Most respectable men gay or straight don’t make passes, what an ignorant comment ,get over yourself !

It’s the same thing as a white person saying”I have black friends” 🤣🤣🤣

@@navydad8916 A stupid analogy

@@adamcamo7785 lol he makes it sound like gay men wanted him,and can’t control themselves.

@@navydad8916 I got that too. Would have sounded much better if he left the part out of him not making a pass at him.

Sad too know you cant be your self. He was a wonderful man

Wish people would stop judging others and appreciate them for their talents..Liberace, Sir Elton, Freddie....etc.

@@gerrymcintosh4477 aren’t we pretty much past the time when celebrities & everyone else were judged negatively for most of the things that would have cancelled them 30 years ago? I hope so.

@First Of All He was gay. We've heard from several of his male partners, as well as friends who've confirmed this. We're not judging him for it, we just aren't frightened by the truth.

@First Of All except that those who were around him and knew him personally confirmed that he was. straight ppl despair to try to pretend gay celebrities didnt exist while trying to paint it as "Oh we cant know bc he, this man that lived and died in the age of prejudice never said the words inational tv so we cannot know." Yes we can, we absolutely can!

I live in San Antonio & have been to the Majestic theatre many times... I would have loved to have seen Liberace, but those seats are very uncomfortable & need to be replaced but won't be due to "historical" reasons.

Lucky! I’m not surprised it was unforgettable.

sounds mahvelous dahling.

Agreed. Unless he was committing horrendous crimes against little boys, like Michael Jackson did. Then, it does matter.

sorry but as a gay person its very very important ,famous people in bussness, sports ,movies, tv ,music ,they have to say it,because they help to the common people who is gay,and a lot of those famous died and nobody knows what they was, and straights catch them by his own gender,example like james dean and history talk about those like they were straigh ,not fair ,in early 90s i have discussion with straight friends about ricky martin he was 18 i say hes gay,they laugh and use the same words straight people use always ,cause u are gay dont mean everybody is,10 years later i did laughin their faces!

@@jj-one2048 How about respecting someone's wishes to not be hassled about their sexuality if they don't want to talk about it? Why is it anyone's business what someone else's sexual orientation is? Would Liberace have been any more kind or talented if he did talk about his sexuality? Everyone knew Luther Vandross was gay, but did anybody care? No, because Luther Vandriss was still the man! Why does it matter if anyone is gay, straight, bi, pan, etc., etc. as long as they treat others with kindness and respect? There's a lot of famous people who might be gay that we don't know about because it's none of our business. All that matters is that they're good-hearted people and masters of their craft.......period.

@@DESTRO350 Excellent post.

Amen to that. 😊 ❤

I like how the interviewer posed the question "you don't seem like the marrying type" as opposed to what we have today (tmz), would jam a mic in his face and flat out ask "are you gay?"

Lol no! Look at boy George he was very openly gay in the early 80s

@@pollard068 I find it strange that you prefer when people danced around the issue of being gay rather than when people feel able to ask the question directly today. Surely open communication is better than being forced to talk in riddles. And by the way I can recall no instance of an interviewer today ever having pushed a mic in a person's face and asked them openly if they are gay. You won't be able to post any examples because it just never happens.

Think again PLEASE 🍌

Yes really why did this old bat lie lol just a sick ole predator

Totally. He was also very very funny

What does he still bring to the world? Overpriced vanity objects?

Adam West's fave villain on the _Batman_ TV series.

very true

I give him credit for murdering many a good tune

Liberace was huge to what I'd consider to the the Korean War/pre-rock'n'roll generation. And the man had a terrific sense of humor: for example, I read that he loved Billy Barty's impersonation of him for Spike Jones' City Slickers.

He wasn't underrated, that underrated comment everyone makes about people that aren't, is becoming an overrated comment.

Criminal is right. He was having sex with 16 year old boys.

Liberace was the highest paid entertainer from 1940 to 1970. More than Elvis, more than Sinatra.

He was also criminally involved with underaged males.

All reasonable people have always felt as you do, yes, even 65 years ago.

@Barbara Guest Thorson was 18 when his relationship with Liberace began. He also wasn't homeless but was living with foster parents. Radar Online and his Where Are They Now interview are clear about those facts.

