Jim Nabors Is Straight, Says Wikipedia Page!

Categories: Gaaaaayyyyyy

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Well, shazam!

Here's what the Wikipedia bio of the Gomer Pyle star and singing friend of Carol Burnett swears is true:

"As he was 'never without a job' for four decades, Nabors has never married: according to him, he was 'really more married to his career.'

"Consequently, he has been the target of rumors alleging he is gay.

"In the 1970s, a rumor began circulating that Nabors and then-closeted actor Rock Hudson were to marry.

"Though supposedly intended as a joke (with the punchline being that Hudson would then be known as 'Rock Pyle'), the rumor was picked up by media and spread across the country.

"Nabors was 'horrified' by the rumor, as he felt that it hindered his ability to portray himself as something other than a comedic character."

Well, whether he's gay or not, Wiki's choice of "alleging" and Jim's use of "horrified" disturbs me.

"Alleging" always sound like we're talking about a crime -- and are the "rumors" really so "horrifying," career-wise?

I mean, is that what stopped Jim Nabors from playing Hamlet?

What's more, the "never without a job" excuse is pretty lame. Plenty of constantly working actors manage to find a spouse.

Even Rock Hudson did, ba-dum-pum.


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wgrapes
wgrapes

My brother-in-law told me that a friend of his was down in Miami years ago and saw Jim Nabor's and a fella walking down the beach hand in hand.I think he probably is gay.He and his partner of 38 years just married a couple weeks ago in Seattle.I'm only guessing, he's gay

sixdegrees.rising
sixdegrees.rising

It's wikipedia. If you don't think it's fairly written, then just change it. Duh. Lazy people.

exackerly
exackerly topcommenter

Seems like the "Hawaii strategy" was very popular -- Richard Chamberlain did the same thing. For Raymond Burr it was Fiji. Live with your lover on a remote island where nobody gives a shit, and the papparazzi can't get to you.

Adelite1957
Adelite1957

Does it matter either way I love Jim Nabors Marriage is a piece of paper to torcher your poartner with I would be with him

MaryWaterton
MaryWaterton

The fags their fag wannabe semi-straight friends are always quick to slander someone by claiming they are "gay". Wise up. Not everybody wants to participate in your filthy lifestyle.

Movielover
Movielover

Always assumed Jim was gay.  Loved the Gomer episode when he "saucer and blows" coffee for a ranking visitor.  I bet he's well practiced in the art of saucer (and especially) blow.  I always thought he was sexy looking but that Gomer voice he did was NOT sexy atal.

Melinda9
Melinda9

The marriage to Rock Hudson was a rumor that started as a joke - okay, except who would bother to link two random people to produce an unfunny and stupid punchline (Rock Pyle?)

Savannah Montgomery
Savannah Montgomery

Everyone...it was the height of the fad at the time..."if [fill in the blank] married...just like photoshopped pics..were.  End of story...it went viral at the time when that word meant a disease.

Guest
Guest

Well, being outed as gay could be the death of his career. *straightface*

I always thought Barney and Goober were gay, too. There was a reason Otis came and locked himself in Barney's cell every once in a while.

Movielover
Movielover

Andy was quite sexy in the movie, A Face in the Crowd.  He played a butch hick and he was hot.  Like Fred MacMurray was hot in Double Indemnity before he played the sexless dad in My 3 Sons (Robbie, the oldest son, was hot too!).

j
j

My parents moved our family from Indianapolis to suburban Chicago in the 1970s. Although neither were native Hoosiers, they always held a sentimental yen for the years we lived in Indiana. Years later, when both had retired, I'd visit their Evanston home every Memorial Day weekend to relish them enjoying Jim Nabors on TV, singing "Back Home Again in Indiana" prior to the start of the Indianapolis 500 auto race. 

That said, I can never hate Jim Nabors for any reason.

Melinda9
Melinda9

So he decided to pretend like it never happened and kick Rock to the curb.

Dr. Acula
Dr. Acula

I always thought Gomer and Sgt. Carter had a thing going on.

Movielover
Movielover

That would be some S&M action, Sgt. Carter barking orders of sexy tasks to be done.

La Grand Puta
La Grand Puta

Funny, it sounds strikingly similar to the things the regular media says about Tyler Perry. Wikipedia just says that "Tyler Perry remains unmarried."

Southern Dave
Southern Dave

All together now ...

"Who is the sister in your Nabor-hood..."

NotMe
NotMe

And Mr. Barry Diller wants you to know that all those rumors about him are false, and he has never smoked zee pole (which may come as a surprise to a few who were on the other end).

Rolph
Rolph

WHAT WERE HIS CHANCES OF GETT9ING SERIOUS ROLES ANYWAY??? I mean did anyone ever consider him for Macbeth?

parker
parker

To gooooollllyyyyyy or not goooolllllyyyyyy.

DavidE
DavidE

"Goooolllly!  Never did know the old man had so much blood in im!"

Rabbit
Rabbit

How "horrifying." Too bad he wasn't accused of being an arsonist - at least there's pride of manhood in that!

jonster
jonster

Oh definitely.  Either he or his manager wrote that Wiki piece.  I remember seeing him in his Rolls Royce convertible in a gas station in Beverly Hills checking out pedestrians.  Maybe we'll be graced with one of those "my career is in the toilet tell-alls," like Dick Chamberlain and Tab Hunter, wherein they confess their "horrifying" secrets to an audience who knew it all along.

Guest
Guest

that is awesome! that is the kind of celebrity I really want to see. I saw Jane Russell once at a restaurant in Sedona and that was pretty cool but Gomer Pyle in Beverly Hills wins.

Rolph
Rolph

The year is 2011 and this is how Nabors is spinning this now. I think it's interesting.

Guest
Guest

what year is this?

Midge
Midge

You can actually re-read that and deduce that Nabors IS gay and just (a) never found a mate because he's busy and (b) Is horrified by the rumors--because they're true!!

mjm
mjm

same thing w/ Neil Sedaka and Barry Manilow.

Movielover
Movielover

You must be chesting.  Barry Manilow is not out?  I bet Bette Midler would get a laugh out of that!

bsomers
bsomers

Neil Sedaka is married, unless he divorced privately, and is a big-time gay.  As for Barry, he will come out if he ever writes a book.  His young male Hispanic "escorts" and his recent Botox are embarrassing.

Movielover
Movielover

I don't know if I saw his botox (last time I saw him was on Will & Grace a few years ago) but what's embarrassing about escorts?!  That's exactly what horny older men who want some young flesh SHOULD do rather than trying to convince himself (and the young flesh) that it's love.

Musto
Musto

PS: Thanks to datalounge for the tip.

Derbingle
Derbingle

Well, Wiki's choice of words is probably Nabors', since he probably wrote  all that.

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