Bette Midler: ‘Hoc Poc 2’ Don’t Affect Her ‘Gay In’ Stat – Billboard

Contents:

• BETTE MIDLER Q&A: THE GAY INTERVIEW
• WATCH RARE FOOTAGE OF BETTE MIDLER PERFORMG A GAY BATHHOE
• BETTE MIDLER ON HER GAY FANS AND HER ADVICE FOR DRAG QUEENS LOOKG TO PAY TRIBUTE
• BETTE MIDLER ON GAY CULTURE: 'IT'S SORT OF ORDARY NOW'
• WHY THE SANRSON SISTERS OF 'HOC POC' ENDURE AS GAY INS
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AFTER CREATG A POPULAR NIGHTCLUB ACT, SHE EARNED AN AMY AWARD NOMATN FOR HER PERFORMANCE THE ROSE (1979). MIDLER ALSO WON GRAMMYS FOR HER SONGS OM THAT FILM AND OM BEACH (1988) AND GARNERED A SEND OSR NOMATN WH FOR THE BOYS (1991). SHE HAS SCE RELEASED SEVERAL STUD ALBUMS AND STARRED AN ARRAY OF FILM AND STAGE PRODUCTNS, CLUDG THE BROADWAY REVIVAL OF HELLO, DOLLY!, FOR WHICH SHE RECEIVED THE 2017 TONY AWARD FOR BT ACTRS A MIL.EARLY LIFEMIDLER WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 1, 1945, HONOLULU, HAWAII. SHE GREW UP POOR AS THE DGHTER OF A HOE PATER AND A HOMEMAKER. MIDLER AND HER THREE SIBLGS HAD "A HARD-SCRABBLE CHILDHOOD," AS SHE ONCE EXPLAED TO THE NEW YORK TIM. A YOUNG MIDLER FOUND REFUGE HER SURROUNDGS. "THERE WAS A GREAT AL OF SOLACE OM NATURE: THE BETIFUL SKI, THE SEA, THE SMELL OF FLOWERS, ALL THOSE BUGS AND BIRDS," SHE TOLD GOOD HOEKEEPG MAGAZE. A SHY CHILD, MIDLER EVENTUALLY VELOPED THE DRAMATIC ARTS. SHE WON SEVERAL TALENT PETNS AND GRADUATED VALEDICTORIAN OM RADFORD HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE ATTENDG THE UNIVERSY OF HAWAII.EARLY THEATER CAREER AND NIGHTCLUB ACTAFTER STUDYG DRAMA AT THE UNIVERSY OF HAWAII, MIDLER WAS HIRED AS AN EXTRA ON THE FILM ADAPTATN OF JAM MICHENER'S NOVEL HAWAII (1965). SHE THEN CID TO PURSUE HER DREAMS OF BEG A PERFORMER NEW YORK CY. AFTER MOVG THERE, SHE LAND HER FIRST BIG BREAK 1966 WHEN SHE JOED THE ST OF FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. BUT BROADWAY SUCCS ELUD HER, SO SHE SOON FOUND A NEW VENUE FOR HER TALENTS. MIDLER LAND A WEEKEND GIG AT THE CONTENTAL BATHS, A GAY BATHHOE. THERE SHE VELOPED A POPULAR NIGHTCLUB ACT AS A CHANTSE AND PURVEYOR OF OUTRAGEOLY BAWDY IC ROUT, GOG BY THE NAME "THE DIVE MISS M." AT ONE TIME, SHE WAS ACPANIED ON THE PIANO BY THE THEN-UNKNOWN {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BARRY MANILOW. "I WAS JT OUTRAGEO" ON STAGE, MIDLER EXPLAED TO THE ADVOTE. BEFORE LONG, SHE ATTRACTED QUE A FOLLOWG.FIRST ALBUMS AND AWARDSTHE PRINT OF ATLANTIC RERDS, AHMET ERTUGUN, HEARD MIDLER SG AND SIGNED HER TO THE LABEL. HER BUT ALBUM, APTLY TLED THE DIVE MISS M (1972), WENT PLATUM AND WON MIDLER A GRAMMY AWARD FOR BT NEW ARTIST. SHE WENT ON TO RELEASE THE ALBUMS BETTE MIDLER AND SONGS FOR THE NEW DEPRSN 1973 AND 1976, RPECTIVELY. THE SGER ALSO RECEIVED A SPECIAL TONY AWARD 1974 FOR "ADDG LTRE TO THE BROADWAY SEASON" WH HER SERI OF NCERTS. AROUND THIS TIME, SHE WENT ON THE ROAD WH BETTE MIDLER'S CLAMS ON THE HALFSHELF REVUE, A SHOW THAT ALSO RAN ON BROADWAY FOR A FEW WEEKS 1975. MOVI: 'THE ROSE,' 'BEACH' AND 'FOR THE BOYS'MIDLER WENT ON TO MONSTRATE HER ACTG TALENTS THE ROSE (1979), STARRG AS A SELF-STCTIVE ROCK STAR THIS MIL DRAMA. MIDLER GARNERED AN AMY AWARD NOMATN FOR HER PERFORMANCE, WHILE THE FILM SELF WON TWO GOLN GLOB AND A GRAMMY FOR THE TLE SONG. DPE ALL OF THIS ACCLAIM, SHE FOUND HERSELF STGGLG AFTER HER 1982 EDY JXED FLOPPED. MIDLER DIDN'T STAY DOWN FOR LONG, HOWEVER. SHE BOUNCED BACK 1986 WH THE H EDY DOWN AND OUT BEVERLY HILLS, WH NICK NOLTE AND RICHARD DREYFS, AND WH RUTHLS