@Barbara Guest...pardon me, but how do you know what he "earned" in "God's eternity?" Scott Thorson turned 18 on January 23, 1977 and did not even meet Liberace until later that same year, so he wasn't 16. No matter who agrees or disagree with the age difference or the relationship between the two men, the truth of it is that Scott was legally an adult when he moved in with Liberace. If you are leaning on Behind The Candelabra for anything factual, I'm afraid you will be disappointed. I saw the movie...thought it was garbage (just my opinion)...decided to read the book because the books (in my opinion) are generally better than the movies that come out of them. Scott Thorson mentions Liberace's "blue eyes" in three separate chapters of the book (also garbage...in my opinion). Seems like an insignificant detail, I know, but how can Scott Thorson claim a 5 year affair with Liberace and not know that the man had brown eyes?? How you can compare Liberace to Warren Jeff's is beyond me, as Liberace was not raping 10 year olds on the altar in "the name of God." I respect your opinion, whether or not I agree with it...and I support your right to have that opinion...whether or not I agree with it...but none of us know what happened between God and Liberace when he stepped out into eternity. That's between them.

@Barbara Guest You're going to hell then 🤣

@@ianmangham4570 What other make believe places do you believe in?

+marcella giordano : When I was a real little kid, my whole family used to watch his old B&W weekly TV show and loved it. My mother said he was a "fairy." I asked what a "fairy" was. My mother replied that it was a man that liked other men. I asked what was wrong with that. She replied that it's a man that wants to marry other men. I thought that was icky, but then all marriages are icky when you're a little kid. We didn't care. He still was a great pianist and an astounding entertainer! The entertainment world is, and always has been, been filled with LGBT people. Who cares.

Yeah, since way back when...."But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly." (Genesis 13:13)

@@agentfungus9742 Sensible comment - thanks.

Of course ,there had to be some Christian comment 🙄

Not true. I knew MANY older ladies who thought of Liberace as a heart throb. They loved his looks, his fashion sense, his smile/wink, his class, and his talent. It's always been a ploy by Hollywood NOT to have their talent talk about their dating life to keep fans dreams/fantasies about "maybe I could be the one" alive. George Michaels and Ricky Martin were guys most other guys knew were gay but the girls NEVER and they went crazy for them. The same with Liberace in an earlier day. My grandma was crazy about Liberace and wanted to marry him when she was young.

I agree with you bro! that is exactly what he said but also what @RetroGuy76 said as well

Funny how Americans go on about freedom when Europe was glad to get rid of the Puritans who closed down ale houses and theatres, so they could have the renaissance

www.unilad.co.uk/science/intelligent-people-overcome-the-instinct-of-religion-according-to-study/

If that is the way you want to put it, yes.

It is and frankly it is no ones business what they do in the privacy of their bedroom

@RickiMartin did the same thing in the 90’s when he paid that blonde España muchacha to do a bunch of interviews (Barbara Walter’s included) where he claimed he was STR8 As can be!! He grossed me out-because today he acts like he was the first gay man to come out-when it was people like myself who came out in the 80’s-Ricki Martin was always a PRETENDER until he felt it was safe for him to reveal his true nelly self. I loathe those who never had the guts until it was safe: U make me sick Ricki with all your fake posturing-now pretending You came out before others…..You were a total pretender AND YOU STILL are!!

Flaming🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 like Lamar from revenge of the nerds

Im not sure if it's any easier in todays world. Extreme far right politics is bigger now than its ever been since the 1930s, and its only growing. Maybe there was less acceptance generally back then, I dont know when this was filmed, but the politics of everyday life was nowhere near as extreme. The 90s and 00's were much more stable and predictable. You knew exactly what you were getting. But the 2020's are the complete opposite, they are explosive and unpredictable. I bet that scares a lot of young gay people. The future is anything but certain right now.

​@@signoguns8501 Because now it's being crammed down our throats no matter our opinions, it's everywhere we look. And now even being shoved on elementary school kids. I wish it had never came out of the closet. Yes we knew this man was gay, but he was very respectful of those of us who have trouble looking at it. To people who are not gay, it's a moral stain on our communities.

@@nickie7874 At least you acknowledge that you are far right. Most people who share your politics wont do that. They would be offended by the suggestion. Even they know its bad to hold those beliefs, they are just in denial.

@@nickie7874 you are wrong - its in elementary school because people realize if they prefer boy or girl - and to teach them its okay to have preference for someone with the same gender is perfectly fine - we live in a free world and no one is forced to hide their sexuality - for people who are no happy about stranger sexuality...im sure in youre life you have a lot to do others than care about strangers life/sexuality

Tom Jones USA I agree!

