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‘Pee-wee Herman’ Actor Paul Reubens Comes Out as Gay in Posthumous Doc

‘Pee-wee Herman’ star Paul Reubens came out as gay in his posthumous HBO documentary, which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival

In the new project, which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, January 23, critics learned that the actor had a secret boyfriend named Guy from Echo Park, California. Sitting down with director Matt Wolf for 40 hours worth of interviews, Reubens spoke candidly about his personal life as well as his experience playing the iconic Pee-wee Herman character. The late Pee-wee Herman actor’s death certificate, which was obtained by People on Friday, September 8, states that Reubens died of acute hypoxic respiratory failure.

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