jay Hernandez - the current Magnum PI

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by Anonymousreply 295October 5, 2020 7:55 PM

R280, Wasn't Nick Adams once involved with Richard Chamberlain?

by Anonymousreply 296October 5, 2020 11:41 PM

R262 I heard that rumor ages ago. The old AGC.com Google newsgroups. This eccentric old man named Ambrose Meineke set a poster straight (pun intended). Said poster claimed that Farley Granger was hot for Harry. But Ambrose said that it wasn’t true. Someone didn’t like Harry’s involvement in the civil rights movement and the rumors were spread. Maybe Hoover spread it.

by Anonymousreply 297October 6, 2020 1:52 AM

Kofi Siriboe.

by Anonymousreply 298October 6, 2020 1:55 AM

David Tyler Jason Muir!

by Anonymousreply 299October 6, 2020 1:56 AM

R297, what makes you think the Ambrose guy was an authority?

by Anonymousreply 300October 6, 2020 2:07 AM

The Jock Jamz at EMU!

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by Anonymousreply 301October 6, 2020 8:05 AM

Her.

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by Anonymousreply 302October 6, 2020 8:24 AM

R287 - It was this guy.

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by Anonymousreply 303October 6, 2020 3:23 PM

R280 - he probably did when they starred in the movie "Twilight of Honor" which was released in 1963.

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by Anonymousreply 304October 6, 2020 4:41 PM

Oops the above was for R296

by Anonymousreply 305October 6, 2020 5:05 PM

If we're talking about them they're not good candidates.

by Anonymousreply 306October 6, 2020 6:26 PM

Roger Federer. For some reason, even people here do not believe that he's gay. And he is.

Ditto for Benedict Cumberbatch.

by Anonymousreply 307October 6, 2020 8:34 PM

Trey Gowdy

Pinger who chaired "but her Emails" & Benghazi hearings.

by Anonymousreply 308October 6, 2020 10:23 PM

Disciples Judas & John

by Anonymousreply 309October 6, 2020 10:25 PM

R300, he seemed knowledgeable? And so many people had confirmed other dish that he had posted. I guess no one is 100% right all the time.

by Anonymousreply 310October 9, 2020 4:46 PM

Federer is gay? Whaaat?

by Anonymousreply 311October 9, 2020 4:50 PM

R309 Judas Iscariot was so obvious.

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by Anonymousreply 312October 9, 2020 4:57 PM

R307 King Roger? Please say it’s legit. My closeted best friend from high school had the biggest ‘crush’ on him, and would never listen to me suggesting that she wasn’t fooling anyone with that.

by Anonymousreply 313October 9, 2020 5:00 PM

[quote]I would say Liberace is #2 on this list.

Are you headless? Liberace fooled nobody, except maybe a few simple-minded fraus, even during the height of his career in the 1950s. There's a difference between trying to fool people, with his lawsuit against Confidential magazine and his "watermelon diet" when he was dying of AIDS, and actually fooling them.

by Anonymousreply 314October 9, 2020 5:17 PM

But didn't Liberace win the lawsuit?

by Anonymousreply 315October 9, 2020 5:19 PM

Former Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe wrote about an interesting encounter with Arafat in his memoir:

“When Arafat arrived at the restaurant, Hani had him sit right next to me. We talked about what was happening in the Middle East and Arafat had all kinds of questions about U.S. politics and of course about Bill Clinton. The dinner soon became somehow comical for me. Arafat would get very animated when he spoke and every time he was making a point, he would lean over and rub my leg under the table. He'd be saying something to the whole table full of people and then would look right at me, emphasizing a point, and rub up and down my leg....Finally it was time to go and as we stood up to shake hands Arafat laid a big ole wet kiss right on my lips. I wasn't ready for that one.”

by Anonymousreply 316October 9, 2020 5:23 PM

Wow! Does no one know about Van Johnson? Louis B. destroyed the marriage of Keenan Wynn. That freed up his wife to beard and marry Van Johnson. It was super scuzzy!

by Anonymousreply 317October 9, 2020 5:58 PM

I don't believe that. If the Wynns were happily married, they wouldn't have gone along with it. TPTB could easily have found an unrelated woman to join Johnson in matrimony.

by Anonymousreply 318October 9, 2020 5:59 PM

[quote]But didn't Liberace win the lawsuit?

Liberace settled with Confidential in 1957. He did win a libel lawsuit against the London Daily Mirror in 1959 for running a column insinuating that he was gay at a time when being openly gay in England was illegal.

