Paul Reubens has died

Saintman2884 said
This doesn't exactly wipe the slate clean on exposing himself in a Florida theater. That very public, embarassing arrest hurt his Pee Wee Play house show on Saturday mornings on CBS and his reputation for quite a while. He did, to his credit, successfully resurrect his acting career in the original 1993 Buffy: The Vampire Slayer movie so there was some sense of moving on.

His arrest for publicly exposing himself and the public perception of him possibly being a paedophile or liking to view child pornography did significantly hurt his career as a popular children's TV series host on Saturday mornings on CBS from mid-80's-early 90's. Him being viewed as a bit of a creep back then hurt his popularity and marketability as an actor and performer.

I always thought he had a creep vibe, even before that. But I mean he was jerking it in a XXX movie theater. So, that falls under creep to me, not pedo, because where I grew up XXX video places were 21 and older, not even 18. So disgusting and creepy yes, pedo no. Now the massive old porn stuff he had is forgotten about and had to refresh my memory. He bought vintage porn in lots. As they said, doubtful he even knew what was in all of it. So here again, true pedo, I dunno. Certified creep? Absolutely. But, he did have a good career and those around him were extremely loyal to him and thought highly of him. There were no personal issues with his behavior, no assaults, not even sexual harassment lawsuits. So, I dunno. I never cared for him personally. I just hope having had people who have and are currently dying of cancer that he suffered minimally and that if it was his time he went peacefully