Well said, and electrifying talent that inspired MANY to learn piano.

Are you joking lmao ! Look him up he was a self centered ego freak who was addicted to plastic surgery and wasting money and using people get your facts straight

He was a nice man but the only thing i did not like about him was that he talked his lover into plastic surgery to look like him. I beleive he wanted a son and this way he could do it but thats sad to go that far.

And that’s how I will always remember him.

I couldn't agree more with you. If I have any occasion to defend his honor, I will do so. And since I did know him and worked for him, I can say it and say to others, "You did not know him. I did and I cherish the memories of every moment he granted me.?

Omg! Yes she does!! When I saw her I thought immediately, she looks familiar but like who or where have I seen this face before and giggled then when I came to your reply I laughed and said BINGO!! That's who she looks like! That's where I saw her! Sure enough. Maybe she is where Robin Williams got his inspiration for the face of Mrs. Doubtfire.

Rezqewr mother and son look a like.

lol

I was thinking more like the old ladies from Gary Carson's 'Far side cartoons!'

in fact it is he who looks like Mrs D

Same with Paul Lynde.

@@Lava1964 Exactly!!

Don't Ask, Don't Tell at its finest.

The 50s were definitely a better time.

understand Gods Commandments and you will grasp things - it's crucial

@@forpetessake3532 Found the Xian fundie nutcase.

Absolutely correct. Why people are obsessed with what people in the public eye or celebrities private lives are, I don’t understand! It’s NO-ONE ELSES BUSINESS! Also I’ve seen some vile language used on these opinions and replies. Very nasty comments. There’s so much discrimination out there, over many things. Usually voiced by the sanctimonious! Usually by people with tunnel vision and who don’t know anything about any issues on life. They live in a tight and prejudiced world and I’d not trust one of them. I thought he was a wonderful pianist and charming, accomplished entertainer. That’s what matters in entertainment. I certainly couldn’t cast the first stone but I’m definitely not an evil person. I’m human with its ups and downs of life and of what life throws at me. We have to cope. Liberace had a wonderful public persona!

@@forpetessake3532 it’s a guide and it’s good advice to follow. Generally people try but life is not easy for some and circumstance dictates your life sometimes! The Commandments are always there for us but for them to “trap” you is not good. Flexibility with responsibility would be tolerable. Whatever your lifestyle people are valuable. Treat them that way. Don’t be judge and jury or unkind!. There are so many evils in this world and someone’s sexuality is NOT one of them! To begin with: Bigotry is one intolerable trait…

@@janeclarkson8471 I’ll probably never understand it.

Honestly it was part of his charm. Imagine a straight Liberace. I guarantee there would be none of the flashy, sparkly clothes, the hair or any of the other fabulous touches.

@@MsNooneinparticular yes Mrs Someone nice, it certainly added to his stage presence but his piano playing would have been spectacular whether he was straight, gay or independent 😀

@@MrPhife333 because if I’d said that I thought it was great that Liberace was gay someone like you would assume I was gay so I was making sure there was no doubt. You’re clearly concerned that I’m not gay, it’s ok if I say I’m gay but if I say Im straight it causes you some hetorophobic angst where in your cloudy hate swirling nomenclature and labelising you’ve lost sight of the topic completely.

@@MrPhife333 Let’s agree then that we both love Liberace and despite the title of this video being about ‘Liberace’s gay rumours’ I won’t mention gay in any context again.

Chill out

I see were ur headed partner nd u take it back about the dubyadubya-E. Murican as apple pie and real as baby Jesus

Lol true

"The Moon is now shaped like a Pizza only on 1 side! its flat!" "If you stand on your head long enough you can touch ur feet even while standing on your head." "You can leap tall building with a single bound!" "All humans are toads!" "The 4 legged animals are going to rule the entire universe!" I could go on but .... you know it can get more weird as I go on.

Liz Blue even if it's flat, it still would have 2 sides

Neil Mcintosh Neil, trust me pal, he was gay

I thought sending a helicopter to chase down the hearse was totally uncalled for. The man was dead. Telling the world he was gay was beyond anything civilised people would do.

I grew up watching him on tv....he was funny...played around and just entertained a 3..4....5 year old child. Mom, bless her heart feared I would be gay for watching it and laughing at him. I watched westerns too, never shot anyone...watched the three stooges never slapped anyone. Mom's favorite movie star....Rock Hudson...go figure.

