Richard Gere Reflects on Playg Gay on Broadway – The Hollywood Reporter

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• IS RICHARD GERE GAY? A VIEW INTO THE ACTOR’S SEXUALY
• ANRSON COOPER SAYS HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY AFTER MEETG A SHIRTLS RICHARD GERE BACKSTAGE AT A BROADWAY PLAY
• RICHARD GERE REFLECTS ON PLAYG GAY ON BROADWAY
• IS RICHARD GERE GAY? PLAYG A HOMOSEXUAL CHARACTER “BENT” MAK FANS WONR IF HE IS GAY IRL TOO!
• ANRSON COOPER CREDS RICHARD GERE WH HELPG HIM REALIZE HE'S GAYTHE CNN JOURNALIST SAID SEEG THE ACTOR THE 1977 PLAY BENT CHANGED EVERYTHG.BY EY KIRKPATRICKJUNE 27, 2022BY JASON LAVERIS/GETTY IMAGSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEANRSON COOPER SAID THAT A FATEFUL TRIP TO SEE RICHARD GERE PERFORM ON STAGE WHEN HE WAS A PRE-TEEN HELPED HIM REALIZE HE WAS GAY.TTHE CNN JOURNALIST RELLED THE STORY OF HIS SEXUAL AWAKENG TO HIS IEND ANDY COHEN ON RAD ANDY ON FRIDAY, EXPLAG THAT TWO OF HIS MOM GLORIA VANRBILT'S IENDS, PHOTOGRAPHER PL JASM AND HIS BOYIEND, TOOK HIM TO SEE A PLAY STARRG GERE WHEN HE WAS JT 11 YEARS OLD. HE EXPLAED, “AND THEY TOOK ME TO SEE RICHARD GERE BENT, WHICH IF ANYONE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE PLAY BENT, ’S ABOUT TWO GAY GUYS THE NCENTRATN MPS. I MEAN THE OPENG SCENE…IT IS THE GAYT THG YOU N IMAGE.” HE ADD, “AND THIS WAS RICHARD GERE 1977, LOOKG FOR MR. GOODBAR. HE WAS SO BETIFUL. AND I’M THERE. MY MOM DIDN’T GO. IT WAS JT ME AND MY MOM’S TWO GAY IENDS.”COOPER WENT ON TO REUNT THAT WH THAT OPENG SCENE THERE IS A MOMENT WHERE A MAN GETS OUT OF BED NAKED AND PUTS ON A NAZI UNIFORM AFTER SLEEPG WH ANOTHER MAN. “AND I JT REMEMBER BEG LIKE, ‘OH MY GOD, I’M GAY…I’M TOTALLY GAY,’” THE REPORTER SAID. “AFTERWARD, PL JASM WAS IENDS WH RICHARD GERE BEE PL JASM TOOK THE PICTUR FOR AMERIN GIGOLO, AND WE GO BACKSTAGE AND RICHARD GERE IS SHIRTLS HIS DRSG ROOM AND I ULDN’T SPEAK.” HE NTUED, “AND I HAD MY PLAYBILL AND I WANTED TO GET HIM TO TOGRAPH , BUT I WAS TOO—I JT ULDN’T STOP STARG AT HIS CHT. AND SO, FAST FORWARD TO 10 YEARS AGO, I WAS TERVIEWG RICHARD GERE AND I TOOK OUT THE PLAYBILL…AND I TOLD HIM THE WHOLE STORY AND I HAD HIM SIGN . YEAH. HE WAS VERY TICKLED WH .”COOPER PUBLICLY REVEALED HIS SEXUALY 2012 VIA AN SAY PUBLISHED ON ANDREW SULLIVAN'S DAILY BEAST BLOG. IN THE PIECE, HE EXPLAED THAT HE FELT TORN BETWEEN PROTECTG HIS PRIVACY AND SERVG AS AN EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG LGBT VIEWERS. “IT’S BEE CLEAR TO ME THAT BY REMAG SILENT ON CERTA ASPECTS OF MY PERSONAL LIFE FOR SO LONG, I HAVE GIVEN SOME THE MISTAKEN IMPRSN THAT I AM TRYG TO HI SOMETHG—SOMETHG THAT MAK ME UNFORTABLE, ASHAMED OR EVEN AAID,” HE WROTE. “THIS IS DISTRSG BEE IS SIMPLY NOT FACT IS, I’M GAY, ALWAYS HAVE BEEN, ALWAYS WILL BE, AND I ULDN’T BE ANY MORE HAPPY, FORTABLE WH MYSELF, AND PROUD.”MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR“IT’S RAG TEENS” AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?THE BT TV SHOWS OF 2023, SO FARSEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM, AND THE ORIG OF BARBIETHAT SOUND YOU HEAR IS DONALD TMP SCREAMG, CRYG, AND THROWG UP A MAR-A-LAGO BATHROOMIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI THE ACTORS STRIKE PRS APOLYPSE: “THE CELEBRY FACTORY HAS SHUT DOWN”IS ALL THIS AMATR THERAPY-SPEAK JT MAKG US LONELIER?FROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARTMP PLANS TO DEFEND HIMSELF AGAST ELECTN CHARG BY THROWG HIS LAWYERS UNR THE B: REPORTBY BS LEVEVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT ARIANA GRAN AND HER NEW BOYIEND, SPONGEBOB (ETHAN SLATER)BY KENZIE BRYANTVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHEY KIRKPATRICK
