Eldergays - What Do You Know About Richard Simmons? Any Hot One Nighters?

I know him and he's totally straight.

R1 straight when doing high kicks maybe

Self loathing mental pile of shit

Didn’t he and Tony Geary sweat to each other’s oldies back in the GH days?

I recall he had an exercise show on tv where he screamed hysterically a lot, sort of like the Oprah Winfrey of the exercise world.

He puts Bruce Jenner to shame.

R7 didn’t he sue NE for the Trans Story?

Yep, and he lost and had to pay the Enquirer's court costs.

R9 really? He lost... interesting.

I found this...

"Any Hot One Nighters?"

Dozens. Although he was never actually in bed with any of us.

R12 truth!

He’s a pussyhound.

Those Dolphin shorts hugged him in ALL the right places!

I think that it's fucking weird that Richard Simmns is being persecuted in his old age. JFC! WTF? He hasn't harmed a soul. A creep hustler shook him down. Then he is dragged by the enquirer. A rich elder gay. He cross dresses but hasn't had surgery. He's into being an adult baby during sex. A freako podcast intrudes into him privacy and behaves like a predatory stalker exploiting Simmons.

He isn't asking the world for a fucking thing. Nobody else finds this constant hunting of him odd and persecutorial?

It was just his Birthday and no one gave him a "Happy Birthday" thread! He turned 70.

Happy birthday

Here Richard.

[quote] He's into being an adult baby during sex.

WAIT WUT?

R20 you know I am!

Bump

I remember when I was a kid seeing him with his afro and sequined hot pants hanging out with great big fat people and thinking he was like a clown.

I watched his show in the good old days. I agree with R16, he has always been in the spotlight on his own terms and never raised any fuss, not sure why people feel so eager to make him behave the way they think he should and do what they want him to. Leave Richard alone!!!

Hello, this is OP. I loved Richard Simmons. He motivated me to want to teach aerobics and step. I’m not making fun of him. I love his personality, carefree demeanor and kind heart. Just stop the stress you are going to give yourself a heart attack, please!

R16 R24 You idiots are aware he refuses to come out of the closet, right? He has spent his entire life playing some weirdly effeminate screaming eel but won't actually admit he is a cock smoker? Fuck the chicken shit asshole closet case

In my opinion, someone shouldn't be bullied to come out. It is very difficult for some of us of a certain age to come out to just our families . I can't imagine with the pressure to come out to the whole world. It is a totally different world for gays now, they practically come out of the womb with glitter and feathers flying! It isn't unusual to see these young children of 10 or 11 yrs. old on the news with supportive parents. Well when I was a teen and would have breathed I was gay , I would've been ostracized . Certainly thrown out on the street. Things would've been even more dire for Richard, he is about 15 yrs older than me. Hell I wish the ol' boy the best life he can live, to bring himself the most happiness in or out. No sense tearing him down.

Richie wears a wig.

R28 His entire career is based on him being the camp freak. If he is straight I am sure he would have told us decades ago. As he has not he has chosen, for himself to remain closeted whilst making money playing the gay card endlessly. That is his choice so fuck the little chicken shit fucktard

R-30 Agree,in OPs pic alone, embarrasses me for him!

Richard loves eating pussy!

[quote] He hasn't harmed a soul

sure

Remember in the early days while exercising with his lady fans he'd reference his "wife" ? Bwaahaa

He's a national treasurer. And what R16 said. He's always been a kind, funny guy. He seems tortured for whatever reason. I've never really followed him, but remember him when I was a kid, he would be on TV and as a little gayling in the south, I would tense up when he'd be on TV and I was in the living room with my mom or day, expecting them both to turn and look at me any second.

I love the guy. I especially loved him when he spoke before Congress about the need to bring P.E. classes back to American schools. I think he's a fucking hero.

DDidn’t Richard and Tony Geary used to scour the streets of Hollywood together looking for all the pussy they could eat?

It appears something pops out in that gif from R21.

R37 lmao

Hung like a horse.

R39 what?

R35 is right.

