“If you’re around your parents a lot, you see them in ways that almost no one else does. And I never saw a hint of that,” said Jennifer, 57. “I think I would have picked up on it — not that I would’ve cared…”
“But I have to speak the truth of the matter: Dad was charming, and he had great friendships, but he wasn’t flirtatious with men,” she continued. “A friend of mine sent me a picture the other day of Gregory Peck, my father and Mervyn LeRoy, and they’re good buddies. But I never got that hint.”
“Perhaps earlier in his life he had an affair [with a man]. I’ll never know, but if he did, fantastic. I hope he enjoyed it.”
– Cary Grant’s daughter Jennifer, on her father Cary Grant‘s speculated sexuality, the iconic Hollywood movie star known for North By Northwest and Notorious.
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Shocking and scandalous!
How would she know. Most closeted men are good about hiding especially back then.
She sounds ridiculous especially knowing how old she was and the fact she wasn’t even born when he might have been “active”.
If there is ANYONE that a person hides their sexual proclivities from, it’s their own children.
No matter what those might be, or with whom!
And sorry dear, his reputation goes a little further than being “flirtatious”.
I’m not saying that I know the truth. I’m just not sure she would either…
He was 63 years old when she was born, he would have been in his seventies before she would have been paying any attention to his proclivities. I doubt she would have picked up on too much by then.
Just like Richard Pryor’s daughter taking offense and denying that he had sex with Brando, kids are usually not appraised about their parent’s affairs, they are rarely even cognizant when their parents have sex while living in the same house. Richard Pryor has talked about at least two men he had sex with in various stand-up routines, just like Mo’Nique essentially came out in her recent Netflix special. I’ve seen the Life magazine photos of Cary Grant and Randolph Scott cavorting around semi-nude in their pool and while working out in their gym. They lived together off and on for 11 years first in their “bachelor pad” near Griffith Park then a beach house they later bought together in Los Feliz. The photos looked pretty romantic and they were absolutely intimate. If the photos don’t raise her suspicions, then she should watch them together in My Favorite Wife, the chemistry between them is palpable. It’s even kind of romantic that they died within three months of each other. Those rumors have been around for like 80 years and none of their former wives ever bothered to dispute them.