Larry King 2003 tribute to Rock Hudson

So, we're to gather from this that Rock was sleeping with women as well as men?

The only bigger pussyhound than Rock Hudson was Liberace!

I bet it was that old whore Joan Collins. She was broke in 1980.

I think the woman blackmailing Rock might have been his ex-beard/lesbian Phyllis Gates. He never fucked a woman.

It was his ex-wife/lesbian Phyllis Gates whom gossip columnist/lesbian Liz Smith knew all about.

Rock Hudson had some great performances. He was great in Giant with Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean.

But, Liz says on this show that she spoke with Phyllis Gates earlier that day and Phyllis denied that their marriage was a lie and that she and Rock loved each other.

BTW, Phyllis supported Marc Christian when he sued Rock's estate and won.

This is a real find! Thanks OP

Phyllis was a liar. She was a dyke but pretended to be a duped straight woman. Some guy named her as the co-respondent in his divorce because his wife was sleeping with Phyllis

Tony Randall didn't die too many months later. than this interview.

“You can only go on so many dates until you get a slight message” - Elaine Stritch, ex-girlfriend

"And we all know how *that* turned out."

I wish Tony had told the story about how one of Rock's balls kept falling out of his swim trunks during the filming of the beach scene with Doris in "Lover Come Back".

It wasn’t noticed until the rushes were screened the next day and the scene had to be reshot.

We talked about this years ago. Phyllis did blackmail him

Does anyone know if Liz Smith had come out by 2003?

OMG…Diane Ladd had me sobbing.

All that show needed was Doris Day calling in from Carmel.

R14, Liz Smith said the blackmailing was roughly 20 years ago from the broadcast, so around 1983.

Would Phyllis Gates have waited that long? Was she broke and needed money by 1983?

Perhaps there was a second blackmailer?

Stritchie always gives good chat.

Blackmail? Bless his soul, he was a bit deluded.

I think even Helen Keller could see Rock was gay after this.

R18, I think she needed the money

I hope my old beards don't start blackmailing me!

R11, R19, Stritch tells a very funny story of her date with Sinatra in At Liberty.

R13 if Armistead Maupin is to be believed, Rock was a big boy indeed. It's within reason that his junk would fall out or be visible.

R24, Marc Christian told Howard Stern that Rock's cock was the size of a rolling pin.

Wow. That was embarrassing. I only watched the first half, but jeez, they were actually trying to "in" him. But I love how that dyke Liz Smith was "secretary" to that other dyke, Stritch, back in the '50's! Hilarious...

This Saturday is the 36th anniversary of Rock Hudsons death. He died on October 2nd1985.....Rock Hudsons former house is for sale. For a mere 55 million dollars. Sounds like a lot of money until you realize RICH people don't pay taxes.

R27, How much of that estate was actually Rock's? I seem to remember the new owner tore down most of it and rebuilt.

Orson Welles died about two weeks after Rock.

Wait . . . Liz Smith was friends with Rock since 1953 and didn't discover he was gay until 30 years later?

30 replies and no Larry King jokes? (Unless they were made by one of the asshats I have blocked.) Okay, I'll go...

"Larry King here...you don't want to miss the rest of this tribute to Hollywood legend Stone Phillips. This bevy of heterosexual beauties will be joined by Rock's older sister, Baby Jane Hudson, when we come back. But first, a word from Snapple."

R28 = Yeah. They did. But some parts were left from the Rock days. Sad bygone era.

Not too long before Rock’s death, a street person who hung out where I parked for work told me that Rock had died, so I then proceeded to pass that news to my co-workers. I was cross with him thereafter for peddling fake news.

In her autobiography, Mamie VanDoren described having passionate sex with Rock on her kitchen floor.

Mamie is a lying whore.