In the upcoming HBO docuseries 'Pee-wee as Himself', which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, Paul Reubens recalls the "painful" memory of being falsely labeled a "pedophile" following his two arrests.

"Pee-wee Herman" star Paul Reubens, who died in 2023, has posthumously revealed he was gay in a new documentary unveiled at Sundance Film Festival.

Wee as Himself' gives Paul Reubens, the man behind the Pee-Wee Herman alter ego, a platform to come out of the closet.

Culled from 40 hours of interviews and thousands of hours of archival footage, Matt Wolf's doc gives Paul Reubens his own posthumous spotlight.

Paul Reubens, best known for his role as “Pee-wee Herman,” died in 2023 following a battle with cancer. But it seems that Reubens still has a few things to get off his chest, albeit from beyond the grave, in an upcoming documentary entitled, “Pee-wee as Himself.” PEOPLE Magazine reported the film premiered on Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival.

The man behind Pee-wee Herman had a final chance to talk about his personal life in a posthumous documentary premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. According to Us Weekly, Paul Reubens took his opportunity in the new documentary Pee-wee as Himself to open up about his sexuality and his secret boyfriend.

HBO documentary "Pee-wee as Himself" finds Paul Reubens addressing his complicated past in candid, heartbreaking form.

I was secretive about my sexuality even to my friends… [out of] self-hatred or self-preservation,” the late actor said in an interview with HBO.

Before he became known for playing Pee-wee Herman, Reubens revealed he was in a relationship with a man named Guy from Echo Park, Los Angeles. In fact, some of Guy's vocal tics inspired some of Pee-wee's most iconic catchphrases.

Nearly a year and a half after Pee-wee Herman star Paul Reubens passed away from acute hypoxic respiratory failure at the age of 70, the late actor came out as gay during one of his final interviews.