Is Barry Manilow gay? (article)

[Marcio**]

Barry/Elton/Donna :D





Is Barry Manilow gay?


I mean...when he was popular in the late 70s, all the jocks in school went around saying "Barry Manilow's gay!"


I thought they meant "He's uncool."


Which would, of course, make me shove his Greatest Hits album underneath my books and say "Yeah! He's so unhip!"


But I saw a commercial for tonight's "Will and Grace" last night and he's on it and he just looks ... so ... gay.


Honestly, I've never given the concept any thought.


And it's not like it's going to make me like him any less.


I have his boxed set of CDs.


Haven't ever listened to it in one sitting. Probably never will.


I like the guy. I respect the guy.


I just ... you know ... his sexuality has never been an issue for me.


I was wondering if I could tap into my gay community of friends and see if they have any inside scoop on the Manilow.


If you know for a fact he's gay or not gay, leave a message in my Comments thing at the end of this entry.


I just ... I like to know who all's gay and who's not. It doesn't influence my opinion of them one way or another.


But when I hear Barry singing "Mandy" I can either think to myself "Awww, how sweet!" or "Hey. He's singing to MAN-dy."




from
http://unclebob.diaryland.com/031211_87.html

[remicks]

****

Is Barry Manilow gay?


I mean...when he was popular in the late 70s, all the jocks in school went around saying "Barry Manilow's gay!"

"

That never happened ..... in the late '70s ??
Obviously some militant gay with an agenda trying to rewrite history ..... :P

*****

[markydefad]

Uh, let's review.

He started as a piano player for Bette Midler at the HOMOSEXUAL Continental Baths. :roll:

He's seated next to Elton John in that photo. 8) (note that Elton has his hand on Barry's shoulder--not on Donna's....)

He's NEVER MARRIED or been linked with any WOMAN EVER. :roll: :roll: :roll:

Grandmas and homely unmarried women worship him. :oops:

Get the picture? :o

Say...'Yes we see." :roll: :oops: :o

[RetroRuss]

He's not gay - just a nice Jewish boy who has never met the right girl to take home to Mama. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[markydefad]

he's affectionately know as "Fairy Manilow"..to those in the know. A modern day Liberace--another "straight" guy who just couldn't find the right gal.

[markydefad]

off topic, but doesn't HRH Donna Summer look wonderfully elegant and refined in that photo? How long ago was this taken?

:-? :o :-?

oh, it says 2003...in the caption. Wow, Donna you look great!!!!

[Muscl59]

One of his first gigs was performing at the Continental Baths in New York with Bette Midler.
Hmm... wonder if he "put on a towel" after his show? :o

[remicks]

Wow, Donna you look great!!!!

Ya, I noticed that too
....... besides a good surgeon or two ..... ( but they all three had that ...)

It helps that she :

wore black and fades into the darkness
remained seated
and sat furthest from the camera !!! :lol: :P :lol:


*****

[Sparky]

Barry Manilow gay? Hello?????

As for Donna, I was lucky to meet her last year at a book signing in London and I was amazed at how well and still quite stunningly beautiful she was looking. Considering she's in her late 50's now and lost it a bit in the 90's she really has got herself together again. Singing live on TV her voice is still as strong as ever too. The duet with Westlife on "Enough is Enough" is amazing. Why it was never released as a single I'll never know. If Diana Ross can get a N0 2 single again after doing a Westlife duet someone in the Summer camp needs a good kicking for missing that opportunity!!...in a nice way of course!!

[SandraDee]

I was amazed at how well and still quite stunningly beautiful she was looking.

To quote Marky, 'black don't crack!' :lol:

[SandraDee]

& as for Barry being a bender, he's completely straight just like Sir Cliff Richard. :-?

[bgs3]

markydefad wrote:
<<He's NEVER MARRIED or been linked with any WOMAN EVER. :roll: :roll: :roll: >>

I have no idea whether he's gay or not, but you might want to get your facts straight before you post in such an emphatically confident manner. He WAS married once, and he HAS been romantically linked with women since then (no one famous, which is probably why you never heard about it).

[markydefad]

bgs--you are right. Barry married his high school sweetheart in 1964 at the age of 20/21--divorced by Jan. 1966...........and 41 years later--is still single.

According to Wikipedia--HE asked for the divorce....if I was a bettin' man, I'd say, he's "A CONFIRMED BACHELOR"

Wikepedia says:
In 1964, Manilow married high school sweetheart Susan Deixler. In 1965, at the age of 22 years old, he sought advice about whether to take up music full-time from a column in Playboy magazine, which published his letter in its December, 1965 issue and recommended that he go "sow your notes".[7] On January 6, 1966, Manilow and Deixler signed the annulment decree she had filed after he had asked for a divorce.[8]

[bgs3]

Thanks ... and now I guess I'm the one who needs to get MY facts straight ... according to Wikipedia he dated Lorna Luft in the 1970s .... I guess she qualifies as "someone famous." :icon_mrgreen: Other than that, he lived for awhile with someone named Linda Allen, who is now married to someone else. But, I do realize that's not proof he's not gay.

[markydefad]

bgs3--ummm.... Manilow dating a daughter of Judy Garland seems more like an indictment than a reprieve. Just an observation. :icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol: