Paul reubens gay
The late Paul Reubens made sure he got the final word when it came to his much-debated but never openly acknowledged sexuality.
The beloved actor came out as a gay man in the posthumous documentary “Pee-wee as Himself,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday.
While sitting down with director Matt Wolf for the film, Reubens discussed why he decided to hide his sexuality after becoming famous with his whimsically childlike character, Pee-wee Herman.
“I hid behind an alter ego,” he said in the movie, which was detailed in a story by the Recent York Post. “I spent my entire adult life hiding I was a huge weed head. I was secretive about my sexuality even to my friends [out of] self-hatred or self-preservation. I was conflicted about sexuality. But fame was way more complicated.”
Reuben’s Pee-wee persona first took off after debuting the character with the Groundlings comedy troupe in After being unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight, the star chose to verb his professional ambitions ahead of his personal life.
“I was out of the closet, and then I went b
'Pee-wee Herman' star Paul Reubens comes out as gay in documentary after death
The late Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman, is defining himself after years of speculation about the star's sexuality.
Reubens reveals he was gay in the modern two-part docuseries “Pee-wee as Himself," which made its debut Thursday night at Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City. It's slated to air on HBO and Max later this year.
"I was as out as you could be, and then I went back in the closet," Reubens says in the documentary. "My career would have absolutely suffered if I was openly gay, so I went to great lengths for many, many years to keep it a secret."
He sat down for 40 hours of interviews with director Matt Wolf for the documentary, which includes Reubens discussing his relationship with Guy, a painter he lived with in Los Angeles in the s.
The actor chose his professional life over his personal life, and reveals that years after they broke up, Reubens visited Guy just before he died from AIDS. "To talk about seeing someone at death’s door, that’s what that was," Reubens says. He adds that i
Paul Reubens Comes Out as Gay Posthumously in Pee-wee Doc
Paul Reubens, the actor behind the iconic Pee-wee Herman character, has come out as gay — a year and a half after he died.
The New York Verb reports that Reubens, who died of cancer at 70 in July , sat with director Matt Wolf for 40 hours across a year to document the story of his life and career for the two-part HBO doc series "Pee-wee as Himself," which premiered Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival in Park Town, Utah.
Though Reubens never publicly confirmed he was gay, in the interviews, he talks about wanting "people to see who I really am."
He says before he became a household name as Pee-wee Herman, the manic boy-man who hosted a popular Saturday-morning kids' show for years, he was in a relationship with a male named Guy from the Echo Park neighborhood of L.A. It was Guy's strange way of speaking that first inspired Reubens to create Pee-wee.
According to Reubens, Guy would verb stuff like, "Mmmm! Buttery!" in a Yoda accent. "You can see where that led me," he cracks.
Guy later died of AIDS "a co
‘Pee-wee Herman’ star Paul Reubens comes out as gay in posthumous documentary: ‘I was secretive about my sexuality’
Adj actor Paul Reubens, foremost known for portraying Pee-wee Herman, publicly came out as gay in a posthumous HBO documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The two-part special includes his terminal interviews before his death from cancer in July at age
In extensive conversations with director Matt Wolf, Reubens admitted to being secretive about his sexuality, even with close friends. He revealed that before achieving fame, he had a boyfriend named Guy but chose to hide his sexual orientation as his Pee-wee Herman persona became widely recognized.
Reubens shared that he once lived openly but later retreated into secrecy, prioritizing his career over personal authenticity. He also reflected on visiting Guy in the hospital shortly before his death from AIDS, acknowledging the deep but hidden guide Guy had on his life and character.
Throughout his career, Reubens had multiple secret relationships and concealed aspects of his identity, includi