Gays who didn't ping your gaydar
Clemens Schick - never pinged! Same with Raymond Burr. Is there anyone you were shocked turned out to be gay? (I'm anticipating smartass responses like Liberace.)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 294 | February 8, 2023 6:50 PM |
Ben Aldridge never stood out to me- that said, I've never seen him being interviewed in real life.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 12, 2022 2:48 AM |
I'm surprised about Ben as well.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 12, 2022 2:52 AM |
Earl Holliman. Daniel J Travanti.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 12, 2022 2:54 AM |
When I first noticed Julian Morris around 2008, playing Dr. Andrew Wade in E.R., I didn't think he was gay. I was very attracted to him, and I've thought since that maybe I liked him so much because I sensed unconsciously that he was a lover of pole, which I didn't find out until 2013, when I discovered Datalounge.
I liked NPH and Jonathan Bennett more than most actors long before I heard they were gay. My gaydar is very finely tuned, I suppose. I have a similar feeling about Andrew Garfield more currently. And maybe Aaron Tveit.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 12, 2022 3:38 AM |
Years ago I simply thought he was handsome. Now, more and more, I think that he is, indeed, a closeted gay guy.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 6 | December 12, 2022 4:52 AM |
R6 He's too pretty and handsome ( and short) to be straight.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 8 | December 12, 2022 4:56 AM |
Joel Crothers from Dark Shadows.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 9 | December 12, 2022 5:05 AM |
Jonathan Bailey and Hugh Skinner.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 15 | December 12, 2022 7:09 AM |
David Marshall Grant was a pleasant surprise for me. I had a huge crush on him from American Flyers.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 16 | December 12, 2022 7:12 AM |
Rock Hudson didn't when I was a teenager and saw his movies. Van Johnson didn't, either. I'm talking about in movies like The Caine Mutiny and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. Obviously, if these guys pinged, they couldn't have starred in the movies they did.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 12, 2022 7:18 AM |
Tom "The Seven Year Itch" Ewell. Outed in the Scotty Bowers documentary...
by Anonymous | reply 18 | December 12, 2022 7:23 AM |
R18 I just heard about that the other day. He didn't (still doesn't) seem gay to me.
What about Dan Dailey? Was he a cross dresser, only, or also gay/bi?
by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 12, 2022 7:33 AM |
R21, Dailey was bisexual, but loved a nice pinafore!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 22 | December 12, 2022 7:50 AM |
My BF, My first impression of him was That's allll Man! Until he did his Jackee "Mary" Or when he told me how much he admired Angela Landsbury for making her Positive moves video! Or when his college roommate's Answering machine message was "Stephen can't come to the phone right now I have him Tied up"
by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 12, 2022 7:52 AM |
Oops, that was Brett Eldridge.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | December 12, 2022 7:59 AM |
In Perry Mason, there are scenes where Raymond Burr queens out for a few seconds before he regains control of himself. People who don't know he was gay wouldn't notice it. Daniel J. Travanti definitely pinged in Hill Street Blues.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 12, 2022 8:21 AM |
[quote]When I first noticed Julian Morris around 2008, playing Dr. Andrew Wade in E.R., I didn't think he was gay. I was very attracted to him, and I've thought since that maybe I liked him so much because I sensed unconsciously that he was a lover of pole, which I didn't find out until 2013, when I discovered Datalounge.
R4, I had a similar discovery about Julian Morris. I first noticed him in movies like "Cry Wolf" and "Donkey Punch" and I think I assumed he was probably just British. After a while I followed him on Instagram and started to notice all the photos that he & Landon Ross would post together. I started to realize that they must be more than just friends and that's around the time we began to discuss him on Datalounge.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 12, 2022 9:13 AM |
R30, I forgot about Kal! His fiance is cute. I think Kal’s the top.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | December 13, 2022 3:03 AM |
Actually, r32, I was said to as well.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 33 | December 13, 2022 5:03 AM |
r28 - so not gay then lol. He specifically says he is not gay and was still dating women in his (very) late 30's in 2010. He simply 'chooses' to mostly date men now.
So, bisexual.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | December 13, 2022 5:59 AM |
"When I first noticed Julian Morris around 2008, playing Dr. Andrew Wade in E.R., I didn't think he was gay. I was very attracted to him, and I've thought since that maybe I liked him so much because I sensed unconsciously that he was a lover of pole, which I didn't find out until 2013, when I discovered Datalounge."
