New York Tim lumnist, btsellg thor and Pulzer Prize-wner Jam B. Stewart scribed the fg moment of his life —his father's tolerance of his sexualy, his ternal bate over whether to reject his father retributn, and his father's ultimate realizatn that he was wrong — his Depw Universy mencement addrs to 2012 graduat. Said Stewart: "We lived an extend state of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' which was not only strsful, but actually me to seem to me, fundamentallly dishont, and unlovg. And so I took a ep breath, and told him and my mother that I am gay. My mother cried. My father said he loved me. And then he said that he uld never ndone what he nsired an immoral liftyle. No partner of me would ever be wele his home." Watch, AFTER THE JUMP... (via eric edberg)
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- BGRAPHY REVEALS STEWART 'PRUMED GAY'
- PULZER PRIZE-WNG JOURNALIST JAM B. STEWART TELLS DEPW GRADUAT HOW HIS ANTI-GAY FATHER ACCEPTED HIM: VIDEO
BGRAPHY REVEALS STEWART 'PRUMED GAY'
One of Hollywood's most notor womanisers, Jam Stewart, was prumed gay by movie boss bee he was ially so shy wh girls.
Stewart, of urse, was not gay, or even bisexual.
"I had to tell him, 'Jim, if you don't go and give a manly acunt of yourself at least a few tim, Mayer and the others will thk you're gay. If they were exposed as homosexuals, or viants, or ran foul of the law, spelt trouble at the box office and equently end studs and talent agenci such as MCA ran terference where necsary.
PULZER PRIZE-WNG JOURNALIST JAM B. STEWART TELLS DEPW GRADUAT HOW HIS ANTI-GAY FATHER ACCEPTED HIM: VIDEO
In the 1950s, stud publicists played up Montgomery Clift's iendships wh theatre actrs rather than acknowledge that he was gay, jt as they had prevly played up Cary Grant's five marriag (to flect attentn om the beach hoe Grant shared wh fellow actor Randolph lumnists, notably Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, acted as facto spi for the studs, diggg up more dirt than they published, which the studs ed as leverage to prsure their ntract players to behavg themselv. And so I took a ep breath, and told him and my mother that I am gay. Related: 'The Godfather' Hoe Is Up For SaleIn the book, Porter says: "Jam Dean was one of Brando's most lastg yet troubled gay relatnships.
'" Related: Daniel Day-Lewis To Overtake Marlon Brando's Osr Rerd Wh 'Lln' Brandon exprsed his homosexualy his own 1976 tobgraphy, statg: "Like a large number of men, I, too, have had homosexual experienc, and I am not ashamed.