? Did he have a job?
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02-21-2013, 03:04 PM #1
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02-21-2013, 06:40 PM #4
This. It's well known in the community that he wasl taken in by a group of wealthy gay real estate men in the Venice area who helped him get his start flipping houses here.
I don't recall the woman's name who wrote the book about him, but she also mentions this as well.Welcome to thunder dome, bitch.
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02-21-2013, 06:45 PM #5
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This. There was actually a group of bodybuilders that would do construction, laying brick and such.
Not sure about the gay for pay stuff, but it wouldn't surprise me. If it's so "well known" though, I can't figure out why this is the first I've heard of it, given that this isn't the first time I've come across this question.
You'd think more folks would talk about it, especially given that Arnold's attitude kinda rubbed some people the wrong way back then (no pun intended).
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02-21-2013, 08:33 PM #6
Weider paid him a small amount, he started a mail order business, then he started a construction business with Franco, then he bought property...he was a millionaire before he ever became famous in the movies.
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02-21-2013, 08:35 PM #7
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02-21-2013, 10:49 PM #8
come'on Sammy you haven't you ever heard of the gay mafia that runs bodybuilding haha
but yea its pretty common you have Kai, Trijilli, Pj, Correa, plenty of women from what i've read and seen, also there is Kavocs interview about how alot of pros do it when they first start to help pay for there bodybuilding "needs" just look up bodybuilder shmoes.
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02-21-2013, 10:51 PM #9
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02-22-2013, 12:14 AM #10
I've read a lot of talk about Arnold and gay stuff. Most of what I read says that Arnold was a good tease, but didn't perform much and didn't actually do any acts.
It's in a few biographies about him, even the ones that are praise jobs.
Arnold is very much into women, but he was always sympathetic to gays, too.
hard to say for sure. Kind of like Arnold possibly getting calf implants. Depends on who you talk to.
Ric Drasin gave a very interesting take on that.
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02-23-2013, 08:28 PM #20
Read his memoir TOTAL RECALL and you'll know for sure. Yes, his bread and butter was the mail order business, then construction, then he ultimately became rich in the real estate business where he has a natural gift as an expert. He was a millionaire even before he became a famous actor.
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02-23-2013, 09:13 PM #21
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