I had a crush on him for years but didn't know he was family until I started reading about him on the datalounge
by Anonymous | reply 35 | December 13, 2022 6:06 AM |
I never saw the Harold and Kumar movie, but I like Kal as well. He's smart, which is a turn on for me.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | December 13, 2022 6:54 AM |
Every man mentioned in this thread is a big giant flaming queen. How do any of you ever get laid? Your gaydar is shit.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | December 13, 2022 7:10 AM |
Richard Deacon, Mel Cooley on the Dick Van Dyke Show.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | December 13, 2022 7:16 AM |
Kal isn't a flaming queen.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | December 13, 2022 7:22 AM |
For R35 and others, here's our Julian
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 41 | December 13, 2022 7:25 AM |
Van Johnson never pinged to me. Didn't know he was gay until I read it here
by Anonymous | reply 42 | December 13, 2022 7:53 AM |
Rock Hudson never pinged in his movies
by Anonymous | reply 43 | December 13, 2022 7:54 AM |
R28, so a british actor. No wonder no one's heard of him.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | December 13, 2022 7:57 AM |
Anderson Cooper is another one I didn't know about until I started posting here. I had a crush on him back when he was doing World News Now
by Anonymous | reply 46 | December 13, 2022 7:59 AM |
Never knew for sure about Anderson until he was on with Kelly and realized he was part of the Bruce Bozzi/SJP/NPH/David Tyler Muir crowd.
And with Gloria as a mother?
by Anonymous | reply 47 | December 13, 2022 8:06 AM |
R41, here's a better version of that photo:
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 48 | December 13, 2022 8:19 AM |
You have something against his face, r50?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 51 | December 13, 2022 8:27 AM |
R51, I was thinking of posting that one later, so thanks.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | December 13, 2022 8:37 AM |
J. August Richards from “Angel.”
Did he and Andy Hallet ever hook up?
by Anonymous | reply 53 | December 13, 2022 9:49 AM |
Chase Williamson from John Dies At The End was a surprise. Though after I found out and watched a couple of interviews with him, it was like ‘how could I not have known?’
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 54 | December 13, 2022 10:15 AM |
Paul Lynde was a big surprise.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | December 13, 2022 6:58 PM |
Hayden Rorke, aka Dr. Bellows, I dream of Jeannie.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 59 | December 13, 2022 8:38 PM |
Montgomery Clift never pinged to me. Patricia Bosworth book was given to me by someone when I was 19 and from then on I knew he was gay so it's hard to say. I saw Red River, A Place In The Sun and From Here To Eternity, before that, he didn't seem gay to me in those films.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | December 13, 2022 9:28 PM |
Sherman Hemsley and John Goodman
by Anonymous | reply 61 | December 13, 2022 9:51 PM |
R14, he actually pinged to me. I wanted to make sure of it so I looked up on Wikipedia and BINGO.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | December 13, 2022 10:40 PM |
Actually R28, it’s apparently called IMDB.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | December 13, 2022 11:09 PM |
Kal Penn was definitely a shocker. I was living in DC when he took a Hollywood break and went to work for the Obama administration. I thought he was extremely cute then and I'd admired him leaving acting temporarily for public service work.
If I had known he was gay and (at the time) single, I would have found him and he'd be my husband now. He'd have had no say in the matter.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | December 13, 2022 11:17 PM |
John Mahoney (the father from Frasier, among other roles).
Never pinged to me at all.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | December 13, 2022 11:47 PM |
Colton Haynes...anyone agree?
by Anonymous | reply 71 | December 14, 2022 12:01 AM |
[quote] My first impression of him was That's allll Man!
Offensive
by Anonymous | reply 72 | December 14, 2022 12:18 AM |
Dick Sargent. Paul Lynde. Anderson Cooper.
All obvious.
R38 is right.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | December 14, 2022 12:34 AM |
Richard Chamberlain didn't ping for me on Dr. Kildare
by Anonymous | reply 74 | December 14, 2022 12:42 AM |
R61, John Goodman?! Is that a joke? Details.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | December 14, 2022 12:57 AM |
Luke Evans doesn't ping for me in his screen roles
by Anonymous | reply 78 | December 14, 2022 6:34 AM |
[quote]Carl Nassib
To be fair, how many of us even knew who he was before he came out? Or heard/saw him speak? I know I didn’t.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | December 14, 2022 2:12 PM |
I guess a lot of queens on this thread have never been to a gay bar. When I really started going to gay bars as a youngster by 1994 I was really surprised at the type of low key- easily pass for straight types I would see in them. Guys I would NEVER guess were gay walking down the street. I'm not taking about guys with builds ( so many queens today have builds that having a build on anyone seems kinda gay) these were slim, slightly rumpled guys who were not macho but on the masculine side- I happened to like slim rumpled guys.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | December 14, 2022 2:18 PM |
R79, some people saw him on the NFL show Hard Knocks
by Anonymous | reply 81 | December 14, 2022 2:33 PM |
Oh, thanks, r81. Didn’t know that.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | December 14, 2022 2:43 PM |
… are the ones I want? But seriously if all you do is shit rainbows, I would not be interested. It’s a bullet point, not the entire book.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | December 14, 2022 2:53 PM |
Graham Chapman, but I was super happy to find out
by Anonymous | reply 85 | December 14, 2022 2:56 PM |
R44:
"The Kinsey tale is one of the film’s few fascinating tidbits. Another is Bowers’ discussion of “big users” — men such as “The Seven Year Itch” star Tom Ewell and composer Cole Porter, who each asked Bowers to summon between 15 and 20 guys at once for sex."