• HOLLYWOOD MYTHS: RICHARD GERE VS. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MAX EVRYJULY 12, 2013/12:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY MAX EVRYJULY 12, 2013 / 12:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOLLYWOOD MYTHS: RICHARD GERE VS. GERBIL","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-07-12T16:00:48.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-07-12T16:00:48.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MAX EVRY","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"TWO GERBILS A PET SHOP ARE TALKG AND ONE SAYS TO THE OTHER: 'IF RICHARD GERE TELL HIM YOU'RE A HAMSTER.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT'S A HACKY OLD JOKE, BUT BEHD EVERY JOKE LI A KERNEL OF TTH, RIGHT? RIGHT? RICHARD GERE IS MANY THGS: AN ACTOR, A BUDDHIST, AN OFFICER, A GENTLEMAN AND DRKG BUDDI WH THE DALAI LAMA. WE LEFT OFF 'EXTREME BTIALY SEXUAL VIANT' BEE WE'RE STILL NOT SURE WHERE WE STAND ON THIS WHOLE "GERBILLG" THG, SO WE DUG EP (REALLY EP) TO FD OUT JT HOW FAR THIS THG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, 'S ANOTHER CHAPTER OF HOLLYWOOD MYTHS. WE EXPOSED THE NAKED TTH ABOUT JAMIE LEE CURTIS, AND NOW 'S TIME TO POKE AND PROD THE MAN OF "PRETTY WOMAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO YOUR BASIC RETELLG OF THE LEGEND STAT THAT THE EARLY '90S — WHEN THE ACTOR WAS HAVG BOFFO SUCCS WH "PRETTY WOMAN" WHILE SRG AROUND THE CLOCK WH CDY CRAWFORD — RICHARD GERE WAS ADMTED TO CEDARS-SAI HOSPAL CALIFORNIA FOR AN EMERGENCY "GERBILECTOMY." APPARENTLY DOCTORS SPENT ANTIC HOURS REMOVG A FOREIGN OBJECT OM THE ACTOR'S RECTUM, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A GERBIL SERTED WH EROTIC TENT. WE'RE G THE WORD 'TENT' HERE; THE POOR ANIMAL WAS SAID TO BE PLACED SI A NDOM, SERTED VIA A RDBOARD TUBE, THEN S ATH SPASMS PROVIS THE RECIPIENT WH JOLTS OF PROSTATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO SNOP, THIS BALL OF WAX GOT ROLLG WHEN AN ANONYMO PRACTIL JOKTER FAXED A PHONY PRS RELEASE THROUGHOUT THE HOLLYWOOD MUNY OM THE ASSOCIATN FOR THE PREVENTN OF CELTY TO ANIMALS, ADMONISHG THE "DAYS OF HEAVEN" STAR THAT HE'D HAVE HELL TO PAY FOR "ABG" SAID GERBIL. WHO HAD THE TIME, ROURC OR VDICTIVENS TO SEND SUCH A THG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE, BUT GERE APPARENTLY HAS HIS SPICNS: SYLVTER STALLONE. YEP, SUPPOSEDLY SLY HAD GERE FIRED OM ONE OF THEIR EARLIT PICTUR, THE GREASER EDY "THE LORDS OF FLATBH" (1974), AFTER THE TWO OF THEM DIDN'T EXACTLY GET ALONG LIKE A HOE ON FIRE. "RICHARD WAS GIVEN HIS WALKG PAPERS AND TO THIS DAY SERLY DISLIK ME," STALLONE ADMTED TO AT IT COOL. "HE EVEN THKS I’M THE DIVIDUAL RPONSIBLE FOR THE GERBIL MOR. NOT TE … BUT THAT’S THE MOR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVINCE FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'RE NOT GONNA LIE: WE CHECKED AL CAPONE'S VLT AND FOUND NO HARD EVINCE OR PHOTOS RELATED TO THE GERE-GERBIL AFFAIR. APPARENTLY THE ANALLY-CLED PET DO HAVE