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- ASK THE EXPERT: IS LOUIE ANRSON GAY?AND DID HE REALLY PAY A BLACKMAILER?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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;}CELEBRIBY BRENT HARTGERMARCH 17, 2011/11:00 {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;}ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - APRIL 13: ACTOR LOUIE ANRSON VISS SIRIXM STUDS TO PROMOTE HIS SHOW "BASKETS" AT SIRIXM STUDS ON APRIL 13, 2018 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAG)BY BRENT HARTGERMARCH 17, 2011 / 11:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ASK THE EXPERT: IS LOUIE ANRSON GAY?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-03-17T15:00:09.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-03-17T15:00:09.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRENT HARTGER","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Q: I WAS WATCHG LOUIE ANRSON ON THE LATE LATE SHOW AND AM CUR TO KNOW IF HE IS GAY. I JT READ ABOUT HIM BEG BLACKMAILED, WHICH HAD ME WONRG. THERE IS SOME NFLICTG RMATN ON THE TER.—{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A: BACK THE LATE 1990S, LOUIE ANRSON WAS BLACKMAILED BY A MAN, RICHARD GORDON, WHO THREATENED TO SAY THAT THE EDIAN HAD PROPOSNED HIM FOR SEX. ANRSON, WHO WAS APPEARG ON THE FAY-IENDLY SHOWS LIFE WH LOUIE AND FAY FD AT THE TIME, PAID THE MAN $100,000. WHEN GORDON SUBSEQUENTLY ME BACK FOR MORE MONEY, ANRSON WENT TO THE THORI, AND EARLY 2000 THE MAN WAS ARRTED AN UNRVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANRSON HAS SCE TALKED VERY OBLIQUELY ABOUT THE WHOLE EPISO, NOT REALLY NYG THAT THE PROPOSN HAPPENED, BUT VAGUELY ATTRIBUTG TO SCE-ROLVED PROBLEMS WH DGS AND ALHOL. WHY DID HE ACQUICE TO THE BLACKMAIL THE FIRST PLACE? HE SAYS HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE SNDAL IMPACTG HIS REER—AND, FACT, THE BLACKMAILER HAD SPECIFILLY MENTNED A LETTER THAT HIS ACCATNS WOULD IMPACT ANRSON’S ASSOCIATN WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M CERTA THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY TRMATIC EVENT FOR ANRSON, AND I N APPRECIATE HOW HE MIGHT WANT TO PUT PLETELY BEHD HIM. I ALSO HATE TO GIVE ANY POWER TO BLACKMAILERS LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS IS ALL A MATTER OF PUBLIC RERD AND WAS WILY WRTEN ABOUT AT THE TIME, SO DON’T SEEM APPROPRIATE TO ME TO ASK THE OBV QUTN: HOW DO ANRSON SELF-INTIFY? DO HE HAVE A ROMANTIC PARTNER HIS LIFE? AS FAR AS I ULD TELL, HE’S NEVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO I DID ASK HIM. BUT HE NEVER RPOND. AND PECIALLY THIS SE, ’S WORTH REMEMBERG THAT AS MUCH I HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK, HE HAS THE RIGHT NOT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRET HARTGER IS AN AFTERELTON WRER AND A YOUNG ADULT {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
- IN MEMORIAM: LOUIE ANRSON’S MARRIED LIFE, GAY RUMORS, FAY AND CAREER
- LOUIE ANRSON’S GAYNS! FAYE DUNAWAY’S HORROR! AND OTHER SIZZLE!
