Was Cesar Romero Gay?
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fsams — 17 years ago(August 19, 2008 05:48 PM)
I find there were many gays and lesbians who were married to the opposite sex to keep up appearances but had affairs with ones of the same sex behind close doors. There were actually gay men and lesbians who would marry one another and help protect one another but were free to have affairs with the same sex.
Some gays still hide behind a marriage, like Patrick Swayze. -
ContinentalOp — 15 years ago(November 28, 2010 05:34 AM)
"I'm now seeing that back then people weren't so innocent as we think"
Would you say the same about heterosexuals? I doubt you would. Why is bisexuality or homosexuality less innocent than heterosexuality in your mind? It isn't. I have known a lot of sweet and innocent gay or bisexual people and a lot of ''guilty'' heterosexual people.
"Namu-myoho-renge-kyo" -
dhhurst — 17 years ago(April 30, 2008 11:44 PM)
Well, not exactly a love affair. That implies there was a relationship and emotions involved. From the account I read, Cesar admitted in an interview (after Desi's death) that they worked together once, and he really was interested and attracted to Desi. When they finally met up for the project they were working on, Desi, who was actually considered to be straight and a womanizer, knew that Cesar wanted him. Desi said something to the effect of "We both know what you want, so let's get it over with." Cesar apparently took the opportunity to provide some "attention" to Desi. One time, and it was over. Cesar said they never spoke of it again and were professional to each other throughout the rest of the project.
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Clothes-Off — 17 years ago(December 06, 2008 01:51 PM)
I, for one, am tired of reading posts by people who have some p[roblem with others inquiring about an actor's sexuality. If it's fair enough to ask whether they were married, it's fair enough to ask about their sexuality.
I'm tired of smug posts from people who act like they are morally superior for being uninterested (if they really are uninterested) to those who
are
interested. It's a valid topic, and only closeted actors with internalized homophobia, or quasi-evil Mel Gibson-types, mind it being discussed.
"Well, for once the rich white man is in control!"
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HarlowMGM — 17 years ago(January 05, 2009 09:47 PM)
I would say 50 percent of the people rumored to be gay in Hollywood aren't but that still leaves a lot of people who are in the other 50 percent. I do believe Cesar Romero was gay but he was extremely discreet and most definately closeted. Did you see that Biography channel special on him. All these very close lady friends of his - all platonic of course - say they presumed he was gay but he never discussed his private life with them no matter how close they were to him. He was by all accounts a nice man and a gentleman to his core.
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maries-dogs — 17 years ago(March 10, 2009 07:01 PM)
I will never understand why people insist on believing that Cesar Romero was gay is it because he never married? There are many people who just have no need for marriage.
I think he loved being with women in his lifetime and maybe didn't want to settle for just one.
No man has ever come forth to say he had a fling with Cesar [as they did with Rock Hudson, Liberace and others] No one will ever really know for sure if he was gay or not WHERE IS THE PROOF? -
JetSoCal — 16 years ago(July 16, 2009 03:59 AM)
maries-dogs, my mother told me she once lived across street from Cesar's house in Brentwood in 1950's and she said she have seen alot of guys visiting his home. She also was told from others who were close to him that he was gay. One time my grandmother was at a restaurant and saw Cesar at a table with all men including one pretty young man who sat next to him. What does that tell you?
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maries-dogs — 16 years ago(July 24, 2009 04:07 AM)
Thanks for replying to my post, but that still tells me very little.
Having men friends visiting at your house or sitting with you at a restaurant is not a clear indication that one is gay. I went out to dinner yesterday and saw a group of men sitting a5b4t one table. and I'm a single woman and have woman friends come to my home quite often and GUESS WHATI'M NOT A LESBIAN!
As for people who knew him, I saw a biograghy on him and the close friends on it said they didn't know one way or the other because he was a very private person who never discussed very personal things. -
mcornett — 16 years ago(October 10, 2009 11:53 AM)
Although I haven't read them, interviews that Romero gave while alive have been published in which he openly discusses his gay life. (He requested that they not be published until after his death.)
I wouldn't put too much stock in 40s movie magazine interviewsthey're about as spontaneous and open and honest as a White House press release. In that time period, most movie magazine "interviews" were carefully stage-managed by studio publicity departments to enhance, or protect, their stars' images. Those same movie magazines had articles about Marlene Dietrich's devotion to her family (in real life, Dietrich was a joyous bisexual with a successful open marriage), or stuff about saintly Loretta Young's adoption of a poor orphan (in reality, Young's "adopted" daughter was her own biological child, fathered by Clark Gable and born out of wedlock, but nobody in Hollywood was fooled because the "adopted" child looked EXACTLY like Loretta, except for her huge ears).
Romero was undeniably discreet in his liaisonsback then, you had to be, because gay rumors could kill a career. Happened to actress Lizabeth Scott, whose named was dragged through a lesbian scandal that ruined her career, and the question of is-she-or-isn't-she is still debated today. George Nader's career was cut short by his own gayness; he languished in Z-grade pictures before moving to Europe where nobody cared. But even today, gay actors are still wary of coming out for fear of career suicide. Many, like Richard Chamberlain, wait until they're retired, but a growing number of younger actors, like Rupert Everett, Neal Patrick Harris, and John Barrowman, are proving that you can have a successful career AND be openly gay.
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