Shocked!! Shocked, I tell you!!!

[Peppergirl]

I'm a little late bringing this up, but I was absolutely FLOORED when Ricky Martin came out of the closet a few days ago!!!


Not!!

Seriously, good for you for 'officially' coming out, dude. Rock on! But was *anyone* really shocked by this news?

[Plaidman]

Nope. Nor when lance Bass did. Was when Neil Patrick Harris did though. Completly shocked on that one.

[Stormraven]

Anna Paquin was a little surprising.

[Peppergirl]

Alot of you are probably too young to remember, but the only one I was really shocked about was Robert Reed, aka Mr. Brady from the Brady Bunch.

When he passed away from AIDS in the mid-90s (and later it had come out that he was gay), I was truly surprised.

Some examples that I thought were laughable (in the DUH sense):

Ellen DeGeneres
Rosie O'Donnell
George Michael
Richard Chamberlain
Rock Hudson
Lance Bass


I'll add more later if I think of them...

[Plaidman]

Hmm. I was surprised by George Takei, and David Hyde Pierce. Yeah, I should have known about David, but I was still surprised. Though he died before I really knew him, I still watched Batman TV series, and learning that Joker (Ceser Romolo?) loved men, made me think of Joker in a different light. Surprisenly enough, there quite a few batman stories I've read that had Joker acting that way towards Batman). Oh, and Charles Winchester the THIRD, from Mash, his actor was gay. I forgot his real name, but he played Pengin in an animated Batman movie, and also the russian bear member of SHUSH from Darkwing Duck.

[Hobbs]

Anna Paquin was a little surprising.

She is? O_o

[Plaidman]

She is? O_o

She came out as Bi recently.

[smileyeagle1021]

I'll be honest, Ricky Martin came out surprised me... mainly because I thought he was already out

[Plaidman]

I'll be honest, Ricky Martin came out surprised me... mainly because I thought he was already out

Exactly what my mom said!

[Hobbs]

She came out as Bi recently.

Oh, so not a total loss

[NorthernZel]

Oh, and Charles Winchester the THIRD, from Mash, his actor was gay. I forgot his real name, but he played Pengin in an animated Batman movie, and also the russian bear member of SHUSH from Darkwing Duck.

That would be David Ogden Stiers.

[Plaidman]

Oh, so not a total loss

Nope. Not at all. I'm very willing to watch that. And like, give body rubs. Oh wait.. no. Girls get repulsed by that. Hm. I'll be there to give them water!

That would be David Ogden Stiers.

Thank you! I normally would go to wikipedia, but I was trying to remember on my own seeing as that was my favorite character on MASH.

[Pagan]

Was when Neil Patrick Harris did though. Completly shocked on that one.

Every time I've run into him here (before he came out) my gaydar was always pinging.

Some examples that I thought were laughable (in the DUH sense):

Ellen DeGeneres
Rosie O'Donnell
George Michael
Richard Chamberlain
Rock Hudson
Lance Bass


I'll add more later if I think of them...

Clay Aiken
Adam Lambert
k.d. lang
Sean Hayes
Nathan Lane
Rupert Everett
Stephen Fry
Morrissey

[Plaidman]

You've personally ran into him? Is he as awesome as he seems?

[Fryk]

I was shocked about George Takei, too... inasmuch as I never even knew he HAD genetalia. He just stuck me as asexual, like Paula Poundstone.