None of which constitutes "fooling the world." He was a huge pansy and everyone knew it.

by Anonymousreply 319October 9, 2020 6:23 PM

And they let him have a high flying career?

by Anonymousreply 320October 9, 2020 6:25 PM

[quote]And they let him have a high flying career?

Who the hell are "they"? Liberace's peak success was in the 1950s, when homosexuality was barely talked about, including in the press. Liberace claimed that skater Sonja Henie was the love of his life (but, sadly, she married someone else), and he was making a lot of money for a lot of people. He never came out, even late in his career when he was wearing sequined costumes that would embarrass a Las Vegas showgirl, because he was afraid of losing his adoring female fans, who by then didn't give a fuck whether he was gay or not. End of story.

by Anonymousreply 321October 9, 2020 6:34 PM

[Quote] who by then didn't give a fuck whether he was gay or not.

Y'all type this shit all the time. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is not the same thing as indifference.

by Anonymousreply 322October 9, 2020 6:40 PM

"On-screen, Johnson embodied bland, unthreatening, boyishness. Off-screen, he was an introvert with a mysterious personal life, and by 1947, Van’s lack of a lady friend was becoming a distraction. In a bizarre effort at damage control, Van married his best friend’s wife — on the same day as their divorce."

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by Anonymousreply 323October 9, 2020 8:34 PM

Taylor Swift, Clooney, and Roger Federer; for some reason no one believes this, NO ONE.

by Anonymousreply 324October 9, 2020 9:06 PM

Clooney really is the current gold standard for Armored Glass Closet. No idea how he pulled it off with such aplomb.

by Anonymousreply 325October 9, 2020 9:10 PM

I'm don't think Clooney fooled anyone with the wedding circus which was a page straight out of the Thom/Cat playbook. It raised more questions than it settled.

by Anonymousreply 326October 9, 2020 9:26 PM

R326, Clooney was previously married to Talia Balsam, now Mrs. John Slattery.

by Anonymousreply 327October 10, 2020 12:09 AM

Van Johnson is a good one. It would have shocked people in the 40s and 50s to learn he was a 'mo

by Anonymousreply 328October 10, 2020 12:20 AM

Yes r327/pr, I know he was married to Talia. I'm glad she was wiser the second time around and married a straight guy. She seems lovely and John has aged well.

by Anonymousreply 329October 10, 2020 1:49 AM

"Adrienne!"

by Anonymousreply 330October 10, 2020 1:55 AM

R330 reminded me, I have no idea how Alex Band has gotten away with it, either..

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by Anonymousreply 331October 10, 2020 2:31 AM

DTM

He has successfully made all women think he is straight.

Behind the scenes, we all know he loves the boys!

by Anonymousreply 332October 10, 2020 4:57 PM

Michael Cohen in his book "Disloyal" reveals that Corey Lewandowski was fired for shopping the story of Jared Kushner's sexual orientation to the Enquirer. Cohen also says Ivanka cried when Jared's father told Jared he couldn't marry Ivanka as she was not an Orthodox Jew. I'm so confused. Again.

by Anonymousreply 333October 10, 2020 5:01 PM

Benedict XVI

by Anonymousreply 334October 10, 2020 5:20 PM

r333, that's juicy!

Who's Jared's bf?

by Anonymousreply 335October 10, 2020 6:13 PM

[quote]Who's Jared's bf?

Eric Trump. That's what Eric is part of "the community."

by Anonymousreply 336October 10, 2020 6:37 PM

Perhaps I'm confused, r336. But I read Quinn's Twitterings as Eric confiding in Eric's goomah. If Eric and Jared are lovers, why would Eric have a goomah to whom he's confiding about Don Jr being gay? Can someone please straighten me out, no straighten this out for me please?

by Anonymousreply 337October 10, 2020 8:56 PM

I don't know about the world but James Mitchell aka Palmer Cortlandt of All My Children fooled my mother and her friends.

by Anonymousreply 338October 11, 2020 1:45 AM

James Mitchell was a dancer (he's "Dream Curly" in the movie of "Oklahoma!"), so he probably didn't fool too many people.

by Anonymousreply 339October 11, 2020 1:58 AM

Watch what you say, bitch.

by Anonymousreply 340October 11, 2020 2:00 AM

Fran Tarkenton.

Roger Staubach.

by Anonymousreply 341October 11, 2020 5:25 PM

During the rise of her star Whitney did for a while, until she hit her peak and the whole thing with Robyn came to light.

