Mrs. Garrett Had A Big Gay Husband
Charlotte Rae, the gift to television who played Mrs. Garrett on Facts of Life and the woman who could wear a loose bun like no other, is shopping her memoirs called The Facts of My Life around to the highest bidder and when you're shopping your memoirs around, you usually drop your book's juiciest nugget into the proposal. Page Six read Mrs. Garrett's proposal and they say that in her memoirs she talks about how she felt betrayed when her husband of 25 years told her that he was gay. Mrs. Garrett took the good, she took the bad, but she just couldn't take her husband licking on my ass in a darkened motel room.
Charlotte was married to John Strauss, the late Grammy-winning composer of Amadeus, for 25 years and they had two kids together. Charlotte married John in 1950 and in 1975, he told her that he loved peen and had acted on his love of peen. Since Charlotte Rae is not Kelly Preston and couldn't put on a manufactured smile as her husband licked the tip of another dude's dick, she filed for divorce. Charlotte writes that she was shocked and felt shame over the fact that her husband was gay the entire time:
“First came the shock of what he had done behind my back, then the sting of being deceived for years. All I could feel was the betrayal and, worse than that, my shame. John’s secret confirmed my feelings of inferiority. That I was less than a woman . . . That I didn’t deserve to be loved and valued.”
We as a people have failed when the head bitch in charge of Eastland School for Girls and the owner of Edna's Edibles feels unloved and undervalued. And I can't wait to read the part in Mrs. Garrett's book about how she caught Cousin Geri, Jo and Natalie having a three-way scissor party in Blair's trailer.
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She should do an interview with Michael Musto if she wants her memoir to get good exposure.
If there is a chapter about her love triangle with Gavin McLeod and Fred Rerun Berry, then sign me up for an advance copy.
Perhaps her husband couldn't get past those Fred Flintstone feet she has. I know she can't help it, but those are feet-bricks.
I remember when some critic called it "The Fats of Life." Everyone on the show was gaining weight.
I liked the first season with Molly Ringwald and some other unknowns. Dana Plato was in it then too.
At least Rae is one of the Different Strokes survivors.
HOW COULD SHE NOT KNOW ???
The man looked gayer than a clutch purse on Tony night.
Submitted by Lucifer_Sam on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 5:13pm.
I've never felt the need to see the film Amadeus despite all the acclaim it's received. I began watching it once, but kind of put it aside with disinterest after a few minutes. Still mulling it over. I love Tom Hulce, though.
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Oh, oh, oh, did you ever see him in the movie Parenthood when he played the black sheep of the family with the little biracial son named Kool? I loved him in that.
Submitted by winniwins on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 7:55pm.
Meatblocks- Always! The bowl cut kid is the sitcoms death knell. I had a conversation about this once with a dear friend. We called it " getting Oliver'd" I hated Vicki Stuebing!
Diff'rent Strokes- we got that ginger, Sam
Gimmee A Break- Joey Lawrence
Growing Pains- Leo DiCaprio
Married With Children- Seven
Cosby Show- Raven Symone
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You forgot little flobee Andy on Family Ties!
Lisa Whelchel (allegedly) married a gay man as well. They got divorced last year after 24 years of marriage. And rumor has it that Kim Fields' husband is a closet case as well. What is it about The Facts of Life chicks and gay guys?
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I had no idea about any of this! Thank heavens I read The D to get the important news.
So, Diff't Strokes had a curse in which almost every actor died too soon. Clearly, Facts o' Life had a curse in which actresses marry peen-loving-peen. Sad for both the women and their long-closeted husbands.
Mrs. Garrett!! I think she felt she could finally talk about it now because her ex passed away in 2011. Too bad she never found anyone else, or maybe she did and didn't make it public.
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Meatblocks- Always! The bowl cut kid is the sitcoms death knell. I had a conversation about this once with a dear friend. We called it " getting Oliver'd" I hated Vicki Stuebing!
