On Jun 14, 5:03Â pm, Richard Hunt <rh...@gmaiI.com> wrote:
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> ELVIS WAS BISEXUAL!
> Nick Adams was one of his secret, closeted, lovers.
>
> During the mid to late fifties his lover was Nicholas Adamshock, better
> known as Nick Adams, who started a movie career as a youngman and later
> peaked with his television series "THE REBEL." Nick had been a friend,
> companion and roommate of James Dean, who also has been mentioned as
> having been more homosexual than heterosexual. In truth, Dean too was
> bisexual. Many men claim they had sex with Dean and only one woman has
> admitted she had sex with Jimmy when they lived together in New York.
> Liz Sheridan, also known as "Dizzy" Sheridan, (Seinfield's mother on
> TV), wrote a book titled, "Dizzy and Jimmy."
>
> After the untimely death of Dean, Elvis suddenly appeared on the scene.
> Teens, looking for someone to replace their Dean idol, picked up on
> Elvis. Elvis was different, for that era, in which he projected a sexual
> image and seemingly overnight, he was the first and foremost person on
> everybody's mind. Through TV appearances, he rose to the top. His
> publicity brought him to Hollywood where he started in his first film,
> "Love Me Tender." It was a low budget, black and white film and it
> co-starred Debra Paget and Richard Egan and was an instant box-office
> hit. (In real life Elvis fell in love with Debra, but she wasn't
> interested in him. There is a strong resemblance to her and Priscilla
> Presley).
>
> When Elvis arrived in Hollywood, he looked up Nick, because Elvis was a
> James Dean fan (he had memorized Dean's lines in "Rebel Without A
> Cause," and he knew Nick had been Jimmy's closest friend). This is
> repeated in another chapter.
>
> Elvis wasn't closely guarded in those days. He could drive his white
> Cadillac, alone, without the entourage that he would have later in his
> career, for protection from his fans.
>
> The fan magazines soon picked up on the Elvis/Adams relationship and
> started writing stories that Nick was riding on Elvis's publicity. They
> said he had ran out of stories on James Dean and now latched unto
> another star. These stories hurt Nick as well as his career. But, the
> real truth, that couldn't be printed, even if it had been known about
> it, was the fact Nick and Elvis were closet lovers. Nick and Jimmy had
> been friends, so this was an excuse for them to always be together,
> talking about Dean. Nick would show Elvis places Jimmy frequented, like
> the old Villa Capri, when it was on McCadden Place and he took him to
> "Googie's" restaurant on Sunset.
>
> From the beginning of his career, Colonel Tom Parker had warned Elvis
> about women who might claim Elvis had gotten them pregnant, if Elvis
> should become sexually involved with them. Since gay people can't get
> pregnant, this is a reason a lot of actors got involved in
> homosexuality, instead of running around with a lot of women. Today,
> with birth control pills, it has changed from the fifties era. Of course
> there are "brothels" such as the one Charlie Sheen frequented but they
> aren't "secret." Whores and prostitutes talk. At that time Errol Flynn,
> particularly, was having problems with a young teenaged girl, Beverly
> Aadland, who claimed Errol had knocked her up. Flynn was a drunk and
> would fuck anyone and anything. So, maybe the Colonel's warnings were
> justified and in the best interest of Elvis.
>
> Both Nick and Elvis were bisexual, although both enjoyed men as
> companions and lovers more than women. Elvis was always with the so
> called Memphis Mafia, more than women. I recall many times that Elvis
> paid Nick's airfare to Memphis, whenever he visited Graceland. One day
> they had a falling out and Nick spent the day at the front gate with
> Elvis's uncle Vester Presley. On several occasions I would be with Nick
> when he picked up his airline tickets.
>
> During the fifties, there was no gay-lib. Homosexuality was a
> "whispered" about subject, although still more open in Hollywood than in
> the rest of the country, even though it was practiced as widely then as
> it is now. But, it was more underground. There were a lot of gay bars
> but people led two lives--straight at work and gay at night. Police
> harassment was beyond belief. A gay couple were arrested in a bar
> because they were "discussing" sex.
>
> Elvis took Nick with him on his first cross-country tour. Nick used to
> warm up audiences by doing impressions of actors. Natalie Wood also went
> along on the tour, (perhaps as a cover). She liked Elvis but was bored
> with his life style.
>
> One time I walked up to Nick's apartment, (actually the downstairs of a
> home), in the hills above Ciro's and the Hyatt Hotel on the Sunset
> strip. I walked around to the side of the house, wanting to surprise and
> scare Nick by yelling at him. But, when I got near the garage, I heard
> Bob Conrad talking out loud to Nick and he was telling Nick how sore he
> was. Conrad was in the bathroom and the window was open with a screen in
> it. I assumed that they had sex, from their conversation. I waited a few
> minutes then starting yelling, "Nick Dennis, Nick Dennis. Are you home?"
> In those days people used to get Nick mixed up with Dennis Hopper. Nick
> said he had an appointment and that I should have phoned. Then he drove
> me to Laurel Canyon and I walked back to Orchid Avenue.
