The Ultimate ladies man. It shocked us all.
The Ultimate ladies man.
It shocked us all.
Late Pee-wee Herman star Paul Reubens came out as gay in a posthumous documentary. “I was secretive about my sexuality,” the actor reportedly said.
The actor known for portraying the iconic Pee-wee Herman TV and movie character came out as gay in his posthumous HBO documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival Thursday night, according to a report by Page Six.
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>Late Pee-wee Herman star Paul Reubens came out as gay in a posthumous documentary. “I was secretive about my sexuality,” the actor reportedly said.
>The actor known for portraying the iconic Pee-wee Herman TV and movie character came out as gay in his posthumous HBO documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival Thursday night, according to a report by Page Six.
>“[It was] self-hatred or self-preservation,” Reubens reportedly told director Matt Wolf in the two-part documentary, adding, “I was conflicted about sexuality. But fame was way more complicated.”
>Reubens — who died in July 2023 at the age of 70 following a private battle with cancer — added that he had been “secretive” about his sexuality, even with his friends.
>“I was out of the closet, and then I went back in the closet,” the Pee-wee’s Big Holiday star said, “I wasn’t pursuing the Paul Reubens career, I was pursuing the Pee-wee Herman career.”
>While the actor never fully came out about his sexuality while he was alive, he reportedly had a boyfriend named Guy — who eventually died from AIDS complications — before his career in Hollywood took off.
>“To talk about seeing someone at death’s door. He probably died a couple hours after that,” Reubens said while recalling visiting Guy in the hospital while he was on his deathbed.
>Reubens also reportedly admitted in the documentary that had gone on to have “many, many secret relationships,” but that he ultimately “hid behind an alter-ego” and never told anyone that he was gay, as he was focused on putting his Hollywood career before his love life.
>“The pressures of concealing Reubens’ true self resulted in a scandal that unraveled his entire career,” Page Six reported, noting an incident in 1991 in which the actor was arrested at an adult movie theater and charged with indecent exposure.
>Reubens also recalled the incident in the documentary, saying, “I kept who I was a secret for a very long time. That really backfired when I got arrested. People had never seen a photo of me other than Pee-wee Herman. And all of a sudden, I had a Charlie Manson mugshot.”
>“I lost control of my anonymity,” he added. “It was devastating.”
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[Source](https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/01/27/pee-wee-herman-star-paul-reubens-comes-out-as-gay-in-posthumous-documentary-i-was-secretive-about-my-sexuality/)
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