Diff'rent Strokes- we got that ginger, Sam
Gimmee A Break- Joey Lawrence
Growing Pains- Leo DiCaprio
Married With Children- Seven
Cosby Show- Raven Symone
There was this woman I used to work with, who didn't mind her husband watching gay porn. "When he's done watching he makes love like a god," she would say.
Never underestimate the power of denial.
She never married again. No man ever truly and genuinely loved her and valued her. That is just sad.
Amadeus is one of the gayest films in the history of gaydom. Too many pastels not to mention the pantaloons and obvious cod pieces. It's a total peen fest, in a gay pastel way.
so she and todd bridges are the only survivors od different strokes. weird
Based on the way this woman dressed, I refuse to believe she had a gay guy in her house!
I loved her in the movie Hair, loved the scene where she tries to grab Treat William's ass! Speaking of peen-worship, there's some hot manmeat on view in that flick!
Submitted by winniwins on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 4:42pm.
whoa. almost forgot molly ringwald was on that.
what i remember as the last effort before calling a show dead was when they brought in little kids with mushroom haircuts, from oliver/brady bunch all the way to the late 80's and beyond (lawrence boys had these roles locked). even the love boat douched when they put in steubing's daughter.
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*peddles off in a mint '88 yugo*
I am surprised that she would think she had anything to do with his sexuality and vice versa. Like eye color u r born with it and to me it is sad that still people feel pressured to live a lie.
Lisa Whelchel (allegedly) married a gay man as well. They got divorced last year after 24 years of marriage. And rumor has it that Kim Fields' husband is a closet case as well. What is it about The Facts of Life chicks and gay guys?
"John’s secret confirmed my feelings of inferiority. That I was less than a woman . . . That I didn’t deserve to be loved and valued. That I was stinkfish."
I've never felt the need to see the film Amadeus despite all the acclaim it's received. I began watching it once, but kind of put it aside with disinterest after a few minutes. Still mulling it over. I love Tom Hulce, though.
That must have been so difficult for her to deal with...she had to have some suspicion though....I would think...
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Either work hard, or you might as well quit
Amadeus.
Wasn't that proof enough?
(I kid, it came out after the fact)
Go tell it to Natalie. Or the butch one. She'd understand.
Lol @ Meatblocks. I, too, hated Geri. She was a comedian who mastered the art of awkward and unfunny. Facts stopped being good when Tootie lost the roller skates and they dropped Molly Ringwald.
And there was me thinking that Mozart was the composer of Amadeus.
I suppose if I was forced to snack on Edna's Edibles, I'd be craving for some down-low peen, too.
You make me hate my hips! I hate my hips!
Never mind her, who is the stud standing behind her right, dressed like he was an extra on the Hitch movie...grrrr...woof!
Submitted by Esteem on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 3:36pm.
Thanks!
=8-0 it's almost a whole different language.
Some of them though, just seems like it would be easier to just type the word.
You've been a big help Esteem. (((H)))
I'll not abuse:)
Submitted by Hotmami on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 3:45pm.
Worship the peen!!! I also try to get it every day, but the dude is unfortunately less horny than I.
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*Prays to the saints in heaven for Hotmami to stop being a downright dirty whore*
*holy water for Hotmami*!
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Dark-sided!
My husband would love sex every single day but alas, that does not interest me. However, he gets excellent quality on a pretty regular basis so he's happy with his lot in life. Or at least he has no choice but to be!
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Dark-sided!
@CRAIGY - "WHO IS THIS OLD COW?" right before saying: "1:32 you never ever diss insult other actors, evah"
YOU CAN'T SAY DISS WITH THAT ACCENT!
Thanks for the link
Worship the peen!!! I also try to get it every day, but the dude is unfortunately less horny than I.
And sadly, I am being forced into chastity for a MONTH. Fuck. My. Life.
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I wouldn't even try
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Here is a middle finger for everyone!
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Dark-sided!
I loved when she called Joan Collins a bitch! DIFF'RENT STROKES TO RULE THE WORRRLD.
this marriage also was initiated during McCarthyism. further pressure for broadway and hollywood gays and lesbians to go deeper under cover in addition to the general societal pressures
/part of the reason i'm inclined to believe that she was not quite completely unaware at the start of their marriage...
