Mister Rogers enuraged gay star Officer Clemmons to rema the closet and marry a woman!!!!!!!

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Mister Rogers -star, Franis Clemmons, is openg up about the time the TV in enuraged him not to e out as a gay man.

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MISTER ROGERS' SURPRISG RELATNSHIP WH HIS GAY COSTAR OFFICER CLEMMONS

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And the relatnship between the two men — one black, the other whe; one gay and sgle, one straight, married, and a father to two children; one trovert, one extrovert — would bee somewhat of “a marriage. “Someone has rmed that you were seen at the lol gay bar downtown. Now, I want you to know, Franc, that if you’re gay, don’t matter to me at all.

Whatever you say and do is fe wh me, but if you’re gog to be on the show as an important member of the Neighborhood, you n’t be out as gay. ”In a separate terview wh the outlet about the harrowg oral, Clemmons rells breakg down tears as his role on the televisn show relied upon keepg his homosexualy a secret.

MISTER ROGERS TOLD -STAR OFFICER CLEMMONS TO NOT E OUT AS GAY AND TO MARRY A WOMAN

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”Followg his directn to not e out as gay, Rogers also enuraged Clemmons to marry a woman. He and Sheridan would amibly divorce 1974 and he would beg livg life as an openly gay man. Clemmons, a Birmgham, Alabama native, ma a bold statement wh Rogers 1969, when the two of them shared a foot bath durg an episo that aired at the height of segregatn—but at the same time, Clemmons was asked to keep quiet about his inty as a gay man.

Rogers requted that his -star stay away om gay clubs—not bee he was homophobic, says Clemmons, but to avoid potentially alienatg the program’s nservative viewers. The book will reflect the realy of livg as a young, gay person at a time when he had no role mols, or much sympathy for his plight—particularly om the Baptist church which he was raised.

MISTER ROGERS ENURAGED GAY COSTAR OFFICER CLEMMONS TO STAY THE CLOSET AND MARRY A WOMAN

Franis Clemmons, 75, relled an cint where 'Mister' Fred Rogers told him he uld not be a 'member of the Neighborhood' if he was openly gay. * officer clemmons gay *

That era—there was so much negative activy this untry agast gay peopleIn 1969, the whole natn’s ey were on the Village. There were gay people and drag queens, black gay people, Spanish gay people who said, “We have had enough.

You n’t go to the those [gay] clubs.. Rogers might be gay? Rogers had many gay iends.

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MISTER ROGERS TOLD CO-STAR DON'T COME OUT AS GAY, AND MARRY A WOMAN

Franis Clemmons, who played Officer Clemmons om 1968 - 1995, says his new memoir, Fred Rogers got wd of the fact Clemmons was gay, pulled him asi and said, "Franc, you have talents and gifts that set you apart and above the crowd. Someone has rmed that you were seen at the lol gay bar downtown.

MISTER ROGERS TOLD -STAR OFFICER CLEMMONS NOT TO E OUT AS GAY AND TO MARRY A WOMAN

Now, I want you to know, Franc, that if you're gay, don't matter to me at all. "Whatever you say and do is fe wh me, but if you're gog to be on the show as an important member of the 'Neighborhood, ' you n't be out as gay. Mister Rogers told -star Officer Clemmons not to e out as gay and to marry a woman bee if he didn't, would 'threaten his dream'Franis Clemmons, 75, relled an cint where Fred Rogers told him he uld not be a 'member of the Neighborhood' if he was openly gay Clemmens, who played Officer Clemmens  children's TV seri 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' for 25 years, mak the claims his new memoir He scribed the late children's TV host as both 'my executner and liverer' Rogers also allegedly told Clemens he should marry a woman Rogers died 2003 om stomach ncer Published: 20:27 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 22:20 BST, 25 April 2020.

Franis Clemmons, bt known as Officer Clemmons on children's TV seri 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood', has said that TV star Fred Rogers told him to not e out as gay and to marry a woman bee if he didn't, would 'threaten his dream'.

Franis Clemmons (left), bt known as Officer Clemmons on children's TV seri 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood', has said that TV star Fred Rogers (right) told him to not e out as gay and to marry a woman bee if he didn't, would 'threaten his dream'.

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'Someone has rmed that you were seen at the lol gay bar downtown. Whatever you say and do is fe wh me, but if you're gog to be on the show as an important member of the Neighborhood, you n't be out as gay. Clemmons 75, scribed Rogers as both 'my executner and liverer' his upg memoir Rogers, who died 2003, also allegedly told Clemens he should marry a woman Clemmons memoir 'Officer Clemmons' is released on May 5 Rogers said Clemmons g out as gay would 'threaten' his dreams for the show, Clemmons add.

FRED ROGERS URGED GAY COSTAR FRANIS CLEMMONS TO HI HIS SEXUALY AND MARRY A WOMAN

' Clemmons divorced Sheridan 1974 and beg livg as an openly gay man.

MISTER ROGERS ENURAGED GAY STAR OFFICER CLEMMONS TO REMA THE CLOSET AND MARRY A WOMAN!!!!!!!

Gay Mister Rogers actor no longer bound by oath to children’s TV tan. Clemmons, the black, gay opera sger and actor, played Officer Clemmons, one of the “neighbors” on the show. He’d read bs of Rogers, but after readg the acunts, he wr, “I nclud that … none of the other publitns were thored by a black, gay, ordaed person of the theater who had worked timately wh you (Rogers) for over 30 years.

Clemmons realized he was gay.

MISTER ROGERS URGED GAY CAST MEMBER ‘OFFICER CLEMMONS’ TO STAY THE CLOSET AND MARRY A WOMAN, WHICH HE DID

“My fay was a tradnal Baptist, God-fearg one, ” Clemmons wr, “And even before I unrstood what homosexualy meant, was drilled to my bra that the (gay) men were wrong the ey of God. “If you’re gay, don’t matter to me at all, ” Rogers told Clemmons, “but if you’re gog to be on the show … you n’t be out as gay. ‘Leg’ reunts gay man’s experience wh cerebral palsy.

He hoped that no one would notice he was gay, but they mt’ve: nobody seemed surprised when he me out as a teen. That’s a lite thg the midst of a madp tale of a limb and the gay man attached to , and ’s sneaky, too: you’ll be lookg every-which-way at Marshall’s life and boom!

As he relled, Rogers lled him to his office once and told him that someone had seen him at a lol gay bar.

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" | Photo: Wikimedia CommonsRogers told Clemmons that he had no problem wh him beg gay.

It was all about the anyone would have wanted to have a gay character on their show at that pot. This was the mid-20th century, where gay people weren't as wele as they are now.

Unlike now, hardly anyone would have wanted to have a gay character on their show at that pot.

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Now, of urse, the suatn is much better for gay people on TV. ”He and Sheridan would amibly divorce 1974 and he would beg livg life as an openly gay man. Won't you be my gaybor?

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