Gordon Thomson Comes Out As Gay

I don't even remember him.

That is such OLD NEWS cause he pinged off the scales, just wondering what took him so long as he is pushing 60!

In the heyday 80s his companion was fag hag actress Linda Thorson (Julia OLTL) so that was a dead giveaway back in the 80s.

Such an exciting news!

I remember as a young gayling watching him on "Dynasty" and thinking that guy is gay and is trying to play straight.

dozens of photos of Gordon Thompson and his beard Linda Thorson

Wow, I never would've guessed.

I'm shocked!

[quote] just wondering what took him so long as he is pushing 60

he's actually 72

In his heyday.

I wish I knew somebody who watch dynasty, so I can discuss this with them

Gordon Thompson takes a shot at Matthew Bomer

Thomson says that out actor Matt Bomer, who he thinks is extraordinarily good-looking and talented, has the latitude to be open “because he has a rich, successful husband. He doesn’t need his work to live,” as Thomson did and still does.

[quote]“When I was growing up it [homosexuality] was a crime, and then classified as a mental illness. It was not until Pierre Trudeau was prime minister of Canada when I was 23, 24 years old, did it cease being a crime, and it was not until I was nearly 30 that it stopped being classified as a mental illness in the U.S. So you’re dealing with that. And the shame, the breathtaking lack of self-esteem, has only just begun to seep out of my soul.”

I find this to be a very thoughtful quote although I know it'll be bashed on DL.

That interview is very sad. Reminded me of when Winchester from MASH came out. Old bitter queens who are sad that the world passed them by.....

On Ryan's Hope, he had more chemistry with the sarcophagus that he did with beauty Karen Morris Gowdy.

He couldn't exactly come out during the show because that's when the whole AIDS thing blew up. Read one of Joan Collins's autobiographies in which she talks about the paranoia and hysteria when Linda Evans had to do a kissing scene with guest star Rock Hudson. Back then, people thought you could get AIDS from a kiss or even using the same hairbrush.

the full interview

Before we talked about his sexuality, this reporter had asked Thomson what he made of Steven’s nine years of gay-one-minute, straight-the-next oscillating sexuality. It was both a radical prime-time character, and a puzzling, inconsistently written one. “I thought it was bullshit,” Thomson says. “At the time, the AIDS crisis had a lot to do with pressure on the network. I know that Al Corley quit because he felt they were not allowing him to play the part honestly. And they weren’t. “I was very impressed to hear him say that as Steven when he met his boyfriend they would only allow them to shake hands. He left the show because he thought that was crap, and of course it was.

.....

“Richard Chamberlain (Dr. Kildare, The Thorn Birds), who I know very slightly, had what I think was the right attitude to it. If you look like a leading man, why bother coming out? You don’t have to. The fact is half your audience is women and most of those women are straight, and this is who you are playing to especially with a show like Dynasty, or a soap opera. “You’re also a source of fantasy. Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi are wonderful people, but pardon me, how many audience members fantasize about fucking either one of them? Really. It had a lot to do with what you looked like, I’m afraid.

However much he has come to terms with his sexuality, Thomson says, a residue of shame will remain part of who he is. “I am OK, but what has changed about me inside is not enough, and never will be because of my background. I went to private school. My father went there. He was an absolute dishonorable cunt, not a nice man. The school has a really restrictive, all-boys atmosphere.

“I didn’t have any sexual sense until I was 12 or 13. My older brother recently told me when he had his first wet dream he thought, ‘What is wrong with me?’ Nobody had told him, he thought, ‘What is this stuff?’ Hopefully parenting has improved.”

I ask Thomson if he has ever had a boyfriend. “I did have a partner, though not successfully—sadly, ultimately, because of my lack of self-esteem,” he replies.

...

I ask if Thomson thinks Hollywood still has “a closet problem”; is it still a place where actors are reticent about coming out? “Without question, absolutely,” says Thomson, and gives the example of a show he recently shot, playing the father of the hero character. “The ‘vibe’ on that set—sorry I hate that word but that’s what it was—was so heterosexual. I didn’t want to say, ‘Guess what everybody, the guy playing the father is gay.’ If I had there would have been a slight shift away which I wasn’t ready to deal with.”

Was there anyone left who DIDNT know?

And to compare his looks to Richard Chamberlain's and then throw Ian Mckellan under the bus for not having them in the same sentence... the audacity!

R19 = Ian.

Yes it's me lad, how did you know?

He's gayer than me and I am the gay 80s go to guy

Joan inadvertantly outed him years ago.

