Inic TV producer and host Merv Griff has been exposed for reportedly livg a secret gay life while he was alive. Over the urse of his reer, the TV mogul was sued twice on separate ocsns by two men - one claimg neglect of their relatnship and the other allegg sexual asslt.
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- GAY HISTORY: MERV GRIFF’S BODYGUARD OF LI
- MERV GRIFF REPORTEDLY LED SECRET GAY LIFE SPE A WIFE & SON - MAN CLAIMED ENTERTAER FELL LOVE WH HIM
- 11 HISTORIL FIGUR YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE GAY
GAY HISTORY: MERV GRIFF’S BODYGUARD OF LI
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Merv Griff was gay. * was merv griffin gay *
”But how tremendoly sad is that a man of Merv’s renown, of his gregar nature and social xtery, would feel pelled to endure such a stealthy double life even as the gay muny’s clout, and s levels of acceptance and equaly, rose steadily om the ash of a powerful msage Griff might have sent had he squired his male panns around town rather than Eva Gabor, his longtime good iend and platonic public pal.
MERV GRIFF REPORTEDLY LED SECRET GAY LIFE SPE A WIFE & SON - MAN CLAIMED ENTERTAER FELL LOVE WH HIM
* was merv griffin gay *
Image the amount of good Merv uld have done as a well-rpected, hugely succsful, beloved and uncloseted gay man embodyg a posive image. Around the office, Merv’s beg gay was unrstood but rarely discsed (and certaly never wh him).
We knew nothg of his relatnships bee he guard his privacy fiercely, and we didn’t ’s secret gay life was wily known throughout showbiz culture, if not the wir Ameri. Then aga, Merv rved his niche the entertament world at a time when beg gay wasn’t OK, when disclosure was unthkable and the allegatn alone uld ep-six one’s you’re Griff, why would you thk a judgmental culture would be any more tolerant as you grew to middle and old age?
11 HISTORIL FIGUR YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE GAY
Even the pal of entertament -- a bs where homosexualy isn’t exactly a rare phenomenon -- ’s still spoken of hhed ton or, more often, not at all. " | Photo: Getty ImagGRIFFIN'S SEXUALITY AND DEATHMerv Griff was reportedly gay, and his sexualy was a well-known secret Hollywood.