Richard is cute and funny. Who cares if he’s in or out?

R41 The question was what do we know about Simmons, we know he is a mentally ill self loathing closet case who will never come out. 'Cute' and 'funny' are not facts, they are opinion, your opinion,

He was a background extra in Fellini's Satyricon and The Clowns before he lost weight.

Aww, come on! As we say around here, he was a hoot and a holler!

R44 I agree!

San Diego Jew here, my high school bf's mom went on a Richard Simmon's weight loss cruise and loved it, loved him! She used to wear her shirt portrait of it all the time. The yentas and other fatties loved him and he did them a good deed. It's better than this body positive bullshit we have now with hogs like Metz and Holliday telling us it's cool to be fat.

R46 perfect scoop just what I wanted to hear. Thank you.

R46 The house homo lying to the fat fraus, fuck, just so much respect

What was he lying about r48? Do you think any of those yentas thought he was banging chicks in his cabin? He was honest about fat and how you lose weight and now that no one is the world is a fatter place.

R49 That the fat lazy cunts would lose weight

They did lose weight! That's why they all loved him. He was a motivational speaker and a fitness guy and he delivered what he said he would.

I always thought he embraced his own nellyness, so I was surprised when he had a meltdown when Howard Stern called him feminine.

Meltdown begins at 28:30 in attached video.

The bottom line is, he was helpful to fat people, he was very passionate about the cause because he used to be fat also and knew how bad it was for you. Today, this absolutely would not fly because he would be accused of "fat shaming" and "bullying" and that is fucking ridiculous and sad. Instead we have to pretend like Tess Holliday and Chrissy Metz are #healthyatanysize and it's an absolute shame.

R16 = Hi Richard!

[quote]He hasn't harmed a soul.

Actually he has hurt a lot of people. He actively engaged in perpetuating a stereotype all through the AIDS crisis all while claiming he wast gay. Not helpful when you are trying to get straight people to care. But that didn't stop him from making a ton of money going on talk shows being as flamboyant as possible. People were laughing at him not with him. And really laughing at all gay people in the process.

I was a PA on a show Richard did decades ago. The lights went on, cameras rolling and Richard was the flamboyant star he created. Lights and cameras off, he was quiet, shy and polite. All of the act that he put on must have been exhausting but he clearly showed it was an act, a persona. I drove him back to his hotel and he sat in the back seat, silent. I looked back a couple of times to make sure he was awake or all right. He was just staring out the window. He wasn't sad or anything, he was just quiet. And probably very, very tired. He got out of the car and there were a few fans who noticed him and bang, he turned back into Richard Simmons. Hey gurrl! I believe he probably did put on weight after his injuries and doesn't want to be seen in that condition but I also think he wants to just be who he is, which is not what the public expects. He doesn't want to disappoint his fans so he's no longer in the public spotlight. I really hope he's happier there.

BTW, the only thing I ever heard about his sex life was that he was a regular customer of notorious pimp David Forrest and he even used Simmons to test out his new guys. In other words, if they could be convincing at having sex with Simmons, they had to be cut out for a life of prostitution.

I saw him once on Santa Monica Blvd heading into West Hollywood. He was in a Jeep believe it or not. Kept looking back in the mirror and then doing that thing woman only do by fluffing up the back of their hair with their palm up.

Claims he was run over by a car. I dont see how it ran over his food since he was not facing the right direction. Drama Queen.

When he was just beginning to be known he lusted after a guy I used to work with, so he called every day for about a month, and I was usually the one who had to lie and tell him that Joe was in a meeting. He was very nice, very polite, and not at all flamboyant on the telephone. I didn't know who he was, and once I did I could never reconcile the guy on the phone with the guy on television.

I also never figured out why he was practically stalking my co-worked, a nice enough guy, but no one you would look at twice.

He stalked me too! Pictures of me on his wall everywhere. When I finally met him in person, he creeped me out even more.

R59 thanks.

R16 Thank you. He's one of a kind. He gives a lot to people, but he's very misunderstood. I feel badly when he's persecuted.

