Rick had his wife and their two kids on several episodes of his show over the years, and it always looked like such a happy, perfect family, travelling Europe together and clearly enjoying spending time together.
I don’t know why, but when I read that he and his wife divorced last year after over 20 (maybe it was 30?) years of marriage, it really, really bummed me out…
I came in to post this. Oh, and Adam Ant. WHAT?!
Michael Waltrip the (married to a woman) NASCAR driver sets off my gaydar bigtime.
From watching interviews, Baz Luhrmann, (director of Strictly Ballroom, Romeo plus Juliet, Moulin Rouge and Australia) seemed pretty gay to me. Also, he is the director of Strictly Ballroom, Romeo plus Juliet, Moulin Rouge and Australia.
Apparently he has a wife though.
I was stunned to find that Paul Shaffer (of SNL and David Letterman) was straight.
Rob Lowe. For some reason he always seemed gay to me. Up until the sex tape came out and he was caught in bed with two women.
Tony Randall
Paul Shaffer
I still have trouble accepting that legendary ice skater Scott Hamilton is hetero. But apparently so.
This. I was amused that despite his borderline swishy, fey mannerisms he was the hetero horndog and his fellow actor, manly Rock Hudson he did several features with, was the gay one.
Well, if anyone had a good excuse for staying deep in the closet…
Hugh Jackman’s another Aussie I’d have been less surprised to learn was gay than straight, though admittedly that might be wishful thinking (because, you know, if he were gay I’d have much more of a shot).
I was surprised to learn veteran character actor Hans Conried (Uncle Tonoose on Danny Thomas and Wrong Way Feldman on Gilligan’s Island) was married with several kids. It may be that he reminds me of Edward Everett Horton, who was gay (and fairly openly).
I also assumed Jonathan Harris (Dr. Smith from Lost in Space) was gay. The truth was more something Zoltan Karpathy would have loved to gossip to Henry Higgins about: “De truth iz he not gay, not English, not aristocratic… he vas born Yehonatan Danielovich Charasuchin to penniless immigrant Jews from Russia and grew up in the Bronx vith an accent so terrible and thick he affected an English one to hide it…”. Attractive ladies who met him at sci-fi conventions said he could be downright lecherous with his hands when they put their arms around him to pose for pictures.
George Balanchine noted ballet choreographer when I read his wiki. I don’t recall knowing much about him, I was just astounded that any ballet choreographer was not gay. Apparently he was extremely hetero and was virtually predatory WRT the young female dancers.
So true! I have terrible gaydar anyway. I should never make assumptions about sexual orientation.
Pete Burns, lead singer of Dead Or Alive, was married to a woman for 28 years. He later married a man, but I was shocked he was interested in women at all.
When I was young, I assumed Prince must have been at least bisexual - I mean, look at him! - but then as I grew older I realised he wasn’t gay, he was just from the eighties. And eventually I learned that he really, really loves women.
Did he remarry? He and Buffie divorced a few years ago. Apparently the stress of him starting MWR strained their relationship and his drunk driving crash led to their separation.
::shoots cola out of nose:: Bruce Weber?!?! I know him for his work with the Pet Shop Boys and having seen him interviewed would’ve pegged him as FABULOUS. Straight? Really? Wow!
On this season of Design Star I was startled when Courtland Bascon mentioned his financee, and then they showed her.
For proof, here’s a sentence from a New York Times obituary for Beth Levine (a shoe designer who passed away in 2006): “The cause was lung cancer, said her niece, Nan Bush, the wife and producing partner of the photographer Bruce Weber.”
Janeane Garofalo married a guy. That surprised me.
She’s been married twice, most famously to Rob Reiner, but I was still surprised to learn that Penny Marshall still prefers men.
A bit obscure, but Marla Gibbs from The Jeffersons gave me gay vibes. I learned later she married when she was 13 and had 3 children by the time she was 18, so she’s probably not that interested in sex with anyone.
I’ve heard that Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhuru) is gay and I’ve heard she’s a straight cougar. I know she’s been married to men and has a son, but she divorced many years ago. Does anybody know her self-identification?