I LOVE seeing recent activity on Liberace videos

I can’t understand why when some entertainer or personality passes. They always gotta mention he was Gay. If they managed to keep it on the down low while they lived ,why even bring it up? When a straight person dies they don’t go around announcing he was straight by the way. Who cares.

@@isaiahvillarreal4512 Nature of the beast, like people wanting to be first to tell something...When I was watching him, I had no idea what gay was or how sex even worked...What I find very wrong is people today as adults...asking, or talking to women like sex objects on late night..

Absolutely.

So in 2022 gay people are still claiming to be victims of oppression, when in this Liberace video from the 1960s (or 1970's) he said it doesnt matter anymore. So why do we still hear this narrative all the time?

let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

And how I wish it was still that way.

your lying--your gay

We don’t need your pity, we need the fundamentalists off our backs.

@@vogelvogeltje and we need the homosexual culture to stop shoving their sexual preferences down our throats.

@@vogelvogeltje that’s the spirit

Could you please tell the other hateful conservatives that

He's probably performing with Freddie Mercury now ,that would be amazing given how Flamboyant both were

@@christineayres5339 Taking turns getting it up the rear end from the devil.

@@motnosniv Yeah, don't care for them rump rangers.

@@motnosniv Thanks for sharing your fantasies with us.

@@tonyf.8858, you clicked on a video about Liberace to tell us that you don't like gay people?!🤨🙄👌🏽🤡🤣

Nora Steel best comment.

he was part of the Pallboners

@@jukedar Piss off, you ballbrain!

Bruh you need a life lol

Nora human beings male, female, and all sexualities have been artists, athletes, scientists, and etc.

Do you like.... my rings......? You paid for them!!

Did you show him your ring?

Oh boy, was she in denial!!

My granny tooo...How I miss her smile.

My grandmother was his personal photographer. For some time

My grandmother loved him too. You have to understand that back then, his was a pretty exciting act as radio didn't even exist when my grandmother was born in 1914. Also, people were very anti-gay back then. People still are today, but it was much more looked down upon back then.

@@Kurt77777 Radio definitely existed during Liberaces career....he was born in 1919....started performing for real in the mid 40s (with his more renewed act), before that he was just classical.

He had a good personality.

wrong

Honestly that's the way I think ALL of us gay/bisexual/pansexual people should do it, he gave a great example. We are all people first and foremost and should recognize OURSELVES by our talents and not our sexuality. There's plenty of gay and bi people that are just as talented as straights, and sometimes even more so! LOL Not that I'm saying that's the way YOU think, I'm just using your comment to bring up that point.

he did not want to be known as a gay man because of the times he came up in and the toxic and cruel ways mainstream society treated and thought of gay and lesbian people back then...there were Many gay and lesbian actors in the past who would have been ruined if their orientation became known, and many were ruined for it... The only "problems" gay and lesbian people have ever had is how others treated and persecuted them and brainwashed generations of people to continue to do the same. We live in much more enlightened times, but still there are some who persist in their hate filled ignorance.

It was out of necessity. He knew he would be finished if he did come out because of hateful bigots.

@@crixxxxxxxxx Actually you are wrong.

@@samwisethebrave288 Explain how accepted LGBT people were in the 1950s and 60s, please.

​@@samwisethebrave288How is he/she wrong?

The world is still much the same now, only the law has changed, there is still very much a high degree of homophobia, it's in the police, it's in sport, it's in the church. Attitudes have not changed, in some places LGBT are only largely tolerated because if any homophobic language is directed at them in public, it would be libel, this is why a lot of it is said behind a keyboard and username and fake pics !! . I fear fro the LGBT community , I fear for their safety.

@@Loverboy19691 I fear for the world in general at the moment tbh.

Andrew Dexter ....God fears for their safety too. The reason He calls it an abomination and a vile affection.... and says they will not enter the Kingdom of God. Better to be forewarned than deceived by ones 'friends'....

Plus he wanted to keep his young adoring female fans fantasies alive. Same thing happened with Ricky Martin and George Michaels who didn't come out until later because their fanbase consisted mostly of adoring female fans who had their posters in their bedrooms and imagined marrying them. The same exact thing happened with Liberace only earlier.

Everyone knew he was gay. I was six years old in 1965 and when I saw Liberace I knew he was different. I asked my mom something about him (don't remember exactly how I asked) and she looked away and didn't answer.

