Chuck's wikipedia wrong?

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Thu, 03/02/2006 - 19:10

bkihwe

Joined: 02/12/2006

I'm doing a project on Chuck and Choke and for the project i looked at his wikipedia for some of his life information. the thing that confused me though was that it said that chuck was gay. i was about to use this as part of the information about him when i figured i would double check that the information was real and not just some guy having his fun. (i actually wanted to prove a friend wrong about it too haha) so i searched around here and found [url]http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/community/showthread.php?t=1365[/url] this thread saying that he's had a wife for 8 years. now i dont know whether to believe anything on the wikipedia. can you guys clear this up for me/ maybe recommend somewhere else to find some information on him?

ps. here's a quote from the article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/palahniuk wrote:

In September 2003, Palahniuk was interviewed by Entertainment Weekly's Karen Valby. During the interview, Palahniuk confidentially mentioned information pertaining to his spouse. While it had been previously believed by many that he was married to a woman (some members of the press had claimed he had a wife), Palahniuk had in fact been living with his boyfriend. Some time later, Palahniuk believed that Valby was going to print this information in her article, without his consent. In response, he put an angry audio recording of himself on his web site, not only revealing that he is gay, but also making negative comments about Valby and a member of her family. However, Palahniuk's fears turned out to be ungrounded, and Valby's article did not reveal anything about his personal life outside of the fact that he is unmarried. The recording was later removed from the web site, making some fans believe that Palahniuk is embarrassed of his homosexuality. According to Dennis Widmyer, the site's webmaster, the recording was not removed because of the statements regarding his sexuality, but because of the statements about Valby. Palahniuk would later post a new recording to his site, asking his fans not to overreact to these events. He also apologized for his behavior, claiming that he wished he had not recorded the message

Thu, 03/02/2006 - 19:16

jane s.

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From: the Technodrome

Joined: 03/22/2003

The wikipedia information is correct.

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Thu, 03/02/2006 - 19:18

franc tireur

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From: The Big City in the 1920s

Joined: 04/25/2003

I didn't know the details.
Haha, stupid writers.

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Thu, 03/02/2006 - 19:19

bkihwe

Joined: 02/12/2006

well if its right how could he have a wife?

is the other forum wrong?

Thu, 03/02/2006 - 19:19

mirka

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From: Tangled up in Blue

Joined: 02/27/2003

[QUOTE=jane s.]The wikipedia information is correct.[/QUOTE]

Yep.

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Thu, 03/02/2006 - 19:21

stoyan

Joined: 08/24/2003

Yeah, Chuck Palahniuk is gay.

(Jane I know you just said it but for some reason it feels good to write this out. Like, yeah, he might be rich and famous and a kick-ass writer and funny and really, really cool and everything I ever wanted to be [I]except[/I] for the fact that he's gay. So yeah, I'm still cool.)

EDIT: Oh man I'm a slow poster. This was supposed to appear right after jane's post but now it has lost all it's unbelievable hilarity...

Thu, 03/02/2006 - 19:23

jane s.

vomits on children

From: the Technodrome

Joined: 03/22/2003

[QUOTE=bkihwe]well if its right how could he have a wife?

is the other forum wrong?[/QUOTE]

The information was misinterpreted. Palahniuk has a partner whom he's been living with for about 10 (?) years. Before he was openly gay to his readers, everyone started saying he had a "wife" and the myth was born. Even the site, at one point, said that Chuck lived with his wife in Portland.

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Thu, 03/02/2006 - 19:25

stoyan

Joined: 08/24/2003

Someone should start a thread "Who do you think might Chuck's boyfriend be" (and not get banned).

Thu, 03/02/2006 - 19:35

bkihwe

Joined: 02/12/2006

thanks guys Smile Big

Fri, 03/03/2006 - 23:45

Fiberoptic Jesus

From: sup

Joined: 09/25/2003

[QUOTE=jane s.]Even the site, at one point, said that Chuck lived with his wife in Portland.[/QUOTE]
So did the bio in his books from 3 years ago.

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Sat, 03/04/2006 - 14:54

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TheMadcapLaughs

Joined: 02/13/2006

Chuck Palahniuk did in fact post audio recordings in this site in 2003 admitting he was a homosexual, and he discusses it in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine dating from July 2005.