ASK THE EXPERT: IS LOUIE ANRSON GAY?AND DID HE REALLY PAY A BLACKMAILER?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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;}CELEBRIBY BRENT HARTGERMARCH 17, 2011/11:00 {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;}ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - APRIL 13: ACTOR LOUIE ANRSON VISS SIRIXM STUDS TO PROMOTE HIS SHOW "BASKETS" AT SIRIXM STUDS ON APRIL 13, 2018 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY IMAG)BY BRENT HARTGERMARCH 17, 2011 / 11:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ASK THE EXPERT: IS LOUIE ANRSON GAY?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-03-17T15:00:09.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-03-17T15:00:09.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRENT HARTGER","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Q: I WAS WATCHG LOUIE ANRSON ON THE LATE LATE SHOW AND AM CUR TO KNOW IF HE IS GAY. I JT READ ABOUT HIM BEG BLACKMAILED, WHICH HAD ME WONRG. THERE IS SOME NFLICTG RMATN ON THE TER.—{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A: BACK THE LATE 1990S, LOUIE ANRSON WAS BLACKMAILED BY A MAN, RICHARD GORDON, WHO THREATENED TO SAY THAT THE EDIAN HAD PROPOSNED HIM FOR SEX. ANRSON, WHO WAS APPEARG ON THE FAY-IENDLY SHOWS LIFE WH LOUIE AND FAY FD AT THE TIME, PAID THE MAN $100,000. WHEN GORDON SUBSEQUENTLY ME BACK FOR MORE MONEY, ANRSON WENT TO THE THORI, AND EARLY 2000 THE MAN WAS ARRTED AN UNRVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANRSON HAS SCE TALKED VERY OBLIQUELY ABOUT THE WHOLE EPISO, NOT REALLY NYG THAT THE PROPOSN HAPPENED, BUT VAGUELY ATTRIBUTG TO SCE-ROLVED PROBLEMS WH DGS AND ALHOL. WHY DID HE ACQUICE TO THE BLACKMAIL THE FIRST PLACE? HE SAYS HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE SNDAL IMPACTG HIS REER—AND, FACT, THE BLACKMAILER HAD SPECIFILLY MENTNED A LETTER THAT HIS ACCATNS WOULD IMPACT ANRSON’S ASSOCIATN WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M CERTA THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY TRMATIC EVENT FOR ANRSON, AND I N APPRECIATE HOW HE MIGHT WANT TO PUT PLETELY BEHD HIM. I ALSO HATE TO GIVE ANY POWER TO BLACKMAILERS LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS IS ALL A MATTER OF PUBLIC RERD AND WAS WILY WRTEN ABOUT AT THE TIME, SO DON’T SEEM APPROPRIATE TO ME TO ASK THE OBV QUTN: HOW DO ANRSON SELF-INTIFY? DO HE HAVE A ROMANTIC PARTNER HIS LIFE? AS FAR AS I ULD TELL, HE’S NEVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO I DID ASK HIM. BUT HE NEVER RPOND. AND PECIALLY THIS SE, ’S WORTH REMEMBERG THAT AS MUCH I HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK, HE HAS THE RIGHT NOT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRET HARTGER IS AN AFTERELTON WRER AND A YOUNG ADULT {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
Q: I was watchg Louie Anrson on the Late Late Show and am cur to know if he is gay. Two years after their spl, he sat down wh People, where he exprsed his regrets — not for the failed marriage but for the weddg that took place the first the divorce, Anrson kept his personal life close to his Anrson's Gay RumorsIn the late 90s, Anrson was starrg two fay-iendly shows, Life Wh Louie and Fay Fd.
Was he gay? Some ponr, however, the majory claim that he did so to prerve his reer and fan's heart as he appeared two fay-iendly the bate remas equivol, Anrson never nfirmed beg gay.
IN MEMORIAM: LOUIE ANRSON’S MARRIED LIFE, GAY RUMORS, FAY AND CAREER
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To cement his own gayns, Vilanch happens to be wrg the troductn for a book about the makg of the 1981 “gay classic” movie Mommie Deart.
LOUIE ANRSON’S GAYNS! FAYE DUNAWAY’S HORROR! AND OTHER SIZZLE!
GUEST: You don’t have any proof that he is gay.
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Gay/Lbian. Gay(Rumor).