PEOPLE, ALONGSI DANNY DEVO. MORE POPULAR FILMS SOON FOLLOWED, CLUDG THE DRAMA BEACH (1988). MIDLER AND BARBARA HERSHEY PLAY LIFELONG IENDS THE MOVIE, WHICH FEATUR MIDLER'S GRAMMY AWARD-WNG BALLAD "WD BENEATH MY WGS."MIDLER ENJOYED MORE SUCCS ON SCREEN THE 1990S, -STARRG WH WOODY ALLEN SCEN OM A MALL (1991). THAT YEAR SHE ALSO STARRED THE WORLD WAR II MIL DRAMA FOR THE BOYS, FOR WHICH SHE EARNED A SEND OSR NOMATN. RETURNG TO MORE EDIC FARE, SHE TEAMED WH DIANE KEATON AND GOLDIE HAWN TO W OVER DIENC THE FIRST WIV CLUB (1996). LATER FILMS, ALBUMS AND RINCYMIDLER KICKED OFF THE NEW LENNIUM WH HER OWN TELEVISN SERI, BETTE, THOUGH THE SHOW END AFTER JT ONE SEASON. SHE THEN STARRED A REMAKE OF THE 1975 EDIC THRILLER THE STEPFORD WIV (2004), WH NILE KIDMAN AND GLENN CLOSE, FOLLOWED BY THEN SHE FOUND ME (2007), WH HELEN HUNT AND COL FIRTH. MIDLER RERD AN ALBUM OF HOLIDAY SONGS, COOL YULE, 2006. THE ALBUM WAS NOMATED FOR A GRAMMY 2007. THE NEXT YEAR, SHE ANNOUNCED THAT SHE HAD REACHED A AL WH THE ENTERTAMENT PROMOTN PANY AEG LIVE TO BEE THE RINT ARTIST AT THE FAMED LAS VEGAS HOTEL AND SO CAAR'S PALACE. HER SHOW, BETTE MIDLER: THE SHOWGIRL MT GO ON, STARTED FEBARY 2008 AND RAN FOR TWO YEARS.IN 2012, MIDLER WAS HONORED WH THE SAMMY CAHN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT THE SONGWRERS HALL OF FAME. THAT YEAR, SHE ALSO APPEARED THE FAY EDY PARENTAL GUIDANCE, ALONGSI BILLY CRYSTAL.RETURN TO BROADWAY AND 'HELLO, DOLLY!'MIDLER SOON RETURNED TO THE BROADWAY STAGE WH I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WH SUE MENGERS, PLAYG FAMO HOLLYWOOD AGENT SUE MENGERS THIS POPULAR ONE-WOMAN SHOW. IN 2014, SHE SANG AT THE AMY AWARDS, MARKG HER FIRST APPEARANCE AS A PERFORMER AT THIS EVENT, AND LATER RELEASED THE ALBUM IT'S THE GIRLS!, FEATURG VERS OF GIRL-GROUP HS LIKE THE ROT' "BE MY BABY."{--DATA-EMBED-DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;CLEAR:BOTH;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;WIDTH:100%;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{WIDTH:100%;MARG:0 TO 0.9375REM;}} A SPAN{RIGHT:1REM;} IMG{WIDTH:TO;HEIGHT:85VH;} A{DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;POSN:VAR(--POSN, RELATIVE);} IMG:NOT(.EWCW41W1){DISPLAY:BLOCK;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;-WEBK-ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-EM-ALIGN:FLEX-START;ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;}{WIDTH:100%;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-LE-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-LE-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:LE-FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 20REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 30REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 40.625REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;}}{WIDTH:0;M-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-TOP:0.625REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;MARG-BOTTOM:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.4;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTERITALIC,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}BETTE {PADDG-LEFT:0REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;}PHOTO: THEO WARGO/GETTY IMAGSHE RETURNED TO BROADWAY THE 2017 REVIVAL OF HELLO, DOLLY!, STARRG THE LEAD ROLE OF DOLLY GALLAGHER LEVI. 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• NO, BETTE MIDLER DON’T THK SHE NEEDS ‘HOC POC 2’ TO RENEW HER GAY IN STAT: ‘THIS IS GLOBAL, GIRL’