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
rip torn wore that suit better, edna.
cousin gerri. i hated cousin gerri.
dumbass show was boring enough and then they foisted on us some thick twisted neck handicapped character and we were supposed to laugh like she was actually funny just because some producer felt bad for her (or, god forbid -casting couched her) in her pursuit of being the world's most awkward "comedianne".
"oh, isn't that special".
no it wasn't. i was stuck in on friday and saturday nights watching this lame lame shit (my big sisters controlled the dial & my miserable life).
so, don't anybody "cousin gerri" me ... most of you watched this shit by choice in the 90's/2000's on some cute nostalgia station ... but for some of us others, it was prime-time-all-you-had survival. it was real.
*shudders*
*peddles off in a mint '88 yugo*
Submitted by can be a pushy broad on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 3:17pm.
:D = a huge grin Pushy.
:P = a teasing expression, tongue sticking out, etc.
Look sideways at them. ;-)
http://www.netlingo.com/smileys.php
I never would have thought that Mrs. Garrett's husband was going to be the one to come out on that show...
Louise, LOL missed that completely. To busy admiring her red pant suit. I'm going to dress just like that if I'm around at her age. Elastic waist all the way around.:)ahhhh
Submitted by M.E. on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 3:23pm.
or he loves it and wears chaps for easy access
*M.E. puts "chaps" on birthday gift list*
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
Escandoldo!!! (I really never knew this, which I think is admirable ... that Mrs. Garrett kept this out of the press and continued to have a career, despite making the choice to divorce him. The lies, not the sexual preference, is the problem with both her generation and the one that followed. I believe it is true that the LIES over that long of a marriage, would screw with a person's self image a ton. We've come a long way since the 70s in teaching about both sexual preference and the ethical behavior around having sexual freedom. But only the most educated members of society listened.....liberals. So I think this memoir could be really good.
My vision of world peace: a chicken in every pot, and pot for all us chickens...and weasels.
Submitted by Foxxy Brown on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 3:20pm.
@ M.E. -- BH probably wishes you would. he must really be chapped
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Alrighty then.
She can find comfort in the fact that gay men really appreciate women for their qualities, as opposed to just for sex.
@PersistentCat
no. but i didn't want to write the "i thought she was already..." comment, LOL
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
Submitted by cocoebert on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 3:06pm.
I don't know the deets, obviously, but I try not to judge gays who married way back when. It wasn't exactly easy to be out and proud.
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Agreed, I'm not judging. Also, I don't really care. If that's the juiciest part of her book, it sounds so dull.
Am I the only one that is surprised she's still alive?
@ M.E. -- BH probably wishes you would. he must really be chapped
i generally take Mondays off unless i have a deadline to meet. no deadlines this week. i'm making a few calls, emails, writing a letter or two, worrying about people who are not paying me, little stuff
"Voodoo is forgetting who's the john and who's the whore." MK, 3/20/12
Pushy- look behind her. Styrofoam heads with wigs.
Submitted by can be a pushy broad on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 3:12pm.
cocoebert, Oh I agree on the most part. I remember having a lengthy discussion with 6 guy computer programmers around 1980 and cheating and they all said they'd prefer their wives cheat on them with another man and not a woman. I said, not me, If it were another man, being a gay person, would take any guilt or fault off me.
They all looked at me like I was from Mars.
It was a sign of the times.
My issue is cheating.
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I see. Agreed on the cheating.
M.E., I haven't asked a question on here for awhile.
Is :D a smile face? Thanks, Pushy
M.E., I'm working hahahahahahahahahah
Louise, pretty sure it's her hair. Beautiful IMO
Foxxy - I may be a lot of things, but a cheater is not one of those :D
Am I the only one who's at work today?
I love Charlotte Rae and this is why.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v61IDv6OA4
When you make it to 80 plus you have every right to be a total bitch. Your tired and you can't control anything below the waist.