Nathan Lane: ‘Birdcage’ Co-Star Robin Williams “Protected Me” From Oprah Winfrey Gay Query

Nathan Lane says he wasn’t ready to publicly come out of the closet when The Birdcage opened in 1996, and co-star Robin Williams helped him dodge the issue during an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. “I was not prepared at all for that,” Lane said in an interview on NBC’s Sunday Today with…

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