HIS OWN MYSPACE PAGE, SE YOU NEED FURTHER PROOF OF HOW OLD THIS MOR IS. THERE'S ALSO THE AMAZG "SOUTH PARK" EPISO WHERE THE GERBIL LEMMIWKS TAK A MAGIL JOURNEY THROUGH MR. SLAVE'S RECTUM. CARTOONS ARE EVINCE, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVINCE AGAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOLKLORIST JAN HAROLD BNVAND CLAIMED HIS BOOK "ENCYCLOPEDIA OF URBAN LEGENDS" THAT THE TALL TALE HAS S ANTECENTS A SIAR ONE ABOUT A COLO-RECTAL MOE DATG BACK TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOSSIP LUMNIST MIKE WALKER OF THE NATNAL ENQUIRER DID MONTHS OF VTIGATG THE SUBJECT TO NO AVAIL. "I'VE NEVER WORKED HARR ON A STORY MY LIFE," WALKER TOLD THE PALM BEACH POST 1995. "I'M NVCED THAT 'S NOTHG MORE THAN AN URBAN LEGEND." THERE YOU GO, EVEN A CSTY TABLOID GUY SAYS 'S TOO FAR-FELCHED … ER, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PEANUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ARE YOU GUYS SAYG YOU NEVER HEARD THE MOR? THE STORY WAS RICHARD GERE DID THE GAY GUY FAD OF STICKG A LIVE GERBIL UP HIS ASS. SUPPOSEDLY 'S EROTIC E THE THG WIGGL AROUND. I LIVE SF AND HEARD THAT SOMEBODY KNEW A NURSE AT THE HOSPAL WHO ACTUALLY WAS THERE WHEN THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE GERBIL. DON'T KNOW IF WAS REALLY TE OR NOT." – PALERMO, GOSSIP ROCKS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BEG A GAY MAN OR RICHARD GERE AMERI MEANS ALWAYS HAVG TO REASSURE PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A GERBIL YOUR ASS — AT DNER PARTI, DURG FAY RNNS, AT FUNERALS, ON CNN, AT PASSPORT NTROL, WHEREVER! FOR WHILE GAY MEN AND, I ASSUME, RICHARD GERE DON'T PUT GERBILS THEIR ASS, NOT A DAY GO BY THAT SOMEONE — UALLY A STRAIGHT 13-YEAR-OLD BOY — DON'T TRY TO SHOVE ONE , FIGURATIVELY SPEAKG." — DAN SAVAGE, THE COAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MYTHBTERS TTED THIS ONE RECENTLY BY SERTG GERBILS SI A PIG'S TTE. RULT: PLSIBLE!" — LYLE "WORLD CHAMPN COST SAMPLER", {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT RICHARD'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I STOPPED READG THE PRS A LONG TIME AGO," GERE EXPLAED TO METRO. "LOTS OF CRAZY THGS ME UP ABOUT ME AT FIRST, PECIALLY OM THE TABLOIDS. THERE IS AN FAMO 'GERE STUCK A HAMSTER UP HIS BUM' URBAN MYTH. I EXPECT THAT SORT OF THG BUT WHEN REPUTABLE MAGAZ STARTED MAKG UP STORI CLAIMG I WAS A UNTRY I HAD NEVER BEEN TO WH SOMEONE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, I JT CID NOT TO PAY ATTENTN TO ANY OF . IT'S A WASTE OF ENERGY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TTHOSY: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEEMS THIS URBAN LEGEND WILL GO THE WAY OF THE "ROD STEWART HAD HIS STOMACH PUMPED" ANECDOTE TERMS OF VALIDY. TOO BAD, BEE THE STORY WOULD MAKE A FAR MORE ENTERTAG MOVIE THAN GERE'S "ARBRAGE" OR "NIGHTS RODANTHE" BED. CAN WE PLEASE GET LARS VON TRIER ON THIS, STAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• RICHARD GERE NET WORTH, IS HE GAY OR MARRIED, WHO ARE THE WIFE AND CHILDREN
• ANRSON COOPER REVEALS HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED HIM REALIZE HE'S GAY: 'I COULDN'T SPEAK'
• IS RICHARD GERE GAY?
• RICHARD GERE ACCEPTED AMERIN GIGOLO ROLE BEE OF GAY SUBTEXT
• IS RICHARD GERE GAY? PLAYG A HOMOSEXUAL CHARACTER “BENT” MAK FANS WONR IF HE IS GAY IRL TOO!

