I believe the gossip was because she was a woman that lived outside of societies role for women. They tried to make her step in line but she never did. I've always admired her.
I knew Mae West for 15 years. Her brother died in 1964 if heart problems. He was 64 years old. That year Mae got diabetes. I knew her sister as well. Steve Cochran was one of her lovers. He didn’t fool around with other men.
Her biggest fame was well over by the 50s when you are saying she died and family wanted fame to continue by her brother being her. So many huge stars in the 50s, you really think Hollywood would beg for a male Mae West? Get real. She was fabulous.
She's long dead, plenty of people would have spoken about that by now! Too many men and women in show business not to have known that she was not a woman but a man! Anyway, the reason she acted the way she did was due to her admiration for drag queens in Burlesque shows that were quite popular in her era!
All these people are saying they knew Mae West in her prime (born 1893 - died 1980). Back when Hollywood was still making silent movies ( 1894 - 1931). Stop lying.
It's unfair to accuse, criticize , insult those who cannot defend themselves. Male/ female or??? I only see a fascinating, talented, highly $$successful WOMAN STILL talked about after all these decades! Too many men knew the truth and would have exposed her. Miss West STILL l makes me laugh! One of a kind.
So you told us the story of Mae West and how colorful she was from her youth onward…. But I waited for you to show some pictures of her pre 1950 and post 1950 to see it there any noticeable differences in them…. This isn’t new, saying a famous woman was really a man… Mother Teresa is one Michelle Obama is another. Why have this discussion when we all can see her movies and enjoy her work.
As a young boy in the 1950's, I was a huge Mae West fan. I always thought she was a riot. I never thought she was sexy. She seemed to be making fun of the whole thing. I don't care if she was a man or not. But, I wish you had made a better case for it if he/she was.
I'm not denying that there have been certain revelations about former celebrities and their sexuality but a lot of the claims are unfounded and wishful thinking just for entertainment purposes. Mae West was a woman and a clever woman before her time.
There will NEVER be another person like Mae West and NEVER was there during her life anyone who took over the identify of the woman she was until the day she died in 1980.
I love Mae but I've thought for years she was possibly transgender. Having known several drag queens over the years I find your possible explanation plausible. Who knows? It doesn't matter to me, either way I still love her. ❤
The rumor I heard from the most famous, highest paid transsexuals in the world, was the real Mae didn't like the sexual fame, and her significantly larger brother took over the role shortly after Mae's first few appearances.
I heard the same claim about Barbara Stanwyck. She did have quite a prominent Adam's apple, but women do have them too.. Apparently definitive proof one way or other is the elbow joints. Women's go outwards, men's go inwards.
@@63mckenzie Well she is a very good actress and I have nothing against transsexuals if she is one. But if you look at her face when her hair is pulled back, she really does look like a guy.
@@63mckenzie I have nothing against transsexuals if she is is one. She is a very good actress. But if you look at her face with her hair pulled back she does look like a guy. If you go to "google images" and put in Courtney Love bikini you will see shots of her in a bikini and she looks like a man. It looks like later she had some fat added to the sides of her hips but before that, she looked like a man. She supposedly gave birth to a child though so who knows?
If Mae West was a man after a certain point, this really makes the image presented at 2:38 creepier than I could have imagined. I have never liked the entertainment from this period or the America that consumed it. You can have him/her/it...
@@juliethompson5301No. I can't believe the comments here. Some women have more pronounced masculine traits, but are biologically female. Just as some men have feminine traits but possess male genitalia. Been that way forever.
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Her mother died in 1930. Her brother died in 1964. She died in 1980. Issue settled.
I believe the gossip was because she was a woman that lived outside of societies role for women. They tried to make her step in line but she never did. I've always admired her.
He was a gay man.
I’ve heard this for years. I for one, don’t care. She or he was absolutely fantastic ❤
Don't care .love him /her/they since I was a kid .😊
😂😅 I for one find it impossible 🙅 to believe that Mae West was not born female !...
Mae’s mother could not have nudged her brother to take over for Mae after she supposedly died in the 1950’s. Mae’s mother was long dead by then !
I knew Mae West for 15 years. Her brother died in 1964 if heart problems. He was 64 years old. That year Mae got diabetes. I knew her sister as well. Steve Cochran was one of her lovers. He didn’t fool around with other men.
😂
Show us proof.
There was a male cross dresser that mimicked Mae West.
Right ! And I’m related to Kennedy. I’m his cousin😂😂😂👌
Her biggest fame was well over by the 50s when you are saying she died and family wanted fame to continue by her brother being her. So many huge stars in the 50s, you really think Hollywood would beg for a male Mae West? Get real. She was fabulous.
She's long dead, plenty of people would have spoken about that by now! Too many men and women in show business not to have known that she was not a woman but a man! Anyway, the reason she acted the way she did was due to her admiration for drag queens in Burlesque shows that were quite popular in her era!
Shakespeare; all actors were men .
She certainly had the cracking humour of a gay man😂😂..
I don't think she was a man....
All these people are saying they knew Mae West in her prime (born 1893 - died 1980). Back when Hollywood was still making silent movies ( 1894 - 1931). Stop lying.
It's unfair to accuse, criticize , insult those who cannot defend themselves. Male/ female or??? I only see a fascinating, talented, highly $$successful WOMAN STILL talked about after all these decades! Too many men knew the truth and would have exposed her. Miss West STILL l makes me laugh! One of a kind.
