So interesting to hear Nathan Lane remember how Robin Williams swooped in to protect Nathan from being outed before he was ready during the promo tour for The Birdcage in 1996. Here's the moment when it happened, and Nathan reflecting on it almost 30 years later:
So interesting to hear Nathan Lane remember how Robin Williams swooped in to protect Nathan from being outed before he was ready during the promo tour for The Birdcage in 1996. Here's the moment when it happened, and Nathan reflecting on it almost 30 years later: https://t.co/be7wS8yXb9
The context is that Nathan was out to friends & family (and had been for years) but there was a big difference between than & talking about it in front of millions of strangers. So for awhile, he talked around the issue, like in this interview. But then...
@MattBaume So interesting how your video came out relatively recently, then I saw this clip on the front page of reddit, and now the story is trending along with this interview. I'm curious, did you start the snow ball effect or did you see the Oprah clip somewhere before your research?
@MattBaume Love Nathan Lane, and loved Robin Williams, but was there ever a time when someone thought Nathan Lane was straight? In 1996, who would have cared? Funny is funny. The surprise is that Oprah wouldn't have known that Lane preferred to be closeted & just avoid the topic
@MattBaume @jpokeefe And they murdered Robin Williams, Jeffrey Epstein, Antoni Bourdain, John Carradine and more.
@MattBaume When Robin Williams died, I cried. He’s the only celebrity that I felt an emotional loss to. He was my childhood. He was brilliant. He was kind. He was like a real life Peter Pan in some ways, with that certain spark. Bangarang