Before he disappeared, I ran into him at Musso's in Hollywood having dinner. He stopped at our table to tell my friend he liked her hair, lol. Very nice guy.

Richie gave me a blowjob in my GH dressing room.

[quote] It is very difficult for some of us of a certain age to come out to just our families . I can't imagine with the pressure to come out to the whole world.It is very difficult for some of us of a certain age to come out to just our families . I can't imagine with the pressure to come out to the whole world.

Bitch Please, that's the biggest fucking excuse I have ever heard! I know plenty of guys in their 60, and 70's from very conservative parts of the country and they all came out of the closet decades ago. Men of a certain age my ass. More like men who are permanent closet queens.

Bottom line he was the Liberace of the fat Frau world.

[quote]Actually he has hurt a lot of people. He actively engaged in perpetuating a stereotype all through the AIDS crisis all while claiming he wast gay.

You're crazy. Richard Simmons had nothing to do with the AIDs crisis.

But does he have a smooth hole? I believe he is into all sorts of kinky sex and baby/woman dress up shit. Crazy bitch.

Poor Richard.

I saw him in McDonald's and he ordered 1,000 buns, just the buns, to go.

I asked Genie Francis about him and she said, 'Don't ask.'

No OP, only nightmares.

Eons ago , I was dating a man , who was a friend of his. I was in my 20's , bf early 40's. We were having sex one morning , over the speakerphone, Harry , Harrrrrry, are you sucking that boys dick?

He’s a big ole bottom.

Years ago he was at the Halloween festivities in WeHo with a hot blond in a loincloth.

He’s a big ole bottom.

[quote]He's a national treasurer.

Excuse me? I wouldn’t have that hussie in my office!

[quote] He isn't asking the world for a fucking thing. Nobody else finds this constant hunting of him odd and persecution ?

Totally agree - Richard Simmons has led a harmless life.

Still use his Sweating to Broadway tapes. Why do we eat our own? It's bad enough how some straight people talk about him. We'd all be healthier if his exercise tapes were more popular instead of those difficult tapes where you can get injured and everyone just gives up on after a while. And something cool about Richard's tapes - none of those plastic people doing the routine. Every color, every shape, and every sex.

R79 He is not 'ours', he has never come out, he refuses to live as an out gay man, fuck the chicken princess

Here's my story of meeting Richard: I worked for a major grocery store chain on the west coast in the corporate communications department. It was the late '90s, I was 22, 6'3", twunk-ish, and fresh out of college. I had bleached white hair gelled to hard spikes - think Guy Fieri but thicker hair.

Anyway, Richard was filming some TV segment in one of our stores, and I was tasked to be there as the on-site corporate representative. Richard shows up in a town car, and hops out immediately "ON." He makes his rounds to the people working the show, store personnel, and then gets to me. Before I could reach out my hand and greet him, he asks in a very RS way "Can I touch your hair?!" How could I refuse such a request? I lower my head, and places his hand on top of the spikes, and squeals with glee. All eyes were on RS and me. It was a fun moment.

Throughout the 3 hours RS was in the store filming, he would come over and touch my hair a few more times. He engaged everyone whether they were filming or not. Random customers were accosted by RS and dared to eat dog biscuits, or take a swig of Tobasco. It was a fun diversion for my office job, and I had a new found appreciation for RS.

I'm guessing his having to always be "ON" was exhausting. Hell, I was exhausted just being in his presence. I think this probably explains in part his reason for a sabbatical from the public eye.

[quote]think Guy Fieri but thicker hair.

Must I?

R82

Exactly the type of comment that keeps me coming back to DL.

I heard he used to call people who were trying to lose a lot of weight. Not sure how he became aware of them -- maybe that cruise -- but he apparently was very kind to those who struggled with weight loss.

David Letterman sprayed him with a fire extinguisher on his television show because Simmons was so “flaming.” It was a very odd moment I will never forget.

He was actually funny when he went on David Letterman.

He was hilarious on Howard Stern.

Was David Letterman a homophobe ?? It always seemed like it was there just under the surface.

