This always struck me when watching the show. We have this supposed woman-chaser pretending to be a gay man..yet, it did
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SimplemindedSociety — 12 years ago(August 27, 2013 02:26 PM)
'He also played the part of a very convincing, staunch Baptist minister, as "Reverend Fordwick" on The Waltons, in which he "seemed " to really be one. Sooogoing by your idea of "logic" I guess we are also to assume that he was really an extremely religious "holy roller" in his personal life as well, huh?'
'Ormaybe the man was just a fine and versatile actor who was, oh yes acting'.
..here comes the new age "going by your logic"/ "it's called acting" -retort. My comment has nothing to do with his talent.
DO you know what an inside-joke is? Get your comparisons straight & parallel.
The difference is that Ritter does not particulary seem like a reverend in real life, but he did seem gay. I am not referring to him acting gay when Mr. Roper was in his presence in order to fool him, but Ritter in REAL life.
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dbrockskk1 — 10 years ago(September 11, 2015 10:44 AM)
You poor little thing! You're all alone in this! Have you ever thought of getting away from the computer once in awhile? Don't see Brokeback! You can't handle it! I checked your posts. They're 99 percent negative. Do you suffer from clinical depression?
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DrinkFromTheSameFountain — 12 years ago(August 27, 2013 06:53 PM)
As a gay man with a few years under my belt, I can say that never once did I get the impression that John Ritter was gay. I do think that John was definitely of the "lover not a fighter" variety, and I think that's what is confusing to you. I am betting he was a gentle, kind man in real life - a "softie" if you will - but that has nothing to do with one's sexuality. Do you think all gay men are "soft"? Do you think all straight men are, ahem, "tough"? Perhaps overly "self-confident", as you put it?
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kenzie1214 — 12 years ago(September 06, 2013 05:01 PM)
DrinkFromTheSameFountain I agree with you wholeheartedly. I worked with John in 1985 and he was a beautiful, kind man who was always pointing out to people what was great about them. Although he was a little bit Jack Tripper personality wise he was actually very quiet and introspective on some days. He was never inappropriate but was quite a flirt too. Just an all around wonderful person. Sorry for rambling, just so grateful to have known him and so sad he is gone. Blessings to you.
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I_Love_Hutch — 9 years ago(September 17, 2016 08:26 AM)
I get how people might see John Ritter as gay. But in my gut, I don't think that he was gay. I think he was just a total softie and I think that he was probably very much in touch with his feminine side (perhaps more so than his masculine side), and, of course, his most well-known contribution was for portraying lovable Jack Tripper, who pretended to be gay. But I think people read him wrong. My hunch is that John Ritter LOVED the ladies, probably completely preferred women to the company of men.
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rascal67 — 9 years ago(September 17, 2016 06:41 PM)
I would say being a softie and in touch with ones feminine side is a dead giveaway Mr H. I wouldn't say that Ritter was full blown homo, but I wouldn't dismiss any homosexual tendencies as being a flash in the pan. I always felt\sensed this.
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rascal67 — 9 years ago(September 19, 2016 02:09 AM)
It may have been more of an attraction that I had for him, but I wouldn't have sold any homo tendencies he had short. He wouldn't have been "gay" so to speak as full-blown and he does have 3 children: his son Jason is a cutiepie.
If a so-called "straight" actor is playing gay, I find that somewhat condescending. It's as though they are projecting being accepting and tolerant within their own comfort-zone and heterosexual realm; but any staunch het male is not really going to want to acknowledge this, actor or not. It would not be "normal" to them. An actor is pretending and can then use this pretense as a cover for themselves and then the herd think they are such good actors for playing "gay", when they are not really. If an openly gay actor is playing "straight", it wouldn't be taken as seriously. Being gay must be a "serious" thing. Ritter would have been bi.
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barkbarkwoof — 10 years ago(August 23, 2015 11:01 PM)
I think he came off as effeminate. At the time to the general public effeminate=gay. After famous homosexuals either were revealed through contracting HIV or came out the rest of us learned that there really isn't a correlation. I thought he was gay as well and when I came across a credit of his came here out of curiosity about whether nearly 40 year old impressions were correct.
I do understand it really doesn't matter and hope that mannerisms etc as well as orientation will go the way of left handed people are evil.