# Patrick Stewart 'Gay'? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518 "2020-02-05T02:28:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/21 "2020-02-05T08:04:36Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Well, who hasn’t done that??? Interesting username/dating combo. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bionic\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/22 "2020-02-05T08:48:44Z")
Patrick Stewart is no more gay. Then George Lindsey was straight. ---
**Author:** ![bionic\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/23 "2020-02-05T09:00:53Z")
> [@bionic\_man](#): > > Patrick Stewart is no more gay. Then George Lindsey was straight. I MEANT Paul Lynde from hollywood squares.goober was not gay. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/24 "2020-02-06T05:30:28Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > The fact that he had two kids tells you he slept with a woman at least twice, and not much more than that. My dad slept with my mom exactly seven times. He may have been gay. > [@dorvann](#): > > I think the real question is Captain Jean-Luc Picard gay? Sure, and when he slept with a woman, he pinned a pic of Riker on the headboard. > [@Icarus](#): > > Geez, speculating about a male star being gay is so 1990s. Aren’t we way way way past all of this? Apparently not. And BTW, I would do him. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/25 "2020-02-06T17:32:39Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Geez, speculating about a male star being gay is so 1990s. Aren’t we way way way past all of this? > > :rolleyes: We’re being retro 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/26 "2020-02-06T19:15:23Z")
I make no assumption about his preference in human partners, although i do know he’s married to a woman. But I love knowing his preference in [canine companionship](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-e&q=patrick+stewart+dog). He’s all the more awesome for his enlightened stance! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/27 "2020-02-06T19:30:56Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Geez, speculating about a male star being gay is so 1990s. Aren’t we way way way past all of this? > > :rolleyes: People like to speculate and gossip about celebrities. They gossip about all sorts of things, not just sexual orientation. It’s mostly harmless. If you feel it’s all beneath you, OK, but you don’t need to wag your finger about it. Also, Patrick Stewart isn’t gay. People think he is because his best friend is gay, he played a gay man, and he has a British accent. But he isn’t. If he was Sir Ian would have talked him out of the closet long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/28 "2020-02-06T20:05:30Z")
This is one of those things that I keep relearning. I always think Patrick Stewart’s gay but since I don’t particularly care whether my celebrities are gay or straight, I promptly forget when I learn otherwise. I likewise have to learn more than once that people are or are not dead. At least when I think they’re dead, I’ll eventually be right. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/29 "2020-02-06T20:18:53Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > It’s mostly harmless. If you feel it’s all beneath you, OK, but you don’t need to wag your finger about it. …he said while wagging his finger at Icarus… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/30 "2020-02-06T20:37:12Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > …he said while wagging his finger at Icarus… It’s a counter-wag. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/31 "2020-02-06T21:17:07Z")
He’s just really comfortable with himself, doesn’t take things too seriously, likes to ham it up with his gay bestie Ian, is British, and most importantly, a theater nerd. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/32 "2020-02-06T21:33:47Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Patrick Stewart? [Seems pretty straight](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1244631358976810)… That just proves he’s a good screenwriter. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/33 "2020-02-08T02:45:41Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Australian men are automatically straight! But, in the southern hemisphere up is down, left is right, dogs are cats, and black is the new black. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/34 "2020-02-08T02:47:49Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > We’re being retro 🆒 Stewart’s a Retro-Hetro. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/35 "2020-02-08T05:41:48Z")
As for straight characters playing someone who is gay, I love a quote, from the opposite direction, from John Gielgud. _“I’m an actor, Of course I can play a heterosexual!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/36 "2020-02-08T05:59:47Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Well to a stereotypical American don’t most Brits come off as a little bit gay? Doesn’t to a stereotypical American any male who’s in theater come off as a little bit gay? Or at least that’s the stereotype. > [@madsircool](#): > > I invite you to share this opinion with Joey Barton. 😃 > > [Joey Barton - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Barton) Did you misspell [Vinnie Jones](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005068/)? ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/37 "2020-02-08T20:26:24Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Perhaps they remember when [Patrick Stewart played Frasier Crane’s “fabulous friend.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Af-HIcuEM) thank you for sharing that 😃 > [@Icarus](#): > > Geez, speculating about a male star being gay is so 1990s. Aren’t we way way way past all of this? > +1 > > :rolleyes: > [@jackdavinci](#): > > He’s just really comfortable with himself, doesn’t take things too seriously, likes to ham it up with his gay bestie Ian, is British, and most importantly, a theater nerd. that’s about the size of it! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518/38 "2020-02-08T22:06:42Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Read an article the other day discussing how Harry Hamlin played a gay character in a movie and everyone assumed he was gay and he’s not. And it hurt his career too until he was cast in LA Law 4 years later. I don’t recall if it was Hamlin, but I remember reading many years ago where a straight actor had played a gay man in a movie/tv show. People had questioned his sexuality because of this, and his response was along the lines of “people don’t think you’re a murderer if you play one. Why is it different here?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518.md?page=1)