New book calls Paul Newman a bi guy, confirming secret affair with James Dean

This one rumor I heard about Newman way back was that during the "Days of Thunder" racing movie that he inspired Tom Cruise to do, that Newman was often inside a long stretch limo with dark windows with one cute guy or another while it was parked off to the side of the racetrack where they were filming. Cruise and Newman befriended each other and worked on "Color of Money" together. None of that means anything, actually, so it was never published. No one would talk about it, and no one talked about whatever happened inside.

Newman was very happily married to Joanne Woodward, and theirs was a relationship that broke all of Hollywood's stereotypes—mainly because it lasted.

The new book, an unauthorized biography of course, is by Darwin Porter and is called "Paul Newman: The Man Behind The Baby Blues." Porter claims to have followed the Academy Award winner's life and career closely since 1959.

Porter says he interviewed famous bisexual macho man Marlon Brando before his death in 2004 and he is quoted as saying…

"He never fooled me. Paul Newman had just as many on-location affairs as the rest of us, and he was just as bisexual as I was. But, where I was always getting caught with my pants down, he managed to do it in the dark."

Newman's family call the book inaccurate and "disgusting."

Meanwhile, the book details Newman's conquests with superstars such as Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Judy Garland and Natalie Wood.

Now, if only he could be around to talk about it, and not be ashamed of it, the world would be able to see the face of a true bisexual. 

See a rare screen test of James Dean and Paul Newman together, below.