She gave an interview about Dynasty and was talking about him joining the cast. She said (I'm paraphrasing): Oh he was so handsome, all the women fancied him, but of course no-one stood a chance because he's ...[sudden stop] er... was already in a relationship [looks around furtively, change subject].

It's on youtube somewhere.

[quote] but of course no-one stood a chance because he's ...[sudden stop] er... was already in a relationship

She was referring to her fellow Brit fag hag Linda Thorson who was Gordon's beard back then

He's not wrong about McKellen and Jacobi.

I applaud anyone who comes out - how will things change if people don't - but actors have a harder time of it if they're romantic leads.

Linda Thorson is a Canuck.

R26 you are right my mistake.

Both Gordon and Linda are Canuks

He's sounds like a generally unhappy man.

Many gay stars or former stars, handsome or not, lead full happy lives. Full of friends and love and sex and relationships.

I'm sorry, but I'm going to send him a Gurl, please AND an eye roll, in fact.

Was this interview before or after he came out?

you don't often hear 'stars' casually talk about their parents like this:-

[quote]I am OK, but what has changed about me inside is not enough, and never will be because of my background. I went to private school. My father went there. He was an absolute dishonorable cunt, not a nice man.

This is where his problems lie. Some, at least.

I was surprised to learn he was Canadian. The name should have made it obvious in retrospect. Is there a more Canadian name than Gordon Thomson?

His interview was a great read about being a closeted actor, Dynasty, his costars, and the production behind the hit show. Gordon Thompson is honest and forthright. He talks openly about his own struggles.

Every time I watch clips from the 80s, I cringe at men's hairstyles. What in hell were we thinking?

[quote]Every time I watch clips from the 80s, I cringe at men's hairstyles. What in hell were we thinking?

I'm sure the 'styles' of today - hair and otherwise will look just as freaky in 30 years.

Has cunt Joan commented yet?

"I’m 72 looking 60.”

Oh, if anyone in the history of ever belongs at the Datalounge, it's Mr. Gordon Thomson.

Wow, he shits on just about everyone.

He wins the Bitter Queen of the Decade award, for sure.

Gordon, you really need to hook up with Rupert Everett - you're made for each other!

[quote]just wondering what took him so long as he is pushing 60

[quote]he's actually 72

So he's pushing 60 from the other side then.

His comments about Ian are really catty. Ian is not unattractive. Gordon isn't exactly Richard Chamberlain himself.

'm not shock at all. I remember Nancy Lee Grahn saying that out of the three actors who played Mason on Santa Barbra only one was straight. Terry Lester, Gordon Thomson and Lane Davies. Well she dated Lane so it was not hard to figure out who was gay. OTT: I remember it being in the Star magazines. I could be wrong but I do remember reading it, she said at the time it was a joke.

Sad man. Agree that people have to come out in their own time.

But Ian McKellan is his peer (at 78, he is only six years older) .......... Ian came out around thirty years ago and his career is really not too shabby at all.

If Gordon got the better looks, Ian got more talent.

Thomson's sexuality is no big surprise. Glad he is still getting some work, but he was always an overacting weak link on Dynasty with the same story over and over ..........jealous of Jeff, jealous of Stephen, jealous of Blake, etc ..............and he was paired with the worst female characters ..........Kirby, Claudia, Dana.

I can't wait to break out the popcorn for the Dynasty reboot. I'm expecting shit, so won't be too disappointed. Gordon sounds jealous he wasn't asked to appear. He could've played Joseph this time around.

Later this week The Daily Beast will have interviews with John James and Kathleen Beller as well. I'll be interested in what they have to say.

Used to see him cruising the steam room and jacuzzi at the Sports Connection all the time back in the early 90's. So, that's what he means in the interview about the gym and cell phones now and how he could not have gone to the gym back then.

Sweet goodness, color me surprised!!!

Ride it Gordon!

Grab tight and ride it, hunty!

The interview in The Guardian was hard to read, confusing. Thompson has his filter off and seems bitter and angry, it seems he was that way when he was young as well based on the interview.

Gordon Comes Out...the sky is blue,shit stinks and the Earth revolves around the Sun. What a non fact. GT was the gayest thing in the 80s next to Ms Richard Simmons......

Geez, so many of you see coming out as a black and white issue. Go easy on the guy. Not everyone is able to admit to the world or themselves that they're gay, or lives in a gay ghetto where it's easier to be yourself. The media makes it seem so easy, but for those of us from conservative backgrounds, it's still a difficult issue to deal with. It has little to do with cowardice.

If everyone "came out in their own time", we'd still be getting lobotomized. Brave people came out and took the risks. Some TV guy worrying about his 6 figure salary is hardly making a choice based on what's possible, just on his own greed.

