Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman in "Pee-wee's Big Adventure"
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Jan 25
After Pee-wee's Success, Paul Reubens Returned to the Closet
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Documentarian Matt Wolf amassed some 40-hours of interviews with Reubens for "Pee-wee as Himself," his doc that will air on HBO. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23. Reubens died of cancer in 2023 at the age of 70.
Page Six writes that Reubens told documentary Wolf he was "secretive about [his] sexuality even to [his] friends."
"[It was] self-hatred or self-preservation," Reubens said. "I was conflicted about sexuality. But fame was way more complicated."