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 88 | December 16, 2022 12:43 AM |
I wouldn't trust everything coming out of Bowers' mouth
by Anonymous | reply 89 | December 16, 2022 12:49 AM |
Larry Clark. His film, Bully features multiple close-ups of Bijou Phillips' (thankfully underwear-clad) crotch, so I assumed that he was straight. He is not.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | December 16, 2022 1:15 AM |
R90, did he hook up with Vincent Kartheiser?
by Anonymous | reply 91 | December 16, 2022 1:57 AM |
R90, tell me more about Larry Clark not being straight!
by Anonymous | reply 92 | December 16, 2022 2:03 AM |
Tammy Hanks (it's why he drinks all the time and stays with that shrew oops I mean beard).
Jeff Garlin (ok he's not, but a girl can still dream)
by Anonymous | reply 93 | December 16, 2022 3:05 AM |
R93- You're HOT IN THE PANTS for Jeff Garlin?
You go GURL!
by Anonymous | reply 94 | December 16, 2022 3:06 AM |
Yes, Jeff is hot, and if other DLers don't agree that's the're problem.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 95 | December 16, 2022 5:32 PM |
[quote]if other DLers don't agree that's the're problem.
I usually don't "Oh, dear" anyone but I think this is an exceptional case.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | December 16, 2022 5:38 PM |
Sorry if I'm a little tipsy when I post, R96. It's Friday, so sue me.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | December 16, 2022 5:46 PM |
R99 Glad you can laugh at yourself...or can you?
by Anonymous | reply 100 | December 16, 2022 5:53 PM |
Well, we’re laughing at him at least.
Just bustin’ ‘em on ya, r99.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | December 16, 2022 5:57 PM |
R101 Hahaha!
Colton Haynes. At least I don't think he pinged, to me. And after all he took those un-gaying lessons.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | December 16, 2022 6:04 PM |
R95- I don't like FIT Jeff Garlin
I like FAT Jeff Garlin
by Anonymous | reply 103 | December 16, 2022 8:12 PM |
We feel the same way R103
by Anonymous | reply 104 | December 16, 2022 9:45 PM |
If his being razor thin gives us a few extra years of JEFF, I'm willing to put up with it.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | December 16, 2022 9:48 PM |
Clemens Schick is gay!?!? Tell me another one.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | December 16, 2022 10:33 PM |
Hunter Doohan from Wednesday
by Anonymous | reply 107 | December 16, 2022 10:43 PM |
Are you sure Fred Dryer is gay?
by Anonymous | reply 111 | December 16, 2022 11:31 PM |
Half of these people aren't even gay R110. People are just making shit up on this thread.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | December 16, 2022 11:33 PM |
Getting back to the original question: Jim Nabors. He was the folksy guy everyone loved.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 117 | December 17, 2022 5:36 AM |
Malcolm Forbes
[Quote]Homoerotic art was splashed liberally on the walls of his Manhattan townhouse. He had a penchant for handsome young men hired as servers for his catered parties and dinners. Before the guests arrived he would lure one of them into his Jacuzzi and give him a blow job – followed by a $100 tip – and then send him back out to work his party. Same deal with the houseboys, bodyguards and chauffeurs. He often gave blow jobs to his male employees at his magazine office, with the door wide open, so others would not suspect what was going on. His son Steve was in an office not thirty feet away. His secretary, seated near the open door, but out of sight of his desk, knew never to just walk in. She always called first. Smart gal.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 120 | December 17, 2022 7:25 AM |
British actor, Jeremy Sheffield
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 125 | December 17, 2022 12:32 PM |
Despite having a leading role in one of the most popular gay romantic films of all time (!), it still surprised me to find out Scott Neal is an openly gay man.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 126 | December 17, 2022 12:35 PM |
[Quote] Colton Haynes. At least I don't think he pinged, to me. And after all he took those un-gaying lessons.
