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[silversolitaire]

Hyde Pierce Officially Comes Out

Former Frasier star David Hyde Pierce has revealed he is gay, after keeping his sexuality secret for decades. The actor, who played Dr. Niles Crane in the long-running sitcom, has always refused to talk about his personal life, despite rumos about his sexual orientation. But the 48-year-old has allowed his long-term partner Brian Hargrove's name to be mentioned in an interview on CNN.com. In a paragraph carefully buried in the article, the journalist writes, "Pierce got to Los Angeles in the early 1990s when his partner, actor-writer-producer Brian Hargrove, wanted to write for television." Pierce's spokesperson has since confirmed Hargrove is the star's partner.

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Show of hands, who didn't think Nigel Crane was gay? *g* Okay okay, I realize it's just a character, but even apart from that I always thought Hyde Pierce has always broadcasted certain gay vibes. There must be a reason why basically all characters he plays or voices come off as slightly gay... I think he needs to play a really butch character some day soon... >.>; Anyway, congratulations to you, David! Well done!

Minor non-sequitur: Again, funny how things work out. I'm reading the IMDB news, right? And before this item I just posted was a note about that commemorative coin for The Rise of the Silver Surfer being illegal or something. I randomly realized that I have no clue who the Silver Surfer plays. So I click the link to the movie. I discover that it's Doug Jones. For those of you who don't know, he's the guy who always plays people in tight costumes *g*. Not what you think. He just seems to be really good with it. He played the Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth for example and Abe Sapien in Hellboy. I thought that I have no idea what he looks like and that he must be really skinny or something, so I clicked his link and confirmed that. Very skinny indeed. Btw, by that time I wasn't actually thinking about Hellboy yet. Anyway, as I was clicking through his gallery I suddenly remembered that David Hyde Pierce was doing the voice of Abe Sapien in Hellboy. Haha! Full circle, eh?

Comments

[kribban.livejournal.com]

Okay THIS is the way to come out. Seriously.

Not in over-dramatic exclamations or publicity seeking stunts or, God Forbid, press releases. Just... subtly and matter of fact.

Stylish.

Its Niles Crane, not Nigel

[tzarohell.livejournal.com]

I always admired that he didn't speak about his personal life, so I was a bit "?" at this.. but yeah, its really great the way this was made public. He is such a great guy.

Re: Its Niles Crane, not Nigel

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

D'oh! You see, I have this problem with names. Usually I just remember the first letter (if I'm lucky). And then there are certain names I'll always confuse forever. Nigel/Niles is one of them D:. Like that butler in The Nanny. What's this name? It's one of the two but for the love of God, I have no idea! *g*

Well, the thing with people refusing to talk about their personal life is that in many cases it just sets off even more speculation and people just assume by default that he or she's got something to hide. It's kinda annoying, yeah.

Either way, this was the true gentleman style to do it. No need to go on Oprah and tell the world. Just slip in a factual little comment like that and let the rest of the world come to terms with it. He rocks.

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