>
> Nick and Jimmy were hustling money and one time was overheard arguing
> over who would wear the one, good pair of Levis to hustle in. Nick and
> Jimmy, while hustling men, became conditioned to this kind of sex and
> liked it. Nick's mother, Catherine, said Nick's problems began when he
> married Carol Nugent. She would rather have had Nick around Elvis or
> Dean, than a woman who was later alleged to be promiscuous. A studio
> grip told me that Carol had phoned Nick on the set and said, "Guess what
> I'm doing?" And when Nick asked her what she was doing?, she allegedly
> replied, "Fucking." It was rumored that her second husband committed
> suicide, but Nick's son, Jeb, said it wasn't true. But, of course Jeb
> doesn't believe his dad committed suicide either.
>
> Elvis was a bit jealous of the attention Nick had been giving to Conrad.
> (So, was I). Conrad became a constant companion of Nick, riding around
> in Nick's '57 Thunderbird, eating in restaurants and having their
> picture taken together. Later, Conrad would also become a close friend
> to Elvis. A companion of Elvis's (when this article was first written),
> told me that all of those so called cousins that surrounded and traveled
> with him, weren't all cousins. Some were alleged to have taken turns
> sleeping with him. And when someone, in print, alleged that Nick slept
> in bed with Elvis at Graceland, it was said to the press or the writer,
> that Elvis had a cot brought into the bedroom and that Nick slept on
> that. Elvis's bed was big enough for a "dozen people."
>
> Elvis was into oral sex and enjoyed getting a blow-job more than
> intercourse, said Dennis Miller, a former friend and companion. Elvis
> mentioned this in one of his filmed documentaries, mentioning that when
> the astronauts were landing on the moon, he was getting head. Not the
> exact words, but with this meaning, as I recall. I was told he was a
> habitual masturbator and had enjoyed the pornography that existed the
> last years of his life. (This has also been brought to light, since his
> death, when porn was found in boxes in the basement at Graceland). He
> had his own porn collection, way back in the fifties. He also made porn
> films, filming his companions and their girl friends, (but unknown to
> them at the time). This was also published in a book on his life. Dennis
> said he used to have jerk-off sessions with some of his companions to
> see who could climax first. He added, that a recent book on Elvis,
> stating that he hated fags, was partially true. But, that the fags he
> was referring to, were the real effeminate ones. The swishy type.
>
> Elvis couldn't (obviously) afford the publicity or to be exposed as
> being bisexual. His career would have been over. He was afraid, that he
> too, could become effeminate or swishy. He used to watch his films and
> say, "Look at my wrists, they look like a limp wristed faggot. Do you
> think others will notice?" And when you watch his movies, when he sings,
> he often did raise his wrist in a limp wrist position. He always wanted
> to protect his masculinity. This is why he took up Karate, in the early
> sixties, then Kung-Fu. It was a macho thing. It can only be assumed that
> the Colonel knew of the relationship between Nick and Elvis because it
> had been known all around Hollywood about Nick's gay side. (And remember
> that this story is not a new story, It was published in the Hollywood
> "Confidential" Star magazine, while he and the Colonel were still alive.
> A copy was mailed to Graceland! This isn't written to sell a book, well
> maybe it is, but it was published when all of the subjects were still
> alive, with the exception of Nick who died in the sixties).
>
> Although Nick had a gay side, he was often photographed with young
> starlets and often with Natalie Wood. He probably even had sex with a
> few of them. No, I wasn't under Elvis's bed when they had sex and I
> didn't even see them having sex, and even though Nick dabbled in
> homosexuality, he never made any advances toward me and he wasn't my
> type either. We were just good friends. He would often ask me what the
> gossip was on the Boulevard, and I would tell him, what he already knew,
> about Tab Hunter, Rock Hudson, George Nader, Rory Calhoun and a few
> other celebrities. I think he was curious to see if he was being talked
> about.
>
> After Nick's death, Elvis trying to be inconspicuous, never even sent
> flowers to the funeral in Berwick, Pennsylvania. All he sent was his
> "business" card. And because of the relationship between Nick and Elvis,
> when Kurt Russell played Elvis on TV, there was an actress playing
> Natalie Wood but no one portraying Nick. Recent memorial programs, show
> many photos that had been taken of Nick, with Elvis and a group of
> Elvis's friends at Graceland.
>
> There were other guys who have had homosexual relations with Elvis. One
> other gay guy used to hang around the Paramount studio gate, and all of
> a sudden he had a small part in an Elvis film. Another guy, extremely
> handsome, said Elvis picked him up on Hollywood Boulevard and he could
> tell by Elvis's reactions that he wanted to say something to him about
> having sex, but he felt Elvis was too shy and embarrassed to make the
> first move. The guy returned to Pennsylvania, disillusioned with the
> fact so many stars were gay. This guy was so handsome he could have had
> any man or woman that he wanted. He took an girl to his apartment and he
> said as soon as he got in the front door, she knocked him down on the
> floor and screwed him right there, she was so hot for him. No, I didn't
> get him either, but came close- smile!