Then Colto should get a refund because he wasn't fooling anyone on Teen Wolf.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | December 17, 2022 12:42 PM |
Nimoy had to be bisexual. He put up his own money, along with others, to produce this Jean Genet drama where he plays situational prison gay.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 128 | December 17, 2022 12:44 PM |
My dad was not gay. He was in love with Liz Taylor
by Anonymous | reply 129 | December 17, 2022 8:07 PM |
Leo Varadkar, Irish politician
by Anonymous | reply 130 | December 17, 2022 8:18 PM |
OP- It's easy to find the PINGERS
it's not so easy to find the NON pingers
by Anonymous | reply 131 | December 17, 2022 8:43 PM |
Former US House of Representatives member Barney Frank, back in the early 1980s.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | December 17, 2022 9:34 PM |
R132 is obviously not from Massachusetts.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | December 17, 2022 9:47 PM |
Maybe it's Margaret Heckler.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | December 17, 2022 9:50 PM |
R134, Who bought her wigs at Filene’s Basement.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | December 17, 2022 9:51 PM |
R135- That's okay, as long as they weren't RATTY KOREAN WIGS 👩
by Anonymous | reply 136 | December 17, 2022 9:56 PM |
I don't see that Leonard Nimoy was gay. He was married twice and had 2 kids. The net says no. Where did you get this R128?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 139 | December 21, 2022 4:46 AM |
R89, whatever. Many of the men who knew Bowers -- including Raymond Burr's partner and Walter Pidgeon's grandson -- backed up his claims.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | December 21, 2022 7:09 AM |
R126, what? He's gay?! No way. Seriously, I had no idea.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | December 21, 2022 8:07 AM |
[quote] A Neighbors
Gurl please, are you fuck’n kidding me. Are you on crack.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | December 21, 2022 8:54 AM |
R141 - yes, he and his partner celebrated their 20 year anniversary this year.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 143 | December 21, 2022 8:58 AM |
Charles Barkley - I know one of his male exes
by Anonymous | reply 144 | December 21, 2022 10:13 AM |
R140, So did Gore Vidal, publicly.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | December 21, 2022 10:59 AM |
R144 reallyyy? That’s an interesting one. He still looks great.
by Anonymous | reply 146 | December 21, 2022 11:24 AM |
R144, He may have had male exes, but he was also a known pussy hound in his prime.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | December 21, 2022 11:29 AM |
I can see why he would've slipped under the radar R59 . No one was thinking of Dr Bellows sexually let alone his sexuality.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | December 21, 2022 12:17 PM |
R80 Please shut THE fuck up. Your experience following men into bathrooms while being coked out of your gourd has NOTHING to do with the topic of this thread.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | December 21, 2022 12:27 PM |
Brian Unger!!! WHHAAAT? I had NO idea. So funny on IASIP
And looks like he's down with the swirl.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 150 | December 21, 2022 12:34 PM |
Wait, Charles Barkley is bi/gay? He's very gay friendly.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | December 21, 2022 2:52 PM |
It's funny how all those Hollywood celebs who trusted Scotty Bowers to never reveal they were gay or bi, ended up being outed by him in the end. Never trust a hustler, I guess. Always out for the buck.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | December 21, 2022 2:59 PM |
R153 After they died (if those rumors are even true). Who cares once you are gone
by Anonymous | reply 155 | December 21, 2022 8:06 PM |
R10, I was hoping you'd post a pic of Joel as nasty Nathan Forbes; the way he walked around in the uniform with the yellow pants -- I don't recall or not recall a bulge but he was sexy.
And the way he constantly was threatening to kidnap and do away with little Daniel; god that turned me on. I knew it was fake. Real life...not so much.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | December 21, 2022 8:47 PM |
R155 I'm just saying he took their money to keep their secrets when they were alive, then after they died, he made more money off them by revealing those secrets - without their consent. You either get it or you don't, I guess.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | December 21, 2022 11:38 PM |
Hard to get one's consent from a DEAD PERSON.
by Anonymous | reply 158 | December 22, 2022 9:29 AM |
R158 He and they weren't dead when they knew each other. They had an agreement. Morally the agreement to keep someone's secrets shouldn't end when you die. I've known certain secrets about people. When those people died, I didn't think "Okay, now I can tell the world what I know about them, because they're dead." That would be a pretty tacky thing to do, wouldn't it? Especially writing a book revealing those secrets, for money? Like I say, either you get it or you don't.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | December 22, 2022 2:47 PM |
Keith Strickland and Ricky Wilson from The B-52's.
Fred Schneider pings to high heaven but they didn't back in the day.
by Anonymous | reply 162 | December 22, 2022 3:02 PM |
Geoffrey Bayldon and Alan Rowe.
by Anonymous | reply 164 | December 22, 2022 3:03 PM |
Hardy Fox of The Residents.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | December 22, 2022 3:04 PM |
R162 Ad Kate Pierson to the list.
by Anonymous | reply 166 | December 22, 2022 3:28 PM |
She's not a Ghey she's a Lesbian but when Meredith Baxter Birney was on Family - SO pretty and So feminine I never would have guessed she was a lezzie.
by Anonymous | reply 167 | December 22, 2022 3:30 PM |
John Travolta until many years ago a very handsome guy early 20s told us at work Travolta had tried to pick him up. This was before any public rumors started circulated.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | December 22, 2022 3:33 PM |
R168- Are you new?
