Celebrity Photo Leaks are Not New to Hollywood

Celebrity Photo Leaks are Not New to Hollywood

"In the 1940s and 1950s, scandal sheets like Confidential and Whisper routinely threatened to publish salacious photos of stars like Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter or Guy Madison. It was considered certain career death for a romantic lead to be identified as gay, and usually a payoff made the photos disappear. Still, reps for Cary Grant and Randolph Scott were furious when the story went public that they shared an apartment in Hollywood, and photos appeared that seemed to document their (fully clothed) domestic bliss."