Was 'Monroe Ficus' ever confirmed to be gay?

In one episode, Monroe contacted a therapist (sexual surrogate) because he was a virgin and felt something might be wrong. This is the only referrence to his sexuality to my knowledge. I really never cared since he was just a likable, gentle guy.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_J._Bullock

"In 1985, while Too Close For Comfort was being retooled as The Ted Knight Show, Bullock learned that he was HIV positive. In 1996, Bullock's partner of six years, John Casey, died from AIDS-related complications.[1][2] Bullock is a longtime survivor of the virus and, as of 2011, was still healthy due in part to antiretroviral drugs.[1][3]

On February 17, 1999, Bullock was arrested outside a bar in West Hollywood, California for possession of crystal meth."

I google this and found this
http://www.ugo.com/channels/filmtv/f...s/jimjbullock/

DE: I read that he never believed you were gay even though you told him.

JJB: Well, it's funny how far we've come in only fifteen years since the show ended. It was just unspoken then. I was uncomfortable in my own skin; I certainly wasn't comfortable being out in my career. I didn't know what being out would do. It was an odd place for me to be. Everyone who was close to me knew I was gay, but it was closeted thing. I don't know that Ted was comfortable being around gay people. I don't know how many gay friends he had.



**On a side note, I love Ted Knight, but a blind man could see Bullock was gay! **


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I always thought it was hilarious when they would have a plot where Monroe "liked" a GIRL. My whole family would laugh at how silly it looked. JM J would be swishing around as if he were about to take flight as he gushed gayly about a girl he liked. It looked ridiculous. Same thing with Johnathan from Who's the Boss. Whenever there was a plot that involved Johnathan liking a girl I'd laugh my ass off.

by throbertmcgee » Fri Feb 18 2011 12:51:36
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Post Edited: Fri Feb 18 2011 13:02:45
I was recently having a discussion about the 1981-83 sitcom _Love, Sidney_ -- in which Tony Randall's character (the Sidney of the title) is definitely gay, although his sexual orientation is very seldom discussed or used as a plot point in episodes. However, the series didn't play "is he or isn't he?" guessing games with the TV audience about Sidney's homosexuality, and it is clearly mentioned that he had once been in a long-term relationship with another man.

So since _TCfC_ came from the same era, I started wondering whether any of the characters ever made a direct statement about Monroe Ficus being gay, or if viewers just had to make this inference based on the fact that the character was a super-swishy young man from San Francisco!

(My family lived overseas in the first half of the '80s, so I never saw more than a few episodes of each show on VHS tapes that people would send us from the States. Nonetheless, I distinctly remember seeing an episode of _Love, Sidney_ in which Sidney and his straight female roommate are trying to figure out how to tactfully break the news to a clueless third character that Sidney is "you know, THAT way" -- I was maybe 10 at the time, but it was still perfectly clear to me what "you know, THAT way" meant! But I can't remember ever seeing an episode of _Too Close for Comfort_ in which the other characters in the cast actually took notice of Monroe's flamingly stereotypical gayosity.)

No

This is such a stupid thread.

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The actor that played Monroe is gay, which is why Monroe appeared to be gay as well I'm sure.