IS RICHARD GERE GAY? A VIEW INTO THE ACTOR’S SEXUALY

""If anyone don't know about the play Bent, 's about two gay guys a ncentratn mp, " Cooper explaed. "The openg scene is the gayt thg you n image.

ANRSON COOPER SAYS HE REALIZED HE WAS GAY AFTER MEETG A SHIRTLS RICHARD GERE BACKSTAGE AT A BROADWAY PLAY

"And I'm there, my mom didn't go, 's jt me and my mom's two gay iends and I'm watchg this thg and lerally the openg scene of Bent, like there's a guy bed who's jt...

And I jt remember beg like Oh, my God, I'm gay like this is. I'm totally gay. The qutn of if Richard Gere is Gay me to be after his appearance the film Amerin Gigolo 1980.

RICHARD GERE REFLECTS ON PLAYG GAY ON BROADWAY

Richard Gere was sexualized the movie and so many s later, fans are still wonrg, is Richard Gere gay?

Cooper said: “And I jt remember beg like, ‘Oh my God, I’m gay… I’m totally gay. I mean the openg scene… It is the gayt thg you n image. The productn retells the story of two gay men a Nazi ncentratn mp.

Image SourceRichard Gere is not gay.

IS RICHARD GERE GAY? PLAYG A HOMOSEXUAL CHARACTER “BENT” MAK FANS WONR IF HE IS GAY IRL TOO!

Dpe the fact that he played the role of a gay character Bent and that he has been greatly sexualized other productn.

The veteran Amerin actor isn’t gay. Even though he played a key role helpg Cooper Anrson disver his sexualy, Richard Gere isn’t gay.

Contrary to the too many mors that Richard Gere is gay, he isn’t.

