He said, “I’ll make some calls,” and he squelched it. I called a friend of mine who worked with the National Enquirer, I was panicked, “Please, what can I do? Am I going to get outed?” It was like the end of my life, I thought. The Enquirer, The Globe, everyone’s cover was Richard. The next week, it was all over the tabloids. I remember when they left my heart was beating so fast and I was terrified. Bring him to the dressing room after the show.” It was this smarmy looking guy and a friend of his, they come in and he says, “What do you know about Richard Chamberlain being gay?” It took the wind out of me, and I was like, “What are you talking about?” And he goes, “Well, he came out in a Paris magazine.”Īnd I said, “Well, if Richard is gay, then I wish him a great deal of happiness.” And he said, “Well, we heard you were very close to Richard.” So I said, “Richard and I are very good friends and I wish him a lot of luck, and my God, if he is and he’s talking about it, that’s terrific.” I wouldn’t answer their questions. I was starring in a play, and somebody said, “There’s a magazine guy who wants to talk to you.” And I said, “Great. I was a kid, and he was a much older guy. He’s talked about it, or else I wouldn’t. He met Martin, who he’s with now for all these years. “ Richard Chamberlain and I were boyfriends for a year, before he met Martin. It’s a very good read:Įure on nearly being outed before he was ready: Here’s an excerpt and a LINK to Brent’s article. He is wonderfully candid about his life as a closeted actor and about the time when he thought he was going to be outed by the tabloids.
That is why we held a private ceremony with friends and we exchanged rings.” They began living together in Hawaii in 1986.I’ve just finished reading Brent Hartinger’s terrific interview with Wesley Eure who starred on the Saturday morning kid’s show Land of the Lost in the 70s before spending a decade on the NBC soap Days of Our Lives. In the United States and in Hawaii where I live this is not possible. When asked if he wanted to marry Martin Rabbett when they met, he answered – “ Yes, because matrimony gives you guarantees that do not exist otherwise. Rabbett played the brother of Chamberlain’s lead character in the 1986 film Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold. Our life was like the life of a dog who has an injured leg and continues running on three legs: this is what it means to hide oneself.“ It is true that things were not easy for him. For his generation homosexuality was not something one would hide. Martin is much younger, he never hid his homosexuality. We were acting in a Tennessee Williams play. Talking about how they met, Chamberlain said – “ We met 31 years ago. In 1977, Chamberlain began a long-term relationship with Martin Rabbett. Is Richard Chamberlain still with Martin Rabbett?ĪLSO, READ William Hayes Chamberlain: Who is Richard Chamberlain’s brother?
Kildare aired on NBC from 1961 to 1966 during which he had also starred in two feature films, Twilight of Honor (1963) with Joey Heatherton and Joy in the Morning (1965) with Yvette Mimieux. Then in 1961, Richard got his big break when after a long search for a young doctor Kildare, George pulled the pilot from under the vault and immediately knew that Richard was perfect for the role. Richard was invited to a general interview and was hired as the lead in the ill-fated western pilot, ‘Paradise Kid’. George had seen his picture in a player’s book one day and had wondered what he was up to.
RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN AND MARTIN RABBETT SEPARATED MOVIE
Chamberlain’s friend George in high school whose father was a movie executive became an assistant to the man who ran MGM. The role that gave Richard Chamberlain his breakthrough, Dr. He was also the Assistant Stage Manager of The Night of the Iguana (– Feb 20, 1977). He also went on to perform in A Broadway Musical (– Dec 21, 1978) as a male dancer. Per Ibdb, the musical comedy My Fair Lady (– May 01, 1994) was produced in association with Martin Rabbett.
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