Honestly I do not see why people really give a shit. All Chuck Palahniuk has done to us is write great novels and non-fiction that bring up endless discussions, and lets everyone have a fun time. It is his personal life, not ours.

Sat, 03/04/2006 - 14:56

#11

bkihwe

Joined: 02/12/2006

its not because i care about his personal/sexual life, i told you, im just doing a project on him

Sun, 03/05/2006 - 15:06

#12

TheMadcapLaughs

Joined: 02/13/2006

[QUOTE=bkihwe]its not because i care about his personal/sexual life, i told you, im just doing a project on him[/QUOTE]

Sorry dude, I was not talking about you personally, I was just talking about the media attention that arose when the news came out. I was reading these forums back in 2003 when Chuck admitted his homosexuality, and there was a whole topic posted about it. Luckily, the Web master came to his senses and deleted the whole thing.

Sun, 03/05/2006 - 15:54

#13

Malakaiii

From: BC, Canada

Joined: 09/24/2003

The funny thing is that either most people don't know, or girls think they can win him back to our team. They giggle and drool all over him at readings, and it cracks me up!

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Sun, 03/05/2006 - 16:19

#14

Vendetta

Too Much Mash

From: At The Hop

Joined: 09/25/2003

[I]Back[/I] to [I]our [/I]team? That seems like a strange/wrong thing to say.

Sun, 03/05/2006 - 16:38

#15

stoyan

Joined: 08/24/2003

Yeah, our, like, the heterosexual team.

Mon, 03/20/2006 - 10:59

#16

Marky Lazer

From: Hollanda

Joined: 02/08/2005

[QUOTE=TheMadcapLaughs]Honestly I do not see why people really give a shit. All Chuck Palahniuk has done to us is write great novels and non-fiction that bring up endless discussions, and lets everyone have a fun time. It is his personal life, not ours.[/QUOTE]
Agreed. A while ago Dennis posted this magazine Stirrings Still which was devoted to Palahniuk. The first article was in the begin a lot about him being gay. Then I quit reading. It was lame.

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Mon, 03/20/2006 - 13:28

#17

Mr. Brown

Joined: 08/11/2003

Can't a dude be his wife? Like some men are bitches to other men in penitentiary? I mean, not so say the other dude is Chuck's bitch, but.. ah you know, they're happy.

Tue, 03/21/2006 - 01:23

#18

Kaybeck

From: Headquarters

Joined: 11/10/2005

[QUOTE=bkihwe]its not because i care about his personal/sexual life, i told you, im just doing a project on him[/QUOTE]

Is his sexual orientation in any way relevent to the project? If so, [I]why?[/I]

Tue, 03/21/2006 - 02:06

#19

kniPnIytterPRM

Joined: 03/15/2006

Personally, I think any gay man that can write a straight sex scene that well deserves to be admired.

I can't think of any straight men who could write a gay sex scene with that kind of detail and "flow"...(takers?)

Wed, 03/22/2006 - 00:43

#20

jane s.

vomits on children

From: the Technodrome

Joined: 03/22/2003

[QUOTE=Kaybeck]Is his sexual orientation in any way relevent to the project? If so, [I]why?[/I][/QUOTE]

People looooooove to make a big deal about sexual orientation, activity, etc. What else would we talk about? I wouldn't get the joy of seeing friends from high school and having them ask me if I'm "gay yet."

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Sun, 04/16/2006 - 07:05

#21

Spike

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Joined: 01/27/2003

[QUOTE=jane s.]People looooooove to make a big deal about sexual orientation, activity, etc. What else would we talk about? I wouldn't get the joy of seeing friends from high school and having them ask me if I'm "gay yet."[/QUOTE]

As long as you don't get zapped with the Homotron 9000, you're in the clear.

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Sun, 04/16/2006 - 21:18

#22

I-Sac

From: Palmdale, CA

Joined: 04/10/2006

well the fact hes gay, is not gonna make me read his books any different. There still great novels, and he's still my favorite writer, so yah your right, this should not be made a big deal..

Sun, 04/16/2006 - 23:14

#23

morey

From: arctic wasteland

Joined: 10/08/2003

a lot of old fags call their boyfriends their wives, its old school closet case.

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