Was jim nabors gay
The couple married in early 2013 in Washington state, where gay marriage had recently been made legal. Nabors’ friends had known for years that he was gay, but he had never said anything to the media.
“It’s lovely obvious that we had no rights as a couple, yet when you’ve been together 38 years, I consider something’s got to happen there, you’ve got to solidify something,” Nabors told Hawaii News Now at the hour. “And at my age, it’s probably the best thing to do.”
Nabors became an instant victory when he unified “The Andy Griffith Show” in the early 1960s. The character of Gomer Pyle, the unworldly, lovable gas pumper who would exclaim “Gollllll-ly!” proved so popular that in 1964 CBS starred him in “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.”
In the spinoff, which lasted five seasons, Gomer left his hometown of Mayberry to become a Marine recruit. His innocence confounded irascible Sgt. Vince Carter, played by Frank Sutton.
Audiences saw another side of Nabors in appearances in TV variety programs — his booming baritone. The contrast between his homespun humor (“The tornado was so bad a hen laid
The world resounded with a predictable Gol-ol-olllll-leeeee! at yesterday's news that Jim Nabors had gay-married his long-term partner, Stan Cadwallader.
Nabors, who played Gomer Pyle in both 1960s-era television series The Andy Griffith Show and its spin-off, Gomer Pyle, USMC (pre-Don't Ask Don't Explain , we guess), announced the two had been wed in Seattle last month, following Washington voters' approval of lgbtq+ marriage in 2012.
"I'm 82 and he's in his 60s and so we've been together for 38 years and I'm not ashamed of people knowing; it's just that it was such a personal thing, I didn't say anybody" Nabors eventually told AP. "I'm very happy that I've had a partner of 38 years and I feel very blessed. And, what can I tell you, I'm just very happy."
Yep, he's gay.
Nabors's sexual orientation was long an expose secret in the LGBT community and among his straight(ish) friends like Carol Burnett and Julie Andrews. And if he wasn't queer, his character, surely Gomer Pyle was. After all, fond that other irresistible Southern television star, Honey Boo-Boo, says, "Everybody's got a little gay in 'em!"
Face it. Mayberry, Gomer's famed fictitious hometown, has a lot of male lover in it. A
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By Greg Hernandez on Jan 29, 2013 9:24 pm | Comments (1) |
He never married Rock Hudson as a persistent urban legend alleged.
But Jim Nabors is finally a married man – and married to a man!
Television’s Gomer Pyle recently got married in the state of Washington to his longtime partner, Stan Cadwallader.
Nabors, 82, had never appear out publicly as a queer man but confirmed the marriage to Hawaii News Now.
“I’m 82, and he’s in his 60s, and so we’ve been together for 38 years, and I’m not ashamed of people knowing, it’s just that it was such a personal thing, I didn’t tell anybody,” Nabors told the station.
“I’m very happy that I’ve had a partner of 38 years and I undergo very blessed. And, what can I tell you, I’m just very happy.”
The wedding took place at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel on January 15.
Nabors came to fame as gas station attendant Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffin Show in 1962. His character proved so popular that after two years, he was spun off into his have show titled Gomer Pyle USMC which ran for five seasons.
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Oh sure, Seattle’s had its share of cute weddings, but the cutest — one four decades in the making — is the 2013 union of Jim Nabors and Stan Cadwallader at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel downtown. One was a TV celebrity, the other a firefighter, and they’d managed to keep their relationship out of the public eye for 38 years.
One reason they protected their privacy: A TV star of the 1960s and 1970s, Jim’s career was nearly destroyed by a queer wedding rumor just before he and Stan met, a rumor that also ended Jim’s relationship with closeted actor Rock Hudson. Over his 55-year career, Jim made a specify for himself as a wholesome, folksy southerner; but behind the scenes, he harbored a secret treasure that would have scandalized the country if it was found out.
Jim was born at the originate of the Great Depression in a tiny Alabama town called Sylacauga. His mother worked at a truck stop, his father bounced around from employment to job until he finally wound up organism appointed the town’s sole police officer. The family raised chickens for diet and lived in a tiny house. Jim always stood out — his severe asthma prevented him from playing with the other kids, but he was so energetic and outgoin