There were RUMORS about Revolta in 1977.
by Anonymous | reply 169 | December 22, 2022 3:35 PM |
Alec Guinness. Picked up in a men's room in England for solicitation when homosexuality was still illegal.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | December 22, 2022 3:37 PM |
R167 Cause lesbians can't be pretty and feminine?
by Anonymous | reply 173 | December 22, 2022 4:29 PM |
R173 - not in my experience.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | December 22, 2022 5:47 PM |
Meridith had years of prime cock, evidently wasted.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | December 22, 2022 6:21 PM |
R176, If you meant Robert “TCM” Osborne, you can’t be serious.
by Anonymous | reply 177 | December 22, 2022 7:26 PM |
R178 I first saw Dirk Bogarde in A Tale Of Two Cities on TV when I was about 14. Maybe I had no gaydar to ping, yet. I saw him in some other movies at the time - The Password Is Courage, Doctor In The House - thought he passed as straight. Wasn't he a heart throb, inthe 50s?
by Anonymous | reply 181 | December 22, 2022 8:31 PM |
Sean Dickson, back when he was in The Soup Dragons.
Now he looks like a gay gym muscle daddy clone.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 182 | December 22, 2022 8:59 PM |
There’s an actor from Sweden or Norway that looks and sounds straight- I can’t remember his name. He was good looking too. He’s played straight characters and gay characters.
by Anonymous | reply 183 | December 22, 2022 9:12 PM |
R172, if I win the lottery I'm going to fucking BUY a Race Bannon of my very own.
Someone to watch over me, make sure I don't get kidnapped etc.
by Anonymous | reply 184 | December 22, 2022 9:23 PM |
R185, Joe Penny is married to a woman.
by Anonymous | reply 186 | December 23, 2022 12:40 AM |
R161, I doubt any of the dead are worried about ANYTHING, least of all what they had to hide when they were alive.
by Anonymous | reply 187 | December 23, 2022 1:06 AM |
[quote]Geoffrey Bayldon and Alan Rowe.
Yes, they were both British character actors with long careers and were a gay couple. Both made guest appearances in the original 'Doctor Who' series.
by Anonymous | reply 188 | December 23, 2022 9:35 AM |
And Geoffrey was of course fantastic as Catweazle.
Well he was fantastic in pretty much everything I've ever seen him in.
by Anonymous | reply 189 | December 23, 2022 10:29 AM |
R189, yes, Geoffrey had the longer career and lived into his 90's, just dying a few years ago. He was in everything from 'Doctor Who', to 'The Tomorrow People' and played Herbert Lom's psychiatrist in one of the Peter Sellers 'Pink Panther' films.
by Anonymous | reply 190 | December 23, 2022 10:41 AM |
Ian "Molly" Meldrum. I watched him on Aussie TV for decades. Clueless. Completely. When he finally came out several years back, I was beyond gobsmacked. I still am.
by Anonymous | reply 192 | December 23, 2022 11:19 AM |
Blimey I didn't know that either R191 - but having the nickname Molly is a bit like hiding in plain sight!
by Anonymous | reply 193 | December 23, 2022 11:26 AM |
R192, I’m shocked that anyone was gobsmacked when Molly Meldrum came out. I watched his Countdown religiously as a gayling, and always suspected. Something about the way he presented Supernaut’s “I Like it Both Ways” clinched it for me.
by Anonymous | reply 195 | December 24, 2022 12:37 AM |
I honestly did not hear anything about Travolta until that guy at work told me he came onto him. And it wasn't until the 90s where the gossip had become mainstream. I did hear about Sondheim's predilections however way back then.
by Anonymous | reply 196 | December 24, 2022 10:33 PM |
Amy Worley from GMA. On Coming Out Day a couple yrs back they showed her with her son on a segment about coming out to your parents—I assumed he was the gay one.
by Anonymous | reply 197 | December 26, 2022 5:24 PM |
R197 You mean Becky Worley?
by Anonymous | reply 200 | December 26, 2022 7:51 PM |
Thought he was a closet gay. But he has said he’s a “lady”. But she has not claimed to be trans. Straight in public, lady off-camera and dating.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 203 | December 26, 2022 10:16 PM |
Burt Lancaster…bi, but I didn’t expect him.
by Anonymous | reply 204 | December 26, 2022 10:57 PM |
David Odgen Stiers aka Charles Emerson Winchester.
by Anonymous | reply 205 | December 27, 2022 6:24 PM |
Historical figure. J Edgar Hoover. And I wish I didn't know.
by Anonymous | reply 206 | December 27, 2022 7:39 PM |
Drake. But I no longer believe the hype so in hindsight I should've known better.
