[3] Since rising to fame in the early 1980s, Bob Paris has appeared on the covers of scores of magazines worldwide.

[1][4][5] That year, Paris appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss marriage and being gay.

[7] He became a dedicated advocate for the rights of athletes[8] and an outspoken voice in the push for drug testing at the professional level.

[1] On October 10, 1998, he made his New York stage debut, starring at Carnegie Hall opposite Bea Arthur, Sandy Duncan, Michael Jeter, Philip Bosco, Alice Ripley, and Tyne Daly in the Broadway musical Jubilee as the character Mowgli.

[9] In 2006, Flex Magazine ranked Bob Paris the most aesthetic athlete in the history of bodybuilding.

Paris and Jackson were seen as a model relationship in the gay community, yet they split up after seven years due to undisclosed difficulties.

[14] Paris lives with his husband, Brian LeFurgey, on an island near Vancouver, British Columbia.