Even now with the truth fully out and no secrets left, there are some straights and fundies who refuse to acknowledge that their songbird was also a bisexual who had a female soulmate & life-partner.

by Anonymousreply 342October 11, 2020 6:58 PM

Roger Staubach? No way.

by Anonymousreply 343October 11, 2020 7:07 PM

Ross Butler

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by Anonymousreply 344October 11, 2020 7:27 PM

That whole Keenan Wynn thing is so out there. Evie Wynn is told by LB Mayer to divorce Wynn and marry Van Johnson, and she did it.

"She characterized MGM chief Louis B. Mayer as someone with "the ethics and morals of a cockroach," and said Mayer put it to her plainly: "Unless I married Van Johnson, he wouldn't renew Keenan's contract. I was young and stupid enough to let Mayer manipulate me.""

by Anonymousreply 345October 11, 2020 11:11 PM

I've heard John Goodman is gay

by Anonymousreply 346October 11, 2020 11:14 PM

Whitney was ask about lesbian rumors on TV in 1987 (3:30). That was pretty major.

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by Anonymousreply 347October 12, 2020 1:26 AM

Macron

by Anonymousreply 348October 12, 2020 1:32 AM

^^^thanks R347. Like you said, in context that is a crazy conversation.

The way she said, “I’m particular, that’s all” sent me. It’s such a pity the Church and her grifty family had such a hold on her that she felt the need to defend herself so vehemently about her relationship with Robyn. That’s not even getting into the general lesbiphobia of the time (yes, it did exist). 23 was so young an age to be dealing with all that she did, and it’s awful to think that she had to cope with shaming about the real love she felt for a woman on top of all that.

Whitney interviews never get old. There’ll never be another Nippy.

by Anonymousreply 349October 12, 2020 1:37 AM

A lot of people won't face the truth about Whitney

by Anonymousreply 350October 12, 2020 1:39 AM

Can you blame them? Even Robyn minimized their romance in her book, to the point that the most desperate straightwashers tried to argue that "child" Whitney was groomed by "adult" Robyn (they are only something like a year and a half apart in age), and that their sexual relationship was at best experimentation. But Robyn tells on herself when she details how Whitney fired a dancer who was spending time with Robyn, and slapped Robyn over the "betrayal."

by Anonymousreply 351October 12, 2020 1:43 AM

R344 does the world even know who Ross is??

by Anonymousreply 352October 12, 2020 1:50 AM

Was Robert Conrad really gay? I never thought he was handsome or sexy, because he seemed so mean and cruel. He always looked angry. What kind of a person was he? Was he mentally and physically abusive. Am I wrong?

by Anonymousreply 353October 12, 2020 1:59 AM

You are right R353. He was physically abusive to his wives and he was abusive to his tricks, blond twinks who he bottomed for, but then liked to beat up afterward. My friend C. (he posts on this board too so...) had an affair with him and said it was both amazing, because RC was so incredibly handsome, and terrifying, because RC was also so dangerously loopy.

by Anonymousreply 354October 12, 2020 2:29 AM

RC seemed like the kind of guy who'd beat up male hustlers

by Anonymousreply 355October 12, 2020 2:32 AM

I couldn’t watch him or look at his photos. He gave me the creeps.

by Anonymousreply 356October 12, 2020 2:38 AM

How long after cumming did Conrad wait before flinging his cum in tricks' faces and punching them from all sides as they were blinded?

by Anonymousreply 357October 12, 2020 2:40 AM

Emmanuel Macron. Time to come out Monsieur le Président, every French knows and they don't care at all

by Anonymousreply 358October 12, 2020 4:29 AM

R352 He was previously on one of Netflix's most popular shows. He's "supposedly claims to be too busy to date", hangs out with Courtney Love and once posted that one of the Golden Girls characters gave him the feels.

by Anonymousreply 359October 12, 2020 4:46 AM

He's charmingly geeky. He posted a very earnest video about Asian-American pride.

by Anonymousreply 360October 12, 2020 4:47 AM

R359 i know Ross from Teen Wolf and Riverdale. But i thought he was dating Camila?

by Anonymousreply 361October 12, 2020 4:55 AM

R361 Ross Butler wasn't on Teen Wolf but those Teen Beach movies. Charles Melton was the one who previously dated Camilla Mendes and he replaced Ross on Riverdale as Reggie.

by Anonymousreply 362October 12, 2020 5:09 AM

R362 Ross was on Teen Wolf. He gets fucked by Malia.