ANRSON COOPER CREDS RICHARD GERE WH HELPG HIM REALIZE HE'S GAYTHE CNN JOURNALIST SAID SEEG THE ACTOR THE 1977 PLAY BENT CHANGED EVERYTHG.BY EY KIRKPATRICKJUNE 27, 2022BY JASON LAVERIS/GETTY IMAGSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEANRSON COOPER SAID THAT A FATEFUL TRIP TO SEE RICHARD GERE PERFORM ON STAGE WHEN HE WAS A PRE-TEEN HELPED HIM REALIZE HE WAS GAY.TTHE CNN JOURNALIST RELLED THE STORY OF HIS SEXUAL AWAKENG TO HIS IEND ANDY COHEN ON RAD ANDY ON FRIDAY, EXPLAG THAT TWO OF HIS MOM GLORIA VANRBILT'S IENDS, PHOTOGRAPHER PL JASM AND HIS BOYIEND, TOOK HIM TO SEE A PLAY STARRG GERE WHEN HE WAS JT 11 YEARS OLD. HE EXPLAED, “AND THEY TOOK ME TO SEE RICHARD GERE BENT, WHICH IF ANYONE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE PLAY BENT, ’S ABOUT TWO GAY GUYS THE NCENTRATN MPS. I MEAN THE OPENG SCENE…IT IS THE GAYT THG YOU N IMAGE.” HE ADD, “AND THIS WAS RICHARD GERE 1977, LOOKG FOR MR. GOODBAR. HE WAS SO BETIFUL. AND I’M THERE. MY MOM DIDN’T GO. IT WAS JT ME AND MY MOM’S TWO GAY IENDS.”COOPER WENT ON TO REUNT THAT WH THAT OPENG SCENE THERE IS A MOMENT WHERE A MAN GETS OUT OF BED NAKED AND PUTS ON A NAZI UNIFORM AFTER SLEEPG WH ANOTHER MAN. “AND I JT REMEMBER BEG LIKE, ‘OH MY GOD, I’M GAY…I’M TOTALLY GAY,’” THE REPORTER SAID. “AFTERWARD, PL JASM WAS IENDS WH RICHARD GERE BEE PL JASM TOOK THE PICTUR FOR AMERIN GIGOLO, AND WE GO BACKSTAGE AND RICHARD GERE IS SHIRTLS HIS DRSG ROOM AND I ULDN’T SPEAK.” HE NTUED, “AND I HAD MY PLAYBILL AND I WANTED TO GET HIM TO TOGRAPH , BUT I WAS TOO—I JT ULDN’T STOP STARG AT HIS CHT. AND SO, FAST FORWARD TO 10 YEARS AGO, I WAS TERVIEWG RICHARD GERE AND I TOOK OUT THE PLAYBILL…AND I TOLD HIM THE WHOLE STORY AND I HAD HIM SIGN . YEAH. HE WAS VERY TICKLED WH .”COOPER PUBLICLY REVEALED HIS SEXUALY 2012 VIA AN SAY PUBLISHED ON ANDREW SULLIVAN'S DAILY BEAST BLOG. IN THE PIECE, HE EXPLAED THAT HE FELT TORN BETWEEN PROTECTG HIS PRIVACY AND SERVG AS AN EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG LGBT VIEWERS. “IT’S BEE CLEAR TO ME THAT BY REMAG SILENT ON CERTA ASPECTS OF MY PERSONAL LIFE FOR SO LONG, I HAVE GIVEN SOME THE MISTAKEN IMPRSN THAT I AM TRYG TO HI SOMETHG—SOMETHG THAT MAK ME UNFORTABLE, ASHAMED OR EVEN AAID,” HE WROTE. “THIS IS DISTRSG BEE IS SIMPLY NOT FACT IS, I’M GAY, ALWAYS HAVE BEEN, ALWAYS WILL BE, AND I ULDN’T BE ANY MORE HAPPY, FORTABLE WH MYSELF, AND PROUD.”MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR“IT’S RAG TEENS” AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?THE BT TV SHOWS OF 2023, SO FARSEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM, AND THE ORIG OF BARBIETHAT SOUND YOU HEAR IS DONALD TMP SCREAMG, CRYG, AND THROWG UP A MAR-A-LAGO BATHROOMIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI THE ACTORS STRIKE PRS APOLYPSE: “THE CELEBRY FACTORY HAS SHUT DOWN”IS ALL THIS AMATR THERAPY-SPEAK JT MAKG US LONELIER?FROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARTMP PLANS TO DEFEND HIMSELF AGAST ELECTN CHARG BY THROWG HIS LAWYERS UNR THE B: REPORTBY BS LEVEVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT ARIANA GRAN AND HER NEW BOYIEND, SPONGEBOB (ETHAN SLATER)BY KENZIE BRYANTVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHEY KIRKPATRICK

Though Richard Gere sparked the light bulb regardg Anrson Cooper’s sexualy, Richard isn’t gay. Anrson Cooper opened up about the moment he realized he was gay Friday on "Rad Andy. Anrson Cooper opened up about the moment he realized he was gay on Friday durg the "Andy Cohen Live Pri Special" on SiriXM's "Rad Andy.