by Anonymous | reply 207 | December 27, 2022 8:38 PM |
Tuc Watkins (One Life to Live) and Nick Scotti (The Young and the Restless)
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 208 | December 27, 2022 9:13 PM |
R208, how do you know Nick Scotti is gay?
by Anonymous | reply 209 | December 27, 2022 9:44 PM |
OP, Clemins whatever is bi.
by Anonymous | reply 210 | December 27, 2022 9:54 PM |
R205, I remember him for a guest appearance on Star Trek. He left all his money to charity, so he must have died single. Sad.
by Anonymous | reply 213 | December 28, 2022 4:02 AM |
R213-Yes. He appeared in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
by Anonymous | reply 214 | December 28, 2022 4:15 AM |
Tom Irwin, probably best known as the dad on My So-Called Life.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 217 | December 28, 2022 4:38 PM |
Donald Trump. Never anticipated that but yes he’s a homosexualist.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 218 | December 28, 2022 5:17 PM |
R217, where'd you hear that?
by Anonymous | reply 219 | December 28, 2022 6:39 PM |
Is Tom Irwin truly gay? R217
by Anonymous | reply 221 | December 29, 2022 2:54 AM |
Yes, I’ve said it twice now. I don’t care if you don’t believe me.
by Anonymous | reply 222 | December 29, 2022 3:19 AM |
Relax, R217. I'm not calling you a liar; I'm just surprised. My So-Called Life is one of my favorite shows.
by Anonymous | reply 223 | December 29, 2022 3:36 AM |
R216 SORRY. The title of the thread is not "Guys who YOU want to be gay who don't ping."
by Anonymous | reply 224 | December 30, 2022 1:44 PM |
Drake us not a straight man R224 no matter what the voices in your head say. So Keep your mouth closed unless there's a cock coming towards it you blowhard.
by Anonymous | reply 226 | December 30, 2022 2:31 PM |
^ I think this thread is for openly gay people. Otherwise you could name anyone and say they are gay.
by Anonymous | reply 227 | December 30, 2022 5:18 PM |
R227- That's boring. I want to know all the gossip about the CLOSET QUEENS too.
by Anonymous | reply 228 | December 31, 2022 1:30 AM |
Yeah but the juiciest gossip on DL is usually made up.
by Anonymous | reply 229 | December 31, 2022 2:52 AM |
John (Marion) Wayne, Spencer Tracy, Rory Calhoun, Walter Pidgeon.
by Anonymous | reply 230 | December 31, 2022 3:14 AM |
R230- Is it true that Clint Eastwood has either taken it up the ASS or sucked some COCK in his day?
by Anonymous | reply 231 | December 31, 2022 5:59 AM |
R208, btw, there was NO Christmas Miracle.
by Anonymous | reply 232 | January 2, 2023 6:30 AM |
R226 Speaking of blowhards and voices in your head, please present more straight men who don't ping because they're not gay, gramps.
by Anonymous | reply 233 | January 2, 2023 10:57 AM |
What is this gramps bullshit? R233 If you have something against the age of people who post here, why don't you go somewhere else, like Sesame Street or Romper Room?
by Anonymous | reply 234 | January 3, 2023 8:39 PM |
I was surprised to find out that Jason Butler Harner is gay. He played the bad guy in Changeling.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 235 | February 2, 2023 5:09 AM |
"Yeah but the juiciest gossip on DL is usually made up."
Nope. Just ask Kevin Spacey. Or Bruce Weber. Or the dearly departed James Levine.
by Anonymous | reply 236 | February 2, 2023 5:13 AM |
Robert Osborne didn't especially ping loudly. I mean I figured he had to be gay, but on the other hand if someone said he wasn't I probably wouldn't have been all, COME ON. He seemed like he could have been anything, and I didn't know anything about his life. Very discreet, anyhow.
by Anonymous | reply 237 | February 2, 2023 5:25 AM |
I'm still shocked and fascinated by the Alexis Smith / Craig "Peter Gunn" Stevens ordeal. Their 50 year marriage was supposedly as lavender as a Macy's perfume counter.
Alexis Smith was a tall, handsome woman but never gave me Kate Hepburn/Bulldyke vibes. And although Craig Stevens was one of Henry Wilson's "special" discoveries, he never pinged onscreen in any way, shape or form.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 239 | February 2, 2023 5:34 AM |
R235 He's a very sweet guy and hasn't been in the closet. A very good person.
by Anonymous | reply 240 | February 2, 2023 5:36 AM |
Will Geer and Ellen Corby (Grandpa and Grandma Walton).
by Anonymous | reply 241 | February 2, 2023 5:55 AM |
Sherman Helmsley was a big surprise to me.
by Anonymous | reply 243 | February 2, 2023 6:16 AM |
R239 I didn't know anything about this. Where did you read it or see it? I wouldn't call Alexis Smith 'handsome' - she was a beauty.
by Anonymous | reply 244 | February 2, 2023 6:49 AM |
[quote]Robert Osborne didn't especially ping loudly.