David Letterman was a humanphobe.

Former fatties are always drama filled. Just seeing a cake can put them into self harm mode. They're as taxing as vegetarians.

R90 is surrounded by empty Ho-Ho wrappers.

What business is it of anyones if he doesnt want to come out ? All you screeching hes a closet queen and what not need to worry about your own selves and let other people live their lives the way they choose. Like Liberace,he fools no one and never has,so leave him alone about coming out.

Agree with you R92 !

I agree with R16. Unless he’s secretly harboring pedo proclivities, people should leave him alone (he stays out of the spotlight when he’s not promoting his weightloss cause). He seems to be a positive, peaceful person.

grew up with him on the tube in the AM.

we all knew, and no one cared.

he was like our big gay uncle.

Final came out as a drag queen but still won't admit he's gay. Claims asexuality now, but used to absurdly pretend he was straight in interviews. I saw him say he was just to darn busy with his career to marry and have children, on ET in the early 90s. Way too cowardly to respect (still closeted in 2018? with a dead career?), and too ugly and annoying to enjoy as a personality. Looks a million times better in drag anyway.

R92 Andy Cohen is out yet he is ridiculed on DL for being too gay.

I used to work for a television station back in the late 80s and Richard was in town to promote an event. We took a limo to the venue and Richard literally jumped into the lap of our big bear of a cameraman. Let's just say it was more than a little uncomfortable.

Yeah, asexual my ass. We get it that you never had a love relationship, but that's not asexual, it's being unattractive and annoying.

As an entertainer, and human being to those who struggled with weight loss he’s a peach. No one owes anyone anything in this world other than to let live as best we can. He’s brought a lot of joy to people. No one can be everything to everyone. Fuck that shit. Some of you are under the mistaken impression he owes you something. Fuck that shit too.

R100 agree.

Thank you r100! I imagine he has touched thousands of lives and that's more than most can say, he's never been malicious or disingenuous, he doesn't need to state the obvious. He seems like a nice, crazy little man with his own demons and he shouldn't be fucking hounded by tabloids.

Wasn’t there some talk years back that his mother, (who if I recall appeared with him and in some vids), was a nightmare? As in the type to loudly and publicly ridicule him, made no secret of her disgust of him, yet demanded and got him to treat her like a queen?

It'd be one thing if I thought he was funny, but I don't. There's nothing clever about his obnoxious clowning, anyone can act like a fool. David Letterman was able make him entertaining by making fun of the idiot. And soooo freaking ugly as he gets older.

He wasn't trying to be funny, he was trying to help people lose weight and feel good about themselves and he did.

104 = bitter queen

[quote]You're crazy. Richard Simmons had nothing to do with the AIDs crisis.

You dip shit, cant you read? Put two elements together and form a concept. I never said he was the cause of the AIDS crisis. But what I did say is he perpetuated a negative stereotype of gay men during the crisis which made it easier for straight people to ignore the gay community and the crisis. So yes, he did hurt people then. He could have come out or at the very least, speak out on the subject but he did nothing. He had national recognition but he never used to to help the gay community. He hid in his little glass closet.

on howard

107, how did he perpetuate a stereotype? By being too effeminate? How can you call him a "closet case" and then in the same breath say that he's too effeminate in public? Some people don't have to say the words "I'm gay" to be out; Richard is one of those people. Didn't you see his appearance on "Whose Line is it Anyway"? He's never pretended to be a macho straight guy. And you can't really judge people by whether they were out in the 80s. Hardly anyone in show business was out during that timeframe. And let's face it, at that point of time, it would have destroyed his career, especially as a weight loss guru, because overweight people are usually conservative.

I always felt bad when Letterman and Stern upset Richard, but I have to admit it was funny as hell when Howard used a fishing pole to lower food over the heads of Richard's weight loss clients.

[quote]What business is it of anyones if he doesnt want to come out

He is a PUBLIC FIGURE so yes it is everyone business. Especially since he plays ultra gay stereotype to make his money. You cant have it both ways, if you want the public to notice you and you profit from that, you lose privacy as the trade off for millions of dollars.