BETTE MIDLER Q&A: THE GAY INTERVIEW

The film, 1979’s “The Rose, ” turned the Hawaii native’s dreams, and her nights performg for half-naked gay men at a New York Cy bathhoe, to a legendary and unniably fluential reer mic – the tle song is one of her biggt hs – and film. Later rol would clu parts “Beach, ” “Hoc Poc” and “The First Wiv Club, ” all of which go down as gay cult classics.

That you’re a gay in. I remember that I had a lot of iends the gay world.

You mentn havg lots of gay iends then, but I’m sure there’s no shortage of them your life now. Of urse I have a lot of gay iends. I will say that the old days when all of this was all so unrground, the excement the gay muny now about gay marriage and g above the ground, olr people (mt) thk, “Wow, look how far the gay muny has e by stickg together and toughg out.

WATCH RARE FOOTAGE OF BETTE MIDLER PERFORMG A GAY BATHHOE

” You know, gay marriage, beg able to adopt children, beg part of the mastream as opposed to always beg sub rosa – mt be so fascatg and such a strong validatn. You’ve really seen the evolutn of the gay rights movement. You were at the foreont of when you got your start, so where do you thk – or where do you hope – the gay movement is head?

BETTE MIDLER ON HER GAY FANS AND HER ADVICE FOR DRAG QUEENS LOOKG TO PAY TRIBUTE

I’m not gay so ’s kd of hard for me to answer that qutn. I jt thk ’s jt fantastic for the gay muny. Where do you stand on the new wave of gay ins?

BETTE MIDLER ON GAY CULTURE: 'IT'S SORT OF ORDARY NOW'

I thk that the gay muny has always liked a certa type, and there are plenty of those around.

But Ale is now nsired a gay in, and I’ve heard you’re a fan of hers. After first appearg on the New York scene off-off-Broadway plays, Midler shot to promence as a gay in when she land a gig sgg the famo Contental Baths and then released wh her but album, "The Dive Miss M.

WHY THE SANRSON SISTERS OF 'HOC POC' ENDURE AS GAY INS

Bette Midler once worked as an entertaer at a gay bathhoe.

