Ralph is my neighbor and has been for the past 14 years. He is the most compassionate and kindest person I've ever met, and that's all that's important. He spreads light and love whenever you see him and always has an encouraging word. We all love him!

@jwilliams9903

22 күн бұрын

Thank you for saying that ma’am

@EmpressSharima

21 күн бұрын

BK all day every day! Saint James towers!

@lefty2055

21 күн бұрын

My uncle lives across the parking lot from him....Ryerson Towers

@user-dh5xv2xb6r

20 күн бұрын

Good brother. he was not gay. He was a very smart and very mature .man..

@theoriginalsurferbob

19 күн бұрын

I wish you’d suggest to him don’t be a homosexual. He was awesome in Good Times. What a bummer.

I rode the G train in NYC every week with him when I lived in BK. I never let on that I knew who he was BUT the strangest, nicest thing was he acted like he knew me and made me feel like I was the famous one. This man is pure gold and one of a kind. Rich blessings to him for being kind and just plain NICE.

Ralph is also my neighbor. We bump heads now and then. Always with a smile. When he's not on his cell phone he would always stop and chat for a while. Very friendly with everyone. When I first met Ralph I was introduce to him by a friend I was talking with who also knows him. He just happen to be walking by. He stopped and sat on the bench with us and we talked for about a half hour. Loves to tell stories and goof around a little bit, he's acts like a regular guy in the neighborhood. Now when I see him he always gives my a hug and a hand shake. We've grown to be friends. He treats my like a friend and it's always nice to see him. We live 8 blocks apart so we bumps heads pretty often. If you ever get to meet him you can't help but to love him. Always sweet and kind to everyone. Now he knows me by name. If I don't notice him walking by he would call out to me by name, from a distance just to wave and say hello.

I worked at a nursing home where his aunt was a resident and where he visited her. He was very courteous and he told us he was planing a play for Broadway. That was app. 10yrs ago.

@lillianbalkum5975

19 күн бұрын

I had the pleasure of meeting him, and he is a perfect gentleman. I found him to be very humble, and personable.

Good Times was one best shows ever 😅

@MartinLutherKingKong-ph1iy

Ай бұрын

It's garbage

@daxterclark5092

Ай бұрын

Hater!​@@MartinLutherKingKong-ph1iy

@jameswilliams8568

27 күн бұрын

Not true, the Jefferson was the best show ever.

@brownr749

23 күн бұрын

@@MartinLutherKingKong-ph1iy Some ppl hate everything that's black. It's call evil and hateful...nothing new.

@concretejungle6938

21 күн бұрын

💯

Thank You ❤Ralph for being a phenomenal entertainer and actor. As well as, All the wonderful childhood memories. God's Best to you ALWAYS

LOVED HIM IN GOOD TIMES VERY TALENTED

@terrydaise5291

11 күн бұрын

Love you 2

Just let him have peace. He seems so nice. Rumors all the time! I watched him back in the day. Seemed like a typical young man. Cute funny and talented 👍🏽⭐️

@MartinLutherKingKong-ph1iy

Ай бұрын

And gay😂😂😂😂

@brownr749

23 күн бұрын

@@MartinLutherKingKong-ph1iy I bet 10 to 1, he doesn't walk around scared of his own shadow like his haters.

Love that he kept his nose

@LaVern57

11 күн бұрын

Yes, me to and I mean it in the most positive and respectful manner.

@abc456f

3 күн бұрын

Hard to lose it.

@user-ht4cx8zp1e

Күн бұрын

Homey need to have that nose surgery for real. It is as big as a Cadillac.

I met Mr. Carter once. My mother came to NYC to visit from Louisiana. One of many visits. I took her to a jazz club called AuBar on East 58th St off Madison Avenue to see Ruth Brown. Great singer. The place was packed, and there were two seats at our table so Mr. Carter brought his mom and joined our table. A wonderful night. I always loved his work on Good Times.

Amazing show and actors! I still watch the reruns. Clean comedy! ❤

@dianasmith7104

23 күн бұрын

I’m watching good times on peacock right now lol . Good show

@asafaust8869

19 күн бұрын

Great show. Reruns are too.

