Rock Hudson with his wife Phyllis Gates (1955)

    by Roughneck16

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    1. Phyllis is from Montevideo Minnesota. She moved back after the divorce. My dad worked in a bank and remembers checks from Hudson to her.

    2. They had an understanding it’s not like she didn’t know…also we love being married to our hot gay bff…👯‍♂️

    3. PizzaWhole9323 on

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      I’m just going to leave this right here for no particular reason 😉 he prefers the company of men. Who doesn’t?

    4. I grew up in the ’80s when AIDS was at its social not accepted peak. I never knew about Rock Hudson but he was the butt of a lot of jokes back then. No pun intended.

    5. My first thoughts were: aww what a genuine happy couple for that time era. So rare to see the happiness. Then I realized what was going on from the comments. They must have had a truely beautiful friendship for them to cover and commit to their story.

    6. Independent_Wrap_321 on

      He was married in 1955? My mom said she went on a date with him in Santa Monica, but she would have been 14 then so maybe she was full of it. She was a Job’s Daughter Queen in ‘59 at SAMOHI and met all kinds of people so the opportunity was there. I still have the 45 of Hound Dog Elvis gave her at a record store appearance just before he broke big. She’s gone now, I wish I got the whole story.

    7. There’s a good documentary about his life on HBO. It’s called *All That Heaven Allowed*, and it goes over the nature of their relationship. She was his agent’s secretary.

    8. abgry_krakow87 on

      “I remind you our contract specifies we are to be at arms length apart the whole time!”

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