He sounds like such a loser. Imagine being 72 and have had only one, failed relationship. "The times were different" doesn't cut it. He's very abnormal even compared to other gay men his age.

R50 Most bottoms who are single after 30 will also be single in their 70s, assuming they live that long.

In his mind, the times were too difficult to come out in .............unless you were less attractive like Ian or Derek.

Queen, please ................ own your choice and don't blame it on 'the times'. Gay men were DYING while you were hiding in shame.

Wasn't Sondheim's first LTR post 60? Is he a loser? I think it's more pathetic to throw stones in that regard.

Yes gay men were dying. Might that have fueled his shame?

It fueled his desire too keep getting Dynasty money. He could have stood with the gay community at a time when that was desperately needed, but he made his choice. $$$$.

[quote] he also had a huge dick on stage

Dear god, what happened to it when he was offstage?

I think that was a reference to Patrick Stewart.

Refresh my memory ---- did Dana (Adam's wife, played by Leann Hunley) appear in the Dynasty reunion with the recast Adam ??

Gordon is all sour grapes about the reboot because it isn't a continuation of the original where geezer Gordon can be the governor of Colorado, while the babies and kid of the original series are cast as the next generation.

They tried that with both the Dallas and Melrose place reboots, with short term results. If the new Dynasty lasts a season or two, that is really no worse than those two reboots.

Gordon can play Angela Channing in the Falcon Crest reboot.

Isn't it ironic he played Adam who got to sneer at gay Steven? Those who didn't live through those repressive times wouldn't really understand what he's talking about. Back then anyone can spew hate about gay people with near impunity. Straight allies were not a real force back then. That's the kind of environment the deplorables are dying to bring back.

So a lot of the comments on this thread are exactly why Famous men who are Closeted take so long to come out.

I have never read a thread on Datalounge where a famous person coming out isn't ripped apart by half the thread.

They didn't come out soon enough. They weren't good looking enough. They were an embarrassment. They never said enough. They weren't masculine enough. They are too bitter. They are hiding behind their wealth. They should have come out at 18 and been straight acting, a football jock , the perfect Gay candidate.

You know what ,he didn't have to come out at all. He doesn't owe the Gay world a cent and given the hate he has received here, perhaps it is a surprise to be on reply 61 when he is so disliked.

Did you have the perfect coming out? Did everyone say omg you are so straight and here you are gay leading man at 18 and no one cares and everyone loves you and the Gay world loves you and we are living in a word of AIDS and Ronald Reagan and yet your career is going from strength to strength?

Grow up

To be fair, this is DL.

The only threads where the subjects don't get ripped apart are about old actresses.

Call me when John James comes out.

Who?

"I’m 72 looking 60.”

Funny. I'm 60 looking 72.

He's such a bitch about Joan. Hope she doesn't read it.

What a delightfully cunty interview.

Fake Adam.

Sad.

ITA with R61. Let him be. Such judgemental queens.

Who's the artistic director he didn't fuck?

R58 no LeAnn Hunley as Dana on the reunion movie. The reunion sucked partly due to Thomson not being in it. Thomson sued Aaron Spelling because he wasn’t able to do the reunion due to the scheduling with the soap he was doing Santa Barbara at the time.

He was great on Dynasty and had a dark almost unhinged quality to Adam especially in his first years on the show.

Glad he came out. Wish him the best.

What does he mean... he never wants to have a partner.

Does he just have one night stands or meaningless glory hole situations?

That has got to be weird that he was gay and Steven Carrington was gay and Adam was the sicko hetero.

IT was Santa Barabara not Ryan's Hope, I don't think he was ever in Ryan's Hope.

He was on Ryan's Hope too.

Kenw him when he was on Santa Barbara. He fucked many an extra and day player - hung like a mule..I remember once he fucked this hot extra before a party scene was shot and when they went to tape the scene the extra had to leave..he was so disheveled...lol.

I see no problem with leading men staying closeted for the sake of their work to be seen as that fantasy for women, but once you are 50, come out already.

I'm sorry, I wasn't aware Gordon Thomson was ever in. (I guess I never saw him swanning around with Linda Thorson.)

He ain't pushing 60, he's dragging it around behind him.

He must be a DLer -- his guttersniping about Matt Bomer would fit right in here.

I remember back in the 80s, there was a not-so-blind item (maybe it was in the Hollywood Kids, can't remember) about a birthday party for himself that Gordon hosted on a yacht. It was all male guests. He pretty much stayed on his knees the entire time, and sucked off anyone who wanted it, which was almost everyone.

