M*A*S*H star comes out of the closet

[clockworkgirl21]

David Ogden Stiers, the Emmy-nominated actor who first found widespread fame playing Major Charles Winchester on the TV series M*A*S*H and who later voiced many characters in animated Disney musicals, has come out in an interview with the gay Oklahoma City blog gossip-boy.com.

“I am [gay],” Ogden Stiers said. “Very proud to be so.”

The interview was published in March, but was missed by many media outlets, including this one.

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Well. I did NOT see that coming.

[Armand Tanzarian]

www.metroweekly.com/gauge/last_word/2009/05/mash-actor-david-ogden-stiers.html
www.gossip-boy.com/DOS.html

Fix'd for thee.

[lunalelle]

I didn't see that coming! And I love DOS! Congrats, Stiers.

[Vypernight]

It seems like, rather than dying in threes, people are now coming out in threes. That's fine with me. I'd prefer my favorite actors/actresses to come out rather than die.

[gotpwnt]

It wasn't Klinger?

Edit: Nvm I think Klinger died. But yeah this isn't what I expected.

[Caitshidhe]

Wow, I never would'a guessed that. (Maybe I'm slow.) But that's awesome! Way to go, Dr Winchester! And Cogsworth. But I sense a sudden spike in the number of M*A*S*H-fandom slashfics.

And also--Jamie Farr is still alive and well and has given up wearing dresses for good. I met him a few years ago. His hair is WHITE now, which is kind of a shock.

[Vene]

You mean there are homosexual actors? *gasp*

I agree, it would be funnier if Jamie Farr was the gay one. Or, funny in a different way, if William Christopher was gay (he played Father Mulcahy).

[schizophonic]

May 10, 2009 11:28:30 GMT -5 Vene said:

You mean there are homosexual actors? *gasp*

I agree, it would be funnier if Jamie Farr was the gay one. Or, funny in a different way, if William Christopher was gay (he played Father Mulcahy).

Could you imagine the religious outcry of a QUEER playing a man of the cloth?

[katsuro]

Am I the only one not at all suprised (or were the "didn't see it coming" people being ironic?).

I didn't even know he was in the closet - I always thought he was gay and assumed he was openly so.

[terri]

May 10, 2009 11:28:30 GMT -5 Vene said:

You mean there are homosexual actors? *gasp*

I agree, it would be funnier if Jamie Farr was the gay one. Or, funny in a different way, if William Christopher was gay (he played Father Mulcahy).

Or Gary Burghoff (Radar)!

[deliciousdemon]

He was Kamaji the boiler man from Spirited away! That's ace.

[ironbite]

Honestly...I could care less about what people are then what people do. Gay or straight, doesn't phase me in any way shape or form.

Ironbite-but good for him.

[Thejebusfire]

I honestly could care less for one's sexual prefrence. If I like an actor, it's because they are a good actor. I'm not going to stop supporting my favorite actor because of his sexual prefrence.

But it is good that he is bold enough to say that. Good for him!

[darthtoxic]

May 10, 2009 15:12:51 GMT -5 katsuro said:

Am I the only one not at all suprised (or were the "didn't see it coming" people being ironic?).

I didn't even know he was in the closet - I always thought he was gay and assumed he was openly so.

Yeah, same here.

Either way, good for him.

Edit: Oh man, I didn't know he played the boiler man in Spirited Away! That completely washes away the stink he left with me by playing Martian Manhunter in that shitty live-action Justice League movie.

[schizophonic]

May 10, 2009 15:12:51 GMT -5 katsuro said:

Am I the only one not at all suprised (or were the "didn't see it coming" people being ironic?).

I didn't even know he was in the closet - I always thought he was gay and assumed he was openly so.

I didn't know he was gay, I didn't assume he was gay, but I'm hardly shocked.

Though I suggest we pretend to kill him and slip a nurse into his tent just to be sure.