Pay for gay actors

Moral of the story?. With Hollywood darling Jacob Elordi set to star in a gay drama titled “On Swift Horses,” Drew Starkey playing queer in “Queer” and Sydney Sweeney’s upcoming portrayal of famed lesbian boxer Christy Martin, the “Gay for Pay” phenomenon has seemingly no end in sight.

The character was so popular that he was given his own spin-off, Gomer Pyle, U. He continued to work in television and picking up the occasional small movie roleand eventually settled down in Hawaii on a macadamia plantation. Before the actress started dating Ellen DeGeneres in who she eventually marriedshe was very quiet about her sexuality.

Where to Stream: Arrested Development. Ellen Page earned an Oscar nomination for her breakout role as a pregnant teenager who must deal with the pressures from her boyfriend, her parents, and the couple who wish to adopt her baby.

Gay-for-pay describes male or female actors, pornographic stars, or other sex workers who profess to be heterosexual but who are paid to act or perform as homosexual professionally. But one thing is certain: none of this has stopped queer performers from playing straight when necessary — and doing so successfully.

Here are some of the Hollywood stars who have gone 'gay for pay' as well as some of the out gay actors playing it straight. Like what you see? McGillis dated both men and women marrying two men before finally coming out publicly as a lesbian inacknowledging that she struggled for years with her sexuality.

Follow Decider on Facebook and Twitter to join the conversation, and sign up for our email newsletters to be the first to know about streaming movies and TV news! It came as a major surprise, of course, to many of his fans, who knew him best as the heartthrob who starred in numerous romantic comedies alongside Doris Day, particularly the romp Pillow Talk.

Singer and comedian Jim Nabors was discovered by Andy Griffith, who quickly brought him onto his eponymous show as the dimwitted, yet kind-hearted, Gomer Pyle. Inhe surprised everyone by announcing his marriage to his partner of 38 years.

Pay Ten Gay Actors

Beyond the insufferable show business politics, performers must also decide how much of their personal lives should be private. Her costars on Ally McBeal did not know she was a lesbian until tabloids revealed she was dating singer Francesca Gregorini the step-daughter of Ringo Starr.

Click to copy. Before she was known for her starring role in numerous made-for-TV movies about psychopathic, spurned women, Meredith Baxter charmed audiences for seven seasons as Elyse Keaton on the popular NBC sitcom Family Ties. Tags Decider Lists.