He said Matt Bomer is talented. He wouldn't be able to get away with that opinion on DL.

Was Linda Thorson the common law wife to whom he refers? Didn't she have a TV host husband in the 80s? When did they split?

Linda Thorson was married to NYC talk show host Bill Boggs, who was hot back in the early 1980s.

I loved his voice

....

He's older than me by about twenty years but I can identify with his remarks about his generation. I hope I'm not that bitter and I am first to admit I wish I had been more courageous and earlier, but I understand where he's coming from. He's speaking very honestly, which isn't always easy or pleasant to hear. That's why people lie so much. It's just easier.

He was a great villian. Always with the cocktails. My brother went through this stage of cocktail hour and I used to refer to him as Adam Carrington.

R12, Trudeau. Sr. was/is my idol. A god.

Just watch me-

He first came to my attention on Ryan's Hope. He pinged from the get-go. Anyone who wasn't deaf, dumb, or blind could tell he was gay.

R43, he hit on me in the sauna at Sports Connection. He asked if I wanted to go to the top of the parking structure which I declined. When I was little watching him on Dynasty I always had a crush on him. If he had asked me to go back to his place, I'd have gone in a second.

Ooh-good gossip

I hope he never hooked up with Paul Keenan, who played Tony the stable boy.

[quote]Who's the artistic director he didn't fuck?

I'm assuming Jean Gascon, based on the timeframe (and the fact that Robin Phillips, who replaced Gascon, was quite a looker).

tour-de-force

That was a body blow?

R61 No, YOU grow up and go fuck yourself.

I came out at 18 in a small southern town. From an evangelical family. So don't lecture me or anyone else on how these rich TV actors 'couldn't' come out, and how anyone who dares to criticize them is a bad person. I came out because a kid was being bullied in my school, and I wanted to support him. I was a popular kid, and I could have kept my mouth shut, but I didn't. I never regretted it. So STOP.

Stop? This guy clearly lives to act, probably to get away from himself as much as possible, and that's sad. I don't blame him for not wanting to give up what drives him.

I applaud everyone who comes out but it's not a competition. I hate that oppression olympics shit.

Wasn't Linda Thorson the poor man's Diana Rigg? (As in the lesser sidekick on "The Avengers"?)

No, that was Julie Stevens.

R95 Oh shut up. You're the kind of enabler that kept us stuck in the dark ages. You probably secretly voted for Shitler.

What was your line of business post HS/College? Did being out influence your choice for line of work?

Your natural warmth and compassion shines, R98. I'm surprised to find you posting here tonight and not out with your many friends or pillow talking with your loving husband.

r78 that was not Gordon that Was Anthony Hamilton and it was not blow jobs...he had a birthday party where he was nude on all fours and made Dawson's 50 load weekend look like a trip to the 7-11

"...actors have a harder time of it if they're romantic leads."

I should think so!

Some remarkably uncharitable comments here.

He should write a book! Just about his gay sex life from the age of 25 to 45.

R94 your point? Everyone has a story. Everyone has a side. You were the popular kid from a Sourhern town who comes out because of bullying you saw.

That is good and noble. Why didn't you come out before seeing someone bullied? Would you have come out if you hadn't seen someone bullied?

You did the right thing.

But you are not an actor on a TV show , who is not known for their acting but their looks,at a time when the most major Movie actor came out when he was dying of AIDS , was Rock Hudson. The reaction to his death put famous actors in the closet for years after.

The fact you are on a gossip site discussing people's sexuality and a thread discussing a Dynasty actor doesnt exactly imbue me with a sense that all of your life decisions are pure of heart. So give the guy a break.

The Angel Gabriel may have come to you and led you to the perfect coming story, but most of us have mixed reasons on why we came out when we did.

^^^^Nice to encounter some compassion here.

[quote]The only threads where the subjects don't get ripped apart are about old actresses.

Is that so? Well clue us in!

[quote]What does he mean... he never wants to have a partner.

It means he's a big ol' sauna slut and happy with it.

No, r78, the blind I read made it clear it was Gordon Thomson, party on a yacht, blowjobs for all.

Antony Hamilton was the whoriest whore who ever whored in WeHo. When the acting work got sparse - as it often did for him between his "hits" of Cover Up and Mission Impossible, he would sell that well-used ass. He could frequently be seen trolling Sweetzer and SM Blvd, and wasn't above being a paid street pick-up. He was a party boy, and I've no doubt he treated himself to being the pass-around bottom at a birthday gangbang, but so did Gordon Thomson. It was THE way to celebrate birthdays in the early-mid 1980s in WeHo.

