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THE ULTIMATE MAN’ S MAN
In 2016 celebrated Washington Post journalist Richard Cohen writing about his friend New York socialite Nora Ephron over-heard her exclaim,“ Marlon Brando’ s gay, everybody knows that.”
“ Nora said that one night in my house in Washington. I can’ t remember how Brando’ s name came up, but there it was, this startling( at the time) piece of information, so inside, so unknown to the general public, who considered him— fools that they were— a womaniser of great repute. I can remember exactly where I was at the time. In the living room. Standing in front of the sofa. The remark hit with the force of a dumdum bullet. Marlon Brando’ s gay? Who knew?
Everybody! it turned out. Everybody knew. And whether they did or they didn’ t, whether it was true or not, was totally beside the point. When Nora said one of these things— and she said them quite often— You knew some things. She knew everything.”
Astounding as this revelation was in today’ s times of fast news and an endless string of exposés, scandal of any kind is somewhat diluted. He went on to add,“ Homosexuality is no longer considered outré. Premarital sex is now passé, as are open extramarital affairs. Ingrid Bergman’ s affair with the director Roberto Rossellini— they were both married to others at the time— all but had her banned from America. Ed Sullivan would not have her on his popular and influential TV show. Nowadays, she would be a sought-after guest.”
Marlon Brando was SO masculine, SO good looking, oozed sex appeal- he was hot, hot, hot!!! and as a young man I was totally in love with him- he was for a time a screen idol to gay men the world over. I went on a quest to unearth some the facts and rumours about the hunk’ s sexuality and his famous sexual partners.
In researching this topic I stumbled across a fascinating account of one of his early gay encounters. The story involves Roger Vadim, Daniel Gélin & Christian Marquand... sowing their youthful, bisexual oats.
MARLON BRANDO 1924- 2004
DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS, AMAZINGLY TALENTED, BI-SEXUAL... MARLON BRANDO WAS EVERY GAY MAN’ S IDOL
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In 1949 Roger Vadim was living in Paris with his best friend, actor Christian Marquand. At the time Vadim had worked as a stage actor and journalist, but had not yet become a film director. The two were having lunch on the terrace of La Coupole, a former hangout of Hemingway and Henry Miller in Montparnasse when they noticed a startlingly handsome young man seated alone at a nearby table- he had removed his shoe and was massaging an aching