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Originally Posted by baddog
Was not exactly a secret; I have known he was gay since I was a teen.
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I recall that we used to joke about Gomer's pile when i was a kid, but that's all I recall, so finding out he is gay was news to me.
There apparently was a rumor circulating that Jim Nabors and Rock Hudson were secretly married:
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An urban legend maintains that Nabors married Rock Hudson in the 1970s. In fact, the two were never more than friends. According to Hudson, the legend originated with a group of "middle-aged homosexuals who live in Huntington Beach" who sent out joke invitations for their annual get-together.
One year, the group invited its members to witness "the marriage of Rock Hudson and Jim Nabors," at which Hudson would take the surname of Nabors' most famous character, Gomer Pyle, becoming "Rock Pyle."
Those who failed to get the joke spread the rumor. At the time Nabors was dating his boyfriend, Stan, whom he eventually married; Hudson was also gay but closeted, and because of the fear that one or both of them might be outed, Nabors and Hudson never spoke to each other again.
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