Robert Osborne pinged a lot. I could tell he was gay almost the moment I turned on TCM.
by Anonymous | reply 245 | February 2, 2023 8:33 AM |
R244, Alexis and Craig had a platonic marriage for decades.
by Anonymous | reply 246 | February 2, 2023 3:47 PM |
R245, He pinged so hard, I had to have my gaydar repaired.
by Anonymous | reply 247 | February 2, 2023 3:48 PM |
R239 How do you know that Alexis Smith was gay?
by Anonymous | reply 248 | February 2, 2023 10:16 PM |
I've never heard of Alexis Smith before, R248, but she does look a bit lesbionic in this still from "Split Second".
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 249 | February 3, 2023 1:48 AM |
What an informative thread. I will pray for all these sinners, and invite them to join my Wednesday night men's prayer group.
by Anonymous | reply 250 | February 3, 2023 1:56 AM |
[quote]I've never heard of Alexis Smith before
You may leave now, r249.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 251 | February 3, 2023 1:58 AM |
Lol, R251. Even in your photo she looks a little bit like a lesbian. Not super dykey like Lea DeLaria, but a bit gay.
by Anonymous | reply 252 | February 3, 2023 2:20 AM |
It's the classic square jawline.
by Anonymous | reply 253 | February 3, 2023 2:23 AM |
Still waiting for any backup of the claim of Smith and Stevens being in a lavender marriage. All I see when I Google it up is old posts on DL.
[quote]Robert Osborne pinged a lot. I could tell he was gay almost the moment I turned on TCM.
If he pinged that much how could he have done soaps and TV commercials playing straight guys? I thought he was probably gay but I didn't think he pinged a lot.
by Anonymous | reply 254 | February 3, 2023 2:51 AM |
R254, Osborne may have fooled the straights, but he didn't fool gays with functioning gaydar.
by Anonymous | reply 255 | February 3, 2023 8:06 AM |
Bryan Batt.
Mad Men. The part was a gay man trying to appear straight while working in an ad agency in NYC in the 50s. I thought he was really a straight playing the part.
He's a beauty.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 256 | February 3, 2023 10:28 PM |
[quote]Bryan Batt.
You may need to take your gaydar into the shop.
by Anonymous | reply 257 | February 3, 2023 10:32 PM |
Bryan Batt makes Sean Hayes look butch.
by Anonymous | reply 258 | February 3, 2023 10:52 PM |
Marlene Dietrich looked really gay, but was apparently bi. Same with Gillian Anderson.
by Anonymous | reply 261 | February 4, 2023 11:25 AM |
R256 Smelling the ginger snaps
by Anonymous | reply 262 | February 4, 2023 9:45 PM |
Back in the day, Italian singer Tiziano Ferro never pinged to me. Maybe his coming out didn't cause too much sensationalism since he came out the same year as Ricky Martin, and by 2010 his career was basically over in Latin America due to his scandal in Mexico.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 263 | February 4, 2023 9:56 PM |
Tiziano Ferro reminds me of Luke Evans
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 264 | February 5, 2023 12:54 AM |
What? Nobody thought I could possibly be straight?
by Anonymous | reply 265 | February 5, 2023 1:22 AM |
R235- He seems pretty gay during this interview.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 266 | February 5, 2023 9:53 PM |
R260- Lee Majors is a connoisseur of COCK?
by Anonymous | reply 267 | February 5, 2023 9:54 PM |
This really good looking cashier at Trader Joe's in 2015- I would check him out every time I entered the store and then one day he seemed to flirt with me- asking my name and shaking my hand and asking where I lived
I've been shopping at Trader Joe's since 1997 and not before or since has a cashier introduced himself, shook my hand and asked where I lived and I've had chipper bubbly cashiers male and female but non did what this guy did. I never flirted back to this good looking TJ's employee- I feigned disinterest and I've regretted since then.
by Anonymous | reply 268 | February 5, 2023 9:58 PM |
R267, You’re unaware Lee was groomed by Rock Hudson?
by Anonymous | reply 271 | February 6, 2023 1:18 AM |
R268 Your story contains everything except the reason you feigned disinterest when someone you thought was attractive paid attention to you.
by Anonymous | reply 272 | February 6, 2023 2:35 AM |
R268, He most likely saw you as an easy mark.
by Anonymous | reply 273 | February 6, 2023 3:11 AM |
I spend an afternoon with Umberto Tozzi. Work related. Nice guy.
