Rock Hudson had a ‘legendarily large penis’, says Armistead Maupin
Hollywood icon Rock Hudson was closeted publicly for most of his life. (Getty)
Hollywood icon Rock Hudson was closeted publicly for most of his life. (Getty)
Armistead Maupin has shared details of his relationship with Hollywood icon Rock Hudson, including that the actor had a “legendarily large penis.”
Tales of the City author Maupin, 81, shared a video on his YouTube channel over the weekend where he went into detail about his relationship with Hudson.
Hudson was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, appearing in such films as Magnificent Obsession, Giant, and All That Heaven Allows. He was closeted for much of his life and died of Aids-related complications in 1985.
Maupin explained that he met Hudson through the actor’s lover Jack Coates, who Maupin had also slept with.
The pair then met at a social gathering in San Francisco, where Hudson read out the first chapter of Maupin’s Tales of the City, which had been published in the San Francisco Chronicle.
“I kind of think he kind of figured it would get me into bed, and it did,” Maupin said. The author recalled that the two discussed over dinner how Hudson might come out, with Maupin saying, “I’m the guy to do it because I’m out and I know you.”
The same night the two hooked up, “having a grand old time making out,” Maupin remembered. “But I wasn’t up to the task,” he then said adding: “It was just too intimidating.”
Maupin also shared they had “better success on subsequent visits” and recalled “[Hudson] did have a legendarily large penis.”
“It wasn’t the prettiest one I’d ever seen, but it was the biggest,” he revealed.
He went on to say that Hudson was “a very sweet man,” adding: “He seduced the world, at least the world that I knew, by being so kind and attentive.”
Maupin continued: “Rock made it his mission to see that I found a lover,” meaning a husband. “That’s what he wanted for me.”
However, Maupin struggled with Hudson’s closeted lifestyle as his own fame as an out gay author increased. The pair continued to hang out however, including at The Glory Holes in San Francisco as well as the leather bar, The Black and Blue.
“He loved those sexual scenes, but he wasn’t entirely comfortable with them,” the author explained. “I felt like I was helping him find himself.” Maupin later clarified the pair never had an “official falling out.”
After Hudson revealed he was living with Aids in 1985, Maupin did an interview where he effectively outed Hudson.
The author, who had said everyone in Hollywood had known Hudson as gay, was condemned by other gay men for doing so, though he said he meant his comments “in the most affectionate way.”
Maupin said he never saw Hudson again but believed there was no bad blood between them.
In the caption for the video Maupin wrote: “I’ve come to understand that telling this story isn’t just about memory — it’s about visibility, courage, and the ways we quietly change each other’s lives. I remain grateful for having known him, and for the lasting mark he left on me.”
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