The late Cary Grant’s daughter insists that her father wasn’t secretly gay.
Jennifer Grant, 57, was the actor’s only daughter. She discussed her thoughts on the rumor that her dad was only pretending to be straight or was bisexual during an interview with Fox News Digital published Sunday.
“I suppose the [misconception about my father] that comes to mind is the question of, ‘Was he straight? Was he gay?’” Jennifer told the outlet.
“When I wrote my book [in 2011], I got hate mail saying, ‘Why aren’t you standing up for the fact that your father was homosexual,’” she continued. “But the truth of the matter is, I never saw anything to indicate that.”
Grant went on to say that she wouldn’t have had a problem with her father being gay. She just doesn’t think the rumors are true.
“Had he been homosexual, I absolutely would’ve stood up for it. He had gay friends and there’s just absolutely nothing to be ashamed of there,” the former “Beverly Hills, 90210” actress went on.
“But I had to speak the truth, which was I saw a very straight male who watched women, was married to women, had me. Did he have affairs earlier in life? Perhaps. I don’t know. I wasn’t there to see it. So, I think it might not be a common misconception, but it’s certainly a rumor out there.”
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Grant was one of classic Hollywood’s quintessential leading men known for his good looks and charm. The actor was made famous by starring in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938), “His Girl Friday” (1940), and “The Philadelphia Story” (1940). In the 1940s and 50s, he worked on several Alfred Hitchcock films, including “Suspicion” (1941), “Notorious” (1946), “To Catch a Thief” (1955), and “North by Northwest” (1959).
The English-American actor was named the second greatest male star of the Golden Age of Hollywood by the American Film Institute in 1999, second only to Humphrey Bogart.
Grant was married five times before he died in 1986 at the age of 82. Jennifer’s mother was the actor’s fourth wife, Dyan Cannon.
Jennifer made the same remarks to The Guardian earlier this year regarding those rumors about her dad being gay.
“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,” she told the outlet.
“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.”