Oops, I meant to address r101, not 78 with the above.

The first time I saw him in anything was some Canadian movie he did with Don Stroud where he played a fey obviously gay guy who was in love with this guy he was traveling across country with. The next was on Ryan's Hope and lol at the comment about the Sarcophagus attracting him more than Faith Coledrige! Now I'm picturing Nancy Addison's Cleopatra wig!

[quote]He asked if I wanted to go to the top of the parking structure which I declined.

Ha! Good for you. He could have at least rented a room if he didn't want to take you home.

I used to belong to the Sports Connection back when it was the Beverly Hills (adjacent) Health Club (mid-70s). I guess it has always been a hotbed of closeted gay actors. This is where you'd see the likes of Travolta, Falk, and DeLuise (he didn't work out...) and where Travolta picked up his first scandalous trick -- Paul Baressi.

R112, Peter Falk...??

I'm more surprised he's still alive

Yes R113. Believe it or not.

Peter Falk?! I never heard any gay rumors about him!

R106 Oh yes, he's expressing "compassion" while attacking me, the person who did come out. Sure he is.

R105 The ironic nature of your post speaks for itself. Go fuck yourself.

R100 Ditto, go fuck yourself. My compassion is for suffering, struggling people, not pampered rich people. THANKS.

I read about Peter Falk being bisexual years ago, but I can't remember the source.

Watching him on Dynasty, he did ping to me. But I was struggling with my own closet issues as a teen. I thought Thomson was an intense little hottie in his Dynasty role. His stare could bore holes through steel. I used to want him to bore through my holes.

Give him a break already. Reagan's conservative 80's kept everybody in the closet. Or the AIDS did.

R99 I finished college and went to Law School, and subsequently worked as a civil rights attorney. So, yes, it did. the kid who I came out to support didn't fare as well. He ended up moving away and getting married, and died in a drunken motorcycle accident a few years later.

But, you know, TV stars lives matter more, apparently.

R119 And there were people who came out during that period, specifically too help others. So by "giving him a break" you mean making excuses for him.

And he JUST came out. That was because of Reagan too?

I remember when Miriam Margolyes came out she also mentioned her still struggling with her sexual identity and having self loathing issues.

Growing up and holding on to being ashamed (like for being gay) fucks you up mentally.

But when you have economic privilege gives you the opportunity to help others. We ALL struggled. Not just the rich and famous people.

In the 80s entertainment was so camp. Gordon practically twirled his (invisible) moustache in every scene he was in. Remember the time Adam slowly poisoned Jeff by painting his office with some toxic paint (which caused Jeff to violently lash out at Fallon)?

Well apparently r120 you are as bitter as Gordon for all your nobility and here you are on a thread about a Dynasty actor telling us all how pathetic it all is , while you are here as well? I mean are you here just got to tell us how bad he is and how virtuous you are ?

Don't get me wrong. What you did was brave. But you weren't walking in Gordon's shoes. Why are you so judgemental? How many stars have come out from the 80s? He is not an actor like Ian Mckellan. He was a soap star. He is also, I imagine the tip of the iceberg of who is still not out.

It was not only stars who found it hard to come out from that era, it is also Agents and Studios who don't want them to come out. It still happens now . Gordon is the minority who have come out.

Then why are you so unforgiving, while being on a thread about him?

How rich do you think Gordon Thomson is these days? When do you think he last got a big cheque?

I believe that everyone should come out in their own time and in their own way. It doesn't matter if you are a celebrity or some random person. What pisses me off is when celebrities come out, especially when they come out at the safest time possible, and are rewarded for it with GLAAD Awards and invitations to benefits and galas. Anderson Cooper was no hero. He was trying to sell books or something and did it in a cheesy way. Guys like Matt Bomer and Colton Haynes with leading man good looks, they played the game for a while, but still managed to come out at a time that could have serious impact on their careers. Gordon Thomson comes out. Yay. Good for him. Live your truth brother. But why publicly come out now? Who are you trying to impress?

R125 I'm not bitter, I'm just not an enabler. I'm not a pathetic sycophant defending some D-list has been who didn't come out until 2017.

And what have YOU done to help others? Please give me a list of all the benevolent, compassionate things you've done. I'll wait.

What about the woman your HS friend married? Did you feel sorry for her? Did she know her husband was gay?

We can look on your old HS mate as a victim, but we could also argue he made a victim of his wife if she thought he was straight. Did he go off and fuck men? Was his wife exposed to STDs?

Did Gordon Thomson do any of that to a woman? Maybe, though it seems not. So he's better than your friend in one respect...

