The son of has a theory about why he is gay that involves his mother's 1989 film Steel Magnolias.
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Sally Field’s Son Shares Unique Coming Out Theory
The son of Sally Field has a theory about why he is gay that involves his mother's 1989 film Steel Magnolias. Field starred in the iconic film about a group of ...
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who cope following a devastating death, a movie that wrapped when her son Sam Greisman was just a baby.
It's a movie Field has fond memories filming, and one that she frequently brought Greisman onto the set of, she has revealed to People.
Now Field has revealed her son believes he may be gay as a result of all the time he spent on the set.
'He was on the set all the time and my friends took care of him. Sam has always said that that's probably why he's gay,' she told the outlet.
Sam was even present at a party celebrating the film's wrap.
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Sam Greisman, the son of Sally Field, believes he may have become gay after spending his infancy on the set of her 1989 film Steel Magnolias
'He was on the set all the time and my friends took care of him,' Field told People
'There's a picture that I have hanging in my little office. It's of Shirley and Dolly and Julia and we're looking off because it was the wrap party and there was a big band, so it's all of our tight headshots, and on my chest is my little son Sam because he was six-months-old,' she said.
Field still looks back warmly on her time filming Steel Magnolias and the friendships she forged with her co-stars.
The 1989 film followed a group of women coping following a tragic death
Her film debut was as an extra in Moon Pilot (1962).
That was followed by starring roles in The Way West (1967), Stay Hungry (1976), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Heroes (1977), The End (1978), and Hooper (1978).
She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress for Norma Rae (1979), and Places in the Heart (1984). Other notable roles include in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Absence of Malice (1981), Kiss Me Goodbye (1982), Murphy's Romance (1985), Steel Magnolias (1989), Soapdish (1991), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), and Forrest Gump (1994).
In 1985, she co-starred with James Garner in the romantic comedy Murphy's Romance.
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Sam is the son of Field and her ex-husband Alan Greisman; pictured 2024
The following year, Field appeared on the cover of the March 1986 issue of Playboy magazine, in which she was the interview subject but she did not pose nude.
In the 2000s, Field joined drama ER then starred in the series Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011).
From 1976 to 1980, Field had a relationship with Burt Reynolds, during which time they co-starred in four films: Smokey and the Bandit, Smokey and the Bandit II, The End, and Hooper.
Following their 1980 breakup, Field and Reynolds continued to date on and off before splitting permanently in 1982.
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Field married her second husband, Alan Greisman, in 1984. Together, they had one son, Sam (b. 1987). Field and Greisman divorced in 1994.
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