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by Anonymousreply 363October 12, 2020 5:16 AM

Teen Beach? Ross might have made sweet sweet love to Gary?

by Anonymousreply 364October 12, 2020 5:21 AM

I stand corrected r363 because I had completely forgotten about that.

by Anonymousreply 365October 12, 2020 5:28 AM

John Goodman never really hid it. The gays simply didn't speculate about a lard-ass very much.

by Anonymousreply 366October 12, 2020 5:34 AM

I just read the title of this thread as "Chevy Chase Successfully Fooled The World."

by Anonymousreply 367October 12, 2020 5:37 AM

Isn't John Goodman married but separated?

by Anonymousreply 368October 12, 2020 5:41 AM

The guys who are really successful at fooling the world are the ones that are not conventionally attractive at all, to the extent that nobody thinks about in a sexual way at all.

Somebody like Dom DeLuise. He was pretty queeny in his mannerisms, but he was married with kids, and he was morbidly obese, so nobody wanted to think about him fucking anything, be it male or female, and he managed to slip under the radar of most people.

Same with Louie Anderson, except people found out because he got blackmailed and had to go to the cops and it went public. If that hadn't happened, who would have even bothered to care?

Billy Preston too. He wasn't an unattractive guy, but he was no heartthrob either. He seemed sort of asexual, if anything. Again, if there hadn't been that scandal with the Mexican day laborer, I doubt anybody would have given it a second thought.

I admit to being surprised when Clive Davis came out as bi. Another one you just don't want to think about having sex with anybody.

by Anonymousreply 369October 12, 2020 5:56 AM

Anthony Perkins

by Anonymousreply 370October 12, 2020 8:01 AM

Katharine Hepburn

by Anonymousreply 371October 12, 2020 1:37 PM

Tab Hunter, who finally came out late in life when he wrote his memoirs.

by Anonymousreply 372October 12, 2020 4:43 PM

Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Eva LaGalliene.

by Anonymousreply 373October 12, 2020 4:46 PM

Incredibly, Justin Timberlake.

The Me of my youth can hardly believe it. Maybe we switched timeline c.2003.

by Anonymousreply 374October 12, 2020 5:28 PM

R54 Ha! He would own the "Least Sucessfully Fooled" thread.

by Anonymousreply 375October 12, 2020 5:50 PM

Raymond Burr

by Anonymousreply 376October 12, 2020 6:02 PM

Timbaland. I think he had something with Justin.

by Anonymousreply 377October 12, 2020 6:08 PM

[quote] If Burt Reynolds was gay, then why was his divorce from Loni Anderson so incredibly bitter? They fought in court over money and their (adopted) kid for years.

Because he also wanted her tits in the divorce.

by Anonymousreply 378October 12, 2020 7:11 PM

All these names; maybe one should ask instead: who is straight?

by Anonymousreply 379October 12, 2020 7:16 PM

Drake & Josh.

Literally no-one irl believes me when I say they’re gay. I’m like just look at them??

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by Anonymousreply 380October 12, 2020 9:17 PM

I met these two gay caterers who worked upscale events in the Palm Beach area. They'd been around Burt Reynolds for years and I asked them if he was gay. They said no and we wouldn't want him on our side either.

by Anonymousreply 381October 14, 2020 12:45 AM

Has Travolta taken a peek outside his closet lately? I remember his antics with porn daddy Paul Barresi in the steamroom at the Beverly Hills Health Club around the time Travolta was making "Perfect" there. Barresi said he was summoned to the Bel Air Hotel where he met JT and his new "trainer." His parting gift was a half-full bottle of champagne and a cheese basket. That's when Barresi decided to go to the Enquirer and subsequently faced the wrath of Scientology which did everything possible to bring him down.

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by Anonymousreply 382October 14, 2020 12:55 AM

Vincent Price. And don't chew me out if that's upthread. I needed to get it off my chest.

Even as a kid, I was like, what is up with that guy? He's a big man, but he gives me a motherly vibe.

by Anonymousreply 383October 14, 2020 1:27 AM

[quote]Vincent Price. And don't chew me out if that's upthread. I needed to get it off my chest.