Remember Michael Nader who played Dex? Don't know if he is bi or straight but he pinged to me as well. His fall from grace after Dynasty was embarrassing with drug arrests and godknowswhatelse. This is an interesting article about the early Malibu surfers, of which he was one, and the sad but rich life he led back then.

P.S. Grant Show is playing Blake Carrington on the new Dynasty remake.

You think he's trying to impress? With that stuff he said about probably never being ok with himself?

While Gordon Thomson did not have a spectacular career post Dynasty, had he come out, he would have given up any chance of being cast as a leading man or romantic lead. I'm sure his pay for Dynasty was good for the time but it sure wasn't enough to last a life time. If he was out, he never would have gotten those soap roles. It's very easy to tell other people how they should live their lives. Those brave people who did come out during those times should be applauded for leading the way but not everyone has that courage. Of course, had he come out in the 00's, his career might have benefitted from the exposure.

R117 must be the Loon, Fatty Matty

R117 No, I'm not that person. You're just a mean asshole.

I always forget that there's a contingent of DLers who are closeted and semi-closeted themselves, so they always identify with the cowardly.

R132 You're absurd. I'm not "telling him what to do", that's you taking my comments personally, which is revealing. But I'm not going to make excuses for his cowardice either. People all over this country came out, and it's thanks too them that we're not still being given ECT. to 'fix us'. Grow up and get some perspective.

Wouldn't a civil rights lawyer meets people from all walks of life and socioeconomic strata? I'm a little skeptical that such a person would fall back on thinking without nuance ("fat cat Hollywood bigshots know NOTHING of suffering" etc.). Sounds more basement dweller.

Mr. Less than Civil, have you had any rewarding intimate relationships, specifically romantic ones? I wonder how things panned out for you after your brave choices. Is your family life a bust (all remained evangelicals?). There's a bitterness in your comments that seems disproportionate.

R121, sweetie..instead of that bitter little pill you can't seem to swallow, try a big dick. You're so anal, maybe a suppository?

I couldn't name 10 actors from the 80's who were supposedly straight and have yet to come out. Willingly. Not because of some salacious scandal. Gordon Thomson coming out or not, wasn't going to shake up the world, or industry for that matter. Please hon, spark a fattie...or suck one. Mine.

R137 Go fuck yourself cunt. Because no one else wants to fuck you. You're just a big gaping asshole, anyway.

And I get it...you're either a pathetic sycophant or a cowardly closet case. Either way, you suck and not very well.

And again...I've represented gay people in court cases. Please tell me what YOU'VE done, cunt? Waiting...

He was nicely furry. Now he's just gross.

[quote]I've represented gay people in court cases.

Smell you. Telemarketing recruiter on Judge Judy doesn't count, R139.

Were all of those gay clients out professionally? Were any of them outted against their will and perhaps fired as a result before they came to you? I don't believe someone who practiced law lives in the world of Heroes & Villains. You should know all about grey.

We're all single here, right?

R138 Why go fuck myself when I can fuck your boyfriend instead? Oh... you're still a virgin and have never had a boyfriend. Your bucket list must be huge, and the deadline is looming, you ancient twat.

So the guy who came out because someone else was being bullied, is bullying everyone on this thread. Only on DL

LOL!! I don't think you know what "bullying" means, cunt. The irony.

R144 He's not into scat. So you're out.

God this place is pathetic. Sad old closet cases still pining after some D list actor.

R147 - Scat is what you need to do while I tap your boyfriend.. I don't like creepy voyeurs.

PS: are you Gordon's bitter ex? Awww. The restraining order is still in effect, I hope.

Shocking!!! Not. lol He was always so queeney and everyone in Hollywood knew that he gave blowjobs to anyone who wanted them. He has swallowed so much cum.

I read the full article. Interesting read. He's very candid. He confirms that Joan Collins did not like Linda Evans because she was actually jealous of how much the cast and fans adored Linda when Joan thought she was the better actress. He says Joan was the better actress (duh) but that Joan was just a B-list British brunette (ouch, but true).

He says he thinks John Forsythe insisted that Blake and Krystle remain faithful to each other because Forsythe was in love with Linda, whether he knew it consciously or not. He was appalled at how the producers wrote Steven and applauds Al Corley for walking off the show because of it. He says why open a can of worms with the gay storyline if you can't deal with it? And my favorite--When presenting the storyline about aliens kidnapping Fallon, played then by Emma Sams, Esther Shapiro said she'd fire the first person who laughed. He says that alien storyline was the death knell for Dynasty.

I feel sad for someone like him. He admits he is homophobic and harbors deep shame about being gay. Why not work with someone to get beyond that? On the plus side, he does look damn good for 72 years old.