[quote]What business is it of anyones if he doesnt want to come out

I agree. If they're not a closeted politician advancing homophobic legislation, I'm OK with celebrities staying closeted if they want to.

[quote]Thank you [R100]! I imagine he has touched thousands of lives

And yet most of them are still fat Fraus

[quote]Some people don't have to say the words "I'm gay" to be out; Richard is one of those people.

Bull Shit, he lied on TV all the time when people asked if he was gay, said he was too busy with his career to marry and have children. So no, you don't have to have to make a public announcement but when people ask, and you doge the question or lie then yes you are in the closet. And like it or not, as a public figure, you represent what gay people are like to the rest of the world.

[quote] let's face it, at that point of time, it would have destroyed his career, especially as a weight loss guru, because overweight people are usually conservative.

Those excuses just don't mesh with reality.

Elton John was out in the 80's as was:

Boy George

Senator Barney Frank

Harvey Milk

Harvey Fierstein

Rupert Everett

Billie Jean King

Martina Navratilova

[quote]I'm OK with celebrities staying closeted if they want to.

Not when they are hypocrites. And by that I mean he used or camped up his gay image to make money off of it but then would turn around and lie about being gay. And by the way, he never did anything for the gay community with all that gay attention.

Why did anyone have to actually ask him if he’s gay? Um, hello!

A friend of a friend worked with him for a show, a few years back. She said he was a very sweet person, very polite and nice to everyone. She mentioned something about his doll collection. I’ll have to ask her when I see her again.

Just leave the poor guy alone. “Each to there own” I say. . If he is helping others (even in a small way).... let him. All humans have feelings

[quote]And soooo freaking ugly as he gets older.

This muthafucka here thinks he’s gorgeous and gonna remain that way til the grave. I got news for yo ass...

Wasn't he romantically linked to Belinda Carlisle?

R121, That was MINDY COHN.

^^Who the fuck would WANT to be romantically linked to her?

If his mother was so terrible that might be why he didn’t come out. I have a good friend who only recently came out in his 50s. He waited so long in part because his mother is a homophobic abusive malignant narcissist and he finally cut off contact with her only in the past few years.

[quote]Senator Barney Frank

Oh, dear.

R115, Harvey Milk was dead in the '80s and Billie Jean King was not out in the '80s, she was OUTED by a former lover and then said in a press conference that it was a 'one time' experience. She did not admit to being gay until the early 2000s when she was nearly 60 years old. Furthermore, Martina Navratilova did not come out as GAY in the '80s she came out as bisexual, there is a difference. Stop talking about things you don't know.

I took Slimmons classes with him before he went into hiding

He was a lot of fun

R115, I'll just add to what 126 said. Martina was also outed by a former lover who sued her. Also, you said that Elton John was out in the 1980s. After years of implying he was bisexual, he was married to a woman from 1984 to 1988. I don't think he came out until in the 90s, having been inspired by Ryan White's courage. And even Boy George said he was bisexual (rather than gay) when Barbara Walters interviewed him in the 1980s.

Good catch, R125. Even with your quote I was staring and trying to figure out what was wrong.

Then it hit me like Barney Frank hitting those Congressional Pages.

I met Richard once. He was doing a group workout/talk and I went to it. Yes, I'm a fat slob. Anyway, he spent well over an hour afterward meeting with people. He held my hand and wept. He was covered in sweat. To make him feel better (because he was weeping), I lied and told him I lost 90 pounds using his workouts. That only made him weep harder.

That's really funny, r130.

[quote]Yes, I'm a fat slob.

No, you’re not. Just because you may be fat doesn’t make you a “fat slob.” You deserve better than that.

Unless it was a joke, then I can laugh with you.

Talking of Mindy Cohn..... Does anyone here think she's a lesbo?

He's helped a lot of people, and was generous to many. He seems to want to relax now, and enjoy his private life. He deserves it.

