S20E15: Rock Hudson

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Hollywood heartthrob Rock Hudson was everywhere on American screens in the 1950s and 1960s. He was the man every woman wanted, and every man wanted to be, but what Hollywood knew and the public didn't was that Rock Hudson was a fabrication, a character in and of himself. Roy Harold Scherer, later Roy Fitzgerald, was turned into Rock Hudson by one of Hollywood's most notorious talent agents, Henry Willson, known as much for taking sexual advantage of the young men he made stars as for the stars themselves. Rock Hudson navigated the difficult waters of being a gay star in a time when that would have destroyed his career; when he was diagnosed with AIDS in 1984, he made the complicated choice to go public with the news. While he was abandoned by friends Ronald and Nancy Reagan, he became the face of an emerging pandemic so enmeshed with social issues that his candor arguably changed the course not only of the fight against AIDS, but of the gay rights movement in America and worldwide. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Sponsors This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/trashy today to get 10% off your first month. To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected] or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/TrashyDivorces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max. Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better.
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0:27.0	Welcome friends to Trashy Divorces.
0:30.0	Everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships. My name is Stacy.
0:35.2	Hey friends, Alicia here. Thank you for joining us for today's tale of marital misadventure.
0:41.5	This one's gonna rock you straight out of old Hollywood. See what I did
0:47.1	on all of that? Yeah, yeah. Today we have Dreamy Sex Symbol and-throb, Rock Hudson, with one trashy divorce under his belt, perhaps
0:58.6	as the sexual orientation for both parts of that couple really didn't line up.
1:04.0	Sure, also just any kind of fake marriage
1:08.0	if both parties are not fully on board.
1:10.0	May not work out.
1:11.0	Big tip from trashy divorces.
1:13.0	Fake marriages typically aren't that long lasting.
1:17.0	But that is not all this story contains.
1:19.0	It has Beverly Hills Homes and so many spider webs and sleazy PR people.
1:25.0	Oh, extremely sleazy.
1:27.0	And a testament to true friendship as well.
1:32.0	Speaking of true friendship, before we begin today's episode, we have a few trash pandas to thank here
1:37.6	with names I see in the magic mirror.
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