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RICHARD GERE IS MANY THGS: AN ACTOR, A BUDDHIST, AN OFFICER, A GENTLEMAN AND DRKG BUDDI WH THE DALAI LAMA. WE LEFT OFF 'EXTREME BTIALY SEXUAL VIANT' BEE WE'RE STILL NOT SURE WHERE WE STAND ON THIS WHOLE "GERBILLG" THG, SO WE DUG EP (REALLY EP) TO FD OUT JT HOW FAR THIS THG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, 'S ANOTHER CHAPTER OF HOLLYWOOD MYTHS. WE EXPOSED THE NAKED TTH ABOUT JAMIE LEE CURTIS, AND NOW 'S TIME TO POKE AND PROD THE MAN OF "PRETTY WOMAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO YOUR BASIC RETELLG OF THE LEGEND STAT THAT THE EARLY '90S — WHEN THE ACTOR WAS HAVG BOFFO SUCCS WH "PRETTY WOMAN" WHILE SRG AROUND THE CLOCK WH CDY CRAWFORD — RICHARD GERE WAS ADMTED TO CEDARS-SAI HOSPAL CALIFORNIA FOR AN EMERGENCY "GERBILECTOMY." APPARENTLY DOCTORS SPENT ANTIC HOURS REMOVG A FOREIGN OBJECT OM THE ACTOR'S RECTUM, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A GERBIL SERTED WH EROTIC TENT. 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"I'VE NEVER WORKED HARR ON A STORY MY LIFE," WALKER TOLD THE PALM BEACH POST 1995. "I'M NVCED THAT 'S NOTHG MORE THAN AN URBAN LEGEND." THERE YOU GO, EVEN A CSTY TABLOID GUY SAYS 'S TOO FAR-FELCHED … ER, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PEANUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ARE YOU GUYS SAYG YOU NEVER HEARD THE MOR? THE STORY WAS RICHARD GERE DID THE GAY GUY FAD OF STICKG A LIVE GERBIL UP HIS ASS. SUPPOSEDLY 'S EROTIC E THE THG WIGGL AROUND. I LIVE SF AND HEARD THAT SOMEBODY KNEW A NURSE AT THE HOSPAL WHO ACTUALLY WAS THERE WHEN THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE GERBIL. DON'T KNOW IF WAS REALLY TE OR NOT." – PALERMO, GOSSIP ROCKS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BEG A GAY MAN OR RICHARD GERE AMERI MEANS ALWAYS HAVG TO REASSURE PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A GERBIL YOUR ASS — AT DNER PARTI, DURG FAY RNNS, AT FUNERALS, ON CNN, AT PASSPORT NTROL, WHEREVER! FOR WHILE GAY MEN AND, I ASSUME, RICHARD GERE DON'T PUT GERBILS THEIR ASS, NOT A DAY GO BY THAT SOMEONE — UALLY A STRAIGHT 13-YEAR-OLD BOY — DON'T TRY TO SHOVE ONE , FIGURATIVELY SPEAKG." — DAN SAVAGE, THE COAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MYTHBTERS TTED THIS ONE RECENTLY BY SERTG GERBILS SI A PIG'S TTE. RULT: PLSIBLE!" — LYLE "WORLD CHAMPN COST SAMPLER", {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT RICHARD'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I STOPPED READG THE PRS A LONG TIME AGO," GERE EXPLAED TO METRO. "LOTS OF CRAZY THGS ME UP ABOUT ME AT FIRST, PECIALLY OM THE TABLOIDS. THERE IS AN FAMO 'GERE STUCK A HAMSTER UP HIS BUM' URBAN MYTH. I EXPECT THAT SORT OF THG BUT WHEN REPUTABLE MAGAZ STARTED MAKG UP STORI CLAIMG I WAS A UNTRY I HAD NEVER BEEN TO WH SOMEONE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, I JT CID NOT TO PAY ATTENTN TO ANY OF . IT'S A WASTE OF ENERGY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TTHOSY: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEEMS THIS URBAN LEGEND WILL GO THE WAY OF THE "ROD STEWART HAD HIS STOMACH PUMPED" ANECDOTE TERMS OF VALIDY. TOO BAD, BEE THE STORY WOULD MAKE A FAR MORE ENTERTAG MOVIE THAN GERE'S "ARBRAGE" OR "NIGHTS RODANTHE" BED. CAN WE PLEASE GET LARS VON TRIER ON THIS, STAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Richard Gere starred the play about the persecutn of homosexualy Nazi Germany.