Bi maybe, he's Italian so it wouldn't surprise me, but he does have three children.
by Anonymous | reply 274 | February 6, 2023 3:24 AM |
John Ritter pinged but I guess he was straight (?)
by Anonymous | reply 277 | February 6, 2023 3:56 AM |
R271- I did not know that. I like JUICY dl gossip like that. Was Lee Majors gay for pay type or does he enjoy cock himself?
by Anonymous | reply 278 | February 7, 2023 3:40 AM |
R273- He saw me as an easy mark-
For what purpose?
by Anonymous | reply 279 | February 7, 2023 3:42 AM |
R260- I wonder if Lee Majors did some canoodling with Bigfoot.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 280 | February 7, 2023 3:46 AM |
R272- When I thought the good looking Trader Joe's cashier was straight I felt quite comfortable checking him out every time I went to the store and thinking about him but when I realized that perhaps he was into guys- gay or bi it made me really uncomfortable. It's like that saying- Don't wish for something because it might come true. I just could not handle this really good looking guy flirting with me- I did not mention this before but one week later I was looking at some items in one of the aisles and all of a sudden I hear someone say behind my back HI JAMES!- as if he was my best friend. It was the gl cashier from the week before. I remembered his name but all I said was Hi, not Hi Greg. It sounded like disinterest. One has a brief window of opportunity and once the window closes the opportunity is gone for good. I wish he had never introduced himself and asked my name etc.
by Anonymous | reply 281 | February 7, 2023 4:06 AM |
R279, Sugar daddy, you idiot.
by Anonymous | reply 283 | February 7, 2023 4:39 AM |
R279- Oh
The cashier was younger than me but not young. I would say he was about 41 years old at the time.
by Anonymous | reply 284 | February 7, 2023 5:00 AM |
R248, Alexis Smith was outed by the openly lesbian writer Rita Mae Brown back in the 70s. Apparently the two had been lovers. You add to that the fact that Craig Stevens was a Henry Wilson discovery (like Rock Hudson & Tab Hunter) and the fact that Alexis & Craig never had children. It all comes out as Lavender when taken through the wash.
FYI, in addition to Alexis Smith, Rita Mae Brown also had affairs with Fannie Flagg (of "Match Game" fame), actress Susan Flannery, Martina Navratilova AND Martina's ex partner Judy Nelson! The gal laid a lot of carpet!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 285 | February 7, 2023 6:24 AM |
R284 Ok, thanks. I think if I were in that situation I would have also felt somewhat uncomfortable. But if the person approached me a second time at his job and was friendly, I probably would have at least had a conversation with him. It probably wouldn't have led to anything, because I don't don't act on my feelings often enough. Are you shy? It's still not especially clear why you were so standoffish with this guy.
by Anonymous | reply 286 | February 7, 2023 6:24 AM |
Here's a rare Craig Stevens interview with that dimwit Skip E. Lowe. The interview took place shortly after Alexis Smith had died in the 90s.
Craig seemed to be in mourning but HEAVILY emphasized the fact that he & Alexis were friends before anything else. It's very telling but of course that idiot Skip E. didn't pick up on it.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 287 | February 7, 2023 6:30 AM |
R285 I'm sure you know what you're talking about, but it seems like a long time to be together for the sake of a lavender marriage. According to what I've been reading, they were married at age 26 (Craig) and 23 (Alexis) and were engaged for two years before that. I'm not sure why people that young (24 and 21) would decide to get married to hide their sexual orientation, since it wouldn't be considered unusual to be unmarried at that age, or until they were about 10 years older. And not sure why they would stay together until the death of one of them. I'd guess they must have loved each other, maybe they swung both ways. Also some other Hollywood couples with long marriages (like Ann-Marget and Roger Stevens) never had kids.
by Anonymous | reply 288 | February 7, 2023 6:52 AM |
[quote]Fannie Flagg (of "Match Game" fame)
Flagg also wrote "Fried Green Tomatoes".
by Anonymous | reply 289 | February 7, 2023 8:21 AM |
R286- The day he went up to me and said hi as if I was his best friend- later in the parking lot he was standing near my car when I put my items in the trunk. I said nothing to him and left. He must have taken that as disinterest. A week after that I was FINALLY ready to say something to him. I was standing in a checkout line and he walked by carrying some shopping bags- he totally ignored me as if I was invisible.
by Anonymous | reply 290 | February 7, 2023 2:13 PM |
R285 Any link that says Rita Mae Brown was Alexis Smith's lover? Googling gives nothing, only another DL thread about Alexis Smith, where someone (you?) mentions it.
by Anonymous | reply 291 | February 8, 2023 3:47 PM |
Weren't some of Henry Willson's clients straight? I don't know the sexual orientation of everyone in old Hollywood but John Derek for ex. was one of Willson's clients who I think was straight. At least he had 2 or 3 gorgeous sex-symbol wives.
by Anonymous | reply 293 | February 8, 2023 5:55 PM |
R288, Roger SMITH had children from a previous marriage and Ann-Margret was very involved in their upbringing.
by Anonymous | reply 294 | February 8, 2023 6:50 PM |
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