Top DISNEY teen star TOMMY KIRK was personally fired by WALT DISNEY after he learned “The Shaggy Dog” would rather shag boys than costar ANNETTE FUNICELLO!
As a teen, Tommy Kirk became a huge Disney movie star, but by his 30s – after being fired from the family-oriented studio over his gay secret and battling drug demons – he quit Hollywood to run a rug and upholstery business.
Now age 70, Kirk, who was inducted as a Disney Legend on Oct. 9, 2006, despite being given the boot by Walt himself, is now retired and living a quiet, sober life far from Tinseltown.
“I’m happy as heck,” says the former icon, who recently appeared at a Hollywood autograph show. “I’m living on a nice-size property in Northern California in a beautiful setting.”
But as a kid, Tommy was a megastar.