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Was Rock Hudson Married
Jim Nabors married Rock Hudson were married to each other.
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Sometimes the most ridiculous rumors are the ones that prove the longest-lived. That is certainly the case with the rumored Nabors-Hudson union, a fabrication that entered popular lore in 1971.
Unlike many bits of celebrity gossip, this tale began as a good-natured in-joke about two men in the entertainment industry whom insiders knew to be homosexual but who remained closeted to the public; a bit of silliness that was not intended to malign either man or be mistaken for fact. No one, it appears, was looking to harm either Hudson or Nabors; this was an instance of playful exuberance taken as dead seriousness.
As Rock Hudson reported about the tale’s origins:
There appears to be a couple of elderly, or middle-aged homosexuals who live in Huntington Beach, which is just down the coast from Los Angeles, who every year give a party, a big party, 500 people or so. And they invite everyone they know. It’s an engraved invitation, and to make it amusing they will say, “You’re cordially invited to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in Huntington Beach.” One year the invitation was, “You are cordially invited to the wedding reception of Rock Hudson and Jim Nabors.” And it went all over the country.
Go all over the country it did. A fan magazine picked up on the invites and ran an item which named no names but alluded to the wedding of two same-sex stars. Other gossipmongers spread the word, including a Chicago disk jockey who described the participants as “sort of the rock of Hollywood” and “a plain guy … just neighbors.” That the joke should have explained itself escaped notice: very few picked up on the idea that hunky Mr. Hudson would hereinafter be known as “Rock Pyle,” once again proving the adage no joke is so obvious that some won’t get it.
The rumor was so prominent that both stars addressed it in the national press and considered filing lawsuits over the matter, with Nabors telling a newspaper syndicate in 1971 that:
[More] recently, [Nabors] and Rock Hudson have been the victims of a vicious, unfounded and unwarranted story linking them with a non-existent homosexual marriage.
“What can I say?” he began. “It’s like a nightmare, a bad dream.”
“It’s so ridiculous, yet so horrible, I really don’t know what to say. Of course, it’s untrue. But how do you convince people of something like that? What do you do about a story as horrible as that?”
The story of Nabors’ supposed affiliation with Hudson began several months ago when a fan magazine carried an article which, without mentioning any names, led readers to believe it was written about Nabors and Hudson.
Nabors confided that his first reaction to the story was to sue for libel and slander, a tactic currently being pursued by Rock Hudson who has reportedly hired a battery of lawyers to gather evidence (or lack of evidence) for a future legal battle.
“But,” he said, “[my manager] talked me out of it.”
“That’s right,” his manager added. “What would we gain?” All it would accomplish would be to draw attention to it. You sue a fan magazine and you get nowhere. Nobody cares and they have ten lawsuits in front of you. It would take years to get it into court, and then, by that time, so what?”
“I haven’t seen Rock Hudson since two seasons ago when he did my television show.”
Nabors shook his head. “As God is my witness, I’ve never done anything to hurt anybody. Why would somebody do something like this to me?”
“I love kids,” he continued, “But I’ve been so busy with my career that I really haven’t given marriage much thought.”
At the same time, Hudson told entertainment reporter Hy Gardner that:
“I heard it from a woman who heard it through her hairdresser. Then all of a sudden I’m getting a lot of mail about the whole stupid situation. It is absolutely preposterous and ridiculous. It has reached such tremendous proportions, there’s really nothing to say. Despite our denials,” Rock said, “some people are going to believe whatever they want to believe. They’ll say ‘B.S.’ or ‘Ah-ha.’
“I heard from time to time that ‘it’ happened in Las Vegas, in London, even right in my own home. The truth is it didn’t happen anywhere!”
Hudson maintained that the prank had destroyed his friendship with Nabors, saying: “I’ll tell you one thing that makes me sad about this, and that’s that Jim Nabors and I are no longer friends. We can’t be seen together.”
Which indeed they couldn’t, lest they add substance to the rumor.
News that Rock Hudson was a homosexual long ago fell into the province of common knowledge, but at the time of the Nabors-Hudson marriage rumor Hudson’s public acknowledgement of his homosexuality was still fifteen years away. Hudson’s short-lived 1955 marriage to secretary Phyllis Gates (which insiders claimed had been arranged by his studio to quell rumors) and other carefully managed publicity efforts were largely successful in deflecting gossip about Hudson’s sexual preferences until the terminally ill actor shattered his lifetime secret by announcing he was dying of AIDS. At that time the media were for the most part ignoring AIDS, viewing the scourge as a phenomenon limited in scope, unnewsworthy, and of no real interest to the public at large. Hudson’s public suffering was a watershed event in the history of the fight against AIDS: overnight the disease suddenly shifted from being an illness some nameless folks occasionally contracted to something that was visibly sapping the life of a beloved movie star.
Although Hudson’s sexual orientation was known among friends and co-workers, the news of it had yet to reach the average person prior to his final days in 1985. Hudson conducted his private life quietly, always fearflu he would be outed as gay, an event he thought would spell the end to his career as a popular leading man. At the time the Nabors “marriage” rumor was floated, he was just beginning what
would prove to be a highly successful run in McMillan and Wife , a series of made-for-TV mystery movies. The character of Police Commissioner Stewart McMillan couldn’t very well be gay, and therefore neither could the actor enlisted to play the role.
Jim Nabors also had his reasons for being perturbed by the rumor, primarily that his homosexuality was still not public knowledge and he already had a tough enough row to hoe in being taken seriously, so any story that poked fun at him worked to undermine his screen credibility. Having made his living in the entertainment industry playing the bumpkin, Nabors was handicapped by a negative and less-than-adult image. His chief claim to fame was as Gomer Pyle, a role originated on The Andy Griffith Show and spun off to its own series, Gomer Pyle, USMC . Pyle was a bumbler, a “gosh, golly, gee” farm boy who was possessed of all the best intentions but rarely turned them into positive results. Thanks to the blurring of the actor with the role, Nabors’ success doomed him to being typecast, as viewers proved unaccepting of him in anything but a Gomer Pyle-type role.
Nabors hosted The Jim Nabors Hour , a television variety show that aired on CBS from 1969-71, but after the rumor about his being wed to Hudson surfaced he didn’t have much of a presence on prime-time television save for occasional guest appearances on other comedy/variety shows. In 1977 he undertook a project that if it didn’t exactly break his “golly gee” image, at least stretched its boundaries: hosting The Jim Nabors Show , a syndicated morning talk show along the lines of the highly successful Dinah Shore Show . Although Nabors garnered a Daytime Emmy nomination as a talk show host, The Jim Nabors Show ran for only a year, and afterwards he largely gave up television work in favor of nightclub appearances, concert performances, and musical theatre.
Although rumors of Nabors’ homosexuality floated about for decades after the 1970s, they were not publicly confirmed until January 2013, when Nabors and his male partner of 38 years, Stan Cadwallader, traveled to Washington (a state which had just legalized same-sex marriage the previous month) to finally tie the knot.
Did the mental image of a bridal-gowned Jim Nabors hinder his career? Well, put it this way: it couldn’t have helped. Neither did similarly titillating thoughts help Hudson, who was then battling to keep knowledge of his sexual orientation quiet lest it wipe out his career.
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22 August 1985 (p. B2).
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Rock Hudson and Phyllis Gates' marriage was the envy of many in the short time it lasted. However, behind the scenes, the couple was involved in bitter blackmails towards each other and hidden sexuality scandals.
Of the legendary actors produced in Hollywood's Golden Age, Rock Hudson is undoubtedly a name that can't be forgotten. Hudson took over the industry with his piercing handsomeness and charm.
He was known as Hollywood's leading hetero heartthrob. However, behind the scenes, Hudson battled with his sexuality, and his secret was taken advantage of by none other than his beloved wife, Phyllis Gates, who also had skeletons in her closet.
Rock Hudson and Phyllis Gates on their wedding day on 09 November, 1955 at Santa Barbara, California | Photo: Getty Images
According to reports , Hudson and Gates first set eyes on each other in October 1954 during a meeting at Henry Wilson's house. Wilson was Hudson's agent while Gates worked as Wilson's secretary.
The two immediately hit it off. The next day, Wilson invited Gates to join him and Hudson for drinks and that was the start of their relationship. The duo began dating, and in time, Gates' social status was elevated.
Rock Hudson and Phyllis Gates attend the Screen Directors Dinner on 02 February, 1957 in Los Angeles,California | Photo: Getty Images
By 1955, Gates had moved into Hudson's Sunset Boulevard, and both their reputations were increasing. However, Hudson struggled with keeping his private life away from the media, who were curious about why he wasn't married.
After much pressure, Hudson proposed to Gates in 1955, and in November that year, the lovebirds tied the knot in Santa Barbara with only four guests, including Wilson. The duo went to Jamaica for their honeymoon.
Soon after the honeymoon and a few years of marriage, there was trouble in paradise as Gates alleged that their sex life was in shambles. She also claimed that Hudson had sudden rage and dark moods.
Rock Hudson and Phyllis Gates pose at home on 01 January, 1955 in Los Angeles, California | Photo: Getty Images
Gates didn't stop there and further claimed she received calls from young men who described themselves as Hudson's fans, but it turns out they were more than fans. By 1958 Gates filed for divorce and received a weekly check of $250 for alimony.
However, before the divorce, the couple was knee-deep in scandals. According to reports, the marriage between Hudson and Gates was arranged by Wilson, who was also gay, to protect the actor.
Before the wedding, a known magazine, Confidential Magazine, was working on an expose to reveal Hudson's sexuality, and Wilson arranged the marriage to cover up his client and friend's track.
Rock Hudson and Phyllis Gates pose at home on 01 January, 1955 in Los Angeles, California | Photo: Getty Images
Gates wrote about this in her memoir, "My Husband, Rock Hudson," and noted the betrayal slighted her. She insinuated that she had no idea the actor, who starred in "Giant" alongside Elizabeth Taylor, was gay.
However, reports suggest that Gates knew about her husband's hidden sexuality and was on board because she was also a lesbian. A 2006 issue of The Advocate Magazine claimed the couple went on double dates with John Carlyle and his boyfriend.
She allegedly joked to her friends that it would be fun to marry "the big gay rock." However, it was more than fun for Gates, who saw other women but hampered on Hudson seeing other men.
A portrait of Rock Hudson against a wooden backdrop on 01 January, 1960 | Photo: Getty Images
Gates even went as far as blackmailing her husband, hiring private investigator Fred Otash to record a conversation between her and Hudson, where she manipulated her husband to confess he was gay.
She used the tape to blackmail Hudson, but the actor didn't fall for her trap, thanks to Wilson, who hired a mob to deal with the people she gave the evidence to. Hudson also played his part by using an incriminating photo to silence Gates.
After their failed marriage, Hudson went on to date stockbroker Lee Garlington, but they kept their relationship secret. However, that wasn't the only secret that haunted his final moments.
A portrait of Rock Hudson on 01 January, 1955 | Photo: Getty Images
The star actor was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1984 but kept it a secret until a year later when his publicist announced it as he was dying from AIDS. At 59 years old, Hudson died from the virus .
The biography "All That Heaven Allows" by Mark Griffin explored his hidden sexuality , battle with the disease, and the impact of his death on raising awareness about the epidemic of AIDS in the biography "All That Heaven Allows" by Mark Griffin.
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