David Hyde Pierce officially comes out!!!
This is great! While it's not secret that David Hyde Pierce is gay, it's wonderful to have him publicly acknowledge his partner, actor-writer-producer Brian Hargrove. According to AfterElton.com, the outing came in the form of a routine Associated Press-provided description of Pierce’s career with AE then getting confirmation from his publicist.
Hyde Pierce, best known for his four-time Emmy-winning role as Niles Crane in "Frasier," has had many films roles ("Down With Love") and his Broadway credits include "Spamalot" and the current hit "Curtains" for which he is up for a Tony Award.
I'm not going to quibble with how and when he came out because, unlike Out Magazine and others, I think it's each person's right - gay or straight - to decide how public they want their personal lives to be.
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Didn't he decide how public he wanted his life to be when he chose a very public career? You don't get to enjoy all the perks of celebrity and then bitch and moan about the cost. If you want privacy, be a private person. If you want everyone to know your name, then you can't really complain when they want to know more.
These celebrities go out and give interviews all the time that are designed to help their careers and enhance their public image. Is that the action of a person who truly wants or deserves that level of privacy? Celebrities cannot go running to the media to talk about their jobs and their friends and their charity work and their childhoods and their mothers, and then get huffy when the media also talks about their romantic relationships. It's like Mary Cheney pitching a fit when John Kerry observed that she was a lesbian... she has no reasonable expectation of privacy.
How public does David Hyde Pierce want his personal life to be? Let's look at all the interviews he has given over the last 15 years. He wanted to be a public figure, and now he is. As are Doogie and Lance and Anderson and Shepard. Remember the opening credits to the television show "Fame"? Debbie Allen says, "So you want fame? Well, fame costs." It sure does. Part of that cost is your privacy.
Greg, I missed this one -- saw it in the June 9 paper. That's what happens when you miss Out in Hollywood ...
I guess Paris Hilton has eclipsed all other news, so now's a good a time as any to do just about anything -- nobody will notice until Paris gets out of the pokey.
If my say could change people I would prefer that gay celebs come out if only to show young teens that it's okay to be gay despite the peer pressure. However, it IS their choice to do so and it should be respected but WHY does it "become public" just because someone is an actor? Privacy should apply to everyone.