Nathan Lane recounts a touching story about how the late Robin Williams protected him from being outed on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1996.
Nathan Lane recounts a touching story about how Robin Williams protected him from being outed during their press tour for The Birdcage. Williams and Lane starred together in the 1996 remake of the French musical as a gay couple who pretend to be straight in order to meet their son's fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT As he returns to his Broadway roots with Pictures from Home, Lane recently appeared on Today and recounted a touching story about Robin Williams. In 1996, the two appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to promote The Birdcage and Lane, who didn't come out publicly in 1999, was terrified and wasn't "prepared at all" to talk about his sexuality on national television.
I certainly wasn't ready to go from table-to-table and tell them all I was gay, [which was] sort of unavoidable because of the nature of the film and the character. [Williams] said, "Oh, it's alright, don't worry about — we don't have to talk about it. We won't talk about it." [Williams] sort of swoops in and diverts Oprah, goes off on a tangent and protects me because he was a saint. I just wasn't ready to do that.
Robin Williams Is Remembered Fondly By His Co-Stars It's been almost a decade since Robin Williams passed away in 2014, and he is still being remembered fondly by the many co-stars he left indelible impressions on over the years. Other than Lane's touching anecdote, Williams' Mrs. Doubtfire co-star Sally Field recently remembered the late comedian as a "generous, loving, sweet, talented man" while accepting her Lifetime Achievement Award at the SAG awards.
In addition to Lane, Williams' other co-stars on Hook, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Good Will Hunting have also recently opened up about the lasting impression the late comedian left on them years after his tragic death. Though Williams has been gone for nearly ten years, his loving memory lives on through the many co-stars' lives he touched, in addition to his strong performances eternalized on screen.
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Nathan Lane says Robin Williams was a 'saint' for protecting him on 'Oprah'“I said to Robin beforehand, ‘I’m not prepared. I’m so scared of going out there and talking to Oprah. I’m not prepared to discuss that I’m gay on national television.'
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Nathan Lane shares how Robin Williams protected him from being outed on OprahAfter starring in the 1996 queer classic, The Birdcage, star Nathan Lane says his on-screen partner Robin Williams helped him avoid the pressures of coming out as gay following the film’s release, even when the heat was coming from Oprah.
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Nathan Lane on return to Broadway roots with ‘Pictures from Home’In this week’s Sunday Sitdown, Tony Award-winner Nathan Lane joins Willie Geist to discuss his return to the stage in the play “Pictures from Home.” Lane talks about his theater journey and transitioning from Broadway to Hollywood for Disney’s “The Lion King.”
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Nathan Lane Recalled How Robin Williams Supported Him When He Wasn't Ready To Publicly Come Out'Robin was just the greatest person. Such a beautiful, sensitive soul and so kind and generous to me.'
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