His third wife, the actress Coral Browne, had dalliances with women as well as men.

by Anonymousreply 384October 14, 2020 1:33 AM

But Vincent is confirmed, right?

by Anonymousreply 385October 14, 2020 12:51 PM

Patrick Wilson: straight.

by Anonymousreply 386October 14, 2020 1:24 PM

Tom Holland - gay with a hot for daddies, take one to know one, bitch Paul Ryan - gay who like other gay who work out. He is probably those who post body pic as profile on grindr Jimmy Kimmel - bisexual who like young guy and young girl, 20 something of course Robert Downey Jr - Bisexual Leontyn Price - famous opera legend and a lesbian Stephen Colbert - Straight but has experienced gay sex in his youth Barack Obama - straight but discover an attraction to man in college Michelle Obama - straight but desperately hide her manliness, she is the real man in the house Lindsey Graham - straight as a light pole but constantly mocked because of how she embrace her masculine side John Mayer - bisexual who into twink Caitlyn Jenner - man?woman?lesbian?straight? She is EVERYTHING. Stewie Griffin - 100% gay Christina Aguilera - probably bisexual Alicia Keys - she is straight but she look like a lesbian in 2002-2004, I get why people suspect Steven Tyler - in some way you can say he is lesbian since he is, in fact, Julia Roberts in disguise Henry Cavill - trying to act straight, but the real Henry is a sassy gay boy with limited intelligence. I bet he loves purse and fur coat Whitney Houston - straight but has dabbled into a lesbian relationship Eminem - gay and into twink

by Anonymousreply 387October 14, 2020 2:21 PM

Todd Christley

by Anonymousreply 388October 14, 2020 2:34 PM

R387 needs to learn that bad gossip is more convincing in paragraph form.

by Anonymousreply 389October 14, 2020 3:37 PM

R387 I buy only about Cavill😂

by Anonymousreply 390October 14, 2020 3:41 PM

Chjjhhoo

by Anonymousreply 391October 14, 2020 6:17 PM

Leontyne Price was lez?? Whaaaatt? Details, now!!!

I agree about Colbert. I'm pretty sure he's a suppressed bisexual (Catholicism) but has dabbled. He's intelligent enough to know who he is. He used to have a huge crush on Anderson Cooper.

by Anonymousreply 392October 14, 2020 6:37 PM

Eminem? That's a new one to me.

by Anonymousreply 393October 14, 2020 7:05 PM

I would have liked to know Vincent Price. Fabulous cook, I think.

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by Anonymousreply 394October 14, 2020 7:07 PM

R378 cavill Gay????

by Anonymousreply 395October 14, 2020 8:18 PM

R393 oh, I’m not worried about Marshall. He’s talented, sometimes.

by Anonymousreply 396October 14, 2020 9:01 PM

R395 for R387

by Anonymousreply 397October 15, 2020 8:06 AM

R395 you can see his gayness from Space!

by Anonymousreply 398October 15, 2020 12:12 PM

R44, how could Roy Cohn be an advisor for Trump, when he died in 1986?

by Anonymousreply 399October 15, 2020 12:26 PM

R398 you mean his assbuns?

by Anonymousreply 400October 15, 2020 12:50 PM

Emmanuel Macron. Though half of Paris knows.

by Anonymousreply 401October 15, 2020 1:11 PM

R392 Lesbian LOVES opera. There are more lesbian saprano than you can imagine.

by Anonymousreply 402October 15, 2020 3:25 PM

R402 I know, but why precisely Leontyne?

by Anonymousreply 403October 15, 2020 4:21 PM

R403 then, I actually have a shot with Stephanie d’Oustrac? Praise Goddess!

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by Anonymousreply 404October 15, 2020 5:45 PM

Yeah R402, who are those opera lesbians???

by Anonymousreply 405October 15, 2020 5:53 PM

[quote]how could Roy Cohn be an advisor for Trump, when he died in 1986?

For R399.

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by Anonymousreply 406October 15, 2020 6:22 PM

Corey Feldman, if bisexual inhuman wreckage counts.

Say what you want about ol’ Turnaround Haim, at least he was relatively honest for the time about what was up with him and recognised he had some serious damage.

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by Anonymousreply 407October 15, 2020 7:01 PM

Scott Caan

by Anonymousreply 408October 18, 2020 12:50 AM

Roy Cohn was Trump’s enforcer atty until his death. Trump has bemoaned not having a Roy Cohn as AG - that is until Barr who has done everything possible in fill the role. BTW, Cohn also did the same services for all the rest of the mobsters (aside from Trump). Roy was a sexual pig who devoured youths like he devoured anyone against him. Pre-Trump he was the evil behind the McCarthy Witch Hunts. Died of AIDS miserably alone, unapologetic and still denying being gay. That is the man Trump wishes for.

by Anonymousreply 409October 18, 2020 1:54 AM

Mother and grandmother never knew until I told them.

