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"Pee-wee Herman" star Paul Reubens, who died in , has posthumously revealed he was gay in a new documentary unveiled at Sundance Film Festival. The late Paul Reubens made sure he got the final word when it came to his much-debated but never openly acknowledged sexuality. While sitting down with director Matt Wolf for the film, Reubens discussed why he decided to hide his sexuality after becoming famous with his whimsically childlike character, Pee-wee Herman. I was secretive about my sexuality even to my friends [out of] self-hatred or self-preservation.

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. The late Paul Reubens , aka Pee-wee Herman , is defining himself after years of speculation about the star's sexuality. It's slated to air on HBO and Max later this year. He sat down for 40 hours of interviews with director Matt Wolf for the documentary, which includes Reubens discussing his relationship with Guy, a painter he lived with in Los Angeles in the s.

Paul Reubens posthumously comes out as gay in a new documentary. Does that change how we look at his iconic character, Pee-wee Herman?. The late Paul Reubens made sure he got the final word when it came to his much-debated but never openly acknowledged sexuality. The beloved actor came out as a gay man in the posthumous documentary , which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday. While sitting down with director Matt Wolf for the film, Reubens discussed why he decided to hide his sexuality after becoming famous with his whimsically childlike character, Pee-wee Herman.

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. Paul Reubens, the actor behind the iconic Pee-wee Herman character, has come out as gay — a year and a half after he died. Though Reubens never publicly confirmed he was gay, in the interviews, he talks about wanting "people to see who I really am. He says before he became a household name as Pee-wee Herman, the manic boy-man who hosted a popular Saturday-morning kids' show for years, he was in a relationship with a man named Guy from the Echo Park neighborhood of L.