Actor David Hyde Pierce - maybe best known for his role of Niles on "Frasier" - has come out of the closet after an article on CNN today that nonchalantly said:
Pierce got to Los Angeles in the early 1990s when his partner, actor-writer-producer Brian Hargrove, wanted to write for television. A short-lived Norman Lear series, "The Powers That Be" led to "Frasier." And the rest is, well, history…
Pierce has always been extremely private about his personal life and although it was never a big secret in Hollywood that he was gay, he had never made any declaration in public either way. AfterElton.com checked with Pierces management and made sure that the inference was correct.
to be sure that the reference is accurate and was intended, AfterElton.com contacted Pierce's representation, who confirmed that Hargrove is indeed Pierce's life partner. It's interesting that this quiet yet enormous step was taken shortly after Pierce was essentially outed by Michael Musto in his "Glass Closet" article that accompanied Out magazine's controversial "Gay Power List" piece. Is this another situation where a gay celeb was pushed out before he was ready?
I guess it just goes to show you can't judge a book by it's cover. If I had seen an article about David winning some Midwestern tough man competitions or scalping redskins in the Dakotas, sure, I'd believe that no problem. But gay? Wow. I did not see that coming.
How could you POSSIBLY out Michael Musto? He is the most public dick smoking queen I have ever seen. That's like revealing the color of orange juice. On another note, how many times did Daphne on Frasier have to rinse out her mouth after kissing that rump ranger?
HE'S WHAT!
Never would have believed it.
Wow. This "news" and Doogie's self-outing should have a mincing contest over which is the least surprising item ever to see print ever ever ever.
simplesexy, sarcastic, scathing.kitty purr.
I heard Richard Simmons might be gay too.
What's the show in the banner pic? It looks really
entertainingshit. These new toys could befucking wasted on some of the characters herefun.*yawn*
ooooh…fancy comments. i dont know if my heart is going to be able to take it! but now there's too many options…however will i be able to figure this out?
Woohoo a spull checker, finally! Hey, this font is small.
Hello Mr Bump yoo-hoo, over ear
wait…i didn't get a spell checker. are there different levels of fancy? or am i blind?
it's because my avatar is black isn't it?
I was dragged kicking and sreaming to a musical once. It was a horrible. It looked like the above picture. Gay-ass people singing and throwing thier arms around and generally behaving like compete idiots…..and that was just the audiance. Good thing I was so heavily sedated.
no wai
My font is small.
What?! David Hype Pierce is gay?! Frasier's effeminate brother is gay?! Next you're gonna tell me that blonde guy with the gay name from nsync is gay!
>__> Heh, Hype. Funny Freudian slip there.
really, this was about as shocking as ellen's retarded, "yep, i'm gay!" cover. now, "nope, i'm not gay!" would have been a complete cause for alarm. but doogie howser… i'm still reeling over that one. not really, i just wanted to use one of the new gadgets.