General He’d fuck anything. Anything! He’d fuck a mailbox. James Baldwin. Richard Pryor. Marvin Gaye
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“Instead of putting labels on it, Richard just saw himself as a sexualized creature, who wasn’t afraid of exploration and experimentation,” she said. “And in the ’70s, of course, we were all doing it.”
Most of Pryor’s hookups with men, Jennifer said, were one-off encounters — often with men who were considered straight — and that’s likely what happened with him and Brando. “Knowing Richard, it was a one-off thing,” she said, suggesting they probably fooled around after a night dancing, hanging out, and doing drugs. Jennifer said that back in the day, she just looked at it as “boys being boys.” “Richard and I had threesomes,” she added. “Not with any men, because he said he’d get jealous.”
Jennifer, who was married to Richard twice, from 1981 to 1982 and from 2001 until his death in 2005, is publishing his diaries through Rare Bird Books this October. They’ll offer a rare look inside Pryor’s private life and his thoughts on sexuality. The issue comes up in some of his earlier comedy material, and in his memoir Pryor Convictions, which he co-wrote with Tom Gold and is being republished this March by Rare Bird (the publisher will also release a collection of his set lists with his accompanying notes next spring). But in the diaries, the comedian goes into far more detail on his personal life. “He really discusses his bisexuality in a very nuanced and profound way,” Jennifer said. “I should say his bisexual experiences. He didn’t consider himself bisexual, but he was very open about his sexuality and never put a label on it.”
A lot of that experimentation, Jennifer pointed out, took place in the 1970s, before AIDS, and when “the coke was still good, and the quaaludes were abundant, and there was a feeling that you’re just allowed.” Richard was a pioneer in that revolution, to an extent. In his early material, Richard discussed gay rights “and was way ahead of his time,” Jennifer added, but he definitely “had bad moments.”
Most of Pryor’s hookups with men, Jennifer said, were one-off encounters — often with men who were considered straight — and that’s likely what happened with him and Brando. “Knowing Richard, it was a one-off thing,” she said, suggesting they probably fooled around after a night dancing, hanging out, and doing drugs. Jennifer said that back in the day, she just looked at it as “boys being boys.” “Richard and I had threesomes,” she added. “Not with any men, because he said he’d get jealous.”
Jennifer, who was married to Richard twice, from 1981 to 1982 and from 2001 until his death in 2005, is publishing his diaries through Rare Bird Books this October. They’ll offer a rare look inside Pryor’s private life and his thoughts on sexuality. The issue comes up in some of his earlier comedy material, and in his memoir Pryor Convictions, which he co-wrote with Tom Gold and is being republished this March by Rare Bird (the publisher will also release a collection of his set lists with his accompanying notes next spring). But in the diaries, the comedian goes into far more detail on his personal life. “He really discusses his bisexuality in a very nuanced and profound way,” Jennifer said. “I should say his bisexual experiences. He didn’t consider himself bisexual, but he was very open about his sexuality and never put a label on it.”
A lot of that experimentation, Jennifer pointed out, took place in the 1970s, before AIDS, and when “the coke was still good, and the quaaludes were abundant, and there was a feeling that you’re just allowed.” Richard was a pioneer in that revolution, to an extent. In his early material, Richard discussed gay rights “and was way ahead of his time,” Jennifer added, but he definitely “had bad moments.”
agree
is this legit?
2pac wanted to date Quincy’s daughter - Quincy said sure but I gotta tap dat ass first pac.
Pryors roast or confession of Paul Mooney?
Pryors roast or confession of Paul Mooney?
(I don't agree btw)
George Harrison will meet you at the Gates of Heaven and kick your fucking ass until you beg the Devil to take you home.