Contents:
- BARRY WILLIAMS ON THE BRADY BUNCH LEGACY AND GAY -STAR ROBERT REED
- 20 STRAIGHT CHARACTERS WE DIDN'T KNOW WERE OPENLY GAY IN REAL LIFE
- ROBERT REED: GAY ACTOR + 25 FACTS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW
- GAY SECRET KILLED BRADY BUNCH DAD SAYS TV DGHTER
BARRY WILLIAMS ON THE BRADY BUNCH LEGACY AND GAY -STAR ROBERT REED
The Brady patriarch was portrayed by Robert Reed, who, was posthumoly revealed, was a gay man livg a eply closeted existence.
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Only after he died 1992 did the world fd out that Robert Reed, who played Mike Brady, was gay and HIV-posive. In the past, celebri who were gay would tend to keep to themselv, not wantg their personal life aired out for the public to have an opn on. Here are 20 straight characters who were played by actors so amazgly, we didn’t know they’re gay real life.
20 STRAIGHT CHARACTERS WE DIDN'T KNOW WERE OPENLY GAY IN REAL LIFE
Mart has been open about beg gay sce the 2000s. Knight officially me out of the closet when was revealed that a star lled him a homophobic slur. In 2007, Miller actually nied the fact that he was gay InStyle magaze and didn’t e out of the closet until 2013.
Zachary Quto is known for playg the famo character of Spock the Star Trek reboots and while his character is straight, Quto himself me out as gay 2011 and before then was an active supporter of gay rights and gay anizatns.
ROBERT REED: GAY ACTOR + 25 FACTS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW
In 2015, he was honored by the Pot Foundatn for beg a “trailblazer” the gay muny.
Guillermo Diaz, the actor who played Huck has been openly gay his entire reer Hollywood. He was named one of OUT magaze’s “100 most fluential gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr people” 2013. Not a lot of people know that Robert Reed, who played the famo Mike Brady The Brady Bunch, was gay real life.
”The st of 'The Brady Bunch'; Photo: Walt Disney Televisn via Getty Imag Photo Archiv/Walt Disney Televisn via Getty ImagReed was a homosexual real life and kept his sexualy a secretAs Mike, Reed was the level-head patriarch of the Brady fay, dolg out words of wisdom wh a kdly tone and fatherly hugs at the ready. In real life, Reed, a classilly-traed actor, was a homosexual who kept his private life unr wraps, a not unmon occurrence at the time due to fears the revelatn would impact ongog reer succs.
GAY SECRET KILLED BRADY BUNCH DAD SAYS TV DGHTER
“I don’t thk The Brady Bunch uld have existed at that time wh the public knowg that Robert Reed was gay. It was later revealed that he had long lived a closeted gay life and was HIV-posive. In a 2000 ABC News terview, Henrson talked about Reed’s homosexualy, which she learned about while filmg the “Brady” pilot, and explaed some of the reasons behd his bad behavr on set.
Beg a gay actor. Y – Robert Reed was gay and was pretty much forced to hi his secret bee of the tim he lived .
In an age of same sex marriage, ’s easy today to fet jt how hard was to be a gay actor durg Robert Reed’s time. The early 1990’s may seem like eons ago terms of gay rights but Reed was as pro-LGBT rights that the tim would allow. When you thk back to Mike Brady and his ltle stepdghter Cdy Brady the last thg that to md is the fight for gay marriage equaly.