Elvira Reveals She Lost 11,000 'Horny Old Men' Fans After Coming Out

Cassandra Peterson, famous for her character Elvira-Mistress of the Dark opened up about her sexuality last year in her memoir as she revealed her long-term relationship with her assistant, Teresa "T" Wierson.

The sexy actress shared that her coming out made most of the 'horny old men' very upset and they just weren't happy with this.

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Peterson told the Behind the Velvet Rope podcast earlier this week:

“The straight people, I knew that there was going to be some horny old men out there who were just not going to like the fact that they didn’t have a chance with me anymore."

“I hate to tell them they already didn’t have a chance of me anyway.”

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Peterson shared that some 11,000 people unfollowed her after her revelation but then she says that she gained almost 60,000 new followers.

“In one day, the day after the book came out, I lost 11,000."

“People just said, ‘Elvira, you lied to me. I don’t respect you anymore. Goodbye.'”

“But I got 60,000 new followers the same day.”

“It was mostly straight, older guys who just felt lied to."

"I don’t know – can’t please everybody!”

Peterson revealed that she kept her sexuality a secret for nearly 20 years and did a pretty good job at it.

Peterson's character of Elvira is well known for her sexy, witty, and campy humor and this is because her content is often rated PG-13.

Her drag-inspired look with a cult following became a household name and she became an LGBTQ+ icon for this.

In fact, her horny fans were not the only ones shocked. Peterson herself was equally shocked.

She wrote in her memoir Yours Cruelly, Elvira:

"I think I was even more surprised. What the hell was I doing?"

"I'd never been interested in women as anything other than friends."

"I felt so confused. This just wasn't me!"

"I was stunned that I'd been friends with her for so many years and never noticed our chemistry."

"I soon discovered that we connected sexually in a way I'd never experienced."

“Nobody was ready for that."

"And apparently we kept it a pretty damn good secret because nobody knew — and everybody was surprised.”

Though she admits that she was nervous that she might lose her LGBTQ fans for keeping her sexuality hidden for so long.

“Honestly, I worried more about my gay fan base."

“Because I hope they embraced it, but I was feeling like: ‘What if they think I’m a big fat hypocrite, and I was lying to them?’”

“So that scared me more.”

Despite her fears, Elvira's fans proved to be more loyal than that. 

Especially after her most recent comments.

Peterson said another good thing about coming out was not introducing Wierson as her assistant anymore.