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Richard Chamberlain on being gay
AP ^
| Monday, June 2, 2003
Posted on 06/02/2003 12:38:01 PM PDT by presidio9
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:38 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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More than four decades after he captured women's hearts on television's "Dr. Kildare," Richard Chamberlain decided to reveal his identity as a gay man "because I'm not afraid anymore."
"I'm not a romantic leading man anymore so I don't need to nurture that public image anymore," the 69-year-old Chamberlain said in an interview that aired Sunday on "Dateline NBC."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: gay; homosexual
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posted on
06/02/2003 12:38:02 PM PDT
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
"I love my life just the way it is. I'm proud of my relationship. I'm actually proud of myself," Chamberlain said.At first, I misread this as - I love my wife just the way it is. - and, I got awfully confused.. LOL
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posted on
06/02/2003 12:40:26 PM PDT
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: presidio9
This is a big surprise to....who?
3
posted on
06/02/2003 12:42:43 PM PDT
by
Recovering_Democrat
(I'm SO glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government.)
To: presidio9
NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!
This CAN'T be true! Richard Chamberlain was always the yard stick by whom I measured masculinity and hetrosexuality!!!
My world is crashing in upon itself...
Owl_Eagle
”Guns Before Butter.”
To: presidio9
Maybe it's how he got work in Hollywood.
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posted on
06/02/2003 12:43:05 PM PDT
by
Defiant
(Bush as philosopher: "I-raq, therefore I-ran.")
To: presidio9
That's hilarious! I remember a lot of women talking about how hot he was after "Shogun," and "The Thornbirds." LOL!
To: presidio9
Was anyone else NOT suprised by his coming-out? It's like Rosie O's big announcement...
To: presidio9
Next they'll be telling us Harvey Firestein is gay!
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posted on
06/02/2003 12:44:43 PM PDT
by
GodBlessRonaldReagan
(where is Count Petofi when we need him most?)
To: presidio9
I don't think this is a big secret.
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posted on
06/02/2003 12:44:51 PM PDT
by
RichardW
To: presidio9
Coming out to sell books, no doubt about it. I wonder if he knows Gephardt's daughter?, he's using this issue too, to get votes.
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posted on
06/02/2003 12:45:10 PM PDT
by
Mister Baredog
((They wanted to kill 50,000 of us on 9/11, we will never forget!))
To: Owl_Eagle
It's been on the front pages of supermaket tabloids for years.
To: WellsFargo94
It was just sooooo obvious that he was gay. Not a surprise at all to many.
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posted on
06/02/2003 12:45:39 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Recovering_Democrat
I think we knew before he did.
To: Recovering_Democrat
This is a big surprise to....who?EggsAckley!! And furthermore, who cares??
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posted on
06/02/2003 12:45:51 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
( Midnight at the Oasis)
To: presidio9
"When I grew up, being gay, being a sissy or anything like that, was verboten," said Chamberlain, who lives in Hawaii. Today, it's verboten to say anything against the gay life choice. Remember Senator Santorum?? This coming out will boost your career, Dick.
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posted on
06/02/2003 12:46:02 PM PDT
by
NEWwoman
To: presidio9
Lots of immoral people achieve vocational success. (See Bill Clinton) What does one have to do with the other?
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posted on
06/02/2003 12:46:33 PM PDT
by
RAT Patrol
(Congress can give one American a dollar only by first taking it away from another American. -W.W.)
To: presidio9
Chamberlain may not be a "romantic leading man" anymore but he did a great job in The Thorn Birds in my opinion. If I hadn't known better, I would've been fooled...
I always knew Chamberlain was "gay." As a 10 year old child in L.A., 1960, I went to visit former neighbors in a nearby suburb. Their new neighbor was Dick Chamberlain's brother and his family.
My friend, who was about 9 at the time, informed me that the TV star, her neighbor's brother, was "a queer." That's what they were called then, "queer," never "gay." Gay still meant happy, fun-loving, etc.
So...all through the Dr. Kildare years and so forth I knew the "secret" but I really think a LOT of people always knew it -- that sort of thing doesn't stay well hidden.
Regardless, I wish Chamberlain well and think he should have "come out" long ago.
To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
Yeah right. And so is Nathan Lane.
To: presidio9
At least the guy has minded his own business and never been on a soap box. I don't recall ever seeing his name in anything controversial.
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posted on
06/02/2003 12:47:33 PM PDT
by
lonestar
(Don't mess with Texans)
To: Defiant
Maybe it's how he got work in Hollywood. There may be a lot of truth to that.
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posted on
06/02/2003 12:47:35 PM PDT
by
RAT Patrol
(Congress can give one American a dollar only by first taking it away from another American. -W.W.)
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