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AFTER CREATG A POPULAR NIGHTCLUB ACT, SHE EARNED AN AMY AWARD NOMATN FOR HER PERFORMANCE THE ROSE (1979). MIDLER ALSO WON GRAMMYS FOR HER SONGS OM THAT FILM AND OM BEACH (1988) AND GARNERED A SEND OSR NOMATN WH FOR THE BOYS (1991). SHE HAS SCE RELEASED SEVERAL STUD ALBUMS AND STARRED AN ARRAY OF FILM AND STAGE PRODUCTNS, CLUDG THE BROADWAY REVIVAL OF HELLO, DOLLY!, FOR WHICH SHE RECEIVED THE 2017 TONY AWARD FOR BT ACTRS A MIL.EARLY LIFEMIDLER WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 1, 1945, HONOLULU, HAWAII. SHE GREW UP POOR AS THE DGHTER OF A HOE PATER AND A HOMEMAKER. MIDLER AND HER THREE SIBLGS HAD "A HARD-SCRABBLE CHILDHOOD," AS SHE ONCE EXPLAED TO THE NEW YORK TIM. A YOUNG MIDLER FOUND REFUGE HER SURROUNDGS. "THERE WAS A GREAT AL OF SOLACE OM NATURE: THE BETIFUL SKI, THE SEA, THE SMELL OF FLOWERS, ALL THOSE BUGS AND BIRDS," SHE TOLD GOOD HOEKEEPG MAGAZE. A SHY CHILD, MIDLER EVENTUALLY VELOPED THE DRAMATIC ARTS. SHE WON SEVERAL TALENT PETNS AND GRADUATED VALEDICTORIAN OM RADFORD HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE ATTENDG THE UNIVERSY OF HAWAII.EARLY THEATER CAREER AND NIGHTCLUB ACTAFTER STUDYG DRAMA AT THE UNIVERSY OF HAWAII, MIDLER WAS HIRED AS AN EXTRA ON THE FILM ADAPTATN OF JAM MICHENER'S NOVEL HAWAII (1965). SHE THEN CID TO PURSUE HER DREAMS OF BEG A PERFORMER NEW YORK CY. AFTER MOVG THERE, SHE LAND HER FIRST BIG BREAK 1966 WHEN SHE JOED THE ST OF FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. BUT BROADWAY SUCCS ELUD HER, SO SHE SOON FOUND A NEW VENUE FOR HER TALENTS. MIDLER LAND A WEEKEND GIG AT THE CONTENTAL BATHS, A GAY BATHHOE. THERE SHE VELOPED A POPULAR NIGHTCLUB ACT AS A CHANTSE AND PURVEYOR OF OUTRAGEOLY BAWDY IC ROUT, GOG BY THE NAME "THE DIVE MISS M." AT ONE TIME, SHE WAS ACPANIED ON THE PIANO BY THE THEN-UNKNOWN {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BARRY MANILOW. "I WAS JT OUTRAGEO" ON STAGE, MIDLER EXPLAED TO THE ADVOTE. BEFORE LONG, SHE ATTRACTED QUE A FOLLOWG.FIRST ALBUMS AND AWARDSTHE PRINT OF ATLANTIC RERDS, AHMET ERTUGUN, HEARD MIDLER SG AND SIGNED HER TO THE LABEL. HER BUT ALBUM, APTLY TLED THE DIVE MISS M (1972), WENT PLATUM AND WON MIDLER A GRAMMY AWARD FOR BT NEW ARTIST. SHE WENT ON TO RELEASE THE ALBUMS BETTE MIDLER AND SONGS FOR THE NEW DEPRSN 1973 AND 1976, RPECTIVELY. THE SGER ALSO RECEIVED A SPECIAL TONY AWARD 1974 FOR "ADDG LTRE TO THE BROADWAY SEASON" WH HER SERI OF NCERTS. AROUND THIS TIME, SHE WENT ON THE ROAD WH BETTE MIDLER'S CLAMS ON THE HALFSHELF REVUE, A SHOW THAT ALSO RAN ON BROADWAY FOR A FEW WEEKS 1975. MOVI: 'THE ROSE,' 'BEACH' AND 'FOR THE BOYS'MIDLER WENT ON TO MONSTRATE HER ACTG TALENTS THE ROSE (1979), STARRG AS A SELF-STCTIVE ROCK STAR THIS MIL DRAMA. MIDLER GARNERED AN AMY AWARD NOMATN FOR HER PERFORMANCE, WHILE THE FILM SELF WON TWO GOLN GLOB AND A GRAMMY FOR THE TLE SONG. DPE ALL OF THIS ACCLAIM, SHE FOUND HERSELF STGGLG AFTER HER 1982 EDY JXED FLOPPED. MIDLER DIDN'T STAY DOWN FOR LONG, HOWEVER. SHE BOUNCED BACK 1986 WH THE H EDY DOWN AND OUT BEVERLY HILLS, WH NICK NOLTE AND RICHARD DREYFS, AND WH RUTHLS PEOPLE, ALONGSI DANNY DEVO. MORE POPULAR FILMS SOON FOLLOWED, CLUDG