He must have given Michael Corbett blowjobs when they were on Ryan’s Hope together!

Ha !

R151 Dynasty's set must have been difficult place to work.

R109, it was also the way to celebrate funerals.

What? No word if he is cut or uncut?

Wasn’t he notorious for giving bj’s at a Weho gym?

Gurl please. Back in the day, she was out at the WeHo Sports Erection roof-top pool.

"And again...I've represented gay people in court cases. Please tell me what YOU'VE done, cunt? Waiting..."

—Anonymous

The saddest thing about virtuous people must be the loneliness.

This wasn't a thread about how virtuous Gay people can be , even though it has become a list of your achievements.

You groan about discussing a D list actor, yet here you are on a Gay gossip thread about a D Gay list celebrity. So I am thinking your disconnect is real.

You should do good cause that is what is right for all of us. But I don't know what is sadder , a bitter actor coming out later in life or a guy telling us how virtuous he is on a thread about said actor, while telling everyone he is better than said actor.

No one has to tell you what they have done for the Gay community. This is not a job interview for canonisation, it is a gossip site.

SHRIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKK

I love how the virtue signaler has showed up and ruined the thread.

[quote] I'm not bitter, I'm just not an enabler. I'm not a pathetic sycophant defending some D-list has been who didn't come out until 2017.

Oh, honey, make no mistake. You are bitter to the core. I've read all your posts as I've gone down this thread and you sound like a massive asshole.

[quote] And what have YOU done to help others? Please give me a list of all the benevolent, compassionate things you've done. I'll wait.

My guess is you already have a list prepared of every little thing you've done to "help" others and you trot it out every chance you get to remind everyone how amazing you are. What, do you expect some kind of credit for this? Are you holding your breath, expecting someone to smelt you a trophy?

I'd rather spend 20 years with Gordon Thomson than five minutes with you, you self righteous little cunt.

He was really good as Adam. He played psychopath pretty well.

The anger in Perry Mason is really off putting. I don't care what good he's done (if he's done it.) What an angry loon.

How dare you, r109?

I did it for love, not money.

Someone who worked on the crew on Dynasty told me that he doesn't have any teeth. Thomson wears full dentures.

Now that's commitment to giving the best blowjobs...

Peter Falk was family?!

I thought Peter Falk was checking me out one time but I couldn't be sure...

There was gossip here about him being gay a few years ago. This thread was fun:

How did his lawsuit thingy work out for him?

r92, I just couldn't get passed how bad Emma Samms was as Fallon in that scene.

Yep, the stench of Loony Matt is all over this thread, even though he claims it's not him.

He’s gay??? This old has been who is bitter about his life is gay? Gordon - we all knew!! Go be bitter somewhere else. Moron.

Emma Samms should own every Razzie in the world, even though Dynasty wasn't even a movie.

Has Alexis issued a statement??!?

He has false teeth. Good for giving blowjobs. You can take them out.

[quote]He has false teeth. Good for giving blowjobs. You can take them out.

And those who specialize in such things are known as "gummy bears."

John James always looked like he reeked of cigarettes.

When will the new Dynasty begin?

He’s a bitter old queen.

WEHT John James?

Nothing good, apparently, r182.

Looks fade, you fools. When you're 61 (age of John James) or 72 (age of Gordon Thompson), let's see how you look. SPOILER ALERT--Delusional DL queens will claim they get carded at the liquor store.

Actually John looks a little rough for 61. Not awful but rough. That's the trouble with straight guys. Have they never heard of moisturizers?

If you were not around in the 1980s, you really shouldn't comment on Gordon's plight. If he did come out as openly gay, the network simply would have written the character off the show, and Blake Carrington would have discovered he had a long lost son that would have picked up Adam's storylines. Gordon is from that generation that is damaged goods. That interview is just being honest about what his situation was. Different people handle things in different ways. The 80s were a AWFUL time for gay men. Most of us, myself included were just trying to survive, working behind the scenes to change things and taking care of sick friends. Most of us didn't have the luxury to put our lives, opinions, lovers out there. You would get fired, lose your apartment, and many lost their families. Violence against gays was VERY real. Discrimination was legal and real. Most people had to lay low. People who didn't live it don't understand. Not everywhere was San Franscisco, New York or L.A............

Gordon’s plight? Everyone fucking knew that he was gay! Jesus. He flamed to high heaven. He’s a bitter old queen who can’t get work except for taking his fake choppers out to give blowjobs in the sauna.

^ Wow, sometimes I think there's more homophobia on this website than on Breitbart.

