Is barry diller gay
Billionaire Barry Diller might be surprised that people tend about his secret queer lovers, but that hasn't stopped him from naming names.
Diller, 83, who has a net worth of $billion, is spilling some of his secrets ahead of his May 20 book launch for Who Knew.
His sexuality was an open secret in Hollywood, but the wealthy entrepreneur is just now confirming it for the general masses.
And now he's giving a glimpse into who exactly he was messing around with, having revealed wife Diane Von Furstenburg was the only lady he could ever love.
Diller allegedly had liaisons with Michael Bennett, famous Broadway director and choreographer behind A Chorus Line, as well as Johnny Carson's stepson, according to The New York Times.
Columnist Maureen Dowd didn't name the stepson and the publication isn't out for another 10 days. But Carson only had one stepson - Joe Holland - who died of AIDS in
Diller's other partner Michael Bennett was also killed by the disease in aged just
Diller - a former Paramount boss - says he knew he was same-sex attracted from the age of But his older brother was a drug addict
Hollywood mogul Barry Diller who came out as same-sex attracted now insists he was NEVER 'closeted'
Hollywood mogul Barry Diller, who came out as a gay in his new memoir after decades of marriage to fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, is now insisting that he was never in fact 'closeted.'
Diller, 83, who has a net worth of $billion, spilled his juicy showbiz secrets in his autobiography Who Knew, which was published Tuesday.
The former Paramount Boss says in the novel he knew he was gay from the age of 11, but his older brother was a drug addict and he did not want to inflict the shame of two 'broken' children on his parents.
His sexuality was an open secret in Hollywood for decades, but the wealthy entrepreneur is just now confirming it for the general masses.
Now in a new interview, he has claimed that the 'door was always open,' saying: 'If I was in a closet, it was made of glass and full of light.'
He maintained that he 'wasn’t ever lying' and 'never pretended anything' but merely 'never declared,' according to the Hollywood Reporter.
From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to
Barry Diller comes out as gay 50 years after billionaire began seeing Diane Von Furstenberg
Billionaire Barry Diller has appear out as lgbtq+ - but insists he enjoyed a full sexual bond with fashion architect wife Diane Von Furstenberg.
Diller, a famous media exec who previously served as CEO for both Fox and Paramount, opened up about his homosexuality in a soul-baring article penned for New York magazine Tuesday.
The year-old credited with creating the Fox channel wrote of Von Furstenberg: 'While there hold been a fine many men in my life, there has only ever been one woman.
'And she didn’t approach into my experience until I was 33 years old.'
Diller and Von Furstenberg enjoyed a jewel-encrusted existence after gathering in , with the jet-setting pair splitting their day between ritzy Recent York, Connecticut, Los Angeles and Aspen.
They split during the early days of the disco era in the tardy s, with Von Furstenberg subsequently hooking up with thespian Richard Gere, whose movie American Gigolo was being produced by Diller at the time.
Diller told of how he bought Von Furstenberg wi
Diane von Fürstenberg's Husband Barry Diller Comes Out as Gay
Diane von Fürstenberg's Husband Barry Diller Comes Out as Gay
Barry Diller is giving a small glimpse into his world.
Over 20 years after the businessman tied the knot with Diane von Fürstenbergfollowing a decadeslong romance, he distributed insight into their relationship while publicly coming out as gay.
“I’ve lived for decades reading about Diane and me: about us being best friends rather than lovers,” Barry explained in an excerpt from his memoir Who Knew published by New York Magazine May 6. “We weren’t just friends. We aren’t just friends. Plain and simple, it was an explosion of infatuation that kept up for years.”
“Yes, I also liked guys, but that was not a clash with my love for Diane,” he continued. “I can’t clarify it to myself or to the world. It simply happened to both of us without motive or manipulation. In some cosmic way we were destined for each other.”
Reflecting on society’s current view on sexuality, he added, “sexual identities are much more fluid and natural, without all those