THE DRAMA BEACH (1988). MIDLER AND BARBARA HERSHEY PLAY LIFELONG IENDS THE MOVIE, WHICH FEATUR MIDLER'S GRAMMY AWARD-WNG BALLAD "WD BENEATH MY WGS."MIDLER ENJOYED MORE SUCCS ON SCREEN THE 1990S, -STARRG WH WOODY ALLEN SCEN OM A MALL (1991). THAT YEAR SHE ALSO STARRED THE WORLD WAR II MIL DRAMA FOR THE BOYS, FOR WHICH SHE EARNED A SEND OSR NOMATN. RETURNG TO MORE EDIC FARE, SHE TEAMED WH DIANE KEATON AND GOLDIE HAWN TO W OVER DIENC THE FIRST WIV CLUB (1996). LATER FILMS, ALBUMS AND RINCYMIDLER KICKED OFF THE NEW LENNIUM WH HER OWN TELEVISN SERI, BETTE, THOUGH THE SHOW END AFTER JT ONE SEASON. SHE THEN STARRED A REMAKE OF THE 1975 EDIC THRILLER THE STEPFORD WIV (2004), WH NILE KIDMAN AND GLENN CLOSE, FOLLOWED BY THEN SHE FOUND ME (2007), WH HELEN HUNT AND COL FIRTH. MIDLER RERD AN ALBUM OF HOLIDAY SONGS, COOL YULE, 2006. THE ALBUM WAS NOMATED FOR A GRAMMY 2007. THE NEXT YEAR, SHE ANNOUNCED THAT SHE HAD REACHED A AL WH THE ENTERTAMENT PROMOTN PANY AEG LIVE TO BEE THE RINT ARTIST AT THE FAMED LAS VEGAS HOTEL AND SO CAAR'S PALACE. HER SHOW, BETTE MIDLER: THE SHOWGIRL MT GO ON, STARTED FEBARY 2008 AND RAN FOR TWO YEARS.IN 2012, MIDLER WAS HONORED WH THE SAMMY CAHN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT THE SONGWRERS HALL OF FAME. THAT YEAR, SHE ALSO APPEARED THE FAY EDY PARENTAL GUIDANCE, ALONGSI BILLY CRYSTAL.RETURN TO BROADWAY AND 'HELLO, DOLLY!'MIDLER SOON RETURNED TO THE BROADWAY STAGE WH I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WH SUE MENGERS, PLAYG FAMO HOLLYWOOD AGENT SUE MENGERS THIS POPULAR ONE-WOMAN SHOW. 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HER PERFORMANCE RECEIVED RAVE REVIEWS OM THE CRICS AND EARNED HER A TONY AWARD FOR BT ACTRS A MIL.PERSONAL LIFEMIDLER FOUND THE NEW YORK RTORATN PROJECT 1995. THE NON-PROF ANIZATN HELPS REVALIZE GREEN SPAC LOW-E NEIGHBORHOODS OF NEW YORK CY. SCE BEGAN, SHE AND THE NYRP HAVE PLANTED OVER A LN TRE THE CY.THE LONGTIME ENTERTAER HAS BEEN MARRIED TO ARTIST MART ROCH SEBASTIAN VON HASELBERG SCE 1984 WHEN THEY TIED THE KNOT AT A SMALL CHAPEL PLETE WH AN ELVIS IMPERSONATOR AS OFFICIATOR. THE UPLE HAS A DGHTER NAMED SOPHIE, WHO GRADUATED OM YALE 2008 AND BEME AN {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

One of Bette Midler's biggt jobs as a young performer is not what you may expect — before beg a hoehold name, she was better known by the nickname "Bathhoe Bette" as she worked as an entertaer at the famo Contental Baths, a gay bathhoe Manhattan.

"So my teacher lled me and said, 'This gentleman I know is lookg for an entertaer a gay bathhoe.

"I picked up the gay sense of humor, almost like a sponge. ”"Bette Midler beg a TERF spe gettg her start playg at gay bathho is a remr that beg progrsive is like dog the dish, " queer artist Ro Salarian tweeted Tuday. The Dive Miss M ma her name a gay bathhoe.

NO, BETTE MIDLER DON’T THK SHE NEEDS ‘HOC POC 2’ TO RENEW HER GAY IN STAT: ‘THIS IS GLOBAL, GIRL’

This is the moniker she first ed while workg at a gay bathhoe Manhattan lled the Contental Baths — where, F.

As the "world's most fluential gay club" (via The Guardian), the "nt" bathhoe was often equented by stars like Aled Hchck, Mick Jagger, and Andy Warhol.