I met him and his mother in New York in 1974. I was a Senior in high school, and we were in New York to see Raisin. We did not know that he was in it. He was crossing the street and we stopped him, and we had about a 3 minute conversation. He introduced us to his mother. They were very nice to us. Also, I must say that Ralph is really looking good in the red outfit. ❤❤❤❤

I met him as a teenager as he went to the same performing arts school as my cousin. He was nicest most grounded person that someone in that position, that young could be. I was so impressed with him

Mike has represented himself & "us with nothing but dignity & love.🖤👑

Glad to hear he's alive and well. Such a great talent and contribution to the arts and community.

I don't appreciate always hearing about people's private lives either. Why is it always an issue about being gay or some other private stuff. Those subjects should be left out. Prohibited.

@gregoryrobinson8193

Ай бұрын

Exactly I'm a fan of his acting ability and could care less about his sexual orientation that's his business

@Nuggyc

Ай бұрын

I agree. A big problem in society. Always a tug/neg and positive. This era, people are way too sensitive, arrogant in how they want to post. Also, beware that all these social sites and are 50/ 50. Meaning some are true stories, and some are simply tabloids, and 1 should sift out the not so true stories.

@hoped6676

Ай бұрын

Well .... That's the price these stars pay for being famous. It comes with the territory so y'all keep calm and get over it.

@MarvaCaldwell

Ай бұрын

How is it prohibited when people put it on display daily

@gregoryrobinson8193

Ай бұрын

@@MarvaCaldwell at this point they are pushing it down our throats it's everywhere all these genders and labels

I never thought he was gay. Why is it always mentioned about being gay? People don't ever randomly mention theyre heterosexual. Continued success to him and his family.

@brownr749

Ай бұрын

PPl talked about homosexuality because it's not the norm. If most ppl were gay, then ppl who are heterosexual sexuality would be mentioned more.

@businessofboxing9939

15 күн бұрын

​@@brownr749No that has nothing to do with it it's more that we have a strain of homophobia running through the black community which comedian Lee says nothing about having babies in wedlock , that's also the norm yet people don't talk about people having babies out of wedlock

@brownr749

13 күн бұрын

@@businessofboxing9939 (No that has nothing to do with it) What has nothing to do with what? Sex? Sex has a lot to do with almost everything. It’s what brings life into world. (it's more that we have a strain of homophobia running through the black community) Through the black community? I have to inform you, but it runs through every community. I admit the level of homophobia is higher in the black community… but big deal. (which comedian Lee says nothing about having babies in wedlock , that's also the norm yet people don't talk about people having babies out of wedlock) People don't talk about people are having babies out of wedlock? Where have you been?

@aaronmichael9788

13 күн бұрын

@@businessofboxing9939true people are obsessed with gay people always talk about it then get mad when they see it. Weird af

@sfcullins

12 күн бұрын

Exactly. I wonder the same thing. Why should someone's personal life be a factor?

We love you King❤❤❤

Such an icon and wonderful man.

I didn't know he had five children, and the rumors have been around so long that i believed it. Its nice to learn he contributed much to the industry and is still living comfortably. The ADELCO award I'd place before all others any day. I'd be honored!

@adriennerobinson1180

24 күн бұрын

Me either,I can't believe it that he has 5 children.

@latonyawilliams4495

22 күн бұрын

I never Heard he was

@pundiparadox9840

19 күн бұрын

@@latonyawilliams4495 I had a huge crush on him. I remember the HIV & Gay rumors in the 80s. I Guess Good Times still wasn't that old of a show back then.

I met Ralph years ago when I worked in a hotel where he and Ms. Bern Nadette Stanis were guests. He was a very beautiful man with a warm, positive spirit. We love you, Brother Carter!!

I don't believe he's gay if he is that's his business.

@brownr749

Ай бұрын

Well, I thought he might be gay from reading the title and ppl used to say that about him when GT was on the air....his buisness? I never know exactly what that means, except it could be defending someone where there's no need to be defensive.

@user-et7fs5it8u

14 күн бұрын

Still cute.

@horizontoday7874

11 күн бұрын

No. It’s because he doesn’t fit that stereotypical black male amongst the SUB culture within the BEAUTIFUL BLACK CULTURE.

@brownr749

11 күн бұрын

@@horizontoday7874 What is the stereotypical black male?

@terrydaise5291

11 күн бұрын

Peanut butter feels good

Well, unless He tells me he is gay I find it rather hard to believe. But, be that as it may, I had a HUGE crush on the character Michael!! To me, he was handsome and so cool!! I wish the actor Ralph Carter all the best.❤❤❤

I met Ralph Carter at the National Black Theatre Festival. He was a kind, personable man. We were both acting and could not attend each other's performances because of a time conflict. He is a wonderful person...that I know!

