I am not too much of a star-follower (didn’t watch two seconds of the Oscars, don’t keep up with Hollywood gossip, and have never had gaydar to speak of) but after reading this thread, I have seen a couple of clips in the last few days with Matthew Broderick doing interviews, and it seems like (after getting the idea planted in my head here) he does indeed have a few mannerisims that are often associated with gay men…
I have no idea if he is actually gay or not (don’t really care, he seems like he’s a decent guy) but it’s funny how something I have never noticed before now stands out, but only after I suppose I was somewhat looking for it.
Well, someone in this thread (or maybe another similar thread from last week) said that it’s well known in NYC theater circles that Broderick is indeed gay, Sarah Parker IS his beard (even if they are actually in love, just non-sexually) and this arrangement is not exactly unknown or even uncommon with a certain segment of the rich and famous…
No idea if it’s true or not, but someone planted the idea, and after watching Matthew Broderick a bit more closely recently, I am wondering if maybe there is some truth to it. (and if there is, I can’t see any real harm—they are both consenting adults and are free to conduct their private lives however they see fit)
As others have said, I was surprised by Wanda Sykes.
As for Julius Caesar, keep in mind that exclusive homosexuality is a relatively recent concept. In ancient Greece and Rome, men slept with women and other men. Julius’ womanizing doesn’t exclude his possible bisexuality.
I remember forever ago in an interview that Matthew Broderick gave that he said he wasn’t gay. He and Nathan Lane (who is gay) were in a movie together (the Birdcage?) with some big name actor, and Nathan was embarrassed and thought that the actor would look less of him if he were gay, so he convinced Matt to pretend HE was the gay one out of the two in order to save face for Nathan.
Which of course makes me think that Matt isn’t gay.
AFAIK, The Lion King (Simba and Timon) and The Producers (Max and Leo) are the only times they’ve been in the same film…and there were some pretty big names in both…I suspect Lion King, though, since the big actors there seem more the kind Lane would care that much about.
Yes - at a theater where I once worked, Broderick introduced his boyfriend to the director and stage manager on the first day of rehersals. Nobody blinked an eye and life went on.
Well, I was surprised when I heard Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson casually announce their homosexuality on the air in stereotypical “flamboyant” accents.
What floored me was the talk show host*, trying hard to be polite but feeling pretty certain that they must be joking. And then trying to get his brain around the concept when it was clear that they were serious… and seriously gay.
And then hearing them out all the action heroes of the day: “all those rough-and-tumble…* men*!”
*John Belushi – it might have been the National Lampoon Radio Half-Hour.
“surprised to learn was straight” is the new “surprised to learn was gay.”
In about 15 years, when society has regressed to stereotype so fully that the idea that a creative or talented individual is anything but full-on homo will be a profound culture shock, this will be much more common than it is now. Get ready.
Hell, some days lately I’m surprised I’m straight.
That sounds completely strange and bizarre. Why would he put on this charade (including marrying Sarah Jessica Parker and having three children with her)?
True. But how many of those cases were an extreme form of denial (like Meredith Baxter). The story being told here is that he’s been “out” among the theater community for years, maybe even decades, and then decides to knowingly marry Sarah Jessica Parker as his beard and have children with her.
You’re not actually saying here that those three actors are gay are you? Because if so I’m going to need a pretty good cite considering that Eastwood has been married to five women and fathered seven children, and outside of marraige was considered a complete dog when it came to women.
Clint Eastwood got his start in show biz with the help of a gay director, Arthur Lubin, and they had a relationship (business) for some years. Other actors CE started out with about that time included Martin Milner and Sal Mineo, who were rumoured to be gay.
I’ve got to wonder what’s the motivation for Parker, too. I mean, she’s smart, seems confident, is more famous than him and is a decent actress. Unless she reallly really likes him as a friend and doesn’t care about sex, the only way this makes sense is if he’s actually bisexual (and maybe discovered his attraction to women later than to men).
Just finished watching Perry Mason’s “The Case of the Prodigal Parent.” In the banter they usually goes on at the the end of the show between Perry, Della Street and Paul Drake, Della often asks “Which one of you handsome gentlemen is going to take me to lunch [dinner].” Perry volunteers by offering her his arm and heading for the door.
Paul interjects, “What about me?”
Perry turns and says in what, even if only in hindsight, could be a wink-wink, nudge-nudge retort to Paul,
“Sorry, you’re not my type, you’ll have to buy your own lunch.”