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Billy Masters
by Billy Masters
2013-06-19

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"I've had a lot of men come into my life as father figures. I'd fall in love with them and then they're just gone."—Brandon, a 26-year-old painting contractor from Costa Mesa, sobs this confession on The Bachelorette. Although he's talking about having a single mom who dated a variety of men, something tells me he's had first-hand experience with many men who came and went out of his life.

With all the gay-pride festivities around the country, I can't possibly hit them all. Although I'm known for breaking the rules (or at the very least, bending them), not even I can break the rules of physics and be in two places at the same time. Last weekend, I was in Boston on Saturday and Los Angeles on Sunday. After stating that Boston Pride played a part in his coming out, Jason Collins marched alongside his one-time Stanford roommate, Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy. Earlier in the week, the openly gay former Boston Celtic was wearing the jersey of a different team. Collins was invited to throw out the first pitch at the Red Sox game on Pride Night.

Meanwhile in Los Angeles, there was scandal a-brewing. Ciara was booked as Saturday night's headliner for LA Pride. However, local hot spot The Factory planned a special pre-Pride party on Friday and advertised there would be a "special performer." Although I didn't see it, allegedly Factory had some flyers touting Ciara's appearance. Once the Pride committee got wind of this, they made it clear that her engagement with them superseded any other appearances (especially the night before at a club two blocks away). Factory threatened to sue Ciara for $10K. Her people said that there wasn't a signed contract (which I somehow doubt).

Come Saturday night, Ciara's in the middle of her performance and shaking hands with people by the stage when all of a sudden someone handed her something. She took one look at it and dropped it—she had been served! The wise process server made sure to have a video of Ciara taking it, which you can see on BillyMasters.com . The tragedy of this event is that I wasn't hosting. I suspect I would have gone out on stage, picked up the summons and called back to Ciara, "Honey, I think you forgot something." Perhaps I would have done a dramatic reading of the summons aloud, adding: "I'm only trying to help. That Ciara's not much of a reader!" On second thought, maybe it's best I wasn't there.

If you didn't have a local gay-pride event going on, you were probably watching the Tony Awards. As usual, Neil Patrick Harris was a brilliant host. Not too much, not too little—just right. I believe I was the first person to tell Andrea Martin she'd not only get nominated for a Tony but would also win it, and she did. My darling Jerry Mitchell and Kinky Boots took the lion's share of awards. I shouldn't take pleasure in someone losing, but it's nice to see that Tom Hanks doesn't win every award he's nominated for. Kudos to dear Judith Light for winning two years in a row, and giving the best speech (including thanking her manager and our pal, Herb Hamsher).

Just so you don't think we've lost our taste for hot naked men, last week Ian Ziering made his debut with the world-famous Chippendales in Las Vegas. He'll be appearing with the boys at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino through the end of June. After several weeks of intense workouts, the 50-year-old Ian turned flab to fab. He reportedly lost 25 pounds and the results are impressive—as you'll see on BillyMasters.com .

Far more predictable is Patrick Schwarzenegger, who Tweeted a shirtless photo of himself with the caption, "Early morning pump! Who is getting into shape for summer??!! Gonna gain 7 pounds this summer." Really? I just gained seven pounds since I started writing this week's column. But I'll still post the pic (his, not mine).

One more hottie, Derek Theler from Baby Daddy, posted a sweaty selfie after an intense workout. I don't know anything about him, but someone this gorgeous and showing so much skin deserves to be on BillyMasters.com .

Our question is from Jerry in Seattle: "Ask Billy, I'm in love with the new Superman, Henry Cavill. Don't you think he gives off a gay vibe? Please tell me he is. A friend of mine said you knew someone very close to him."

This is a story which I can relate second- or, possibly, third-hand. Apparently, one of Henry's closest friends in L.A. is actor and writer Corey Spears (a former paramour of Dan Renzi, of "Real World" and daytime moviegoing fame). Even when Henry was making decent money as an actor, he'd stay on Corey's sofa whenever in LA. What makes this interesting is that, according to Renzi, Henry had a penchant for walking around the apartment naked. If you check out his scribblings at DanRenzi.com, you'll find some stories about Henry—where he's affectionately referred to as "The Hen" (personally, I'd go with "The Cock"). With so many gay people close to Cavill, you'd think that if there were any real gossip, I'd know about it. Apropos of your question, I don't think it's a gay vibe he gives off—it's a British vibe; they're often mistaken for each other. Regardless, he always delivers, like in that scene from the first season of The Tudors where he's endlessly plowing away with such zeal. I've never before been jealous of a scullery maid. There's even a tantalizing glimpse of the goods, as you'll see on BillyMasters.com .

When we're hoping Cavill is not faster than a speeding bullet, it's definitely time to end yet another column. I didn't even get to tell you that Curtis Stone and Lindsay Price got married, Graham Norton and his beau broke up, and Jennifer Love Hewitt is engaged to and carrying the child of her latest boyfriend/co-star/soon-to-be ex. WOW, I slipped those in when you weren't looking. Well, I'm good in a tight squeeze—much like Cavill. You can see him and so much more on www.BillyMasters.com, the site that is always gentle with you. For a bit of the rough stuff, you'll have to contact me directly. If you don't see me on an app in your locale, you can always write to Billy@BillyMasters.com and I promise to get back to you before Ciara shows up on Judge Judy! Until next time, remember, one man's filth is another man's bible.


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