Some had been famous, during the two or three years that their shows were airing, but now they were stuck in "hey, I used to know you!" limbo.
A few were bona fide celebrities, with ongoing projects and fan bases.
Here are the most famous actors (and other celebrities) that I've dated, hooked up with, or at least gotten a sausage sighting from.
I'm not going to reveal who is which, but bear in mind that some of the dates were just friendly lunches or "let's grab a coffee." Some of these guys are straight.
No, Sylvester Stallone is not on the list, but I like the photo.
High School
Carl Gustaf, King of Sweden. When he visited our high school, he had lunch with a select group of student leaders. I sat next to him. Our knees touched.
West Hollywood
Michael J. Fox, star of Family Ties. My friend Marcus and I had lunch with him in the summer of 1985. Ivo, the Bulgarian bodybuilder I was dating, claimed to be his ex-lover, but Michael actually never heard of him.
Robin Williams. We met at a party in the Hollywood Hills. I didn't like him, but I liked his date.
John Amos, who starred in Good Times and played the older Kunta Kinte in Roots. I often saw him at the gym, once in the shower. His physique was amazing.
Lou Ferrigno. He came into the office at Muscle and Fitness regularly, often with Bill Bixby, his co-star on The Amazing Hulk at the Time.
Ed Stroll, a retired bodybuilder and actor, an opera buff, a member of the Hollywood Country Club set. He offered to take me yachting during the Worst Date in West Hollywood History.
Lee H. Montgomery, a former child star who did some teen idol work in the 1980s. You may have seen him in Mutant and Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Peter Barton, a teen idol of the early 1980s, known for The Powers of Matthew Star, later a soap star.
Tom Villard, star of the sitcom We Got It Made, working steadily on tv through the 1980s. In the 1990s he became one of the few actors to openly admit being gay.
Douglas Barr, who starred in Designing Women from 1988 to 1991, and now runs a winery in the Napa Valley.
Cesar Romero, 1940s movie heartthrob and 1960s Batman villain. He sold me a love seat. Turned out to be the most uncomfortable thing I ever sat on (the love seat, not Cesar Romero).
New York
Nate Richert, Sabrina's boyfriend on the TGIF sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996-2003). We met at the Gold Coast in West Hollywood, but I didn't know who he was. Until later.
Tom Wopat, star of Dukes of Hazzard in the 1970s. I actually had a crush on his costar, John Schneider.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, the famous composer of musicals I haven't seen: Cats, Phantom of the Opera. Evita.
Florida
Sean O'Neal, Clarissa's best friend in the Nickelodeon teencom Clarissa Explains It All from 1991 to 1994. When I met him, he was acting on the stage and doing voice work in Fort Lauderdale.
MY Celebrity Boyfriend....I'm guessing Peter Barton ?
ReplyDeleteRight. I haven't looked at this list for awhile. It's not very accurate. Apparently I counted "a brief conversation at a party" as a date, and I left out Christopher Atikins altogether, even though he's the only one I'm still in contact with.
DeleteCesar Romero always makes me think of how Burt Ward was allegedly "any port in a storm". He even tried to have a threeway with both of his costars. (Dick/Babs would become canon decades later. I don't ship them because clumsy retcons kinda made her a pedophile. And while I liked them before that, there are better options for both of them, both male and female.) An aside: Bat/Jokes is the OTP in-universe.
ReplyDeleteWhat was it like for Nate Richert having a homophobic co-star?
I have to know about Lou Ferrigno.
There's a Burt Ward hookup story somewhere on "Tales of West Hollywood." I pulled up the Lou Ferrigno and Nate Richert stories. I don't think Nate Richert was actually gay, maybe bi-curious or just being swept up by my cruising.
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