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WAS MILTON BERLE GAY
As long as he ma very clear he was not gay, he was allowed to do drag—as this was the subtext of the anti-drag law. His jok me om a different era: He ma fun of Puerto Rins, homosexuals, and even Dolly Parton’s physique.
I've always known women uldn't measure, but I'm surprised how many gay men have the same an example, Tommy Lee was mentned. But Milton Berle ntued the format Kraft Mic Hall (1958-59), and he appeared drag equently through the years, even at the end of his life: on an episo of Roseanne (1995), he tch the bridal bouquet at the gay weddg that Roseanne arrang for her boss.
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