Luis Natal He didn't hide it So he was a pioneer you could say

Luis Natal How do you know he was a great person? Gay or straight, he was not a good person. If he did today what he did back then he would be in jail. Scott Thorson was only 16 when they hooked up.

Andrew Delee Thorson was a Gold digger who cares

Lenard Reis True. Thorsonon was a drug addicted Gold digger

+Luis Natal Well hopefully he always gave a shit before copulation. Otherwise it could be very messy!

All the millions who loved him new he was gay and some may not have liked it but life is a compromise, he gave them wonders and they let him be. It was societies underline reasons for a perceived common decency that caused him problems and does to others this day, in many countries. It seems that one person of influence can encourage millions to either hate or love and how sad is that.

You're right, but he was Sissyfied!

So true, but they were usually older women who couldn't bear to think that their idol was completely unwilling to satisfy them with his wand given he preferred other wand-owners to wand-receptors!

Very smart book worm

Yeah, heterophobic.

KenpoDisciple what would indicate a diseased mind to your own diseased mind is irrelevant. Look, I'm sure that you've been told that your mind is not working right before. Why do t you just get some therapy, if you already haven't , to deal with your obvious problems instead of spewing hate-filled nonsense on the Internet. That won't make you any better. It won't show love your mental problems. Please seek out help.. There are professionals and medications that really can help you.

KenpoDisciple Ok. You clearly don't know what a homosexual us. You are hilarious. Demented, but hilarious. But really, you do need professional help.

KenpoDisciple Are you trying to get kicked off of KZfaq?

KenpoDisciple Seriously. You need professional help. Please get some

Strange comment, we live in a time where people obsessively seek to justify their sexuality and shove it down everyone throat..

@@Orange6921 or religion for that matter.

@@neillyf Well that is a big fat lie, mainstream culture is overwhelming secular and non religious. Your comment is incredibly disingenuous and you were clearly triggered into saying it based solely on my SN. Not a good look.

@@Orange6921 whatever!

@@Orange6921 True that Brother

+Steve Sandberg Really smart answer for the time.

Bill Clinton would have been proud of that slippery answer.

a great admission

and it is still that way for gay and lesbian people all over the world in many countries. It is still like it was in the "old days" right now for millions of gay people all over the world

Yeah I grew up in the 80s and being gay was like an ultimate taboo. I've been fortunate enough to know a lot of gay people and even have gay friends, hell my ex-wife even came out as gay (even though it was painfully obvious to everyone but her) but they're just people and deserve respect.

@@Apollo_Blaze It's still like that in some areas of the US. Deep south bible belt areas. I went to a pride event as an ally last year and there were 2 protesters. I expected more but I think the police presence deterred many considering the Klan was in the area the day before.

@@SyphusBatterus by the late 70s being a gay person was being very widely accepted...it was consdered very cool to have a gay friend..I remember because I was already out there, I was in my late teens, and the feelings towards gay people was getting so much better...Then A.I.D.S came around in 1983 and it gave the homophobes a weapon to once again demonize gay people with...if it had not been for A.I.D.S we would have gotten to a place of acceptance much faster. We still have a ways to go for sure. These days many out there want to take away our rights again.

Was his name Lyle ??? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a594o651mNuam6c.html

How very dare you ....

Was this Liberace museum at the Cosmo in Las Vegas? I went to that one and saw the bedazzled Duesenberg in the lobby, one of his candelabras, and the robes with all the feathers were there too. Some of them had some very rare, and expensive feathers sewn into them. He was a great entertainer with costume flair lol he sure could play that piano! The movie with Michael Douglas and Matt Damon is unintentionally hilarious!

@@Steampunksaly Now don't be silly

What?! That's INSANE!

That’s what people used to say about John Holmes.

Dave ... fyi ... if you click on the 3 vertical gray dots to the right of your post, you can just edit to correct any typos.

Hmmm! Soccer or football? :) (I'm in Dallas).

As long people are not having sex with children , theirs sexuality’s is not my business.

Same here Mark - no one's business but mine (or yours)!

Yes I agree, it’s called class. We had so many stars that had class but sadly today they are a dying breed. 😥

@@JCX-9 yes ma’am 😢❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@timberwolfdtproductions3890 Your grandfather was clearly a puddle jumper...

You're clearly feeling pretty safe behind your keyboard. Only a pathetic little punk would say something like that about someone's dead Grandfather. Loser.