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"Pee-wee Herman" star Paul Reubens, who died inhas posthumously revealed he was gay in a new documentary unveiled at Sundance Film Festival. Paul Reubens posthumously comes out as gay in a new documentary. Does that change how we look at his iconic were pee wee gay, Pee-wee Herman?. And he was concealing something weightier. Paul Reubens posthumously comes out as gay in a new documentary.

The revealing two-part movie, which will eventually air on HBO, features the final interviews with Reubens, who died of cancer in July at age Director Matt Wolf sat with the funny actor for 40 hours over the course of a year to reflect on his life as a closeted gay man, his showbiz career and agonizing sex scandals. The movie also gave ailing Reubens a chance to tell his side of things. Though Reubens passed in after a private, years-long battle with cancer, the revelations within the new documentaries seemed to confirm what we’ve long wondered: Is Pee-wee Herman a queer.

Ever the control freak, the actor harbored concerns over how his complex story would be told. And all of a sudden, I had a Charlie Manson mugshot. Born in Peekskill, New York, Reubens never publicly came out of the closet. He was often spotted being cozy with actress Debi Mazar, who maintains their deep connection. Paul Reubens opened up about his sexuality for a documentary about his life, which was filmed before he died of cancer in Before he died, Paul Reubens gave a vulnerable, tell-all interview which makes the two-part Pee-wee Herman documentary a must-see for fans.

People had never seen a photo of me other than Pee-wee Herman. Pee-wee was riding high, but the world was growing darker for Reubens. Reubens debuted Pee-wee Herman while performing with comedy troupe the Groundlings inand when his Pee-wee stage show exploded in LA, the actor chose to conceal his private life entirely. "Pee-wee Herman" star Paul Reubens, who died inhas posthumously revealed he was gay in a new documentary unveiled at Sundance Film Festival.

Mazar, friend David Arquette and his wife at the time, Courteney Cox, stood by Reubens throughout the ordeal. Good for him. But fame was way more complicated. The charges were dropped inand Reubens pleaded guilty to a lesser obscenity charge. With the help of friends, Reubens got out of Sarasota without paparazzi catching him by donning fake teeth, glasses and cutting his hair.

InReubens was arrested and charged with indecent exposure at an adult movie theater in Sarasota, Florida. Does that change how we look at his iconic character, Pee-wee Herman?. A crisis p. The brilliant, innovative program was out-of-the-box quirky and meticulously designed. The new documentary, Pee-wee as Himself, sees the comic open up about being in a romantic relationship with a man named Guy, according to the New York Post.

Pee-wee Herman was like Liberace, a flamboyant character so toothlessly gay — that is, so deeply queer-coded but "harmless" — that he passed as family entertainment.

Pee-wee Herman was like Liberace, a flamboyant character so toothlessly gay — that is, so deeply queer-coded but "harmless" — that he passed as family entertainment. He pleaded no contest. Reubens was occasionally seen dating the opposite sex at the time. Paul Reuben's most famous creation, Pee-wee Herman, was a hero for oddballs and outsiders and left behind an enduring queer legacy.