I still watch good Times right now… And I’m in my 60s..

@sunflowerlove6489

15 күн бұрын

me too i love that i grew up in the best of everything music , tv etc.....

@puritanave313

14 күн бұрын

I'm 36 and still watch it from the reruns

@dennismclaurin1487

13 күн бұрын

Same

@wileecoyote5749

13 күн бұрын

60s? That's like dead n stuff

@user-ko7bb5kh4i

10 күн бұрын

Same here

I met him last year at a play at Black Spectrum theater in Queens. He was so warm and nice. I asked to take a picture with him and he readily agreed. He took pictures with me and my friend. I told him I still watched the show, and he said thank you. He was really nice and approachable. I really appreciated that and I wish him continued success in all his endeavors.

He owns his own home in the downtown brooklyn area

@adriennerobinson1180

24 күн бұрын

Oh Ok

I love Ralph, he will always be considered family ❤❤❤

Ralph Carter is one of the best individual I ever met that gay shit was bullshit. Keep living on brother.

@loisbullock3151

11 күн бұрын

Them people always want to portray us in a bad light, but skip over their own.

@Dimi374

5 күн бұрын

Why does it matter if he is gay or not? The most important is he is a good person and has done the community service.

@MrBarrywes

2 күн бұрын

​@@Dimi374it's still actually a controversial subject in the black community. At the end of the day you will get more clicks with controversy

Thank you, Ralph for sharing not only your talent, but intelligence and contributions to our people ❤️

He is a friend and lives in Downtown Brooklyn/Fort Green area. He was living with his mother until her passing of old age a couple of years ago. A lot of this information is not accurate.

@mgolden78

Ай бұрын

Is he still alive?? I like him in Good Times!! Hope he's doing well!!

@blenaris1

Ай бұрын

@mgolden78 Yes, he's alive and well.

@murphymurph7578

28 күн бұрын

That's where I saw him at McDonalds' near LIU. Very pleasant.

@gphatt1

24 күн бұрын

I have a Facebook group with 100,000 members, and I would love to interview him.

@feletiaventro5639

24 күн бұрын

Thank you I saw him many time but I dare not run up to him like a crazy fan I lived in fort green for the longest time time. His private life is no one’s business.

Whatever Mike becomes he deserves it he was a handsome young man and he deserves his privacy I never though Mike was gay and if he was so what instill respect him as a young man then and still now keep living a swell life mike you represented very well and young still a good person. 💜

The way he was dressed in Good Times was the style at that time. That blue suit he was wearing when singing was a dressy outfit at that time. The rumors about him being gay came out much later when he became an adult.

@brownr749

Ай бұрын

I don't believe it was so much of the way he dress than the way he acted...he acted like a person that might be gay...

@lynbrown5586

27 күн бұрын

Right

I applaud this Brother for unapologetically and openly supporting the African American community throughout the many years. While I'm sure wayward ambition could have easily moved his talents in his adult years...he, as the young folk say now...didn't chase the bag. Many of "US" forget...as I watched an interview of a well known Black actor on The View...who got agitated when asked about his experiences as a Black man in the industry. I thought it was sad. So again, Strong shout out to Mr. Carter for his love for his community.

Ralph (Michael) taught me alot. There was Blackman with Columbus. Jesus was Balck. Boy is a White racist word.

I appreciate y’all doing this! I’ve always been a fan of this Good Brotha!! 💔🖤✅

@BlackHollywoodIcons

Ай бұрын

Thanks, happy to hear!

Great to see this Brother doing well.Who really cared about the gay crap either way. GOOD FOR HIM !!!!!!

@alicebrown7750

Ай бұрын

No, that part ain't good.

Thank you Ralph Carter for your talent and your interest in black performing arts right on brother ✊🏽 this one is for you🤜🏽🏆🤛🏽

That's the problem with social society in the past , today , and in the future towards anyone in the lime light of Hollywood and especially towards black actresses and actors but when they choose to stay out of the lime light and be PRIVATE it should be RESPECTED let them be themselves in their own TRANQUILITY they have a Right to Live in PIECE no matter what It is No Matter what their BUSINESS is 💯

@lancehudson6327

Ай бұрын

Hey !!!!! I shall thank you for that I and I appreciate it when you mention it I couldn't do nothing but just laugh at that as much I called myself proof read before I sent it out lol 👍🙏🙏😎😂🤣

He was so adorable ❤

Loved Good Times !!

Met him at the Fort Greene Brooklyn musical festival, so down to Earth and warm person, love you Ralph !!!!!

Amen. Thank you for opening the door for others black in the Arts.

I really don't like to hear about Ralph's private life ,he was a great actor on Good Times !❤

@brownr749

Ай бұрын

If you don't want to hear about anybody's private life, then why are you here??...in the title it reads about his sexuality.

THEY DO DERSERVE THEIR PRIVACY IF THEY CHOOSE TO LEAVE HIM ALONE NEVER HEARD NOTHING NEGATIVE

hello........ralph carter is a great talent , he was one of the bright spots on " good times " 😊😊😊😊. great share , thank you , for sharing🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰......................

Ralph was in my singing voice class around the year 1978 at Los Angeles City College and was a very nice young man. It was so interesting being in a class with a well known TV actor.

The world did stop when one of your favorite black stars were on tv!😊

I wish ralph nothing but the best.I love ❤️ him and if hes gay or not , it dosent matter to me.He was a good actor and i wish him the best in life.👍🏻🙂❤️

Ralph was gay. I met him several times in Harlem. He was into that African Muslim thing when i met him. He was nice

When I met him he was on me like white on rice, flirting heavy!!! He nicknamed me "Hips". Didn't seem GAY at all, but no one knows what people do in the dark. We had a lot of laughs and he didn't make me feel uncomfortable no lie. I've been around some celebsfrom a teen to college. I interned with a radio station and record label in the 90s. Ralph was acting more like a high school boy smittened. He didn't act like a pompous celebrity either. He was very respectful...but I didn't know he was married.

Went people don't know your business, "they assume!!🤔

@brownr749

Ай бұрын

I'm not sure why ppl are so overly defensive about it...they make it seem like something is horribly immoral about it when they come off so emotional about a judgement.

Loved that show as a child of the 1970s

WHO CARES HE IS GAY. THAT IS HIS LIFE!!! THAT'S HIS PRIVATE LIFE. GREAT ACTOR.❤

@brownr749

Ай бұрын

In this piece, it shows he is not gay....I think it good they cleared it up...if ppl thought I was gay, I would want to be confronted so I can make it clear to them I'm not...and whatever they want to believe after that, I don't care.

HE IS A LEGEND ACTOR IN MY BOOK 📖!! 📽️ 🎥 🍿 🎟️ 🎫 AMEN 🙏🙌 HALLELUJAH... 📖

He was and is a beautiful, talented, humble, and all-around wonderful human being. ❤

Being married to a woman most definitely does not mean one isn’t bed hopping with men, However his sexual preference is his business and no one else’s.

I never thought Ralph was gay, but it really doesn't matter to me either way. He was an excellent actor and his legacy will forever be ingrained in American culture.

I loved watching him on TV and wish him all the happiness. 😊❤

ThaNk You RalpH CarteR for all you have done in the Entertainment Industry and Still doing... Blessings Always To You ! .🙏.❤🙏❤️💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙❤️❤️❤️💙❤️💙❤️❤️❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙❤️❤️❤️💙🙏💙❤️💙❤️💙💙🙏❤️💙❤️💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 #UareSoGifted #UrBlesseD #ThanksForAllTheGoodTimes ..🙏💙 #LoveUmYBrother #LoveUTheGoodTimesCastAllWhoMadeTheShow... THANK YOU ! 🙏🙏🙏

I'm glad he's surviving and staying close to the scene.

I always thought the was gay but who cares. Glad he's doing well.

Used to see him on the A train in NYC; most people probably didn't know who he was but loved watching him and still do on Good Times.

@BlackHollywoodIcons

Күн бұрын

What a wonderful story, thanks for sharing!

Goodtimes is one of my all time favorite sitcoms ever! i grew up on that although Florida got on my nerves at times I love it! i grew up watching goodtimes and I still watch it to this day and will continue to do so!

One.of.the.great.men.of.our.time.

I'm NOT surprised about his sexual preference. I can see it early on. So what else is new. I love the fact he's an advocate for Black art and our community. That's what I'm proud of ❤

@biblicalstorieswithannjose1857

Ай бұрын

The video states he is not gay and is married with children for 30 years. He won't let the media in his life so they label him gay!

