Closeted (gay) actors formerly on the soaps

[j swift]

Gordon Thompson's 1991 SOD profile when he was hired as Mason on SB recycled the old Raymond Burr foreign ex-wife story....

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He was just too busy for love.

[Xanthe]

It's not unusual for even heterosexual non-USians to be married to fellow citizens in their home countries. Gordon Thomson was in fact married to Maureen Fitzgerald even if he was fooling her or himself or just the public in the 1960s/70s in Ontario. 

 from the Toronto Star, March 6, 1976.

[Avatar610]

I remember when two actors played a married couple on a soap in the 80s- and both were strictly playing for the home team!  They had an offscreen 'romance' for the soap press but the male half was having a steamy affair with a hot blond stud from another soap on the same network.  The female half came from a somewhat prominent family so she had to be discreet.  Now- guess who these three people (still living) are!

[Soapsuds]

Sounds tasty!

Most on here would probably say to spill the tea.

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[Avatar610]

Okay - a few hints.  The lady played more than one role on her show- something that would send most actors to the moon and back!  Her tall dark and handsome leading man was foreign born-no way could he hide his accent!  As for his blond boyfriend from another soap- he wasn't afraid to show some skin for a national magazine- little did the ladies know he showed ALL for his male lover!

Edited April 27, 2024 by Avatar610
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[kalbir]

 

 

Based on the clues, I think we can rule out the CBS soaps.

[j swift]

I'm not into this 

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use of sexuality as gossip in 2024, nor do I think of it as pertinent to the topic of this thread.

We should celebrate actors who come out (no matter when), and support the cause.

Those who choose to maintain privacy because of a selfish belief that it will hurt their career potential, are neither interesting nor intriguing to me.  People who depend on public support while hiding their sexuality for personal gains are bad.  And we should not treat them as if they have this cute, sexy secret. 

This is no way to be inferred as a criticism of the poster, who seems to be having fun with their insider information.  It is a personal quirk that I find this kind of hearsay to be archaic and discouraging.  I'll get off of my high horse now, and let the guessing continue (my vote is for Stacy Galina, although her dual role was in the 90s).

Edited April 27, 2024 by j swift

[Avatar610]

Not Stacy- the actress doesn't look ANYTHING like her.  Think opposite,

[Sapounopera]

However the actor was involved with a Stacey on another show, right?

[Avatar610]

No!   No actor-character by that name on either soap in question, but the same network.

[Soapsuds]

So are you ever spilling the tea?

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It has to be fact and not a rumor.

You need 

[Paul Raven]

OK I got it. At least the twosome-but not the blonde stud.

However, the lady in question is  married and has children....

[Avatar610]

Yes she is married with children now, but not then!  Well anyway her foreign born leading man/fake boyfriend was seeing a blonde stud from the same network in another soap!  Look at the clues I gave about the blonde dreamboat- I'm sure you can figure out his ID soon. 

[Paul Raven]

I did some thinking about the blonde stud and I hope  I have the Luck of the Irish...

[Avatar610]

Indeed you do!