>
> Although many girls were invited to Elvis's mansion (it was printed in
> all the magazines), the evenings were spent watching television,
> drinking cokes and eating popcorn. No sex. Just television. There was an
> exception, I heard of. In Bel-Air one evening, Elvis is alleged to have
> had four girls taking turns giving him a blow-job. This was outside the
> mansion, at night, in the yard.
>
> Actress, Yvonne Lime said, "For the most part, my time in Memphis was a
> quiet one. There were long hours of just sitting around, talking with
> Elvis and his parents. Or we'd watch television or gather around the
> piano ad sing old Southern folk songs and spirituals. On Sunday I went
> to church with Elvis and his parents and afterwards a group of his old
> friends would drop by the house where we ate hot-dogs and danced and
> just sat around playing records and singing for hours and hours. And
> that was pretty much how we spent the six days I was there in Memphis."
>
> After I had originally written this article, prior to going to press, a
> book came out backing up many statements of facts here. The book was
> titled, "My Life With Elvis," by Becky Yancy and Cliff Linedecker.
>
> On page 95 it states: Nick Adams, who played the lead in a television
> series, "The Rebel," visited Graceland. He was one of Elvis's closest
> celebrity friends before the young actor's death."
>
> Page 47: "A few months after I started working at Graceland, I was
> riding in a tumblebug at the fair grounds with one of the guys, when
> Elvis summoned him and told him not to fraternize with the secretaries.
> None of the guys rode with me after that.
>
> Page 38: "Elvis said he wanted the people who worked for him to be
> happy. In return he expected them to do their jobs well and not talk
> about him or his life at Graceland to outsiders. "It always gets back to
> me," he said, "when people talk." (Like today, whatever happens in Las
> Vegas, stays in Las Vegas-smile).
>
> Anyone attacking Elvis is highly criticized by his fans. Rona Barrett
> did it and was swamped with hate mail. Red West's book on Elvis was
> equally attacked. It was printed after Elvis died, but Elvis had read
> parts of it while he was still alive and although he hated being
> exposed, he never attempted to sue anyone. He just hated anything
> negative being written about him. People in Memphis have always been
> protective of Elvis and his memory and they even covered up the cause of
> his death. They won't release the actual autopsy, although they did
> release a portion stating he had colon problems. Facts are, he died of a
> drug overdose and had abused drugs for years. But, he is some sort of
> hero and legend, I guess because of his influence on Rock and Roll.
>
> I was an Elvis fan from the beginning, when it wasn't fashionable to be.
> I even missed work one night to watch the "Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey Show,"
> and later when he appeared with Steve Allen. I was criticized by fellow
> workers, for giving up a days pay to see Elvis on TV. But, I had
> goosebumps watching him and I bought every 45 rpm and Ep records he
> recorded on the Sun label as well as R.C.A., that were soon on the
> market.
>
> As I mentioned earlier in a chapter, I had only met him once. It was in
> the early a.m. hours and he was still wearing the thick grease paint,
> make-up, that actors wore in those days, and he had a bad complexion to
> cover up. He had acne like pores and would later have a chemical skin
> peel.
>
> The Hollywood Star was the first paper to mention Elvis's drug problems
> and in the music section there was also a story by one of our writers
> that stated, "Elvis Presley's recent concerts at the Las Vegas
> International Hotel has everybody talking about his weird ways and they
> are all wondering what he's on? Eartha Kitt was alleged to have told a
> friend that Elvis was on cocaine. At the International, Elvis arrived
> twenty-five minutes late for a performance, but he did an extra lengthy
> show. Attorney, Marvin Donine, who was there, said Elvis's eyes looked
> sunken-in and he said Elvis kept drinking from a glass, but would spit
> the liquid out. He couldn't keep his lips wet and this happens with many
> types of drugs. (We know that smoking crack, does this same thing.
> Crackheads have dry and cracked lips). Elvis got to the point where he
> couldn't remember the words to his songs and someone was behind him
> telling him the words so he could continue. At one point he was even
> handed a paper with the words written on it. The remainder of the
> performance found Elvis standing next to his vocal back up group, so he
> could hear them and the words. So, we had this story first. We didn't
> make up anything. We tell the truth as we hear it and research it.
>
> Ironically, in hindsight, it may have been Nick Adams who got Elvis
> hooked on drugs. Nicks brother was a doctor and Nick used to take
> bennies all the time. That is why he was so hyper and always wired up.
> I'm sure he got Elvis to use them too, and then when Elvis was in
> Germany, he continued to drop bennies. This latter part was also
> mentioned in a documentary on Elvis.
>
> Elvis's private physician, Dr. Nichopoulous, was late filing a death
> certificate for Elvis and his office further stated that Elvis's
> previous medical records wouldn't be made public either. The original
> estimate for the autopsy report was stated to be four to six weeks, then
> in press releases it stated Elvis's system had contained only
> prescription medications. How could statements like that be made, when
> the autopsy hadn't even been completed? People were too anxious to cover
> up all the facts and this arouses more curiosity, but at this late date,
> who cares?
Hate to bust your bubble but Elvis never met Adams!! Pure fiction on
this one!!