Definitely.
I met his mother in 1987. She was a volunteer at the hospital my son was at.
We met in the waiting room. She had a name tag on that said MANILOW. And we started talking.
She told me it was Barry's 40th birthday and she sent him 40 condoms, blown up like balloons.
She was worried about him getting aids. In those days, only homosexuals were worrying about that.
Why would a mother tell that to a perfect stranger?
I'm calling BS on your Manilow story. C'mon - his mom sent him a condom tree for his 40th birthday?