# Now that Ricky is out, what celebrities "everybody knows" are gay remain? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272 "2010-03-29T23:36:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/21 "2010-03-30T03:11:52Z")
Toby Keith! ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/22 "2010-03-30T03:17:25Z")
What’s the verdict on Val Kilmer? Anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/23 "2010-03-30T03:40:46Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > The problem is you’re often getting in to bi-sexual territory. I’m imagining a really progressive western. “This is bisexual territory. You must keep watch both ways if we’re to get through this territory alive…”. Starring Errol Flynn, Tyrone Power, Agnes Moorehead and Marjorie Main. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/24 "2010-03-30T03:53:31Z")
Other than being “fresh” re looks what is it about Ryan Seacrest that pings the gaydar? He’s kind of metrosexual, but he really doesn’t seem all _that_ swishy. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/25 "2010-03-30T03:54:52Z")
Rick Perry. There’ve been rumors swirling around Texas for years that he was caught in flagrante delicto with a male aid at the state capitol. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/26 "2010-03-30T03:57:02Z")
Steve Martin certainly pings the 'dar. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/27 "2010-03-30T04:01:57Z")
J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson. It would truly surprise me if either of those two dead guys came out. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/28 "2010-03-30T04:07:37Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > My reaction to this was to try to figure out why everyone would have thought Ricky Gervais was gay. He’s not gay, he’s British. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/29 "2010-03-30T04:24:43Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Queen Latifah is out. Say what? Official announcement? Interview? What? ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/30 "2010-03-30T05:03:53Z")
Matt Drudge. Taylor Lautner. Jodie Foster. Whoopi Goldberg. Oprah Winfrey/Gayle King. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/31 "2010-03-30T05:08:03Z")
> [@BaneSidhe](#): > > Toby Keith! In a perfect world… ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/32 "2010-03-30T05:22:46Z")
Does Anderson Cooper count as closeted if he takes his boyfriend to the Oscars? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/33 "2010-03-30T05:28:05Z")
> [@lee](#): > > Does Anderson Cooper count as closeted if he takes his boyfriend to the Oscars? I still count it. He’s never introduced him as his boyfriend. The bigger question is ‘why was AC at the Oscars?’ ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/34 "2010-03-30T05:36:09Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > What’s the verdict on Val Kilmer? Anyone know? Well, being Cher’s boyfriend would turn me gay (if I were male, that is). ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/35 "2010-03-30T05:49:47Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Other than being “fresh” re looks what is it about Ryan Seacrest that pings the gaydar? He’s kind of metrosexual, but he really doesn’t seem all _that_ swishy. Yeah, man. I’ve said before that Seacrest’s lack of a **visible** interest in women is not necessarily an indicator. He’s constantly working, and as such may not want to date or marry at this time. Meanwhile, he can easily have his physical needs taken care of with prostitutes (or random hookups, but more likely call girls, who are paid to be discreet). OTOH, they could be male prostitutes. Still, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/36 "2010-03-30T06:03:45Z")
Aside: Do gays or straight people have better gaydars, or is there no correlation? For a lot of people mentioned here, I would not have guessed they were gay (eg Tom Cruise: what’s pinging people’s gaydar about him? Is it his looks, his actions, something else?) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/37 "2010-03-30T06:04:08Z")
Apparently Zachary Quinto, aka Sylar/Spock, is in the closet. I’m not sure if that’s widely believed enough to fit the OP’s rules. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/38 "2010-03-30T06:13:12Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Say what? Official announcement? Interview? What? I just thought that was general knowledge. She recently broke up with her girlfriend of three years. I don’t have a super reliable cite, but if you do a search, it turns up all over the place. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/39 "2010-03-30T06:48:52Z")
Tom Cruise - and my sources are in the position to know this with absolute certainty. But at this point, who really cares anymore except Tom Cruise. He is such a whack job, I would rather he stay in the closet than be identified with my team. ---
**Author:** ![Ready\_for\_my\_closeup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@Ready\_for\_my\_closeup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ready_for_my_closeup)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272/40 "2010-03-30T06:59:04Z")
There are quite persistent rumours about Jake Gyllenhaal as well, even from before Brokeback. And it seems safe to say that any single man who has a child via surrogate eventually comes out of the closet. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ricky-is-out-what-celebrities-everybody-knows-are-gay-remain/534272.md?page=3)