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by Anonymousreply 410October 18, 2020 6:06 PM

qwerty.

Only we know the truth...

by Anonymousreply 411October 23, 2020 11:34 PM

John Wayne -- the hot pants and camel toe give him away.

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by Anonymousreply 412October 24, 2020 12:19 AM

Test

by Anonymousreply 413October 24, 2020 2:36 AM

Prince.

Former associates have even come forward and said he is bisexual, but fundie fantrolls refuse to acknowledge or accept it.

by Anonymousreply 414October 25, 2020 1:09 AM

[quote]Former associates have even come forward and said he is bisexual

Well, not anymore he isn't.

by Anonymousreply 415October 25, 2020 1:11 AM

Rider Strong.

Ben Savage could not have hidden if he tried. But Rider skated under the radar.

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by Anonymousreply 416October 31, 2020 12:19 PM

I’ve lost all respect for Ben Savage after Trina McGee’s revelations about mistreatment by the cast. Plus, his rhinoplasty is really bad.

by Anonymousreply 417October 31, 2020 8:38 PM

Robbie Benson Michael Landon Jack Benny Glen Campbell

by Anonymousreply 418November 1, 2020 3:12 AM

Dolly P.

by Anonymousreply 419November 17, 2020 12:52 AM

Matt Damon

by Anonymousreply 420November 17, 2020 1:11 AM

TOO MANY

Jake Gyllenhaal, Charlie Hunnam, Mark Wahlberg, Matt Damon, Calvin Harris, Chase Crawford, Vin Diesel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hugh Jackman, Elijah Wood, Tyler Perry, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Seacrest, Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Justin Bieber, Taylor Lautner, David Archuleta, Kellan Lutz, ALL One Direction Band members, Joe Jonas, Seann William Scott, Jeremy Renner, Jamie Foxx, Shawn Mendes, Tom Hardy, Will Smith, Bruno Mars, Jared Leto, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Darren Criss, Kanye West, George Clooney, P. Diddy, 50 Cent, The Situation, Zac Efron, Hulk Hogan, Daniel Radcliffe, Ne-Yo, John Legend, Robbie Williams, Tom Hiddleston, Robert Pattinson, Jonathan rhys meyers, .......

by Anonymousreply 421November 17, 2020 6:26 AM

Jared Leto, Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Bieber, Charlie Hunnam???? What?!!! Are you on high?

by Anonymousreply 422November 17, 2020 7:50 AM

"Nico Greetham"

by Anonymousreply 423November 17, 2020 8:29 AM

R383, Tallulah Bankhead once allowed Vincent into her bedroom one morning, pulled back the covers and graciously let him suck off husband John Emery's huge cock while he was still sleeping.

by Anonymousreply 424November 17, 2020 10:18 AM

In the recent interview just last week, Jimmy Kimmel jokingly said this ti Charlie Hunnam. He joked but dropped a hint at the same time.

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by Anonymousreply 425November 17, 2020 1:39 PM

Calvin Harris? That’s a new one.

by Anonymousreply 426November 17, 2020 6:11 PM

It should be read as Henry Cavill not Calvin Harris

by Anonymousreply 427November 17, 2020 9:46 PM

Calvin Harris "dated" two lesbos back to back; Taylor Swift and Rita Ora... sketchy

by Anonymousreply 428November 17, 2020 9:56 PM

Rita is bi.

by Anonymousreply 429November 18, 2020 1:01 AM

[quote]Rita is bi.

Are people still trying to make Rita Orr "happen"? It's a lost cause.

by Anonymousreply 430November 18, 2020 1:16 AM

^^ Rita Ora, I meant. I couldn't even remember her damned name.

by Anonymousreply 431November 18, 2020 1:19 AM

Maluma

by Anonymousreply 432November 18, 2020 7:11 AM

Ruta Lee

by Anonymousreply 433November 18, 2020 10:57 AM

Elton John. THAT shocked me

by Anonymousreply 434November 18, 2020 11:53 AM

R433 I don’t care she’s gay, as long as her pound cake recipe doesn’t change

by Anonymousreply 435November 18, 2020 5:28 PM

Ryan Philippe? Not too sure about that; the rumors come and go. But several people have posted here about his alleged same-sex encounters.

by Anonymousreply 436November 18, 2020 5:34 PM

Cthulhu

by Anonymousreply 437November 18, 2020 5:34 PM

Sandy Bullock

by Anonymousreply 438December 11, 2020 5:09 AM
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