If you wanted to work, you did what they said,” explains Laurie Jacobson, author of Dishing Hollywood, an expert on Tinseltown’s faux marriages.
“Hollywood tolerated sexually adventurous lifestyles, but most of the rest of the country did not. Under the code, homosexual activity became grounds for blacklisting actors. But this practice started with the anti-gay Hayes code in the 1930s. Celebs today know the headline power of marrying other celebrities.