In the 80s, Us Weekly outed Johnny Mathis w/out his consent and he received death threats for years after—causing him to become very private. He is Black & Choctaw and from San Fransisco and his parents were super supportive of him being sexually fluid, which is just cool as hell https://twitter.com/meakoopa/status/1303107247950749697">https://twitter.com/meakoopa/...
When he was 16, he went to his dad and was like “people are talking about how I’m gay and I totes am” and his pops was like “son, I’m your dad and I know these things”.
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Can you imagine being Black AND Native AND gay in the 50s?
Toupees and hair pieces for men weren& #39;t uncommon back then, but Johnny Mathis always sported his own mane, which grew in voluminousness with his glistening talent because--HELLO--Black and Choctaw.
THIS IS HIM AS A BABY
Ok, I& #39;m sorry, but one more fact about his adorable parents is that they ran his fan club for him and wrote all the letters to fans by hand. Ok. Gay Black-Native Labor Day Trivia is now over.
For anyone interested, this is an interview he did 2 years ago (he& #39;s 85 at the end of this month!!). He& #39;s so adorable and delightful and I& #39;m glad he was able to move on from the awful Us Weekly incident and reclaim his own narrative again. https://www.columbian.com/news/2018/aug/04/johnny-mathis-rarely-used-it-to-open-up-but-now-hes-more-forthcoming/">https://www.columbian.com/news/2018...
Johnny Mathis rarely used it to open up, but now he’s more forthcoming

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. —Johnny Mathis, master of the velvet vibrato, exercises with a personal trainer at 5:30 in the blasted morning every weekday that he’s not on perpetual tour of midsize cities and

https://www.columbian.com/news/2018/aug/04/johnny-mathis-rarely-used-it-to-open-up-but-now-hes-more-forthcoming/
His parents, Clem + Mildred, were both poor domestic workers. Clem, who had also been a musician for a time, bought a piano for Johnny when he was young, not factoring in that it wouldn& #39;t fit thru their apartment door. So he disassembled it, took it inside, & reassembled it again
His parents, Clem + Mildred, were both poor domestic workers. Clem, who had also been a musician for a time, bought a piano for Johnny when he was young, not factoring in that it wouldn& #39;t fit thru their apartment door. So he disassembled it, took it inside, & reassembled it again
His parents, Clem + Mildred, were both poor domestic workers. Clem, who had also been a musician for a time, bought a piano for Johnny when he was young, not factoring in that it wouldn& #39;t fit thru their apartment door. So he disassembled it, took it inside, & reassembled it again
His parents, Clem + Mildred, were both poor domestic workers. Clem, who had also been a musician for a time, bought a piano for Johnny when he was young, not factoring in that it wouldn& #39;t fit thru their apartment door. So he disassembled it, took it inside, & reassembled it again
His parents, Clem + Mildred, were both poor domestic workers. Clem, who had also been a musician for a time, bought a piano for Johnny when he was young, not factoring in that it wouldn& #39;t fit thru their apartment door. So he disassembled it, took it inside, & reassembled it again
I know I said I was done BUT there are so many stories of showbiz parents who became very jealous and vindictive because their own careers never panned out(Judy Garland comes to mind). And it& #39;s so pure to me that his parents always just seemed jazzed to be there.
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