I don't get why the fact that he's closeted means the "Where Is Richards Simmons" podcast isn't an obnoxious, invasive idea.

R135 Think harder

Great story, R130.

R136, think harder.

Update.

“Everybody has limits. Even Divine​ had limits; the first time he met Richard Simmons​, he felt homophobic.” —John Waters

I think he's hot as fuck. Deal a Meal me in!

One of the funniest things with Richard was years ago when he was on Letterman, David took him to one of those hunting/fishing stores and made Richard try on pants. I think sometimes Letterman was a little too mean but that part was funny.

RICHARD IS A CELIBATE, so he can rationalize that's he's neither gay nor straight if it's based on sexual activity. There isn't any. He stays home clutching his Barbra Streisand records. Polite, okay, but a pathetic loser for most of his life.

I remember when I was about 14. I saw the Howard Stern dangling food show too. I laughed so fucking hard.

R128 are you nuts? Martina Navratilova was outed in 1981 by a Daily News sports writer she stupidly discussed her US naturalization with, not knowing it was on the record. She was upset when officially outed, like nobody knew already ha ha. At the time she was with Rita Mae Brown (look her up). Brown took a shot at her when dumped, there was no lawsuit.

Ten years later, Navratilova was very out and partnered with Texas former model, Judy Nelson. They were very open to the point that they were photographed at home in Dallas by Architectural Digest. When Martina took off on her, dumped Nelson sued. You may be talking about that one, but it had nothing to do with her outing. Later another dumped one threatened to take it to court, there was no lawsuit. Martina gets bored easily.

He masturbates using a Duncan Hines single serving cheesecake.

r143 So am I! I am a straight, asexual man.

Warm pie!

"even Boy George said he was bisexual (rather than gay) when Barbara Walters interviewed him in the 1980s."

George tried to turn it into a joke at first, "if I want sex, I have to buy it." George said he'd dreamed of being a pop star since he was child, and wasn't going blow it by immediately coming out in the early 80s. A perfectly reasonable position, and hardly comparable to Rich still being closeted in 2018. George was fully out by 1987, announcing the break-up of Culture Club and that he'd been having an affair with the drummer for 5yrs. He wasn't even a has-been yet, Culture Club had their last top 10 hit that year. They're currently their first album in 20yrs, for anyone interested.

R50 I love you!

What happened to him?

It’s sad. He may simply be struggling with depression, or opiates (I think he’s been injured in a few accidents). As a young kid, I remember hearing that he was famous in Italy as a character model, then lost weight and had extensive hair transplants (painful then and now).

I think he became a household name performing on a soap opera as himself in the 1970’s.

He seems very vulnerable right now, probably dependent on some unhealthy influences, either human or chemical. You wish someone had his back, but it seems like no one does, his situation is probably what straight relatives fear when they discover a sibling or child is gay. Families worry about older single guys being exploited and to ashamed to get help. I hope he’s ok. There is a lot of cruelty and sadness in life.

R152 here..that’s meant to spell “too ashamed”. D’oh.

Had a friend go to his hotel room one night. Hot was not in the description of what had transpired.

Richard Simmons has brought more joy and laughter into this world than any of us on this stupid forum ever will. If he ever needed help or support, I'd gladly give it to him.

I don't care that I sound like a Mary, he brings it out in me, and I'm not ashamed of it. I'm proud of it.

What WAS in the description of what happened that night, R154?

Seriously, I've heard the rumors. How do we know that Richard has decided to become a recluse because he has every right in the world to do so, and should be fine with anyone, vs. thinking something bad is going on with him with some sort of caretaker?

"Daddy's girls been a BAD GIRL! "

R152 so sad I hope Richard is okay. I didn’t know he was an actor in Italy.

IIRC, didn't he lose the NE lawsuit because it was deemed calling one "transgender" was in itself not harmful, irrespective of that comment's truth?

Did he really claim to be straight once upon a time? There was that dumb sexual harassment lawsuit (which didn't fool anyone), but did he ever actually beard or make up a girlfriend?

I think he tried to play down the gay when he was on General Hospital

My comment numbering is on Time Travel!

