# An easy pit. O'Reilly. He has lost it, you better be scared **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 3, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-pit-oreilly-he-has-lost-it-you-better-be-scared/346976 "2006-03-03T23:45:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-pit-oreilly-he-has-lost-it-you-better-be-scared/346976/81 "2006-03-09T02:24:12Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > Man, am I out of the loop. I didn’t even know this was in question! What, that Grant was bisexual? It’s open for debate, but there’s speculation that he had a relationship with fellow actor Randolph Scott. But Grant also had numerous relationships with women, and Dyan Cannon, one of his exes said that there was no way he was gay. So while I’ll buy that he may have swung both ways, I don’t think Grant was totally homosexual. (Hey, he was Cary Grant! He was so wonderful it wouldn’t be fair for him to be exclusively hetero or homo!) The only really successful famous actor I can think of at the moment who’s openly gay would be Sir Ian McKellen. I HAVE seen him play a straight male lead (Nicholas II in HBO’s Rasputin biopic), but perhaps someone else could tell me if that’s usually the case. ---
**Author:** ![the\_PC\_apeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@the\_PC\_apeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_PC_apeman)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-pit-oreilly-he-has-lost-it-you-better-be-scared/346976/82 "2006-03-09T03:36:33Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Here’s a real beaut from that interview: > > He procedes to actua;;y try to argue this point- that for some reason he thinks a gay actor would be capable or portraying a heterosexual. > > Hey, Bill…have you ever heard of Rock Hudson? Carey Grant? Errol Flynn? Tom Cruise? There’s a list a mile long. > > O’Reilly has made his loathing of gay people abundantly clear over the years. I remember him righteously declaring that the author of _Corpus Christi_ was going to go to Hell for writing a play about a gay Jesus. I’m not embellishing or exaggerating. He actually said that. As much as I’d really like to claim him for our team, I don’t think Cary Grant was gay or even bi. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2006, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-pit-oreilly-he-has-lost-it-you-better-be-scared/346976/83 "2006-03-09T06:04:17Z")
> [@Measure for Measure](#): > > I don’t know, first we’d need a list of gay male actors. > > The British actor [Sir Derek Jacobi](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=derek+jacobi+gay&btnG=Search) comes to mind. He has played a number of [heterosexual roles](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001394/), though admittedly I didn’t spot any blockbusters in the IMDB list. Ok, he was in Gladiator, but not as the lead. Brother Cadfael is gay? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-pit-oreilly-he-has-lost-it-you-better-be-scared/346976/84 "2006-03-10T02:08:16Z")
Indeed. Well the actor’s gay anyway. In fact, Jacobi played Cerano De Bergerac on stage for a while. Flaming bisexual [David Bowie](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000309/) has played a number of leads including The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983), The Hunger (1983), Mr. Rice’s Secret (2000) (ok, never heard of that one), and presumably others. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-pit-oreilly-he-has-lost-it-you-better-be-scared/346976/85 "2006-03-10T02:09:38Z")
Ack! Not to mislead: Cerano is a decidedly heterosexual character (which was suppose to be the point I was making). ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-pit-oreilly-he-has-lost-it-you-better-be-scared/346976/86 "2006-03-10T02:53:08Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > The only really successful famous actor I can think of at the moment who’s openly gay would be Sir Ian McKellen. I HAVE seen him play a straight male lead (Nicholas II in HBO’s Rasputin biopic), but perhaps someone else could tell me if that’s usually the case. McKellen is Magneto in the X-men movies and Magneto does appear to be straight: [about Mystique] _Wolverine_: She’s good. _Magneto_: You have no idea! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-pit-oreilly-he-has-lost-it-you-better-be-scared/346976/87 "2006-03-10T03:14:28Z")
Is Gandolf gay? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-pit-oreilly-he-has-lost-it-you-better-be-scared/346976/88 "2006-03-10T03:26:43Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Is Gandolf gay? :eek: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-pit-oreilly-he-has-lost-it-you-better-be-scared/346976/89 "2006-03-10T06:14:51Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Is Gandolf gay? Dude, where have you been? Everyone knows that Gandolf is gay. In fact, Frodo and Sam are, at the very least, bi-curious. And lets not even start on Merry and Pipin… ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-pit-oreilly-he-has-lost-it-you-better-be-scared/346976/90 "2006-03-10T13:58:07Z")
I thought Gandalf was a hobbisexual. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-pit-oreilly-he-has-lost-it-you-better-be-scared/346976/91 "2006-03-10T14:42:21Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I thought Gandalf was a hobbisexual. Gives new meaning to the ‘hobbit hole’. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-pit-oreilly-he-has-lost-it-you-better-be-scared/346976/92 "2006-03-10T14:43:02Z")
Suddenly I don’t want my breakfast burrito any more. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-pit-oreilly-he-has-lost-it-you-better-be-scared/346976/93 "2006-03-10T15:16:56Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > Suddenly I don’t want my breakfast burrito any more. Your burrito is gay? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-easy-pit-oreilly-he-has-lost-it-you-better-be-scared/346976.md?page=4)