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Was Mr. Rogers gay? Wh the 'Won't You Be My Neighbor' documentary g to HBO, Fred Rogers' life has been thst back to the spotlight. The film touch on all aspects of Rogers' life, cludg the mors that he was gay.

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MISTER ROGERS' SURPRISG RELATNSHIP WH HIS GAY COSTAR OFFICER CLEMMONS

"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" was no place for gay people ... so says one of the stars. * mister rogers wife gay *

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. He and Sheridan would amibly divorce 1974 and he would beg livg life as an openly gay man. Rogers ran the gamut, om claims that he had an earlier reer as a Mare sniper or Navy SEAL (he did not serve the ary any pacy), to the accatn that he was a nvicted child molter (no crimal rerd of any kd has e to light), to mblgs that spe a half-century-long marriage to the same woman, he was actually gay (ntrary to all available evince).

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

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

” and my gay ass, gay of the fay, Miss Fay Homosexual had to be like “he was WHAT? Rogers himself was often labeled “a sissy, ” or gay, a rogatory sense. So if they are sayg he’s gay bee...

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

In nversatn wh one of his iends, the openly gay Dr. Then the follow up: "People don't say to me, 'Was he gay, ' but 'Isn't he gay? In other words, 'Isn't he gay?

Rogers' sexualy was briefly discsed the 2018 documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor, but the discsn centered on mors that he was gay. Rogers' Neighborhood and was himself (at the time of the terview) openly gay. Rpondg to the scuttlebutt about Rogers' sexual orientatn, Clemmons said: "First of all, no, he’s not gay.

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

I tell everyone who asks me, ‘No, he’s not gay. I spent enough time wh him that if there was a gay vibe I would have picked up. If you are a long-term relatnship, do you stop beg bisexual+ and “bee” gay or straight pendg on the genr of your partner?

Rogers's Gay, Black Friend François Clemmons Wears Tiaras Now. But Not if You're Gay. "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" was no place for gay people...

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. Now, I want you to know, Franc, that if you're gay, don't matter to me at all.

WAS MR. ROGERS GAY?

"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.

”Followg his directn to not e out as gay, Rogers also enuraged Clemmons to marry a woman. While those clost to him sisted both durg his life and after his ath that he was ed straight, many people still believed the soft-spoken host whose missn life was to teach people to be kr to one another, was homosexual. Rogers gay?

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Mister Rogers Told Co-Star Don't Come Out as Gay, and Marry a Woman .

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