Did Christopher Reeve Date a Gay Porn Star?
A new book called Hollywood Babylon Strikes Again, written by Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince, claims to spill Hollywood’s deepest, darkest secrets. Exposing some of the rumors and myths about long-dead superstars, they dug up an old interview made with the late gay porn star Cal Culver (aka Casey Donovan).
Conducted before his death in 1987, Culver claimed that he had an affair with Superman star Christopher Reeve, and gave details of their relationship. Culver, who died of an Aids-related illness, alleges that he met Reeve when they were both auditioning for a Broadway role in the mid-1970s. In the book extract, Culver claims Superman star Reeve was “the man of my dreams” and says that the pair had a passionate two-month relationship until Reeve discovered Culver was a gay porn star, performing under the name Casey Donovan. He wrote: “Christopher was a great lover and I think I liberated him sexually”. With both parties in this situation already dead perhaps this secret would have been better to have been taken to the grave.
