Bob Paris was he robbed?

[JackTheRipper]

so often he placed 3rd... was it because he was a Homo? 

[JackTheRipper]

was this not sort of ironic given that many bodybuilders did gay porn or posed for schmoes like Arnold? ... itīs even said Arnold liked men too.

[JackTheRipper]

I mean i am not a Homo man but Bob paris is such a Gentleman in interviews, surely a great embassador for bodybuilding.
Before i knew he was Homo & after i always loved his physique 

[falco]

Maybe despite being a homo, he was a spitter.

[JackTheRipper]

Maybe despite being a homo, he was a spitter.

He seems a peaceful human being. 

[falco]

He seems a peaceful human being. 

Yes. Body wise, after Benfatto, he and the beefier Dennis Newman were how i would like to look like when younger.

[JackTheRipper]

Yes. Body wise, after Benfatto, he and the beefier Dennis Newman were how i would like to look like when younger.

Yes Benfatto was another great guy.  Bob was the man though... 

[G_Thang]

I remember him dating a Broadway actress from the Cats musical.  As a kid, I thought he was as straight as George Michael when he was engaged to the Asian model.

One's Hero.

Anyway who exposed him or when did he come out?

[hipolito mejia]

I don't think being gay had anything to do with his placings in the 80's   he came out in the 90's against Weiders advices .... and things got complicated for him .

He walked away from BB very disappointed at the hypocrisy within the industry at around age 30 so you could say he didn't even reached his BB full potential....  Imagine Bob growing in to the insulin GH mid 90s era ! he left and NEVER looked back

Palumbo has tried to interview him in different attempts but no answer from Bob Paris .

[JackTheRipper]

Palumbo has tried to interview him in different attempts but no answer from Bob Paris
can U blame him??

[Matt]

I remember him dating a Broadway actress from the Cats musical.  As a kid, I thought he was as straight as George Michael when he was engaged to the Asian model.

One's Hero.

Anyway who exposed him or when did he come out?

Bob came out in 1989, according to this update with Oprah from 2014 - this was previously on Oprah's OWN network YouTube channel, but was removed. I guess she wants traffic directed to her website.

Clip plays here after some ads:

https://www.oprah.com/own-where-are-they-now/the-bodybuilder-who-came-out-as-a-gay-man-in-the-1980s-video_1

Bob came out when it actually WAS brave to do so. Nothing like today, where it's highly beneficial to say you are a member of the LGBT community.

That's sad that Bob lost 80% of his business in bodybuilding once he came out. Meanwhile, presumably an above average number of bodybuilding fans are gay.

[JackTheRipper]

Bob came out in 1989, according to this update with Oprah from 2014 - this was previously on Oprah's OWN network YouTube channel, but was removed. I guess she wants traffic directed to her website.

Clip plays here after some ads:

https://www.oprah.com/own-where-are-they-now/the-bodybuilder-who-came-out-as-a-gay-man-in-the-1980s-video_1

Bob came out when it actually WAS brave to do so. Nothing like today, where it's highly beneficial to say you are a member of the LGBT community.

That's sad that Bob lost 80% of his business in bodybuilding once he came out. Meanwhile, presumably an above average number of bodybuilding fans are gay.

and like i wrote look at the pros who sucked dick for money,     Bob was robbed 

[joswift]

Gorilla Suit is a great read...

[beakdoctor]

I seem to recall Bob's conditioning being a bit off in his contests in 88, 89 and 90. Earlier in his career he would get more shredded.  He had size, shape, symmetry,  proportions but tended to look a tad smooth next guys like christian, Strydom,  Benaziza, Benfatto, Labrada etc...

He 'came out' in 89 so it's easy to blame his decline in placings on that but by 90 he was phoneing it in. With all due respect Dickerson was a well known rump-ranger when he won the O just a few years prior.

[The Scott]

I tend to think it was due to Paris speaking out against the use of drugs and having to take them to be competitive.  The man was very handsome with a physique to match and spoke with a degree of intelligence that only Franz Zane could better.

For whatever reason(s), Paris was robbed.  But so too was Padilla and in Danny's case, more so because he was way ahead of everyone else on stage at the '81 Olympia.

[Matt]

I tend to think it was due to Paris speaking out against the use of drugs and having to take them to be competitive.  The man was very handsome with a physique to match and spoke with a degree of intelligence that only Franz Zane could better.

For whatever reason(s), Paris was robbed.  But so too was Padilla and in Danny's case, more so because he was way ahead of everyone else on stage at the '81 Olympia.

I believe that was at the 1986 Mr. World that Rich Gaspari won, where Bob specifically stated that he wants to develop a physique that he personally considers ideal, and not necessarily the physique that would win contests. I don't recall him explicitly mentioning drugs, but I felt it was sort of implied that he holds back on them, based on his personal physique and health preferences.

[pamith]

I don't think he was robbed

[joswift]

I believe that was at the 1986 Mr. World that Rich Gaspari won, where Bob specifically stated that he wants to develop a physique that he personally considers ideal, and not necessarily the physique that would win contests. I don't recall him explicitly mentioning drugs, but I felt it was sort of implied that he holds back on them, based on his personal physique and health preferences.

[JackTheRipper]

Gorilla Suit is a great read...

yes i want to get a copy of this book.

[JackTheRipper]

[hipolito mejia]

I seem to recall Bob's conditioning being a bit off in his contests in 88, 89 and 90. Earlier in his career he would get more shredded.  He had size, shape, symmetry,  proportions but tended to look a tad smooth next guys like christian, Strydom,  Benaziza, Benfatto, Labrada etc...

He 'came out' in 89 so it's easy to blame his decline in placings on that but by 90 he was phoneing it in. With all due respect Dickerson was a well known rump-ranger when he won the O just a few years prior.

Dickerson was a rumor that grew bigger when the internet and forums as this one got popular ... (20 years after he won the Mr.O)....
and....  can you find a clip or article of Dickerson talking openly about his sexuality ?

Bob Paris came out on national tv back in 1989 !!!!!!!

[beakdoctor]

I remember that.

Specifically I remember him trying to sound very articulate and I remember thinking: liar.

[The Scott]

Dickerson was a rumor that grew bigger when the internet and forums as this one got popular ... (20 years after he won the Mr.O)....
and....  can you find a clip or article of Dickerson talking openly about his sexuality ?

Bob Paris came out on national tv back in 1989 !!!!!!!

Well, you can easily find Dickerson's gay porn online which is, to be honest, proof enough that he was homosexual.  Oh WAIT!

It's only "gay' if you want it to be.    Dickerson wanted it to be.   Case opened.  Case closed.

As for it being a "rumor"?   "It's not a rumor!"  In the mid 80s I trained at a gym and was warned by the staff there that Dickerson was going to be there training the next day.  They told me he was openly gay and would probably say things to me that I would not appreciate and likely upset me enough to go full retard-strength on the fool and throw him through a wall.

"It's not a rumor!"  The dude was a buttslut manho'.

[JackTheRipper]

Well, you can easily find Dickerson's gay porn online which is, to be honest, proof enough that he was homosexual.  Oh WAIT!

It's only "gay' if you want it to be.    Dickerson wanted it to be.   Case opened.   Case closed.

being honest..with todays freaks being a Homo or Lesb is not that bad as was thought back in the day.
now we have real fuck ups 

[The Scott]

I remember that.

Specifically I remember him trying to sound very articulate and I remember thinking: liar.

True.  He was no Zane but at least it wasn't the usual "DuhUhhhhh" we got from nearly everyone else, LOL!