So you told us the story of Mae West and how colorful she was from her youth onward….
But I waited for you to show some pictures of her pre 1950 and post 1950 to see it there any noticeable differences in them….
This isn’t new, saying a famous woman was really a man…
Mother Teresa is one
Michelle Obama is another.
Why have this discussion when we all can see her movies and enjoy her work.
🤫 Simple, because you can not libel the dead !...
@@alancrisp1582how is it libel? I think it makes her better lol
How does it make her better?
As a young boy in the 1950's, I was a huge Mae West fan. I always thought she was a riot. I never thought she was sexy. She seemed to be making fun of the whole thing.
I don't care if she was a man or not. But, I wish you had made a better case for it if he/she was.
I'm not denying that there have been certain revelations about former celebrities and their sexuality but a lot of the claims are unfounded and wishful thinking just for entertainment purposes.
Mae West was a woman and a clever woman before her time.
No! Disgusting rumor!
There will NEVER be another person like Mae West and NEVER was there during her life anyone who took over the identify of the woman she was until the day she died in 1980.
Shes wasnt the only man dressed as a woman in Hollywood. They were everywhere. Waistline below the navel is a man.
Hell! Just dig her up and see what you find.
😨 Come on ,she has been dead now for over 40 years .What are they going to find now ?....
@@alancrisp1582 Male and female skeletons are different.
😂😅😂😅😂😅
DNA from some of the bones, like pelvis or femur
Mae West was popular because she railed against the victorian age that had just happened.
She's a REAL WOMAN!
It’s obviously NOT a man‼️
It ?
No she was no Mae was crazy but no she was a woman
Ridiculous. Her brother John wasn't gay. Totally absurd and a waste of time.
In her time they didn't used terms l.g.b.t.q.
I love Mae but I've thought for years she was possibly transgender.
Having known several drag queens over the years I find your possible explanation plausible.
Who knows? It doesn't matter to me, either way I still love her. ❤
Mae said in an interview with Dick Cavitt back in the 70's that her Mother never saw her in pictures; she died before that.
Age changes people.
SHE WAS NOT A MAN.
They didn't have LGBTQ then. Nae was a lady.
Great voice....
The rumor I heard from the most famous, highest paid transsexuals in the world, was the real Mae didn't like the sexual fame, and her significantly larger brother took over the role shortly after Mae's first few appearances.
The LGBTQRSTUV movement didn’t exist in Mae West’s time! So much for accurate information!!
🤔 Maybe so, but let's not let the truth get in the way of a good story !....
1931 was the first transgender op 🧐
I do not believe in any of this nonsense. That woman passed away and she is not here to defend herself. Im not going to believe any this nonsense
I heard the same claim about Barbara Stanwyck. She did have quite a prominent Adam's apple, but women do have them too.. Apparently definitive proof one way or other is the elbow joints. Women's go outwards, men's go inwards.
I always thought that about Glen Close and Courtney Love. Have you ever taken a CLOSE look at them?
@@saphireblue3563 Glen Close is very manly.
@@63mckenzie Well she is a very good actress and I have nothing against transsexuals if she is one. But if you look at her face when her hair is pulled back, she really does look like a guy.
@@saphireblue3563 Maybe too much testosterone when a fetus.
@@63mckenzie I have nothing against transsexuals if she is is one. She is a very good actress. But if you look at her face with her hair pulled back she does look like a guy. If you go to "google images" and put in Courtney Love bikini you will see shots of her in a bikini and she looks like a man. It looks like later she had some fat added to the sides of her hips but before that, she looked like a man. She supposedly gave birth to a child though so who knows?
WE HAVE KNOWN IT FOR YEARS N YEARS
LGBT dreams
They should be ashamed of them selves creating these stories.
Who did Dick Cavett interview? Mae West or her brother?
I've always thought this about Wayne Newton.
If Mae West was a man after a certain point, this really makes the image presented at 2:38 creepier than I could have imagined. I have never liked the entertainment from this period or the America that consumed it. You can have him/her/it...
How so? How would that make the image creepier? You are talking about the image with Mae surrounded by the 3 men?
Yes, I am, and I will get in trouble for saying this, but the 3 men all look very gay...@@tula1433
Divine in drag???
Ask her lover who Intmately knew her
Interesting!
The biggest giveaway was the Prostate Cancer
False
Mae had an Adams apple!
The hid it well by way of shadowing...
Where are the pictures.
They all are trans. Cher, Mae, michelle.
Cher is a guy? 😮
Met Cher. Female.
@@juliethompson5301No. I can't believe the comments here. Some women have more pronounced masculine traits, but are biologically female. Just as some men have feminine traits but possess male genitalia. Been that way forever.
And trump is a trans slimemold.
@@juliethompson5301Cher has 2 kids. Kinda hard to push 2 kids out of a penis.
1931 was the first trans op 🧐
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Looks like a man to me
13:52 now this picture does show an Adam’s apple
Women have them too.
@@63mckenzieNot that big though
You mean when she was in her 80s and the way the light was even though every other photo through her adult life show her with a smooth neck.
Models ,actors , royal’s they need their cloths horses 🤨you must be thin 🤫
THIS IS A LOAD OF CRAP!!!!
Mae West has ZERO sex appeal for me, and she is not even pretty. She made a career out of putting on sexuality. Good for her!