RICHARD GERE NET WORTH, IS HE GAY OR MARRIED, WHO ARE THE WIFE AND CHILDREN

It was jt me and my mom's two gay iends, " he said. Cooper lled the openg scene, which a man gets out of bed pletely naked and puts on a uniform, "the gayt thg you n image. ""And I jt remember beg like, 'Oh my God, I'm gay....

ANRSON COOPER REVEALS HOW RICHARD GERE HELPED HIM REALIZE HE'S GAY: 'I COULDN'T SPEAK'

I'm totally gay, " he the play end, Cooper said Jasm took him backstage to meet Gere, who he worked wh on the film "Amerin Gigolo. He said he didn't tell her he was gay until he graduated llege, and although she was "ol about , " she told him not to make any "fe cisns. As psychologist and blogger Mark Griffhs wr, “Jan Harold Bnvand, the thor of The Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, says the ‘gerbillg’ story began 1984 [and] started out as a story volvg an unknown gay man and a moe.

Over the subsequent years, the unknown gay man beme Richard Gere, and the moe beme a gerbil. It seems there are a few reasons, one of which is the fact that homophobia is often tertwed wh gerbilg accatns, as evinced by this highly offensive quote I found the repli to a piece about formiphilia: “If what’s beg done wh worms is anythg like what phags [sic] ed to do wh gerbils, I don’t want to know, ” says a man labeled as “Rich L.

IS RICHARD GERE GAY?

” The odst thg about this to me is that Rich seems to thk homosexuals ed to engage this practice equently, which rais the qutn, if was so pleasurable, why did they stop?

) Anyway, homophobic dummi have often acced gay men of gerbilg probably bee volv sertg somethg — anythg — to the an, which, of urse, is practiced by heterosexuals too, but whatever. “Richard Gere isn’t gay, is he? But for years, there were mors that he was gay bee he gaed fame early on a Broadway productn of Bent, playg a gay Holot victim.

As his fame rose, mors ntued to swirl, only fueled by the fact that he refed to dignify such qutns wh an answer, sayg once, “Cosmilly, there’s nothg wrong wh beg heterosexual, homosexual or omnisexual.

RICHARD GERE ACCEPTED AMERIN GIGOLO ROLE BEE OF GAY SUBTEXT

Kison’s route is extremely homophobic, but ’s notable bee tak place 1990, when a) Kison was unr fire for his exceedgly anti-gay material; and b) this was the height of Kison’s reer and the year that the massively popular Pretty Woman was released. Much like the gay mor, Gere cled for years to addrs the notor gerbil story, fally relentg 2008 an terview wh Metro, where he said, “Lots of crazy thgs me up about me at first, pecially om the tabloids.

Mart Sherman‘s groundbreakg Bent — the 1979 Tony-nomated play about gay men tryg to survive Nazi Germany — has been revived at the Center Theatre Group’s Mark Taper Fom L. “For me, was a brilliant play about the human yearng for love and how irrelevant is if you are a man or a woman or an sect or a dog, ” rells Gere, who often is ced as one of the first big nam to act a gay role.

IS RICHARD GERE GAY? PLAYG A HOMOSEXUAL CHARACTER “BENT” MAK FANS WONR IF HE IS GAY IRL TOO!

“Bee was two gay characters, I did not thk was dangero for me at all.

In the 1979 Broadway productn of Bent, for which he won a Theatre World Award, Richard Gere played a gay Holot survivor, beg one of the first well-known Hollywood actors to do so. Fans wonr if he is gay real life as well, spe the fact that he has gaed notoriety for beg gay on stage.