Are Katie and Tom simply carrying on a Hollywood tradition?

It's a history dating back to the early days of the movie biz, when studios put morality clauses into actors' contracts and essentially forced gay stars deep into the closet.

Even today, when many stars are openly gay, public homophobia is still a bugaboo for the celebrity trying to maintain an image. Thus, the rumors of sham star relationships continue: in recent years, the now-defunct marriages of Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford, Kirstie Alley and Parker Stevenson, Michael Jackson and his spouses.

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