Closeted hollywood actors
This list contains information about gay celebrities who never came out, loosely ranked by fame and popularity. Many successful Hollywood actors are gay. These days, it's common for celebrities to publicly come out as gay in the media, but that wasn't always the case. Several celebrated gay celebrities remained in the closet throughout their entire lives.
Who is the most famous gay celebrity who never came out of the closet? Cary Grant tops this list. Though he was married five times to five different women, many people believed that Cary Grant was actually gay. He lived with actor Randolph Scott on and off for over a decade and he was also rumored to have hired male prostitutes.
Despite his flamboyant stage presence, Liberace never officially came out as gay. He even went so far as to sue a publication for libel when they printed that he was gay. Liberace's friend, Betty White, has stated that the musician was, in fact, homosexual. Other secretly closeted movie stars include Rock Hudson, Anthony Perkins, and Robert Reed.
Are you surprised that any of these LGBT celebrities never pIan McKellen Tells Closeted Actors to Come Out as Gay: &#;Being in the Closet Is Silly. There&#;s No Demand for It. Don&#;t Listen to Your Advisers&#;
Ian McKellen said in a recent interview with The Times of London that he feels sorry for fellow actors who feel fancy they can&#;t come out as gay. The &#;X-Men&#; and &#;Lord of the Rings&#; icon has been one of the most prominent gay actors for decades. He publicly came out in at age 48 during a radio interview on BBC. He is now urging performers to not keep their sexual identity a secret.
“I have never met anybody who came out who regretted it,&#; McKellen said. &#;I feel sorry for any famous person who feels they can’t come out. Being in the closet is silly — there’s no need for it. Don’t listen to your advisers, listen to your heart. Hear to your gay friends who know better. Come out. Acquire into the sunshine.”
McKellen observed that there&#;s never been an openly gay Oscar winner for best actor, nor has there been an openly gay U.K. prime minister or Premier League soccer playe
"I was literally told from the day that I moved to Los Angeles that I could not be gay.”
Coming out as an LGBTQ+ person can be a difficult thing to act and even when they're ready to share their true selves with the world, not everyone is ready to hear it. Many LGBTQ+ celebrities have even felt pressure to stay in the closet despite wanting to be open about their sexuality or gender. And while it seems like Hollywood is completely accepting of the LGBTQ+ community, many of its members verb been made to doubt if they should be out and proud.
These stars admit that everyone from agents to casting directors to other actors have all advised them to stay in the closet at one aim or another. Whether it was to win a new role, gain the public's approval or just sell more tickets, these LGBTQ+ actors have been told that it would be leading for their careers if they hid that part of their lives. Thankfully, they didn't listen.
Despite the pressure of the entertainment industry, these stars are all now out of the closet and living life to the fullest as who they were meant to be.
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Hollywood&#;s Gay Double Standard: Why So Many Actresses Can Come Out, But Young Actors Stay in the Closet
There’s never been a better time to be gay in Hollywood. “Moonlight” won Foremost Picture the same year Kristen Stewart told millions of people on “Saturday Night Live” that she’s “like, so gay dude.” Now in its 10th season, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” boasts two Emmy nominations and ever-increasing ratings. The “Roseanne” reboot has a gender-nonconforming child, and “Love, Simon,” the first major studio film about a gay teenager, is playing in 2, theaters nationwide. It seems everywhere you verb, progress is slowly doing its thing.
So why are so many actors still in the closet?
This week delivered a stark reminder of the real state of affairs, when James Ivory gave a no-holds-barred interview in The Guardian lamenting the lack of full-frontal male nudity in “Call Me By Your Name,” the gay awards film of last year, which earned the Hollywood legend his first Oscar for Best Adapted Sc