Next you're going to tell me that dress thing was just a big misunderstanding...
A new book on J. Edgar Hoover is coming out soon, and MSBC featured an article with its author. Among the revelations is that J. Edgar Hoover spied on MLK because of "jealousy" that MLK had a family, power, and respect all at the same time, that he had nude photographs of women ranging from Marilyn Monroe to Eleanor Roosevelt, and that his fairly-long-established relationship with Clyde Tolson was totally nothing more than friends.
But still, there was gossip. Hoover's only companion seemed to be his second in command at the Bureau, Clyde Tolson.
Hockenberry: “His lover?”
Hack: “No.”
Hockenberry: “You don't think so?”
Hack: “Oh, I know it wasn't. I know he wasn't.”
Hack's view, contrary to what some others believe, is that the mere fact that Tolson and Hoover allowed themselves to constantly be seen in public, meant they could not have been more than close colleagues.
Hack: “It became clear to me as I went deeper into the man's psyche that if they were indeed lovers, they never would have been seen together.”
Though he was seen together, says Hack, with someone who was his lover. When Dorothy Lamour wasn't longing for Bob Hope in movies like the “Road to Zanzibar,” Hack says, she was spending time with J. Edgar Hoover.
Hack: “The real love of his life, his entire life, was Dorothy Lamour.”
Except for that part where they were, indeed, seen in public together and, according to numerous sources who actually witnessed the pair, they showed up frequently as a couple to local soirees. The closest they came to concealing the relationship is that J. Edgar would dress in frocks.
So what do we think? Has the relationship been overblown and overspeculated beyond what it actually was? Was it just gossip that someone took seriously and published as fact? Or is this just another attempt to shove the proverbial "long-time companion" back into the shadows?
But still, there was gossip. Hoover's only companion seemed to be his second in command at the Bureau, Clyde Tolson.
Hockenberry: “His lover?”
Hack: “No.”
Hockenberry: “You don't think so?”
Hack: “Oh, I know it wasn't. I know he wasn't.”
Hack's view, contrary to what some others believe, is that the mere fact that Tolson and Hoover allowed themselves to constantly be seen in public, meant they could not have been more than close colleagues.
Hack: “It became clear to me as I went deeper into the man's psyche that if they were indeed lovers, they never would have been seen together.”
Though he was seen together, says Hack, with someone who was his lover. When Dorothy Lamour wasn't longing for Bob Hope in movies like the “Road to Zanzibar,” Hack says, she was spending time with J. Edgar Hoover.
Hack: “The real love of his life, his entire life, was Dorothy Lamour.”
Except for that part where they were, indeed, seen in public together and, according to numerous sources who actually witnessed the pair, they showed up frequently as a couple to local soirees. The closest they came to concealing the relationship is that J. Edgar would dress in frocks.
So what do we think? Has the relationship been overblown and overspeculated beyond what it actually was? Was it just gossip that someone took seriously and published as fact? Or is this just another attempt to shove the proverbial "long-time companion" back into the shadows?