All he did was promote anti-gay stereotypes all through the 80's. He never came out and profited from the stereotype he promoted. Of course, all the fat Fraus loved him. The ones with no taste, {is that redundant) it's their fault be became famous, I don't remember a single gay man that was into him even back then in his prime.

[quote]How do we know that Richard has decided to become a recluse because he has every right in the world to do so,

Sure Richard. Becoming a recluse is not a mentally healthy thing to do for anyone famous or unknown. How soon before he ends up on hoarders with a collection of Dolphin shorts, bad wigs, mantyhose and several dead cats who died watching a VHS tape of Sweatin to the Oldies?

I feel sorry for the gay pron star/ Hustler for being outed as having sex with him. No amount of money would un-see that naked.

I met him at Nordstrom in San Francisco he was very sweet. I don’t know why he is a recluse now.

I read here on datalounge about how a former prostitute claimed that male hookers hated seeing Richard as a client as he would do 'the routine' or dress in full heavy drag and imitate Barbara Streisand. I have no idea if this is remotely true but it is funny to think about! I did not write it, have never been a rent boy, and have never met Richard Simmons.

did you have to do "the routine" for Richard Simmons? In the late 80s, the word around WeHo was that Simmons wouuld hire hustlers and send them a script. When they appeared at the door for their "date," Simmons would greet them in full Streisand drag, and they would proceed to enact the "Date with Streisand" (which carried over to the sexual part of the evening, too). In hustler circles, it was known as "The Routine."

Because of BS like R165 posted. I know someone who met him multiple times and they said he is very kind to strangers or fans; but how he wants privacy. It should not shock anyone that Richard Simmons is gay. What would be a bit shocking would be if during sex he was very masculine, and a total top. Friends of mine hooked up with someone well known from queer eye and they said how when he was off camera and in bars and dance clubs he was very masculine and sexually he was a vers/top. Another friend, who is not a drag queen at all told me how most of the drag queens or former drag queens he knows are tops.

R154 I agree with you. If he needs help because of being reclusive, or having extreme, extreme social anxiety, agoraphobia, or whatever I hope he gets it.

Mid 90s I was seeing a cute Brazilian boy who was a part time escort. Richard Simmons called him and asked him to come to the Plaza Hotel NYC for a session. My friend went and left because he just couldn't do it....he left the business a few months later because it was too much of a mental fuck for him to sell himself.

A friend of mine used to go on his weight-loss cruises back in the day. She says he was always an absolute sweetheart to everyone -Very kind, open, and humorous.

R27 I agree with you. Richard is from the deep south, and growing up there in the 1950s must have done a number on him. I am in the North, my mom had a cousin who was Richard's age who growing up everyone knew was gay or a "sissy" as we were called then, and as an adult he did come out, and eventually moved to CA with his family and he moved to the SF bay area and sadly died of HIV/AIDS. :(

A friend of mine was a somewhat famous porn star and escort in the 80s and 90s, Richard was a customer of his

Who was your friend R172, can you at least give a hint? Stryker? What did your friend say about Richard?

Initials are CD R173

"I also never figured out why he was practically stalking my co-worked, a nice enough guy, but no one you would look at twice."

Your co-worker had elephantiasis of the testes.

It has always been Simmon's wish to die in a teabagging incident gone wrong.

But seriously, he has always been a "problematic" member of our community. Not a Roy Cohn or Lindsey Graham, but somewhere in the same ballpark as Aaron Schock.

Thanks R172, I don't think it was Casey/Cal even though he was very popular in the 1970s and was a full time escort in the 1980s, and sadly died of HIV/AIDS in the mid 1980s what did your friend say about Richard?

R172, so did Richard top your friend? I heard that the very popular porn guy with the initals CD who had a big cock was actually a total bottom...or did Richard just suck him and pay well?

From what I remember it was more muscle worship and Richard being submissive as it was described to me.

Interesting R172/R178 did he like being called names or something? I have met submissive men who like to do that, or many who like to lick feet, shoes, etc.