[quote] Has Alexis issued a statement??!?

That's Miss Alexis Morel Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan to you, bitch!!

R187, in the 80s most people in the mid west were clueless and if they suspected they tended to give the benefit of the doubt. Fraus would not accept a gay man as a romantic lead. This is 1982-87 or whenever Dynasty was on, not2017. Rock Hudson wasn't even out until he became very sick. Theres no way Gordon could have announced he was queer and still kept his job on network TV.

Dynasty was a Regan era baby. Blake was disgusted his son was gay and the son tried to commit suicide because he was gay, then Blake killed his son's gay boyfriend by accident, then his gay son got drunk and somehow did it with a woman, then his gay son married another woman.

There were more marys on that show IRL but one gay son who was turned straight. A Reagan miracle...and of course not one mention of aids.

Wasn't he supposed to be a huge whore anyway, so it's not like he'd have made a shining example even if he had come out sooner.

[quote]bitter old queen who can’t get work except for taking his fake choppers out to give blowjobs in the sauna.

Which is not to be sniffed at! Some of those old guys give spectacular gum jobs!

He raped Kirby and Blake raped Krystle.

Father and son rapists!

At least Steven kept his hands to himself.

He's like Christopher Columbus, he discovered something millions of people already knew about.

Can someone refresh me of his parentage? Well Adam's not Gordon's.

[quote]You’re also a source of fantasy. Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi are wonderful people, but pardon me, how many audience members fantasize about fucking either one of them? Really. It had a lot to do with what you looked like, I’m afraid.

Does he not get how stupid he sounds? Looks fade; talent does not (until the very end). The two men he singles out are HIGHLY respected actors. He is a nobody.

How many times does he refer to himself as "attractive"?

And then he manages to trash all the bigger names on the show.

I wish I thought he was as good an actor as he does.

He sucks as an actor. He sucks cocks too but that’s a whole other story. What a bitter old queen he turned out to be.

I thought he was AWFUL on Dynasty. Very community theater.

So I love that he thinks he would have become a famous Shakespearean actor if only he had let an artistic director suck his dick.

Adam was cheated out of his childhood.

for a while I thought you were talking about him. the dentures made sense.

[quote]If he did come out as openly gay, the network simply would have written the character off the show,

Wait... they could DO that?

"Actually John looks a little rough for 61. Not awful but rough. That's the trouble with straight guys. Have they never heard of moisturizers?"

I thought he was gay?! Or am I thinking of some other generic 80s hunk?

He and Cousin Geri should do a show together.

I guffawed when I saw the picture at R29.

I used to see Gordon once or twice a week, when I worked at Trader Joe's...... and I swear, that is EXACTLY how he was dressed nearly every time I saw him!! White tee, denim overshirt, a little scarf.....with a white panama hat. HA! (usually with black lounge/sweat pants). If it was chilly, he wore his trusty brown corduroy blazer with suede elbow patches.

Those of us who knew him thought it was a little odd/quirky (didn't he own any other clothes?). We kinda joked that it was his I-don't-give-a-shit, old-man "uniform" (for schlepping on errands/to the market).

He was very friendly to us -- knew most of the crewmembers by name. Some of us, of a certain age "knew" who he was -- either from Dynasty or Santa Barbara. He enjoyed that. The millennials had no idea -- they just thought he was that nice older gay man, who wore the blue shirt, scarf & Panama hat.

Talking to him, I learned that he played a year or two college football in Canada -- I think he was a wide receiver or tight end (no pun intended). He had back & knee surgery in recent years.....he walks like someone who has played college football.

I'm quite fond of him.....The bitchy/self-loathing quality is unsurprising to me. If you didn't grow up in the 70s or 80s, you don't know what it was like for gay men, then, and need to STFU.

He had a nice, furry chest

bumping for Gordon

Queen Gordon can’t get a job. Bitter old frau.

Smell her!

I love this coming out shit. Were they really so deluded that they thought people couldn't tell all along?

Did he sell it like Rupert Everett, back in the day?

r213, maybe gays could tell but I doubt most of the fraus watching Dynasty could

There are people here who insist that NPH and Matt Bomer are such huge flamers they shouldn't even bother playing straight roles but I know straight people who were surprised when they came out

He's the Rob James Collier of the olden days.

He appeared in "Poseidon".

[quote]I love this coming out shit. Were they really so deluded that they thought people couldn't tell all along?

Straight people often don't give it any thought at all, R213.

R183 I thought his looks faded even during dynasty. He was really only handsome the first two seasons or so. I loved when Fallon and Sammi Jo realized mid-cat fight that neither one actually wanted him.