'Star Wars' Actor Billy Dee Williams Addresses Gender Rumors
In Star WarsBilly Dee Williams played Lando Calrissian, but at the time he faced a frequent rumor about him that he was gay.
in a talk with Page sixThe veteran actor said: “I've been called the 'Queen of the Closet' and noted: 'But I don't pay much attention to any of that.'
Addressing the topic in his memoir “What Do We Have Here?”, the Harlem native talked about rubbing shoulders with members of the LGBTQIA+ community, not to mention attending secret gay parties in his life.
“Everything seemed very normal to me,” he wrote. “I've been involved in this my whole life, so I never thought much about it.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Billy Dee talked about his adventure in Star Wars.
“Especially when you go to conventions, do Q&As, and run into a 10-year-old kid who wants to kill you because you betrayed Han Solo! So it becomes kind of a really interesting adventure,” he shared.
