Today's Blind Items - New Found Fame

This actor is an A+/A list mostly movie actor. But, before he became a big movie star, he starred on a hit television show. He wasn't the lead lead on it, but he was in the main cast. It was his first taste of fame and he was not ready for it at all. Prior to the television show airing, our actor, who is closeted to this day, lived his life very openly in Los Angeles. He was not shy about being seen with men. Then he got fame and his people told him he needed a girlfriend. Our actor was sleeping with several men on the show either who were actors or crew and one of them had a sister or cousin or something and our actor took her out to be seen a few times. Then, his people said he needed someone kind of famous, so they paired him with an actress. He hated it. He also hated that he couldn't hang out with his friends and lover in town any longer. Our actor spent most of his paychecks from the first two seasons of the show renting beach houses on weekends along the central coast of California and have a dozen friends hang out with him.

Then, after a couple of seasons, the out of town parties began to attract too much attention. Our actor's people really wanted him to focus on his actress "girlfriend." So, began his deep withdrawal into the closet where he has continued to remain all these years later.