@biblicalstorieswithannjose1857

Ай бұрын

He did dress like a gay boy or man in the show that's a lie

@jameswilliams8568

18 күн бұрын

I didn't see it back then.

It's great to hear that Mr. Carter has had two wives and five children. His character on "Good Times" was great-A conscious young brother.

🎉net worth 1 million, I would say he is well off rich

@daddygrace253

28 күн бұрын

A million dollars is not a lot of money for a Hollywood celebrity.

@CrowningCoachTimothy

20 күн бұрын

@@daddygrace253heck it ain’t even enough for New York City!

@christhomas5761

19 күн бұрын

@@daddygrace253 , He`s really a former hollywood celebrity because he left hollywood well over 40 years ago and never returned but he`s certainly gone down in television history and rightfully so.

I. Still. Watch the. Good times love the show

I can say im blessed too have grown up in the best of real everything that was the 70's etc.... Ralph is so right about the world stopping when u saw blacks on tv back in the good days its true we use too lose our minds seeing the jacksons on the sonny and cher show . merv griffin . soul train and the cartoons show the had on saturday this man MIcheal Evans is a true Icon the show is as all the black shows back then !!

I used to see Ralph in Brooklyn near Fort Greene downtown Brooklyn when I was a kid. He would try to blend in by wearing a cowboy hat lol...

That's his business if he is gay 💯

I think most of us knew that since day one it wasn't a big thing then and it isn't a big thing now❤

I subscribed to your channel these stories are interesting because we've seen on TV or heard about

@BlackHollywoodIcons

5 күн бұрын

Wonderful, thanks! What actor or actress would you like us to make a video about?

Awesome man.. ❤

HIS CLOTHES DIDN'T LOOK GAY. PEOPLE ARE ALL IN HIS BUSINESS. DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD CHILDREN AND WAS MARRIED.

I've always liked him, still do he's personable, talented, warm and a credit to his profession and people.

Wow Bernie Mac said it in one of his comedy shows 🙏when he was singing young and in love

I loved the show and I understood why JJ hated everyone. James wanted the focus to be on black people doing more for the community like the younger two children. JJ was a talented painter but the writers only wanted to focus on his silliness and make that the main part of the show. I think the talented love togetherness, and strength of the family dynamics should have stood out more but thats what most people remember about the show.

This was good. I want more info on the Audelco Awards.

Good times was one of my favorites ❤

I read he has 5 children. Bi maybe but I don't think he's gay.

Even if he is gay it’s nobodies business and we still love Ralph ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Don't forget, you have to wear a dress and sell your soul to move up to the next level.

@user-qy2bl4hi7k

Ай бұрын

And yet nobody has a picture of Ralph in a dress. If you have one please upload it I'll wait.

Can't compare him to Janet Jackson. She was famous before the show. She came from a famous singing family. Michael Jackson is her brother. You get the picture

The first time I watched good times I knew that the guy who played Michael was gay. I loved the show.

Well one thing for sure I know he use to work in Brooklyn, because I use to see him all the time and actually took a picture with him, he was surprised I knew/ remember his face. He use to work for..... Well I'ma keep that to myself, if you know you know🤷🏾‍♀️

Wonderful King 👑

I thought the title said gay house. I thought about a very happy place.

@RG-if4on

Ай бұрын

so did I.

I dont think he is gay people always getting the wrong understanding.I read he was married and had 5 children

I hate that I never ever took the time to get to personally engage and develop a friendship with him while growing up in the same community in Brooklyn NYC just across the street from my parents NYCHA home...

It doesn't matter if your black or white or gay it's what in side of that person

@alicebrown7750

Ай бұрын

that last part does matter!!!

I owned the album ❤ I RAN to the record store...!!!

Luv Ralph❤❤❤

5 kids...❤❤ His wardrobe, was what black kids his age and at that time was wearing..

Nice to get the truth

He's a awesome actor

I met him years ago. He used to so sweet.

ralph was before good times on broadway the greatest child star i ever saw; shirley temple was number 2; by the time hes on goodtimes; hes very ordinary; he gave the greatest performance ive ever seen a juvenile give ( dude the highway life )

Is he sick? He looks much older than his actual age. I wish him the best.

@christhomas5761

19 күн бұрын

I`ve seen other men in their sixties that look about like that but some people just age better than others .