Without a Trace and in various stage productions, has spilled gossip on two gay icons, Tab Hunter and Anthony Perkins.In an interview with Michael Musto, McDermott recounts his early days as a struggling actor in New York theater and a number of the strong personalities that touched him along the way.
That includes Hunter, whom McDemott dated for a time.“I met Tab through Larry Kert [of West Side Story],” McDermott explains. “Then, when I was in Equus, Tab called me out of the blue and said he was coming to New York, and somehow he ended up staying at my house.
Thinking back, he obviously had some professional thing to do in New York and was thinking of it as an economic way to stay there.
He was nice. He was sexy. He was 50; I was 24.”Related: Tab Hunter pens moving essay about his secret relationship with Anthony PerkinsMcDermott goes on to say that he always had a soft spot for “daddy” types and that he and Hunter remained friends ever after.