Tab Hunter had a secret romance with a famous actor before he came out and married Allan Glaser

But Tab’s newfound stardom came with offscreen difficulties. It was almost impossible to navigate his life as a homosexual actor in the 1950s – the USA was a very conservative country back then.

Tab Hunter was an experienced actor who was loved by adoring fans for his handsome looks and talent. Considered a Hollywood heartthrob in his era, he attracted endless female fans.

Unfortunately, like many gay actors at the time, he was forced to hide his true self and sexuality to prevent a scandal from shaking his career. He was forced to pursue a variety of relationships in the shadows to hide them from the public before he eventually came out and found his future husband. 

American actor Tab Hunter, circa 1955. (Photo by Henry Gris/FPG/Getty Images)

Tab Hunter opened up about working as a closeted gay man in Hollywood in the 1940s once he was older and felt he could do so comfortably.

Hunter explained to The Hollywood Reporter at one point that it was best to “get it from the horse’s mouth.”

The late actor married his longtime love Allan Glaser later in life.

Glaser was a film producer, and he and Hunter had a happy and successful marriage. Before, he was in a relationship with Glaser. However, Hunter was in a secret relationship with fellow star Anthony Perkins.

The controversial love affair between the Hollywood heartthrobs had been whispered about for decades – and finally, Tab decided to tell the truth.

”We just chatted and got on and soon we were starting to see each other But it was difficult; we couldn’t just go out for dinner together or go see a movie because we were both getting so popular back then. I didn’t talk about my personal life to anyone back then at all. The way I saw it it was nobody’s damn business,” he

One of the leading reasons that he decided to come out in public was that his husband, Allan Glaser, had informed him that someone was planning to write a book about Hunter’s life. The actor decided that he would rather be the one to inform the public of his secret romances.

The film star explained in his interview that he had known he preferred men as early as his teen years. Because of the time period, however, he never would have admitted or been okay with being called “gay.”

His life changed during his career, when fellow actor Dick